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Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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Time for a social enterprise NHS?
Duncan Thorp questions whether our health service should continue to be run by the state
OPINION 13 June 2014 Guest post
 
Councils not delivering new social care system
Councils have a long way to go to help people with care needs access their legal right to control their own support
NEWS 12 June 2014 by Susan Smith
 
Law change will benefit the disabled
Change in access laws will benefit disabled, says charity
NEWS 10 June 2014 by Graham Martin
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Momentum project set to close after funding cut
Council pulls funding on charity-run employment service
NEWS 3 June 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Charity calls for an end to unlawful dementia care
​Alzheimer Scotland has called for changes to dementia care procedures after a report revealed a series of failings in the current system
NEWS 3 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Calls and volunteers increase at Samaritans
Requests for help to Samaritans hit a five-year-high last year as its volunteer numbers reached a 10-year peak
NEWS 2 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Charity campaigns for life-extending cancer drug
A new campaign is urging the Scottish Medicines Consortium to approve a life-extending treatment for breast cancer despite the cost
NEWS 2 June 2014 by Susan Smith
 
Open Secret fights funding cut
​Decision on charity's funding delayed until June
NEWS 29 May 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Create your playlist for life
​Broadcaster and dementia charity founder Sally Magnusson has revealed the five songs on her playlist for life
NEWS 27 May 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Turning up the volume on kinship care
Allan Young explains why over 10,000 children in Scotland living in kinship care are being let down by a system which fails to recognise their needs
OPINION 19 May 2014 Guest post
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

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