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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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Libraries must improve or close, argues digital inclusion charity
Libraries that don’t fill the role of community hubs should be closed, according to a digital inclusion charity
NEWS 25 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
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Vote for Remade in Edinburgh’s Sophie for Social Entrepreneur of the Year
The social entrepreneur who set up Remade in Edinburgh could win £10,000 to help franchise the idea out to other areas
NEWS 21 October 2016 by Susan Smith
 
New bank promises to invest in community not shareholders
The not-for-profit Castle Community Bank is offering residents attractive savings and borrowing rates as well as ethical practice
NEWS 20 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
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Glaswegian rugby players get their kits off for cancer charities
Players at amateur side GHK Rugby Football Club are doing the full monty for a charity calendar
NEWS 19 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Know someone who enjoys a good read?
Charities can apply for copies of Secrets and Confessions, this year's Scottish Book Week free book, to give out to clients who enjoy a good read
NEWS 18 October 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Search begins for a humanitarian as worthy as Scotland’s bard
A global search is under way for the next recipient of the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award
NEWS 18 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Scottish neo-nazi rock concert cancelled
​Extreme rock band Bound for Glory reported to have cancelled gig scheduled for this weekend after a public outcry
NEWS 17 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Charity secures Daily Mail apology over false stories
Animal welfare charity made a legal complaint after the Daily Mail published two false articles about it
NEWS 13 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
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Chip chip hooray - let’s hear it for RNLI supper stars
RNLI is calling on people across Scotland the to step up to the plate and host a fish supper for lifeboat crews
NEWS 11 October 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Is it right to bring back tail docking?
POLL 10 October 2016 by Alex Turnbull
20 comments
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a look at how the sector is progressing in inclusion, diversity, equality and environmentalism - what more can be done to further these aims, featuring a wealth of expert opinion, advice and reflection.

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