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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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Dozens of charities face closure as Glasgow rejects over 100 funding bids
Charities say petty errors mean their applications rejected
NEWS 16 January 2020 by Robert Armour
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Charity warns against “quick fix” diets
Diabetes UK urges Scots to stick to healthy, sustainable lifestyle changes.
NEWS 16 January 2020 by Gavin Stuart
1 comment
 
Date for responding to disability bill approaches
The bill aims to ensure every disabled child with an impairment or long-term health condition has a right to a transition plan
NEWS 16 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
EU citizens need guarantees
The Human Rights Consortium Scotland has produced a series of videos that call for an automatic right to stay for EU nationals residing in Scotland
NEWS 16 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
2 comments
 
Lottery funding for domestic abuse charities
Five organisations are sharing in a £664,000 windfall.
NEWS 16 January 2020 by Gavin Stuart
 
MND drug trials hope
MND Scotland has invested more than half of the charity’s annual turnover into a ground-breaking clinical drug trial for Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
NEWS 16 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
3 comments
 
Call for greater animal protection ahead of election
More compassion called for
NEWS 15 January 2020 by Robert Armour
 
Bold action needed on Sustainable Development Goals
Oxfam Scotland has said politicians must ensure that no one is left behind in the bid to meet the goals
NEWS 15 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
1 comment
 
Charities back period poverty bill
A host of organisations have backed calls by a Labour MSP to ensure that women have a legal right to free sanitary products
NEWS 15 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
 
Fears over Glasgow climate summit bill
Lack of clarity over who will pay huge cost
NEWS 15 January 2020 by Robert Armour
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a look at how the sector is progressing in inclusion, diversity, equality and environmentalism - what more can be done to further these aims, featuring a wealth of expert opinion, advice and reflection.

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