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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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Looking forward to the 2023 Scottish Fundraising Conference
Isla Campbell Lupton and Gary Kernahan talk about highlights from the conference in 2022 and what to expect this year
OPINION 15 March 2023 by Isla Campbell Lupton and Gary Kernahan
 
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Building wealth and prosperity in every local community
What exactly is Community Wealth Building?
OPINION 14 March 2023 by Duncan Thorp
 
#connect23 - working together to build a digitally confident and inclusive Scotland
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OPINION 7 March 2023 by Siobhan Mercer
 
Don't fear imposter syndrome when you're part of an epic team making a difference
Fee Brown on how she finds inspiration everyday working at Penumbra
OPINION 28 February 2023 by Fiona Brown
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Behind the jargon there’s an untold story of unfairness and human misery
Digital inclusion might sound bland, but those two words carry a lot of weight
OPINION 9 February 2023 by Alex Fleming
 
Funding cuts and volunteering: you can only take out so much before there's a collapse
The resilience of volunteers is under strain like never before
OPINION 9 February 2023 by Sarah Latto
 
Cost of living crisis: the hard facts
Matthew Linning discusses new evidence on the impact of the cost of living crisis on volunteering
OPINION 13 January 2023 by Matthew Linning
 
Covid-19: learnings for supporting migrant and minority ethnic communities
Dr Paulina Trevena on why not learning from the pandemic would be a lost opportunity
OPINION 11 January 2023 by Dr Paulina Trevena
 
Obituary: Pippa Coutts - sharp wit and good humour
At the end of 2022 the team at Carnegie UK said goodbye to their good friend and colleague Pippa Coutts
OPINION 11 January 2023 by Jennifer Wallace
 
FOI: voluntary organisations must engage with "inevitable" reforms
Paul Bradley says that while reforming FOI to cover more organisations is inevitable, how that reform looks is not set in stone
OPINION 20 December 2022 by Paul Bradley
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An indictment of the time we live in: why we've opened a warm bank
James Wells of the LifeCare Edinburgh charity on the reasons it is opening its doors
OPINION 14 December 2022 by James Wells
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2021-22

Expert advice from across the sector on how to weather the cost of living and running costs crises. These are the most challenging of times, but TFN's Guide 2022/23 will help you get through.

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