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Scotland's only third sector news outlet dedicated to sharing news from charities and voluntary organisations. Got a story? Email [email protected]
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TFN is @scvo.scot’s media outlet, for the vibrant #VoluntarySector in #Scotland and beyond.
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We publish news and opinions daily and a monthly magazine – why not swing by at tfn.scot and see what we’re all about?
Follow us here for magazine articles and news stories…
CEO of Gordon Brown's charity steps down after just four months in role.
CEO of Gordon Brown's charity steps down after just four months in role - TFN
Katharine Sacks-Jones is leaving The Multibank.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
CEO of Gordon Brown's charity steps down after just four months in role.
Scotland’s social care charges are “unfair and damaging” and should be scrapped, a new report has found.
Scotland must ditch ‘unfair and damaging’ social care charges - TFN
Report warns disabled people are being let down in their right to help with basic needs.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Scotland’s social care charges are “unfair and damaging” and should be scrapped, a new report has found.
Trustees: how the Scottish audit shake-up affects you
Keith Macpherson of Henderson Loggie on the 2026 Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)
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Keith Macpherson of Henderson Loggie on the 2026 Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)
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#SORP
Trustees: how the Scottish audit shake-up affects you - TFN
Keith Macpherson on the 2026 Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)
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November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trustees: how the Scottish audit shake-up affects you
Keith Macpherson of Henderson Loggie on the 2026 Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)
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#SORP
Keith Macpherson of Henderson Loggie on the 2026 Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)
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#SORP
From advice to action: improving access to disability payments in Scotland
Erica Young of Citizens Advice Scotland writes in TFN on the importance of easy access to Adult Disability Payment (ADP)
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Erica Young of Citizens Advice Scotland writes in TFN on the importance of easy access to Adult Disability Payment (ADP)
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@citizensadvicescot.bsky.social
From advice to action: improving access to disability payments in Scotland - TFN
Erica Young on the importance of easy access to Adult Disability Payment (ADP)
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November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
From advice to action: improving access to disability payments in Scotland
Erica Young of Citizens Advice Scotland writes in TFN on the importance of easy access to Adult Disability Payment (ADP)
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@citizensadvicescot.bsky.social
Erica Young of Citizens Advice Scotland writes in TFN on the importance of easy access to Adult Disability Payment (ADP)
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@citizensadvicescot.bsky.social
Organisations call for meeting with Finance Secretary over vital social housing cash.
Organisations call for meeting with Finance Secretary over vital social housing cash - TFN
Charities and housing bodies have joined forces.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Organisations call for meeting with Finance Secretary over vital social housing cash.
To mark #WorldChildrensDay - which is today - Mary Glasgow of Children First writes powerfully in TFN about what we must do to make Scotland a beacon of children’s rights:
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World Children’s Day: standing up for children’s rights means taking action now - TFN
World Children’s Day is Thursday, 20 November - Mary Glasgow talks about what this means for Scotland’s children
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November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
To mark #WorldChildrensDay - which is today - Mary Glasgow of Children First writes powerfully in TFN about what we must do to make Scotland a beacon of children’s rights:
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Edinburgh charity sets out to train a new generation of environmental leaders.
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Edinburgh charity sets out to train a new generation of environmental leaders. - TFN
The Green Team is aiming for a big impact after securing funding
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November 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Edinburgh charity sets out to train a new generation of environmental leaders.
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Unpaid carers in Scotland are experiencing a deepening crisis, with too many facing a financial and personal cost of caring that is far too high, a new report warns.
Charity calls for action with half of Scotland’s unpaid carers cutting back on food and heating - TFN
30% said their physical health and 39% their mental health is poor because of their caring role.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Unpaid carers in Scotland are experiencing a deepening crisis, with too many facing a financial and personal cost of caring that is far too high, a new report warns.
TFN's annual Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise is out now, with a focus on the workplace.
It is available to all at buff.ly/JS2pQBH and features expert input from:
@ethicalproperty.co.uk
@cfgsocial.bsky.social
@advicedirectscot.bsky.social
... and many, many more!
It is available to all at buff.ly/JS2pQBH and features expert input from:
@ethicalproperty.co.uk
@cfgsocial.bsky.social
@advicedirectscot.bsky.social
... and many, many more!
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
TFN's annual Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise is out now, with a focus on the workplace.
It is available to all at buff.ly/JS2pQBH and features expert input from:
@ethicalproperty.co.uk
@cfgsocial.bsky.social
@advicedirectscot.bsky.social
... and many, many more!
It is available to all at buff.ly/JS2pQBH and features expert input from:
@ethicalproperty.co.uk
@cfgsocial.bsky.social
@advicedirectscot.bsky.social
... and many, many more!
A major new research initiative focused on suicide prevention in agriculture has got underway.
Agricultural suicide prevention project gets underway - TFN
Collaboration between RSABI and University of Glasgow starts.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A major new research initiative focused on suicide prevention in agriculture has got underway.
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month Ross Ahlfeld of @the-trust.bsky.social has written for us about how community organising at a grassroots level can overcome division.
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Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
This month Ross Ahlfeld of @the-trust.bsky.social has written for us about how community organising at a grassroots level can overcome division.
@rossahlfeld.bsky.social
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month Ross Ahlfeld of @the-trust.bsky.social has written for us about how community organising at a grassroots level can overcome division.
@rossahlfeld.bsky.social
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
This month Ross Ahlfeld of @the-trust.bsky.social has written for us about how community organising at a grassroots level can overcome division.
@rossahlfeld.bsky.social
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
Pilot projects to prevent homelessness get underway across Scotland.
Pilot projects to prevent homelessness get underway across Scotland - TFN
Half of Scotland’s local authorities are covered.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pilot projects to prevent homelessness get underway across Scotland.
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month we visit @homelessnetwork.scot's conference to hear about sector efforts to combat the #HousingEmergency; input from: Maggie Brünjes, @floellabenjamin.bsky.social @salvationarmyuk.bsky.social and more
Read it here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
This month we visit @homelessnetwork.scot's conference to hear about sector efforts to combat the #HousingEmergency; input from: Maggie Brünjes, @floellabenjamin.bsky.social @salvationarmyuk.bsky.social and more
Read it here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month we visit @homelessnetwork.scot's conference to hear about sector efforts to combat the #HousingEmergency; input from: Maggie Brünjes, @floellabenjamin.bsky.social @salvationarmyuk.bsky.social and more
Read it here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
This month we visit @homelessnetwork.scot's conference to hear about sector efforts to combat the #HousingEmergency; input from: Maggie Brünjes, @floellabenjamin.bsky.social @salvationarmyuk.bsky.social and more
Read it here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
TFN is @scvot.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
Powerful words this month from Sara Redmond of @alliancescot.bsky.social: “What we need is a shift in thinking; multi-year investment, real commitment to social infrastructure...”
Read it all here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
Powerful words this month from Sara Redmond of @alliancescot.bsky.social: “What we need is a shift in thinking; multi-year investment, real commitment to social infrastructure...”
Read it all here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
TFN is @scvot.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
Powerful words this month from Sara Redmond of @alliancescot.bsky.social: “What we need is a shift in thinking; multi-year investment, real commitment to social infrastructure...”
Read it all here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
Powerful words this month from Sara Redmond of @alliancescot.bsky.social: “What we need is a shift in thinking; multi-year investment, real commitment to social infrastructure...”
Read it all here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
TFN is @scvotweet's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month, Ewan Aitken of @cyrenians.bsky.social on listening to the voices of lived experience: "I am seeing signs that we are understanding what it takes to ‘do prevention’ and doing it"
Available for all to read here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
This month, Ewan Aitken of @cyrenians.bsky.social on listening to the voices of lived experience: "I am seeing signs that we are understanding what it takes to ‘do prevention’ and doing it"
Available for all to read here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
TFN is @scvotweet's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month, Ewan Aitken of @cyrenians.bsky.social on listening to the voices of lived experience: "I am seeing signs that we are understanding what it takes to ‘do prevention’ and doing it"
Available for all to read here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
This month, Ewan Aitken of @cyrenians.bsky.social on listening to the voices of lived experience: "I am seeing signs that we are understanding what it takes to ‘do prevention’ and doing it"
Available for all to read here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
Scottish Recovery Network is partnering with Voluntary Action Shetland, NHS Shetland, and others to bring Creating Hope with Peer Support to communities in Shetland.
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Peer support brings suicide prevention initiative to Shetland - TFN
Work will be done by Scottish Recovery Network, Voluntary Action Shetland, NHS Shetland, and local organisations.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Scottish Recovery Network is partnering with Voluntary Action Shetland, NHS Shetland, and others to bring Creating Hope with Peer Support to communities in Shetland.
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Accountants in Scotland have welcomed a move which will see the Scottish charity audit threshold increase.
ICAS welcomes Scottish charity audit threshold increase - TFN
The accountants body described it as a “significant and positive step”.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Accountants in Scotland have welcomed a move which will see the Scottish charity audit threshold increase.
More than 30 organisations have called on the next Scottish Government and Parliament to commit to keeping a promise made to Scotland’s children.
Organisations call on the next government to keep a promise to Scotland’s children - TFN
Over 30 groups have joined forces ahead of May’s election.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
More than 30 organisations have called on the next Scottish Government and Parliament to commit to keeping a promise made to Scotland’s children.
As a Scottish Government consultation on Community Right to Buy closes, lawyers say charities and community organisations need to look closer at bigger picture costs and financial planning to keep projects on track.
Community groups urged not to be caught out by costs in building ownership deals - TFN
Lawyers say charities and community organisations need to look closer at bigger picture costs and financial planning to keep projects on track
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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
As a Scottish Government consultation on Community Right to Buy closes, lawyers say charities and community organisations need to look closer at bigger picture costs and financial planning to keep projects on track.
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month, recent UK #AI100 winner John Fitzgerald of SCVO gives his insight on developing an AI policy for your organisation.
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
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This month, recent UK #AI100 winner John Fitzgerald of SCVO gives his insight on developing an AI policy for your organisation.
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
@johnfitzg.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month, recent UK #AI100 winner John Fitzgerald of SCVO gives his insight on developing an AI policy for your organisation.
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
@johnfitzg.bsky.social
This month, recent UK #AI100 winner John Fitzgerald of SCVO gives his insight on developing an AI policy for your organisation.
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/aWVaf4z
@johnfitzg.bsky.social
"Ofgem’s plans on energy debt don’t go nearly far enough"
David Hilferty of Citizens Advice Scotland on the inevitable winter fuel crisis:
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#WinterFuelCrisis
David Hilferty of Citizens Advice Scotland on the inevitable winter fuel crisis:
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@citizensadvicescot.bsky.social
#WinterFuelCrisis
Ofgem’s plans on energy debt don’t go nearly far enough - TFN
David Hilferty on the inevitable winter fuel crisis
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November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Ofgem’s plans on energy debt don’t go nearly far enough"
David Hilferty of Citizens Advice Scotland on the inevitable winter fuel crisis:
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@citizensadvicescot.bsky.social
#WinterFuelCrisis
David Hilferty of Citizens Advice Scotland on the inevitable winter fuel crisis:
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@citizensadvicescot.bsky.social
#WinterFuelCrisis
A Scottish charity leader has warned Scotland’s housing crisis is “being weaponised” to breed division among Scots and stoke concerns towards refugees and asylum seekers.
Housing charity leader warns crisis “being weaponised” to stoke division - TFN
Alison Watson of Shelter Scotland said the housing crisis is being used to demonise refugees and asylum seekers.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A Scottish charity leader has warned Scotland’s housing crisis is “being weaponised” to breed division among Scots and stoke concerns towards refugees and asylum seekers.
Edinburgh charity cleared of wrongdoing after regulator investigation.
Edinburgh charity cleared of wrongdoing after regulator investigation - TFN
Complaints had first been raised in April 2024.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Edinburgh charity cleared of wrongdoing after regulator investigation.
In TFN today: as the role of trustees is celebrated through #TrusteesWeek Helen Kidd of Lindsays asks: “do charities do enough to help them do their jobs effectively?”
Do we value our trustees enough? - TFN
As the role of trustees is celebrated through Trustees' Week, Helen Kidd asks: “do charities do enough to help them do their jobs effectively?”
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November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In TFN today: as the role of trustees is celebrated through #TrusteesWeek Helen Kidd of Lindsays asks: “do charities do enough to help them do their jobs effectively?”
Aid cuts and poor value for money means UK aid may not reach those most in need, MPs find in new report.
Aid cuts and poor value for money means UK aid may not reach those most in need, MPs find in new report - TFN
Analysis of the FCDO’s approach to value for money in Official Development Assistance.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Aid cuts and poor value for money means UK aid may not reach those most in need, MPs find in new report.