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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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George Clooney returns to Edinburgh to promote homelessness charity
Another coup for leading organisation
NEWS 8 December 2025 by Rab Armour
 
New members on board at social enterprise
Three new appointments
NEWS 8 December 2025 by Rab Armour
 
TFN magazine's December edition is out now: read it all here!
New mag looks at the precarity of funding, the mis-match between what the sector gets, how it gets it and the increasing amount demanded from us
NEWS 8 December 2025 by Graham Martin
 
Regulator's annual statement shows a rise in reports about charities
It also showed a small rise in whistleblowing complaints
NEWS 5 December 2025 by Graham Martin
 
Charities receive targeted Scottish Government support for island infrastructure
Care charities and village halls share in more than £800,000.
NEWS 5 December 2025 by Niall Christie
 
Red squirrel range in Highlands increases by over 25% following project by rewilding charity
Surveys show that over a dozen new populations of reds are now thriving and breeding successfully. 
NEWS 5 December 2025 by Niall Christie
 
New appeal launched to honour Scotland’s mining communities
Plans to power a national museum’s next chapter
NEWS 2 December 2025 by Niall Christie
 
Campaigners hail victory as two-child cap is scrapped
Groups now urge cash freed up to be spent supporting struggling families
NEWS 27 November 2025 by Rab Armour
 
UK Government told it must support sector to cover increasing costs after budget announcements
Rising wage levels and changes to salary sacrifice schemes will have an effect on third sector
NEWS 26 November 2025 by Niall Christie
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Highland charity wins at Nature of Scotland Awards 2025
Rewilding Affric Highlands was given the awards at RSPB Scotland’s ceremony  
NEWS 24 November 2025 by Niall Christie
 
"No further burdens": charities make budget plea to chancellor
Sector is already at breaking point with rising costs and diminishing funding
NEWS 24 November 2025 by Rab Armour
 
Scotland must ditch ‘unfair and damaging’ social care charges
Report warns disabled people are being let down in their right to help with basic needs.
NEWS 24 November 2025 by Niall Christie
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a special look at what it’s like to work in Scotland’s voluntary sector, featuring the results of in-depth research. It contains a wealth of advice and analysis from experts in their field.

Read it here
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