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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, 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.

Latest Opinion
 
​Tim Shayler, a pro-bono lawyer, reckons campaigning is far more effective if your cause is constructed around a legal framework

 
Communities across Scotland are having a say in how public money is spent through participatory budgeting

 
​Ian Murray MP has tabled an amendment to the Scotland bill after fears Scottish charities could lose out on Gift Aid

 
Appearance before MPs is damaging to whole third sector

 

 
Susan Smith believes we have become too complacent about the rich becoming richer

 
Susan Murray explains why something needs to be done to boost volunteering numbers in Scotland

 
​Carol Barnridge campaigns for justice for the thousands of survivors of historic sexual abuse in Scotland

 
Lisa Stewart, campaigns and comms manager at Oxfam Scotland, says poverty could be more effectively tackled if wealth inequality is addressed

 
Rory Byrom explains how a charity could end up being the victim of discrimination under the Equality Act