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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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Westminster means testing plan could see disabled lose jobs
A key employment subsidy is to be axed – putting more than 600 disabled workers in Scotland out of work
NEWS 22 May 2018 by Graham Martin
 
Universal Credit process too complex for applicants
Rejected applications are blamed on an overly complicated process
NEWS 16 May 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Hollywood actor opens Edinburgh credit union
Affordable finance campaigner Michael Sheen has opened new premises for the Castle Community Bank
NEWS 15 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Activists can get united to create a better Scotland
A new national network has been created which will help ordinary people to create a fairer, more sustainable world
NEWS 10 May 2018 by Graham Martin
 
Fundraiser launched for stabbed refugee
​Show of support as Syrian boy fights for his life in hospital
NEWS 8 May 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Huge march for independence heralds new momentum
Organisers say march is just the start of many
NEWS 7 May 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Sex workers join May Day marchers
Workers demand to be treated same as others paid employees
NEWS 7 May 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Are we honouring Scots’ welfare rights?
How Universal Credit is affecting people's welfare rights will be explored at a conference next month
NEWS 4 May 2018 by Susan Smith
 
Volunteers save the homeless during a brutal winter
This winter was one of the most brutal in recent years – but more than 700 people were spared its excesses thanks to a homeless shelter
NEWS 4 May 2018 by Graham Martin
 
Huge protest wave would engulf a Scottish Trump visit
Donald Trump will be met in Scotland with a level of protest “not seen since the Iraq War” should he visit
NEWS 26 April 2018 by Graham Martin
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