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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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Be a social media Santa and deliver a gift to a homeless child
Social media users are getting the chance to be Santa to one of Scotland's thousands of homeless children this Christmas
NEWS 16 November 2016 by Molly Millar
 
NSPCC’s urgent call for volunteers to help protect kids from abuse
The NSPCC has put out an urgent call for volunteers in the North East of Scotland to help its work to keep primary school age children safe from abuse
NEWS 15 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Rowling and Redmayne discuss children’s charity Lumos - brand new video
Harry Potter author JK Rowling and actor Eddie Redmayne spoke about children's charity Lumos at a fundraising preview of the latest Potter-world film
NEWS 15 November 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Support service for bereaved children expands to Glasgow
A charity that helps children come to terms with the death of a loved one is expanding to Glasgow
NEWS 15 November 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Fundraiser, 96, gifted new wheelchair after accident
A 96-year-old fundraiser has been gifted a new wheelchair six months after breaking his neck and back in a fall in his Edinburgh home
NEWS 14 November 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Hundreds of Scottish children called Childline last year about online bullying
​Online bullying is biggest problem faced by this generation says the charity which runs Childline
NEWS 14 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Intrepid Sleep Out fundraisers make £40,000 for youth homelessness
Edinburgh fundraisers pulled on their woolly hats and gloves to spend the night on the city's streets to show solidarity for youth homelessness
NEWS 8 November 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Revealed: Scotland’s poverty pockets where a third of children live below the breadline
The shocking extent of child poverty afflicting Scotland has been revealed
NEWS 8 November 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Merger for Scottish children’s charities
Scottish children’s charities the Archie Foundation and Friends of the Special Nursery (FOTSN) have announced a merger
NEWS 1 November 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Youth hostels are modern, cosy and sociable says new campaign
Scottish Youth Hostel Association's newest membership campaign aims to dispel old-fashioned perceptions of its 60 hostels
NEWS 31 October 2016 by Susan Smith
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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