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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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13,000 Scots become Dementia Friends
Scotland on target to become a dementia friendly nation with up to 13,000 Scots taking part in Alzheimer Scotland’s Dementia Friends initiative
NEWS 21 September 2015 by Graham Martin
 
Alzheimer Scotland staff member busts some moves!
So far he's got no name, but Alzheimer Scotland's new mascot is showing that dementia is not all doom and gloom at this month's Memory Walks
NEWS 21 September 2015 by TFN
 
Black Dot campaign could make victims more vulnerable
​A campaign designed to help domestic abuse victims is criticised for being flawed
NEWS 21 September 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Charity’s urgent plea for more foster carers to come forward
One in six children in foster care in Scotland have to move between homes due to a lack of suitable carers
NEWS 21 September 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Davis Cup hero serves up new tartan for cancer charity
Jamie Murray helps launch a new tartan created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Macmillan's World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
NEWS 21 September 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Benefits crisis drives families to foodbanks
Increasing foodbank use down to benefit changes report finds
NEWS 21 September 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Deaf people from England might move to Scotland
Charity claims new sign language law means deaf people choosing to live in Scotland will have better access to education, health care and jobs
NEWS 18 September 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Goodmovers | Who is going where in the voluntary sector | 17 September 2015
Find out who has been appointed to fill some of the biggest roles in the third sector in our latest Goodmovers round-up
FEATURE 17 September 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Charities demand full devolution of welfare
​Leading charities say full devolution of welfare is the only tangible option to help Scotland's most vulnerable
NEWS 15 September 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Benefit changes leave MS sufferers unable to afford to heat their homes
One in four MS sufferers in Scotland have been forced to cut down on gas and electricity, according to the MS Society Scotland
NEWS 14 September 2015 by Paul Cardwell
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