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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
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TFN
 
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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Breathing new life into one of Scotland’s oldest social enterprises

FEATURE 18 January 2016 by Susan Smith
Management
St Andrews First Aid has been selling training services to the private sector for half a century, but thanks to Michelle Ferguson it's now in profit!

https://tfn.scot/features/first-aid-feature

Scottish anti-abortion group denies links to religious extremists

NEWS 25 May 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Questions have been asked about links between Compassion Scotland and American hate groups.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-anti-abortion-group-denies-links-to-religious-extremists

Chief encounters: Chris Martin on taking risks and procrastinating

FEATURE 14 June 2016 by Alex Turnbull
Families & Young People
Chief executive of Callander Youth Project Trust Chris Martin won the Exceptional Employee award at the Scottish Charity Awards 2016

https://tfn.scot/features/chief-encounters-chris-martin-on-taking-risks-and-procrastinating

What does the future hold?

FEATURE 17 February 2014 by Alex Turnbull
Management
TFN asked six organisations from different areas to tell us their vision for the sector in 10 years’ time.

https://tfn.scot/features/what-does-the-future-hold

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

NEWS 4 May 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
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TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Digital inclusion in the UK: how are things for 2023? 

Jason Railton
1 December 2023
Posted in
Let’s dive into some of the fascinating data and have a think about what it means for the organisations,We know that being digitally included is about frequent, sustained access to the internet and so a refreshed,What about skills? There is good news when it comes to skills.,It can feel overwhelming in the age of polycrisis to think about what we can do to support people that,The most pressing action we can take, however, is to keep going.

https://scvo.scot/p/86988/2023/12/01/digital-inclusion-in-the-uk-how-are-things-for-2023

We must convince the missing million that their vote counts

Press release
28 July 2014
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SCVO media release 28 July 2014 The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has joined forces,These are the people whose lives are most directly affected by political decisions about welfare, health,“Politics is becoming all about raising funds and getting elected, no matter how few people actually,But the referendum and other decisions about the economy, health and social care are far too important,For more details, please contact Charlotte McNeill, Communications & Press Officer, SCVO on 0779 060

https://scvo.scot/p/5476/2014/07/28/we-must-convince-the-missing-million-that-their-vote-counts

Wanted - your stories to inspire others to get online

Sally Dyson
3 September 2014
Posted in
The Scottish Government is leading on a campaign called Let’s Get On which will work with media all across,To showcase what’s going on, we need to know more about what everyone is doing and what’s working really,If you’ve got a high resolution photo that would be brilliant Local press might want to get in touch,We know you’re doing amazing work – it's time to tell everyone else about it!

https://scvo.scot/p/5688/2014/09/03/wanted-your-stories-to-inspire-others-to-get-online

SCVO joins over 1,170 Scottish charities by switching to new legal structure

Press release
9 July 2014
Posted in
SCVO media release 9 July 2014 For immediate release The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations,“Being a charity is all about changing people’s lives for the better and there’s a lot more to that than,For more details, please contact Charlotte McNeill, Communications & Press Officer, SCVO on 0779 060

https://scvo.scot/p/5240/2014/07/09/scvo-joins-over-1170-scottish-charities-by-switching-to-new-legal-structure

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review

Jordan Ogg
23 September 2015
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5.2 What do we know about how the public is feeling?,raffles (2,649,367): Can include small, local raffles or large, national, ones involving direct mailing Press,or website adverts (15,376,467) Press advertising (23,499,025) TV and radio advertising (57,411,956),The organisation’s press release explained: ‘By dropping ‘regulatory’ from our name, our aim is to ensure,The most pressing reason was the belief that the UK Government and Charity Commission will seek to move

https://scvo.scot/p/10161/2015/09/23/the-effectiveness-of-the-self-regulation-of-fundraising-in-scotland-an-informal-review