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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

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.

 
The benefits of lifelong learning will be the focus of Age Scotland’s annual national conference

 
The Scottish Government has promised to investigate why so many children have been denied help from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

 
Student carers are four more times likely to drop out of higher education than other students

 
​Latest funding award for HorseBack UK in Aberdeenshire takes total awarded to over £1 million

 
Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square was lit by over 2,100 illuminated handcrafted daffodils to promote the charity’s Great Daffodil Appeal

 
New system is leaving people destitute, renewing calls for its roll-out to be halted

 
Innovative employment programme sees lives transformed

 
Michael McGuire is getting ready to take part in his sixth marathon. He took up running after his son was stillborn and has since raised thousands for charity.

 
ASH Scotland argues that smokers should not be excluded when recruiting carers for needy children

 
Debate focuses on how loneliness is debilitating older people - and society