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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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£300m to improve accessible transport
New strategy includes league tables grading disabled access
NEWS 26 July 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Landmark asbestos ruling hailed by campaigners
Judge finds in favour of family
NEWS 26 July 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Social enterprise gym faces losing its home in ten days
Projekt 42 is urgently searching for temporary premises for its community gym in Leith
NEWS 26 July 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Scotland hosts World Down Syndrome Congress
More than 1200 people are travelling to Glasgow for the international event
NEWS 25 July 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Huntington’s drug trial offers hope
​Results from trials are expected in 2019
NEWS 25 July 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Specialist care has had an amazing affect on our daughter
Rachel Ferguson was struggling to cope with epilepsy, but care at a specialist centre resulted in her life changing
NEWS 24 July 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Future of three care homes secured
Bield has announced that three of its care homes have been transferred to a new provider - however the battle to save a further eight has ended
NEWS 24 July 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Lodge will provide ideal space for those with MND
A charity is set to invest £250,000 into specialist accommodation for those with a debilitating condition
NEWS 24 July 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
News in brief: what’s been going on across Scotland’s third sector 20 July 2018
A selection of stories from communities and voluntary organisations across Scotland
LIST 20 July 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Heroin isn’t cool – why teens are turning to cocaine
Andrew Horne on why Addaction is hearing from younger and younger cocaine users and how charities need to use innovative ways to reach them
OPINION 19 July 2018 by Alex Turnbull
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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