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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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Revealed: charity’s quirkiest fundraisers
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has published a list of its top 10 “quirkiest” fundraising campaigns over the past year
NEWS 24 August 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Best friend’s heartfelt trek for Lucy Lintott
​Six day Peru trek to raise cash for MND Scotland
NEWS 23 August 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Homelessness charity launches free sanitary products initiative
​Simon Community Scotland is launching a Period Friendly Point service to provide sanitary products to homeless women in Glasgow and Edinburgh
NEWS 23 August 2017 by Georgina Harris
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Mentoring project supports most vulnerable children
​Pioneering project supports Scotland's hardest to help children
NEWS 23 August 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Blind people put in danger by city centre cycle plan
RNIB has said the proposed layout could put the visually impaired at risk
NEWS 23 August 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Taking on my first half marathon aged 50
Graham Findlay, 50, is registered blind, a regular runner, and will take on the Great Aberdeen Run with colleagues from North East Sensory Services
OPINION 22 August 2017 Guest post
 
Top Fringe promoter inspired by his son to fundraise for brain cancer charity
​Ed Bartlam's young son suffered from a brain tumour, leading him to put on the Big Brain Benefit to raise money and awareness
NEWS 22 August 2017 by Georgina Harris
 
Charity carer stays on register despite attacking man
​Carer grabbed and swore at vulnerable man
NEWS 22 August 2017 by Robert Armour
 
New nursing service to support every young Scot with cancer
​Teenage Cancer Trust is looking for donations to help recruit specialist nurses for every young person with cancer in Scotland
NEWS 22 August 2017 by Georgina Harris
 
UN is told UK government is violating the rights of disabled
Campaigners tell UN committee rights are being routinely ignored
NEWS 21 August 2017 by Robert Armour
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