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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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Blindfold fundraiser for Edinburgh charity
People across the country are being challenged to blindfold themselves for a day to raise money for Royal Blind
NEWS 10 February 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Children’s charity get £7m backing from supermarket giant
Children and young people’s cancer support charity CLIC Sargent has won a partnership with retailer Morrisons worth around £7 million
NEWS 9 February 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Alastair Campbell praises “brilliant” See Me
​The former Labour spin doctor is now a mental health campaigner and opened up about his brother after playing the bagpipes at a Celtic Connections event
NEWS 8 February 2017 by Paul Cardwell
 
I told my GP I was depressed - he told me toughen up
Claire Frankland's mental health support group based in Castlemilk, Glasgow, is a life saver. So much so even GPs are now referring patients to her
NEWS 8 February 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Refugee doctors get funding to work in NHS
Project aims to train refugee doctors for Scotland's NHS
NEWS 8 February 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Charity hailed for helping new mums suffering from depression and anxiety
Aberlour calls for its befriending programme for new mums to be rolled out nationwide
NEWS 6 February 2017 by Paul Cardwell
 
A child is counselled for mental trauma every 11 minutes
More than 50,000 children were counselled by the Childline service last year – an average of one every eleven minutes
NEWS 6 February 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Cancer is creating an epidemic of loneliness
Survey finds people don't know how to deal with loved ones who have been diagnosed with the disease
NEWS 4 February 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Cancer support now available at city libraries
Innovative scheme reaches out to people who have been affected by cancer via city libraries
NEWS 3 February 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Killing with kindness: deadly diet is killing our pets
Nation's pets are becoming couch potatoes according to leading animal charity
NEWS 2 February 2017 by Robert Armour
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