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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.

 
Anna Fowlie expresses the sector's dismay at yet another disappointing budget - and wonders when, if ever, we'll see concrete action

 
Members took two days of industrial action earlier this month

 
Dr Mhairi Crawford: "please take this Christmas to take time for yourself"

 
Campaigners and charities from across the third sector have hit out at the “short-term budget sticking plasters” offered by the Scottish Government.

 
Funding challenges have contributed to the closures, which will come into effect next year.

 
Voluntary groups will be told of funding arrangements “as soon as is practicably possible” going forward. 

 
An open letter was issued to the leaders of Scotland’s five main political parties issued on the eve of the draft Scottish Budget.

 
Helen Kidd heads the Third Sector team at legal firm Lindsays

 
The project initially ran from 2012 - 2019, with openDemocracy now relaunching the project with a series of new audits.

 
Final mag of the year looks at what we have lost in 2023