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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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Abseil at the home of Scottish rugby
Daredevils are being given the chance to abseil down the country's biggest stadium to raise money for Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance
NEWS 24 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Charity calls for benefits overhaul
The MS Society Scotland has called for a draconian mobility test to be excluded from Scotland's new social security system
NEWS 21 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
New play shines light on pancreatic cancer
The Islets of Silence (The C Word) is a play written by Isobel Barrett, who has personal experience of the illness
NEWS 21 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Campaigners welcome period poverty U-turn
The Scottish Government is to support a bill making sanitary products free for all.
NEWS 20 February 2020 by Gavin Stuart
 
Get involved in the Big Lunch
The Big Lunch is the UK’s largest annual get-together for neighbours, an idea from the Eden Project made possible by the National Lottery
NEWS 20 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Using power of music to battle dementia
Playlist for Life has launched a new package of training programmes urging healthcare professionals and those with caring responsibilities
NEWS 20 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Care system faces “irreparable damage” from new immigration rules
Scottish Care hits out over UK Government’s new points-based system.
NEWS 19 February 2020 by Gavin Stuart
 
Voluntary sector is key to transforming Scotland into a happier country
Scotland’s progress must be measured through a growth in the wellbeing and happiness of its people, first minister tells The Gathering
NEWS 19 February 2020 by Graham Martin
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Sector can help Scotland walk to health
Paths for All is hoping the voluntary sector can lead the way in helping workplaces become more active
NEWS 19 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Tory immigration policies are “offensive and disastrous”
UK government immigration policies have been savaged as being both “offensive and disastrous”, first minister tells The Gathering
NEWS 19 February 2020 by Graham Martin
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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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