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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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Profile: meet Scotland’s Mr BIG
Susan Smith asked Martin Cawley, the new director of the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland, what it's like to have £70m a year to give away
NEWS 5 December 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Mind, Body and Facebook – do you want eternal life in the cloud?
Jacklyn Calvard encourages a good digital death to make sure you don't live on in the cloud long after you are sitting on a cloud
OPINION 5 December 2016 Guest post
 
Housing crisis leaves disabled desperate and homeless
Defuse ticking timebomb in disabled housing
NEWS 2 December 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Charities warn of booze and dementia link
More action is needed to make people aware of the link between alcohol and dementia, say charities
NEWS 1 December 2016 by Graham Martin
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Don’t strive for a perfect Christmas, say Samaritans
A suicide prevention charity is urging us all to stop striving for a perfect Christmas - and have what it’s calling a #RealChristmas instead
NEWS 1 December 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Health and social care change not moving fast enough say MSPs
A group of MSPs have called for the Scottish Government to put more pressure on the NHS and councils to work together on health and care services
NEWS 1 December 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Uniform look for Edinburgh night time volunteers
​A project which helps vulnerable adults around Edinburgh's popular nightspots have been given new uniform jackets by a local hotel
NEWS 1 December 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Charity chief: living wage works for staff and business
Charity boss sings praises of the Scottish Living Wage
NEWS 29 November 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Charity welcomes move to involve more female doctors in rape examinations
Moves to involve more female doctors in forensic examinations of victims of sexual offences have been welcomed by a charity
NEWS 29 November 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Council funding cuts threaten Edinburgh family centre
An Edinburgh support centre that works with some of the city's most vulnerable families is cutting services after losing council funding
NEWS 29 November 2016 by Jolene Campbell
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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