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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.

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Charity’s attainment gap concerns
Royal Blind has launched a new campaign calling for increased support for visually impaired school pupils
NEWS 23 October 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Football and fun for kinship carers
A fun day at Tynecastle Stadium attracted Scotland's largest ever gathering of kinship carers
NEWS 23 October 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Chest, heart and stroke patients have right to rehab
A health charity has revealed one in five people who suffer chest, heart or stroke conditions are not receiving the support they need
NEWS 22 October 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Charities round on tobacco giant
Philip Morris has been accused of "staggering hypocrisy" after producing a campaign calling for smokers to ditch cigarettes
NEWS 22 October 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
“Just say no” isn’t helpful advice for kids and drugs
Addaction launches the "Have the Chat" campaign to encourage parents to start a conversation about drugs with their children
NEWS 22 October 2018 by Sophie Bell
 
Should plastic surgery adverts be banned?
POLL 22 October 2018 by TFN
 
Learning disabled parents 20 times more likely to have children in care
Huge disparity in number of learning disabled parents getting their children taken into care
NEWS 19 October 2018 by Robert Armour
 
News in brief: what’s going on across Scotland’s third sector 19 October 2018
A selection of stories from communities and voluntary organisations across Scotland
LIST 19 October 2018 by Sophie Bell
 
Experts question safety of baby boxes
An academic, backed by representatives of the Lullaby Trust, has said there is lack of information on the safety of allowing babies to sleep in boxes
NEWS 18 October 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Arthritis forcing thousands of Scots to give up work
Versus Arthritis has said more needs to be done to help the 1.5 million people in Scotland who suffer with the condition
NEWS 17 October 2018 by Gareth Jones
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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