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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.

 
Louise Stewart of WithYou reflects on a recent consultation event held on Islay

 
Myles Fitt: the harshness and immediacy of the Council Tax collection process is not well known

 
Many of the problems that people bring to the CAB, particularly debt, spring from, or are exacerbated by, issues with gambling

 
The third sector’s economic contribution and development seems to be too often overlooked

 
There’s no shame in having debt, and it’s completely understandable to be stressed and anxious about it

 
Anna Byatt on the power of participation

 
Derek Mitchell on how debt touches every aspect of our lives

 
Fiona King argues that the 2024/25 Scottish Budget misses a critical opportunity to make further progress on child poverty

 
We are sending too many to prison and our overcrowded facilities are doing little to help rehabilitate offenders, argues Annie Mauger-Thompson

 
Erica Young: "do we believe a person’s ability to secure a job is enhanced or diminished by hunger?"