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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

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.

 
David, 30, was helped out of homelessness by Bethany House, an emergency resettlement unit in Edinburgh.

 
Yvonne MacDermid on the big debate to be had over our personal debt, now at its highest level in a decade

 
Shona Ferrier says is time politicians took note of the vital contribution charity retail makes to local communities

 
Social security minister Jeane Freeman outlines her vision for a better, fairer social security system run from Scotland

 
Duncan Thorp explains why social enterprises share the same values as local authority employees and what this means for the uplcoming election

 
​Mick Lightbody is a veteran housing campaigner from Easterhouse, Glasgow. Alongside Bob Holman he managed to turn round the fortunes of the run-down estate

 
Peter Kelly challenges Robert Armour's view that the third sector is unwilling to criticise the Scottish Government

 
Pete Sams life turned around when he got involved in a voluntary project in prison and it gave him something to live for

 
Andrea Williams has discovered a safe and secure home can turn the lives around of women coming out of prison

 
Phil Prentice considers how Scots can contribute to making their towns better during National Towns' Week