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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 shops threaten African textile industry
Donating clothes to charity shops is having an unexpected impact on African countries, where people snap up British cast-offs
NEWS 14 July 2014 by Susan Smith
 
Anger as Glasgow and Edinburgh miss clean air targets – again
Figures show air quality in Scotland's biggest cities is not going to improve any time soon
NEWS 11 July 2014 by Graham Martin
 
MoD agrees to decontaminate Dalgety Bay
Plan of action agreed to decontaminate Dalgety Bay
NEWS 11 July 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Wearing the same dress for 28 days to help tackle poverty overseas
​Natasha Hallett, communications assistant for SCVO, is giving up her cosy life in Edinburgh to volunteer in Ghana for seven months
FEATURE 10 July 2014 by Natasha Hallett
 
Something in the air at Scotland’s nature reserves
​Scottish Wildlife Trust invites the public to take in the air
NEWS 10 July 2014 by Graham Martin
 
Games organisers slammed for reneging on green pledge
Organisers renege on promise to introduce emissions zones across Glasgow during Commonwealth Games
NEWS 7 July 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Green groups: fracking in Scotland is not worth it
​Survey shows there is only a modest amount of exploitable shale gas in Scotland, while green groups say fracking is not worth the environmental cost
NEWS 30 June 2014 by Graham Martin
 
Warning over future of Scotland’s parks
Scottish parks and greenspaces are in decline following cuts to funding
NEWS 27 June 2014 by Robert Armour
 
John Muir Trust welcomes map to safeguard wild areas
Conservation charity the John Muir Trust has hailed a new move to protect wild areas from development
NEWS 23 June 2014 by Graham Martin
 
RSPB condemns hen harrier persecution
Bird charity says more must be done to conserve charismatic raptor after evidence emerges of shooting in a national park
NEWS 20 June 2014 by Graham Martin
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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