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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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Tories accused of benefit fraud witch hunt
Few allegations are ever proven, data reveals
NEWS 16 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
New social firm tackles period poverty
​Founders create innovative way of combating period poverty
NEWS 15 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Anger as “callous” Tory Esther McVey gets DWP top job
Disability and poverty groups have reacted with anger at the appointment of Esther McVey as the UK’s new Work and Pensions Secretary
NEWS 10 January 2018 by Graham Martin
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New Scots strategy to welcome refugees
Strategy will help refugees integrate
NEWS 10 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Charity condems vile sectarian trolls
​Rangers legend targeted by "bigoted morons"
NEWS 9 January 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Trashed foodbank will reopen after heartless raid
Volunteers worked tirelessly to reopen before Christmas
NEWS 22 December 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Who’s on the 2017 anti-poverty naughty and nice list?
Following a year of ups and downs in the fight against poverty, anti-poverty campaigners have published naughty and nice lists ahead of Christmas
NEWS 22 December 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Improving criminal justice experience for sexual violence victims
A charity is joining with Scotland’s prosecution service to obtain feedback from victims of sexual crime about their experience of the justice system
NEWS 19 December 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Laundry aims to continue helping disabled into work
St Jude's Laundry has operated in Edinburgh for more than half a century
NEWS 19 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Tory minister claims mentally ill better for working
Gauke defends sanction regime
NEWS 18 December 2017 by Robert Armour
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