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Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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Social care “postcode lottery”
A charity has called for charges for non-residential social care for people with Parkinson’s and other long term conditions to be scrapped
NEWS 24 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Children make charity shop call
Pupils have given their time to window dress their local charity shop in an effort to drive donations and encourage upcycling and recycling
NEWS 23 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
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Jack’s Law to be taken forward
The UK Government has confirmed that it will implement a statutory right to a minimum of 2 weeks’ leave for all employed parents if they lose a child
NEWS 23 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Pizza helping to fight food poverty
Edinburgh restaurant Franco Manca has joined forces with Uber Eats to boost donations to FareShare
NEWS 23 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Tribunal judge slams “scandalous” behaviour of charity towards ex-employee
Charity has to sell premises to pay legal costs
NEWS 23 January 2020 by Robert Armour
 
Cashback funding helps charity support vulnerable youngsters
Cyrenians will work with Scotland’s five secure units in a bid to reduce youth homelessness.
NEWS 22 January 2020 by Gavin Stuart
 
Macmillan tops YouGov’s charity Buzz Rankings
The cancer support charity led for the eighth consecutive year.
NEWS 22 January 2020 by Gavin Stuart
 
Men’s shed won’t leave premises
Dispute over premises leads to friction between charity and housing association
NEWS 22 January 2020 by Robert Armour
 
Scotland’s public bank obliged to invest ethically
MSPs have formally established the Scottish National Investment Bank.
NEWS 22 January 2020 by Gavin Stuart
 
Campaigners call for FOI reform
A new report calls for sweeping changes to improve transparency and accountability.
NEWS 21 January 2020 by Gavin Stuart
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