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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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Edinburgh residents struggling as high costs of city fuel poverty
People living on low incomes in the Capital have decried the city’s high living costs and called for increased action to loosen the grip of poverty
NEWS 19 December 2019 by Gareth Jones
 
New service helps young people turns houses into homes
Quarriers’ Home and Belonging service provides practical skills such as DIY and cooking on a budget.
NEWS 18 December 2019 by Gavin Stuart
 
Charity welcomes government pledge on restraining children
Enable Scotland’s In Safe Hands campaign leads to action over “shameful” practice.
NEWS 17 December 2019 by Gavin Stuart
 
Fund created in memory of Eilidh MacLeod
Music groups from across Scotland have benefitted from a fund created in memory of a Scots teenager who died in the Manchester attacks
NEWS 17 December 2019 by Gareth Jones
 
How the third sector can help ensure no child is left behind
Sean Duffy says the third sector has a vital role to play in supporting the education system
OPINION 17 December 2019 Guest post
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Charity helps prisoners send gifts to their families
Project gives female inmates the opportunity to connect with their children this Christmas.
NEWS 16 December 2019 by Gavin Stuart
 
Row over Tory MP’s foodbank app
A newly elected Conservative politician has denied that she profits from an app for foodbanks
NEWS 16 December 2019 by Gareth Jones
 
Child poverty could soar under new Johnson government
The election of a Tory government at Westminster could lead to record levels of child poverty, a charity has said
NEWS 13 December 2019 by Graham Martin
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Youngsters hold climate strike after demo shutdown
A row broke out at the UN this week over the way climate protesters we treated at a summit in Madrid
NEWS 13 December 2019 by Gareth Jones
 
Employment charity faces closure
A move has been made to save Real Jobs Falkirk after it lost its £48,000 worth of core funding
NEWS 12 December 2019 by Gareth Jones
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