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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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Staggering increase in winter deaths says Age Scotland
A dramatic increase in people dying of flu and pneumonia last winter has alarmed charities
NEWS 17 October 2018 by Sophie Bell
 
Being active is great and takes my mind off the pain
Michael Mellon speaks of the support he has received from Help for Heroes, as he prepares to be Scotland's only representative at the Invictus Games
OPINION 16 October 2018 Guest post
 
RNIB looks to the future as it marks 150th anniversary
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is celebrating 150 years of work today that has transformed the lives of blind and partially sighted people
NEWS 16 October 2018 by Sophie Bell
 
Funding News: 15 October 2018
Find out about funding successes, new funds opening and the latest developments in the funding and fundraising world
LIST 15 October 2018 by Sophie Bell
 
Over a quarter of Scots say they would not attempt CPR to save a life
BHF Scotland urges more local authorities to teach life saving CPR in schools
NEWS 15 October 2018 by Sophie Bell
 
Living with Endometriosis
Katy Johnston shares her personal fight with the illness, and why it's time to make the invisible visible, as Standard Life partners with Endometriosis UK
OPINION 12 October 2018 Guest post
 
News in brief: what’s been going on across Scotland’s third sector 12 October 2018
A selection of stories from communities and voluntary organisations across Scotland
LIST 12 October 2018 by Sophie Bell
 
Scotland’s most deprived live in food deserts
More than a million people in live in “food deserts” –where poverty, poor public transport and a dearth of big supermarkets limit access to affordable nutrition
NEWS 12 October 2018 by Graham Martin
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Charity champions cancer technology
Walk the Walk has been working to ensure that cancer patients have access to treatment that could save their hair
NEWS 11 October 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Mental health in schools: we need to make it count
Mark Rowland argues that mental health should be a priority in education
OPINION 10 October 2018 Guest post
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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