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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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Government rape clause leads to boycott by leading charities
Proof of rape before being awarded tax credits will only humiliate already victimised women say charities
NEWS 5 April 2017 by Robert Armour
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Charities offer libraries funding opportunity
​Libraries which offer projects which engage the public in health matters offered £150,000 funding pot
NEWS 4 April 2017 by Paul Cardwell
 
Decades of progress for Scots disabled people “at risk”
Twenty years of progress towards disability equality under threat in ​Scotland says report
NEWS 4 April 2017 by Robert Armour
 
A new approach to mental health is needed
Carolyn Lochhead says there is a still fight to be had over the ask once get help fast approach to mental health despite the government’s commitment to it
OPINION 3 April 2017 Guest post
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Real Lives: I won’t allow cancer to consume my whole family
Geraldine Wellington, a mum of five, has cancer for the second time. She says the Beatson Cancer Charity is once again helping her and her family manage
OPINION 3 April 2017 Guest post
 
Petition launched after autistic man banished to island
Devoted mother wants her son home after being sent to a care centre on an island miles away from his home
NEWS 3 April 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Gordon Aikman’s family vow to raise £1m for MND
The family of MND fundraiser and campaigner Gordon Aikman announced his campaign passed the £600,000 total on what would have been his 32nd birthday
NEWS 3 April 2017 by Paul Cardwell
 
Donations keep life saving charity chopper aloft for longer
Emergency cover in Scotland is set to be enhanced as the country’s only charity-funded helicopter air ambulance extends its operational hours
NEWS 31 March 2017 by Graham Martin
 
New mental health strategy not good enough say charities
Children’s and mental health charities have unanimously rounded on the Scottish Government’s new 10-year mental health strategy
NEWS 31 March 2017 by Paul Cardwell
 
It’s agonising hearing my mum cry but it’s 3am and I have two essays to finish
Keith Burns on the often distressing and impossible difficulty of juggling being a student and a carer
OPINION 28 March 2017 Guest post
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