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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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Atheist student blogger hacked to death
Humanist Society Scotland says atheists are being targetted after barbaric killing in Bangladesh
NEWS 8 April 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Holyrood 2016: six steps to a sustainable Scotland
Six things the incoming parliament can to to improve the environment
OPINION 8 April 2016 Guest post
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Pressure forces Edinburgh Festival to drop BP as sponsor
​Festival organisers bow to pressure and rethink sponsorship deal with BP
NEWS 6 April 2016 by Robert Armour
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Concern after workers for Scots-based charity kidnapped
Growing concern for the safety of 11 humanitarian workers kidnapped during a mine clearing operation in Afghanistan for Dumfries-based Halo Trust
NEWS 4 April 2016 by Robert Armour
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National newspaper accused of spreading malicious nonsense about charity
A charity has hit out at the Times newspaper over a story claiming it had misspent a £3.5m legacy
NEWS 29 March 2016 by Susan Smith
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Land reform: a new dawn or a cop out?
The Scottish people will soon not just have a right to roam the country but to know who owns it
NEWS 17 March 2016 by Graham Martin
 
New dawn for communities as £10m buy out fund opens
Communities looking to buy their own land have been given a major boost with the announcement of a new fund to help them
NEWS 16 March 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Scottish public needs to refocus on Syria
Organisations in Edinburgh, led by Mercy Corps, are calling on more to be done to help Syrians five years on from the outbreak of civil war
NEWS 15 March 2016 by Paul Cardwell
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Scotland must radically ramp up anti-climate change measures
An independent committee has told the Scottish Government it must take radical action to ensure greener homes, cars and communities
NEWS 15 March 2016 by Susan Smith
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Help could be at hand for Scotland’s disappearing duck
RSPB researchers investigating the puzzling case of the disappearing duck may finally have come up with a solution
NEWS 11 March 2016 by Graham Martin
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