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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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Charity warns against winter deaths complacency
Root cause of deaths need to be addressed
NEWS 17 October 2019 by Robert Armour
 
Teenage volunteer wins award from Prime Minister
Maddie Hayes has been a befriending volunteer for three years at the Leonard Cheshire care service in Inverness.
NEWS 17 October 2019 by Gavin Stuart
 
Scotland tightens domestic abuse laws
Move will compliment "gold standard" of legislation
NEWS 17 October 2019 by Robert Armour
 
Young carers’ grant open for applications
16-18 year-olds to get cash support from next week
NEWS 17 October 2019 by Robert Armour
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Pledge to scrap non-residential care charges
Charges for services such as day care, lunch clubs, meals on wheels and monitoring alarms could be cut
NEWS 16 October 2019 by Gareth Jones
 
Tributes paid to charity co-founder
Charles Jencks, co-founder of Maggie's Cancer Care Centres, died this week aged 80
NEWS 16 October 2019 by Gareth Jones
 
New national health and housing project
ACOSVO and SFHA are bringing a wide-range of partners together to examine some of the major challenges being experienced by people across the country
NEWS 15 October 2019 by Gareth Jones
 
Opera star Stands up to Cancer
Monica McGhee is urging Scots to join the fight against cancer after almost losing her voice to the condition
NEWS 15 October 2019 by Gareth Jones
 
Activist named one of UK’s most influential disabled people
Dr Hazel McFarlane’s proposals for a vision support service have helped countless people adjust to sight loss.
NEWS 14 October 2019 by Gavin Stuart
 
St Andrew’s First Aid Cadets celebrate 65th anniversary
The programme has trained 10,000 young people since 1954.
NEWS 14 October 2019 by Gavin Stuart
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