TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector In this month’s mag, read @matt-sd.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @trustimpact.bsky.social, on why the future of the third sector depends on proving #impact You can read the mag here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
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Scotland's only third sector news outlet dedicated to sharing news from charities and voluntary organisations. Got a story? Email tfn@scvo.org.uk
Exclusive: OSCR 'must act' over future of troubled conservation charity More than 100 members, former staff and trustees at the John Muir Trust (JMT) have signed an open letter to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) demanding action. Read the full article here: buff.ly/rM5ntIx
Exclusive: OSCR 'must act' over future of troubled conservation charity - TFN
Open letter says regulator inaction is putting organisation's existence at risk
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TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector Essential reading on the problem page in this month’s mag: Lorna Robertson takes a deep dive on important changes coming to employment legislation – especially around unfair dismissal. Read the mag here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector This month, Emma Hutton, former CEO of @justrightscotland.org.uk writes honestly and unflinchingly about her experience of #BurnOut and her years of crisis and recovery – and the lessons she is still learning Read it here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
In this month’s TFN magazine we hear about @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social a #scotcharityawards winning charity who share the lessons of the Srebrenica genocide, and other atrocities across Bosnia and Herzegovina, to promote #diversity and tolerance at home. Read it all here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
In this month’s TFN magazine, we meet Everybody to Kenmure Street director Felipe Bustos Sierra to explore the transformative power of community action and how it unites and overcomes division Read it all here: buff.ly/L3wMR23 @debasers.bsky.social #EverybodyToKenmureStreet
In this month’s TFN magazine, @grahamtfn.bsky.social looks at the divisions in our society and hears from sector leaders including Billy Singh, Scottish campaign manager for @srtrcengland.bsky.social about where we can go from here to repair our communities Read it all here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector In this month’s mag, SCVO’s David Livey analyses the latest findings from the long-running Third Sector Tracker The magazine is available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector On this month’s opinion pages, @vhscotland.bsky.social chair Christine Carlin on the need for #antiracism ... "racism is a public health issue" The magazine is available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
The public body supporting Scotland’s creative arts sector is facing backlash after putting a former charity-run building up for sale.
Creative Scotland facing backlash as CCA building put up for sale - TFN
Process described as “miserably unimaginative and uninspiring”.
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TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector In the new mag, Sara Redmond of @alliancescot.bsky.social - "When communities become divided, who helps put them back together? More often than not, it is those working in the third sector." Read it all here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
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TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector In this month's magazine, read Ewan Aitken on overcoming division: what we can learn from the evolution of the #TartanArmy Read it here: buff.ly/L3wMR23
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector Essential reading on the problem page in this month’s mag: Connor Barnes of independent Scottish legal firm Lindsays on choosing the best legal structure for a #charity Read the mag here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
In this month’s TFN magazine Megan Veronesi, the newly appointed chief executive officer of The Eric Liddell Community, speaks on her new role, her experience and the important work of the Edinburgh-based dementia care charity You can read the mag here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector In this month’s mag @drtobiasjung.bsky.social of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and CSPPG: “Scotland has influenced modern philanthropy globally, so why do we not talk about it? You can read the mag here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector Powerful words on the opinion pages in this month's magazine, as @vhscotland.bsky.social chair Christine Carlin describes 12 days in the life of an older patient and their unpaid carer Read it all here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
The climate crisis is at our door - so in this month’s mag we asked people working in the environmental and food sectors what they think can be done - with: @frasersutherland.bsky.social of @sccscot.bsky.social Pete Ritchie of @nourishscotland.bsky.social and others Read it here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
In this month’s TFN magazine Sarah Latto of Voluntary Health Scotland on their new (IN)VISIBLE report, which provides a timely exploration into the impact of sex and gender on the health experiences of Scotland’s people You can read it here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge @vhscotland.bsky.social
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector On this month’s opinion pages, Sara Redmond of @alliancescot.bsky.social - "we need to be honest about what young people will be exposed to during the #WorldCup" Available for all to read here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
Government warned cutting UK aid to fund defence is a false economy.
Government warned cutting UK aid to fund defence is a false economy - TFN
The call comes ahead of the setting out of a Defence Investment Plan.
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The CEO of Creative Scotland is to step down from his position later this year, after thirty years of public service for the arts, culture and creativity in Scotland.
CEO of Creative Scotland to step down - TFN
Iain Munro has worked in the sector for 30 years.
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The climate crisis is at our door - so in this month’s mag we asked people working in the environmental and food sectors what can be done - with: @jamie-livingstone.bsky.social of @oxfamscotland.bsky.social @catrinarandall.bsky.social of @foescot.bsky.social and others Read it here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
In this month’s TFN magazine we look at some of the asks and demands of Scotland’s charities as the new Scottish parliamentary term begins, with input from: @endchildpoverty.bsky.social @carnegieuk.bsky.social @scvo.scot and others Read it all here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector In this month's magazine Ewan Aitken of @cyrenians.bsky.social reflects on his time at the head of the pioneering homelessness charity as he gets set to move onto a different phase of his life Read it here:
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector This month: Celebrating the very best of our vibrant, life changing sector – the winners of the #ScotCharityAwards are announced! Available for all to read here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
In this month’s TFN magazine, to mark #smallcharityweek2026 we hear from Norine Mindeyes Culture Connect, Dundee Dragons, Edinburgh Garden Partners and @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social about the challenges they face and celebrate their successes Read it here: buff.ly/efGj5Ge
Strengthening Scotland’s partnership with the third sector: Voluntary Health Scotland’s statement on the government’s intention to co-design a formal partnership to ensure the sector’s long-term sustainability and independence buff.ly/6KsBMCl @vhscotland.bsky.social
Strengthening Scotland’s partnership with the third sector - TFN
Voluntary Health Scotland’s statement on the government’s intention to co-design a formal partnership to ensure the sector’s long-term sustainability and independence
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Legal advice: could a caveat protect your charity? Early legal victories may not determine the final outcome, writes Ahsan Mustafa, who is senior associate at Aberdein Considine and member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Consumer Law Subcommittee. buff.ly/gbylQi1 @lawscot.bsky.social
Legal advice: could a caveat protect your charity? - TFN
Early legal victories may not determine the final outcome, writes Ahsan Mustafa
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When it comes to VAT and charities some issues just never go away Tony Cochrane of VITA( VAT & Indirect Tax Advisors) clears up some common misconceptions
When it comes to VAT and charities some issues just never go away - TFN
Tony Cochrane clears up some common misconceptions
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Behind the World Cup buzz: safeguarding Scotland’s youth Sara Redmond Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) on a new report looking at the effects of gambling buff.ly/d2R1xJ5 @alliancescot.bsky.social
Behind the World Cup buzz: safeguarding Scotland’s youth - TFN
Sara Redmond on a new report looking at the effects of gambling
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