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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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Author shares tale of his new love for walking
A Scottish author has shared the tale of rediscovering his local area thanks to the help of a charity’s health walk initiative
NEWS 28 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
 
Winter Fuel Payment top-up would help older people through colder months
Top-up needed as energy costs' cap comes to an end
NEWS 28 September 2021 by Robert Armour
 
£5m to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination
See Me has had its funding confirmed for the next five years
NEWS 28 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
 
Bride diagnosed with cancer just days before her wedding launches fundraising drive
Lynne Morgan is launching Stand up to Cancer in Scotland
NEWS 27 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
 
Social care charity makes move to increase pay for its workers
ENABLE plans to pay carers more than the real Living Wage
NEWS 27 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
 
Review highlights lack of progress in creating real change for people with autism
An independent review into the strategy has been carried out
NEWS 24 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
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Consultation on assisted dying launched
Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur is examining the plans, backed by Dignity in Dying Scotland, Friends at the End and the Humanist Society Scotland
NEWS 24 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
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Care charity pledges to deliver lasting change after safeguarding case guilty plea
The Action Group has been fined £20,000 for its failure to safeguard a worker subjected to a serious sexual assault
NEWS 23 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
 
Charity's new Scottish helpline to offer support to thousands with sight loss
The new service offers wellbeing support to callers
NEWS 23 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
 
Charity services to be transferred
Sense Scotland is taking over some of the services run by RNIB in Fife and Glasgow
NEWS 23 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
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