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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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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
 
Plan aims to tackle social care recruitment crisis
Small community teams and a national campaign to promote social care as a career are among the initiatives planned
NEWS 19 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Police probe Scottish charity’s finances
Officers were contacted about alleged financial irregularities at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland in October
NEWS 19 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Scots fear they’re two pay cheques away from homelessness
Scots worry about the security of their tenancies
NEWS 19 December 2017 by Robert Armour
 
The TFN Quiz of 2017
2017 has certainly been an eventful year, so why not test your knowledge in our annual festive quiz
FEATURE 18 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Charity axes links to “exploitative” volunteering roles
A major Scottish charity has distanced itself from controversial volunteering positions at Edinburgh’s new year celebrations
NEWS 18 December 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Council-run charity workers set to strike
​Union officials say Glasgow LIfe has hired "scab" labour
NEWS 18 December 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Dementia movement celebrates gaining 50,000 backers
Rugby star Henry Pyrgos is Alzheimer Scotland's latest Dementia Friend, with the project aiming to spread awareness of the condition
NEWS 18 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Charity’s plans for wellbeing centre given the green light
Projekt 42 has received the go ahead to build a permanent home - after a successful launch earlier this year
NEWS 18 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
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