Jan 3, 2025 · People across Scotland are being called on to get comfortable and start talking about mental health. Scots are being urged to get thinking about how they can start a conversation about mental health – particularly in workplaces, schools, colleges, communities and with friends and family – for ...

Jan 8, 2025 · Minister unable to confirm timeline for reducing aid spending on domestic asylum and refugee costs. NGOs have warned of an alarming amount of UK aid continuing to be spent on issues at home, demanding ministers urgently clarify a timeline for this to end. In 2023, the UK spent more than a quarter of ...

6 days ago · The UK Government must think again about the disastrous impact a planned National insurance (NI) hike will have on the voluntary sector. Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) chief executive Anna Fowlie re-stated the position of the country’s charities that the increase – due to ...

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.

Feb 27, 2024 · The Charities SORP provides guidance to those who prepare charity accounts as well as recommendations and requirements on how to prepare ‘true and fair’ accounts in accordance with UK accounting standards. The SORP is updated from time to time to take account of changes to accounting standards and /or charity law.

Sep 6, 2024 · OSCR said this process of co-production with charities and stakeholders will allow them to implement the changes to charity law in the most effective way.

Jan 30, 2025 · Climate campaigners have welcomed the verdict in the Rosebank and Jackdaw court case taken by Uplift and Greenpeace. Environmentalists say the UK and Scottish Governments must now turn to planning a just transition for workers and communities affected by the end of fossil fuel production in the UK ...

Nov 28, 2024 · National and local organisations spoke about the administrative burden attached to seeking funding and complying with it terms. As these can differ across public bodies, we heard about the significant workload that this could create for organisations, detracting from their ability to deliver on their charitable aims.

Nov 27, 2024 · "In today’s rapidly changing funding landscape, we are crying out for multi-year, equity-based funding to provide essential stability for organisations like ours. It would allow us to plan with confidence, reach more young people with additional support needs and make long-term investments in meaningful solutions for those facing poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination.

Dec 12, 2024 · This year, Big Give secured a record-breaking £20 million in match funds for the campaign, thanks to a range of champions, including The Reed Foundation, Julia Rausing Trust, The Childhood Trust, The Hospital Saturday Fund, ShareGift, Steve Morgan Foundation, Candis Magazine, Hampshire Cricket Foundation, Aesseal, The …