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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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Celebrating Scotland’s voluntary sector
Ahead of the 2024 Charity Awards, June Pennykid, managing director of Keegan and Pennykid, reflects on the importance of Scotland’s voluntary sector
OPINION 18 June 2024 SCVO partner
 
Champions of change - 20 years of media co-op
The ongoing success of the award winning voluntary sector film makers: over 1,000 films over two decades, reaching millions
NEWS 17 June 2024 by Graham Martin
 
Happy Daze – the way we were
Ken Barlow on the success of project using nostalgia to bring a community together
OPINION 17 June 2024 by Ken Barlow
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A major milestone for a remarkable part of our network 
Celebrating 10 years of going that bit extra to help people with energy bills
OPINION 17 June 2024 by Natasha Gilmour
 
Parties ignore child poverty as leading charity hits out at their lack of vision
No party leaders agreed to take part in hustings
NEWS 17 June 2024 by Robert Armour
 
Glasgow University reported to charity regulator over arms investments
The complaint comes ahead of a vote on divestment next week.
NEWS 14 June 2024 by Niall Christie
 
£150k funding boost for "transformational" social enterprise
"The growth we’ve witnessed from them across the last decade has been tremendous - they epitomise the definition of a successful social enterprise"
NEWS 14 June 2024 by Graham Martin
 
First social housing for 10 years on tiny island
Housing associations prove their worth
NEWS 14 June 2024 by Robert Armour
 
Food bank treasurer embezzled vital funds
Colleagues grew suspicious
NEWS 12 June 2024 by Robert Armour
 
TFN lifts the lid on closure of vital Women’s Aid service
Former workers at a Women’s Aid charity in Glasgow which has been forced into liquidation have warned women’s lives are at risk after the service’s closure. 
NEWS 10 June 2024 by Niall Christie
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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