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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Search is on for sector-leader changemakers
Programme welcomes applications from anyone running a Scottish social business or charity - it will help them scale their impact and make even more of a difference
NEWS 1 April 2025 by Graham Martin
 
We hear you: you want a wide-ranging, sector-led review of charity regulation
Shirley-Anne Somerville: practical changes now while we address the future
OPINION 28 March 2025 by Shirley-Anne Somerville
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Head of arts charity to step down
Shed took the charity from a pilot project to its current success
NEWS 1 April 2025 by Robert Armour
 
Pioneering schools win global awards
Barnardo's deliver the gongs
NEWS 31 March 2025 by Robert Armour
 
Rural population hit by fuel poverty worst
Report highlights continuing hardships
NEWS 31 March 2025 by Robert Armour
 
Starmer slammed by Labour MPs over international aid cuts
Full details of the spending reductions were outlined this week. 
NEWS 28 March 2025 by Niall Christie
 
New fundraising head for Sight Scotland
She previously worked at the SSPCA, Children First and the Stroke Association
NEWS 27 March 2025 by Graham Martin
 
As Labour government chooses warfare over welfare, Scottish civil society reacts with fury
Spring statement: “these cruel cuts are out of touch with what voters want from this government"
NEWS 27 March 2025 by Graham Martin
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Missed poverty targets but charities still praise Scottish Government
Highly unlikely legally-binding poverty reduction targets will be met by 2030
NEWS 27 March 2025 by Robert Armour
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Stop demonising most vulnerable warns leading charity
Attacks on the welfare system is creating psychological damage
NEWS 27 March 2025 by Robert Armour
 
Welfare cuts: what sort of society are we choosing to build?
The spring statement: Personal Independent Payments are economic drivers and social enterprises' employability stats are evidence of this, says Andy Paterson
OPINION 27 March 2025 by Andy Paterson
 
Spring statement will increase financial pressure on the voluntary sector, charity bodies warn
The chancellor’s spending plans were unveiled on Wednesday, with no exemptions for NI hikes
NEWS 26 March 2025 by Niall Christie
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a look at how the sector is progressing in inclusion, diversity, equality and environmentalism - what more can be done to further these aims, featuring a wealth of expert opinion, advice and reflection.

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