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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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Help everyone benefit from social care choices
Keith Robson on why more needs to happen so older Scots can have more choice and control over their own social care
OPINION 25 August 2017 Guest post
 
Disability support service finally opens after banking troubles
​A disability support service will finally open in Dumfries & Galloway after a nine month setback by Clydesdale Bank
NEWS 25 August 2017 by Georgina Harris
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Do secure units punish or protect?
Ellen Maloney questions society's approach to care when it uses secure units against the young
OPINION 24 August 2017 Guest post
 
Revealed: charity’s quirkiest fundraisers
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has published a list of its top 10 “quirkiest” fundraising campaigns over the past year
NEWS 24 August 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Social care reform too slow says watchdog
Audit Scotland's new report into social care personalisation has found progress has moved too slowly despite a 10 year strategy and major funding
NEWS 24 August 2017 by Susan Smith
 
Best friend’s heartfelt trek for Lucy Lintott
​Six day Peru trek to raise cash for MND Scotland
NEWS 23 August 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Homelessness charity launches free sanitary products initiative
​Simon Community Scotland is launching a Period Friendly Point service to provide sanitary products to homeless women in Glasgow and Edinburgh
NEWS 23 August 2017 by Georgina Harris
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Mentoring project supports most vulnerable children
​Pioneering project supports Scotland's hardest to help children
NEWS 23 August 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Blind people put in danger by city centre cycle plan
RNIB has said the proposed layout could put the visually impaired at risk
NEWS 23 August 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Taking on my first half marathon aged 50
Graham Findlay, 50, is registered blind, a regular runner, and will take on the Great Aberdeen Run with colleagues from North East Sensory Services
OPINION 22 August 2017 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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