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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.

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Gareth Jones

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Gareth Jones is a reporter for TFN and communications officer for SCVO. He has been a member of the team since July 2017 and previously worked as a political reporter at the North West Evening Mail and a senior reporter at the Stirling Observer.
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Majority of Scots want tighter fireworks controls
A study on behalf of the Scottish Government has shown the majority of people want tighter controls around the sale and use of fireworks
NEWS 4 October 2019
Culture & Leisure
 
News in brief: 4 October 2019
A selection of stories from communities and voluntary organisations across Scotland
LIST 4 October 2019
Health & Social Care
 
UK Government in refugee funding u-turn
A charity has hit out after being informed that funding to help refugees settle in the UK will cease in the event of a no-deal Brexit
NEWS 4 October 2019
Families & Young People
1 comment
 
Charities back governance kitemark
Three quarters of Scottish charities have said they would like to see a certification for good governance created
NEWS 3 October 2019
Management
3 comments
 
Name change for well-known charity
Contact the Elderly, which is known for hosting tea community tea parties for older people, will be known by a new name
NEWS 3 October 2019
Health & Social Care
 
No-deal Brexit could plunge 130,000 Scots into poverty
The Scottish Government has called for urgent action to help those likely to be hit by a no-deal Brexit
NEWS 3 October 2019
Families & Young People
 
RNLI drops “opt-in” policy as donations fall
The charity moved to a system of only contacting people who had actively given consent two years ago, but is now facing funding challenges
NEWS 3 October 2019
Management
 
Failings in the system fuel food poverty
A Menu for Change has produced a report which contains heart-breaking stories of poverty
NEWS 2 October 2019
Health & Social Care
 
Writers sever ties with poetry library
Liz Lochhead, Douglas Dunn, Michael Longley and Aonghas MacNeacail have expressed concerns over governance at the Scottish Poetry Library
NEWS 2 October 2019
Management
 
Selling disposable coffee cups separately can cut waste
Trials by Zero Waste Scotland have shown that treating coffee cups like plastic bags could drastically cut waste
NEWS 2 October 2019
Environment & International
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