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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Scottish Government can save charities from pensions black hole
The Scottish Government has the power to save charities facing huge Local Government Pension Scheme debts
NEWS 25 September 2017 by Susan Smith
 
University invests in social causes
Biggest investment of its kind in Europe
NEWS 22 September 2017 by Rab Armour
 
TFN Guide: Research is key in taking on first employee
Lesley Winton, of animal education charity Fostering Compassion, is relaxed about taking on her first member of staff
NEWS 22 September 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Violence at work is not part of the job
Dave Watson warns voluntary sector manager who continue to tell staff violence is just part of the job will face the wrath of Unison
OPINION 21 September 2017 Guest post
 
Some third sector employers see workplace violence as “inevitable”
A trade union is campaigning to turn around high incidences of workplace violence in the community and voluntary sector
NEWS 21 September 2017 by Rab Armour
 
Charity faces cuts after spending £6m reserves
​Job losses and service cuts loom at Combat Stress
NEWS 21 September 2017 by Rab Armour
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Scottish Power Foundation receives six times as many applications as 2016
The Scottish Power Foundation has seen a dramatic increase in applications after reaching out to communities across the UK
NEWS 21 September 2017 by Susan Smith
 
Rees-Mogg: the ghost at the foodbank
Graham Martin argues that Rees-Mogg's foodbank comments matter as they highlight different conceptions of society
OPINION 20 September 2017 by Graham Martin
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Scotland’s care system is in crisis – we need to fix it now
Keith Robson on the real gap between our ambition for high-quality care and the reality of high staff turnovers and care packages falling apart
OPINION 20 September 2017 Guest post
 
A decade of doing good business: 10 social enterprises over 10 years
Firstport's decade of social enterprise
FEATURE 19 September 2017 by TFN
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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