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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.

 
The Social Bite cafe, which donates its profits to homeless causes, has seen a tenfold increase in its corporate catering business.

 
Regular customers will be able to pay meals forward for homeless people who will also be offered training opportunities with top chef Martin Wishart

 
Scottish Rural Action is recruiting people from across the country in a bid to create a grassroots network of volunteers who will campaign on local issues

 
The report into the independent review into the governance of Citizens Advice Scotland has been published calling for a total overhaul of the board

 
The royal Range Rover is being sold on the auction site CharityStars with the proceeds going to two charities

 
Paying charity staff working in social care the living wage will be a challenge for the third sector – but it is doable if organisations work smarter

 
​Charity has registered 3,500 residents willing to take someone in to their home

 
A social enterprise sandwich shop chain which hit the headlines last year when George Clooney popped into its Edinburgh branch has been awarded £550,000

 
Keryn Banks has been in Malawi talking to families living through a devastating drought that has left a third of the population without enough food

 
Charities have been named on a list of organisations which allegedly took part in a controversial workfare style scheme - but some have denied involvement