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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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Save Scotland’s wild land from industrial destruction
One of the country’s leading conservation charities has launched a campaign to ensure greater protection for Scotland’s wild land
NEWS 13 June 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Praise as Scots climate change targets achieved
​Targets for cleaner air set in 2015 have been reached for the first time
NEWS 13 June 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Greenpeace: Gove has a lot to prove on the environment
Greenpeace has expressed its scepticism after Michael Gove was elevated back into the Westminster cabinet as environment minister
NEWS 12 June 2017 by Graham Martin
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Leading activist lifts the lid on corruption in the fracking industry
Friends of the Earth Scotland will host Wenonah Hauter, founder and executive director of Food & Water Watch US and a leading anti-fracking activist
NEWS 8 June 2017 by Graham Martin
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Dismay and defiance: Scotland joins condemnation as Trump trashes climate deal
Scottish charities joined in the world-wide chorus of dismay and defiance which has greeted the US decision to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate deal
NEWS 2 June 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Scots reject fracking and call for outright ban
40,000 Scots have told the Scottish Government to ban fracking with 12 hours still to go on the official consultation on the issue
NEWS 30 May 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Wildlife groups: shooting industry must be regulated
Wildlife conservation groups want a “progressive partnership” with the shooting community, to develop a licensing scheme for gamebird hunting
NEWS 26 May 2017 by Graham Martin
 
GE17: environment must not suffer from Brexit fall out
All parties must campaign on environmental issues in the general election, an influential umbrella group has said
NEWS 23 May 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Revealed: Scotland’s worst cycling accident hotspots
League table ranked by accident severity published by leading charity
NEWS 22 May 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Charity gagging clause a permanent threat to civil society
Charities are being silenced ahead of voting as Lobbying Act does not account for snap election
NEWS 22 May 2017 by Robert Armour
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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