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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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The senselessness of sanctions
Steven McAvoy, Enable welfare rights adviser, recounts an incident that highlights why benefits sanctions don't save money or help people find work
OPINION 12 May 2014 Guest post
 
Rights to benefits
Financial discrimination of disabled people must end
OPINION 8 May 2014 by TFN
 
Stop playing to popular stigmas
Robert Armour argues that stigmatising the poor has a wide reaching impact on society as a whole
OPINION 30 April 2014 by Robert Armour
 
The outlook for women in Scotland
Jill Wood discusses Engender's work on gender issues surrounding the referendum and welfare reform
OPINION 7 April 2014 Guest post
 
Why is Employment and Support Allowance so flawed?
Keith Dryburgh argues for a more humane system in assessing people's capability to work
OPINION 7 April 2014 Guest post
 
Your chance to get behind the digital mission
Gareth Wells is looking for local groups to help promote digital skills in their community
OPINION 31 March 2014 Guest post
 
Empowerment and enterprise can solve poverty, not state control
Duncan Thorp believes enterprising local communities can provide social solutions where the public and private sectors have failed.
OPINION 31 March 2014 Guest post
 
Buying a better economy
Ken McIntosh MSP argues why the procurement bill can still ensure the creation of a moral economy for Scotland
OPINION 19 March 2014 Guest post
 
Combatting poverty in Scotland
John Dickie, director of Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, sets out the principles that will enable Scotland to combat the scourge of poverty
OPINION 13 March 2014 Guest post
 
Government fails to empower disabled people
Tressa Burke, chief executive of Glasgow Disability Alliance, explains why her organisation is objecting to the community empowerment bill
OPINION 5 March 2014 Guest post
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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