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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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If care system is reformed the pain of growing up in care won’t have been for nothing
Harry O’Neill is one of the people with experience of being in care that met and influenced Nicola Sturgeon to announce a review of the care system
OPINION 18 October 2016 Guest post
 
Real Lives: the struggle to help my autistic son with ADHD
Laura Lemay speaks out about the difficulties her son Alfie faces to mark ADHD Awareness Month
OPINION 18 October 2016 Guest post
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£30 million to meet rising demand for children’s hospices
The Children’s Hospice Association Scotland has been awarded the Scottish Government cash after a rise in the number of children with life-shortening conditions
NEWS 18 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
NHS must step up services for hearing loss
A Scottish charity has found NHS audiology departments are falling far short of national standards for the care of people with hearing loss
NEWS 18 October 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Befriending is not just about cuddly grannies
Liz Watson says Scotland's befriending services work with thousands of lonely people from all sorts of backgrounds and many desperately need volunteers
OPINION 17 October 2016 Guest post
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Young people in care to help reform system that is failing them
Charities welcome announcement by First Minister, who says the failings in the system for looked after children breaks her heart
NEWS 17 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
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Community rallies round after sensory garden hit by vandals
A charity is fundraising to repair a sensory garden for deaf and blind people after it was targeted by vandals.
NEWS 17 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Learn how to save a life online
With half of Scots in need of first aid training, St Andrews First Aid has created an online resource to help more people learn to save lives
NEWS 17 October 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Do we need 1,000 social care bodies for 5.3m people?
Theresa Shearer says the foundations the social care sector in Scotland are built on are cracking and the sector must start talking about change
OPINION 14 October 2016 Guest post
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Living wage saga uncovers cracks in Scotland’s social care system
Moves to pay all social care staff the real living wage have uncovered serious cracks in the system, says one charity that can't pay £8.25 for sleepovers
NEWS 14 October 2016 by Susan Smith
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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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