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Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Taking Cornerstone’s vision to the continent
Mairi Martin on Cornerstone's successful visit to the European Health Forum
OPINION 4 September 2017 by TFN
 
Social care: charities should move onto the front foot
Kate Wyatt on why charities must be more proactive on social care
OPINION 4 September 2017 Guest post
 
A new strategy, name and a brighter, bolder, braver vision
Fiona Duncan on the rebranding of the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland
OPINION 29 August 2017 by TFN
 
Third sector needs to speak with one voice on Brexit
John Downie, director of public affairs for the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, wants the sector to pull together
OPINION 29 August 2017 Guest post
 
Poll: should private schools be stripped of charity status?
POLL 25 August 2017 by Graham Martin
6 comments
 
Private schools and councils are simply not charities
Susan Smith believes the time has come to remove charitable status from private schools and council run bodies
OPINION 23 August 2017 by Susan Smith
4 comments
 
Poll: Is two years too harsh a sentence for stealing £360,000 from a charity?
POLL 22 August 2017 by Graham Martin
6 comments
 
A cynical move to undermine charity campaigning
Susan Smith argues businesses taking out a full-page advert criticising a charity is a dangerous move to undermine charity campaigning
OPINION 16 August 2017 by Susan Smith
4 comments
 
Seeking social innovators to spend £5,000
Social enterprise agency Firstport is on the hunt for a new cohort of social innovators
OPINION 8 August 2017 Guest post
 
Why are charities failing at relationship fundraising?
Ian MacQuillin examines what relationship fundraising is and why boards and senior managers simply don't get it
OPINION 7 August 2017 Guest post
3 comments
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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