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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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.

 
​#GivingTuesday the global celebration of charities is coming back to the UK this year on 29 November

 
Charities should be able to pay trustees to improve standards of governance says a new report from New Philanthropy Capital

 
Charities recouped a record £1.26 billion in Gift Aid tax relief last year – 20% more than they did five years ago

 
Charities must proactively work with fundraising agencies to ensure public trust in the industry is restored

 
An agency that works with charities has been rapped by a regulator for sending out unwanted clothing donations bags

 
They may know first hand the importance of good causes, but a third of people who work for them don't give any cash to charity

 
​Volunteer Edinburgh's event is expected to attract over a thousand potential volunteers to charities, social enterprises, and the public sector

 
A highland social enterprise that has made beds for royalty for nearly two centuries has signed a major two-year agreement with City Building Glasgow

 
Discipinary action has been taken against charity staff whose errors saw supporters being charged 100 times the amount they had pledged to give