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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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MSPs back campaign to increase charity’s funding
The Yard, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, has warned of increasing pressure on the services they can offer.
NEWS 17 October 2023 by Niall Christie
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The door is open - now we need to push it a bit further 
CCPS CEO Rachel Cackett reflects on the disappointments and successes of the 4 Steps to Fair Work campaign – and what its emerging movement can do next in its fight for social justice
OPINION 13 October 2023 by Rachel Cackett
 
“I truly love my job”: Hospice Care Week celebrates the staff and volunteers who make hospice care so special 
This week is Hospice Care Week, and will focus on workforce, under the theme: ‘We are hospice care’.
OPINION 9 October 2023 by Helen Malo
 
Making rights a reality – Scotland’s unpaid carers have their say
Carers are facing enormous challenges, and with budgets being squeezed locally and nationally
NEWS 6 October 2023 by Graham Martin
 
Half a million Scots with health conditions miss out on rehab
CHSS is calling for the Scottish Government to improve services for people with long-term conditions
NEWS 5 October 2023 by Graham Martin
 
Closing the gap – empowering people with long term conditions 
Jane-Claire Judson on Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland's new strategy
OPINION 5 October 2023 by Jane-Claire Judson
 
Charity chief executive to retire in Spring 2024
She has been in post for nearly 12 years.
NEWS 4 October 2023 by Niall Christie
 
Leading charity produces report outlining need to overhaul services for women of colour survivors. 
The charity commissioned researcher and campaigner Talat Yaqoob to carry out the analysis and produce the report in equal partnership with women of colour survivors.
NEWS 3 October 2023 by Niall Christie
 
Scotland unites to challenge poverty
It's Challenge Poverty Week - find out how you can get involved here
NEWS 3 October 2023 by Graham Martin
 
Influential entrepreneur becomes vice chair of neurodiversity charity
She has been a trustee of the Edinburgh-based charity for the past three years
NEWS 3 October 2023 by Graham Martin
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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