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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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.

 
Jacklyn Calvard compares nurses to stars – they burn brightly but too many are now burning out

 

 
Susan Smith responds to the news that more Scots died from several preventable health conditions last year

 
Professor Rory O'Connor on how the Scottish Government's new suicide strategy can address why more people chose to take their own lives in 2016

 
Tressa Burke, chief executive of Glasgow Disability Alliance, looks at how poverty can be reduced

 

 
​Sam Routledge says his autistic son Leo wouldn't have progressed without help from a support network

 
Kiren Zubairi says the third sector is full of ideas on how to tackle our dysfunctional approach to food

 
​Philip Tierney tells TFN while the harrowing images of war never leave him, he has an urge to volunteer in the world's most dangerous places

 
Tressa Burke, chief executive of Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA), looks at how austerity has hit social care