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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 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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Alcohol consumption is ‘significant public health concern’
Over a quarter of Scots are drinking more than doctors recommend, with hospital admissions four times higher than in the 1980s
NEWS 20 June 2018
Health & Social Care
 
Fund to help organisations implement new Carers Act
A £500,000 fund has been launched to help third sector groups meet the costs associated with the new Carers Act
NEWS 20 June 2018
Health & Social Care
 
Scots tots scoff a million sweets a week
Cancer Research has published new research which shows that the nation's love affair with sugar starts at an early age
NEWS 20 June 2018
Health & Social Care
 
Star-studded line-up for Michelle Obama event
Top names from music and entertainment will attend the Hunter Foundation's gala dinner next month
NEWS 20 June 2018
Culture & Leisure
 
Art school fire hits charity’s funds
Music charity Paragon has had to cancel an event for hundreds of people after the huge blaze in Glasgow
NEWS 19 June 2018
Culture & Leisure
 
Kids in care are doing better at school
Looked after children are doing better at school and immediately afterwards, but fewer visually impaired youths are going on to further education
NEWS 19 June 2018
Families & Young People
 
Energy giants lose fracking challenge
The Court of Session has rejected a claim led by Grangemouth bosses INEOS against anti-fracking policies
NEWS 19 June 2018
Environment & International
 
Homelessness bombshell as figures rise
Shelter Scotland has said an increase in homeless applications for the first time in nine years should act as a wake-up call
NEWS 19 June 2018
Regeneration & Housing
 
Charity hosts sexual abuse conference
Break the Silence invited several guest speakers to its first conference
NEWS 18 June 2018
Health & Social Care
 
Is Nature Deficit Disorder even a thing?
Dan Mushens examines whether people spending more time indoors could be negatively affecting their health
OPINION 18 June 2018
Health & Social Care
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