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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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Disabled children and families deserve access to information
Moves to extend the time special schools have to respond to Freedom of Information requests would erode the rights of disabled Scots, say campaigners
NEWS 28 April 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Social enterprise to run SSE staff canteen
Youth organisation expands its successful social enterprise café to energy company SSE's Inverness office
NEWS 26 April 2016 by Susan Smith
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First impressions of the third kind – the power of partnerships
Colin McKerchar has worked in the voluntary sector for four months now and is feeling liberated from competitive suspicions
OPINION 26 April 2016 Guest post
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Thousands of walkers take to streets of Glasgow for children’s charities
Dressed wearing kilts the walkers raised around £700,000 for children's charities
NEWS 25 April 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Andy Murray to host charity tennis event in Glasgow
Andy Murray Live promises great tennis and entertainment while fundraising for charity
NEWS 25 April 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Schools open in the holidays to feed hungry families
Primary schools in Glasgow are to open during the holidays in a bid to beat food poverty in deprived communities
NEWS 22 April 2016 by Graham Martin
 
1.5 million young people were bullied last year
Bullying continues to be a major problem across the UK and its everyone's job to tackle it says charity
NEWS 19 April 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Young Scots who grew up in care are spreading love globally
Duncan Dunlop explains the role that young care experienced Scots have played in moulding a more loving care system in New Zealand
OPINION 18 April 2016 Guest post
 
Benefit changes leave families at risk of abuse
Proposed changes to social security payments will put women and children at risk of abuse, a coalition of charities has warned
NEWS 18 April 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Trainspotting author shows soft side at Leith youth group
Author Irvine Welsh looked delighted to meet staff and young people on a recent visit to Leith youth charity The Junction, which he is a patron of
NEWS 15 April 2016 by Susan Smith
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