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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, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

 
£1 million is available to voluntary organisations as part of the first phase of a charity led programme that will support looked after children

 
The UK's highest court has said the Scottish Government's Named Person scheme would be in breach of European human rights laws

 
Housing association Horizon and Stirling University are carrying out research into adapted housing in a bid to find solutions to a major shortfall

 
A duchess, a music icon and a comedy favourite met young Scots fighting cancer at the opening of Glasgow's Teenage Cancer Trust unit

 
Scientists say cash raised by the charity ice bucket challenge craze may have opened a new front in the fight against a devastating illness

 
A coalition of charities is calling for a wholesale review of the social care system to prevent it cracking under increasing pressures

 
​Heather Fisken on the urgent need for a review of the funding and structure of social care support in Scotland

 
​Terri Smith has spent seven years struggling with severe mental health problems, she says mental health services are failing young Scots

 
A whirlwind of closures is about to engulf care charities – which must make a choice between paying senior management salaries and providing services

 
Just 25% of patients are diagnosed with the disease at its earliest stage, a report has found