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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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Shelve damaging pupil testing plans demands charity
Controversial national tests for school pupils have been condemned by a children’s charity
NEWS 2 February 2016 by Graham Martin
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Incompetence and collapse: the Kids Company verdict
A damning picture has been painted of failed charity Kids Company – an organisation beset by financial mismanagement and organisational incompetence
NEWS 1 February 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Government turning its back on child refugees in Europe
A government announcement to help more child refugees will do nothing for the 26,000 refugee children alone in Europe without their families
NEWS 28 January 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Youth work in Scotland worth over half a billion pounds
Youth work chief warns that cutting spend will only cost more in the long run
NEWS 27 January 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Child maintenance system is failing says charities
A group of Scottish charities is carrying out research to discover how much families are being let down by the service that chases child maintence
NEWS 27 January 2016 by Susan Smith
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Refugee children facing death in sub-zero temperatures
An aid charity is calling on governments to prioritise humanitarian aid for refugee children and their families
NEWS 19 January 2016 by Robert Armour
 
Scots teen wins trip to San Francisco thanks to charity
Alex Robb (16) will attend Developer Week after entering a competition run by Young Scot and Wisher
NEWS 15 January 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Save the Children appoints former Danish prime minister
Helle Thorning-Schmidt will be the new chief executive from April
NEWS 14 January 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Millions of children missing out on school
Petition demands David Cameron and other world leaders start tackling the problem at the World Humanitarian Summit in May
NEWS 12 January 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Chief encounters:  Does society recognise the enormous contribution made by charities?
​A trip by train to Aberdeen is more preferable than a flight to New York for Mary De la Peña MBE, chief executive of Children’s University Scotland
FEATURE 11 January 2016 by Paul Cardwell
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