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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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Charity hails move to ban prisoners from smoking
Smoking will be outlawed in Scotland's prisons by next year
NEWS 17 July 2017 by Robert Armour
 
See you on the udder side: wacky race team will raise moo-lah for charity
Graeme Donohoe on why he's driving to Mongolia in a car done up as a Highland cow
OPINION 17 July 2017 Guest post
 
World’s top golfers support Scots charities
Some of the world’s top golfers sported a flash of Scottish fashion when Tartan Friday came to the Scottish Open – all in support of good causes
NEWS 14 July 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Chief Encounters: Katie Rafferty
​Katie Rafferty, just three months in post as director of Respect Me, loves getting on a bike and heading out of town
FEATURE 12 July 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Third sector pilot project to beat period poverty
Third sector groups are behind a groundbreaking project aimed at combating period poverty
NEWS 11 July 2017 by Graham Martin
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Calming creativity: the charity helping children cope with hospital
Art therapists helping children cope with hospital
NEWS 10 July 2017 by Gavin Stuart
 
Cancer: now Scots’ most common life-changing event
​Report shows how the disease has become commonplace in everyday life
NEWS 10 July 2017 by Robert Armour
 
When no one cares remember that you do
​Ben Samson left care and became a success against all odds. Now he implores other care leavers to do the same
OPINION 10 July 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Businesses urged to employ disabled people
​Companies urged to make reasonable adjustments and employ more disabled people in Scotland
NEWS 6 July 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Named Person legislation is an assault on families that must be opposed
Those who think named person legislation is dead should think again says Lesley Scott
OPINION 5 July 2017 by TFN
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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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