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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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Record number of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award gold recipients
Over 1,200 young people packed into Holyroodhouse over four award ceremonies
NEWS 7 July 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Axe tax credits and most families will suffer
Charity implores chancellor not to cut tax credits in budget
NEWS 6 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Government forces charity chief to resign
​Cabinet Office refuses to fund children's charity under current leadership
NEWS 3 July 2015 by Robert Armour
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Anger as Tories change child poverty definition
Charities hit out after ​Iain Duncan Smith announces he'll change how child poverty is defined
NEWS 2 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Commissioners report Tories to UN for creating child poverty
​Damning report says Tory welfare cuts are systematically breaching UN conventions on the rights of the child
NEWS 1 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Parliament launches biggest ever manifesto consultation
Views of thousands of young people being sought
NEWS 1 July 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Pressure mounts on Osborne to ditch £12bn cuts
Scores of charities and public bodies heaping pressure on chancellor to ditch draconian welfare cuts before budget
NEWS 1 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Charity praises sheriff for jailing deceitful mum
​Mother jailed after falsely accusing the dad of her child of domestic abuse
NEWS 30 June 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Poor kids twice as likely to struggle with reading
Some children are behind in language by the time they start school and will never catch up
NEWS 29 June 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Royal visit for charity’s Glasgow workshop
Prince Charles checked up on his own charity while on a recent visit to Scotland
NEWS 26 June 2015 by Paul Cardwell
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