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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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Invention set to transform lives of disabled people
​Perthshire couple's invention could help wheelchair users and wider society
NEWS 5 November 2014 by Robert Armour
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New health and care system can cut homelessness
Homeless charity says health and social care professionals should start focusing on adults with physical and mental health problems
NEWS 5 November 2014 by Susan Smith
 
Privacy concerns over charity’s anti-suicide app
Charity under fire over privacy settings on new app
NEWS 4 November 2014 by Robert Armour
 
£10m in five days raised for DEC Ebola appeal
Public respond generously to west African Ebola crisis
NEWS 3 November 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Lonely this Christmas: older people’s isolation revealed
The scale of Christmas lonlieness among over-75s revealed
NEWS 3 November 2014 by Graham Martin
 
Council moves to transfer care to new organisation
​Borders Council plans to transfer care to arms-length body to save cash
NEWS 30 October 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Samaritans’ Twitter app could save lives
Key words and phrases alert Twitter followers to suicidal thougths
NEWS 29 October 2014 by Robert Armour
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Campaign launched to tackle mental health stigma
See me, the government mental health anti-stigma campaign, relaunches
NEWS 28 October 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Help on offer for Scotland’s carers
A new service will help carers better express their views and needs to social care professionals
NEWS 28 October 2014 by Susan Smith
 
Respite group provides helping hands when needed
Kate Matlow volunteers for Relative Respite
FEATURE 28 October 2014 by Robert Armour
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