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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Redefining the war on welfare
Susan Smith argues the third sector needs to take a new approach to helping society's most marginalised prove their critics wrong
OPINION 22 July 2015 by Susan Smith
 
How social enterprises can prosper through the living wage
How paying the living wage can benefit Scotland's social enterprises
OPINION 20 July 2015 Guest post
 
Why we need foodbanks
​Ewan Gurr discusses the necessity of foodbanks in our society today.
OPINION 16 July 2015 Guest post
 
Surplus food or the right to food?
Graham Riches warns the UK is treading a dangerous path following in the footsteps of the North American foodbank culture
OPINION 15 July 2015 Guest post
 
Unintended consequences – Insurance Premium Tax
Alan Eccles summarises some of the effects of the budget
OPINION 10 July 2015 Guest post
 
Poll: Is this the harshest Budget in living memory?
POLL 9 July 2015 by Rab Armour
2 comments
 
Shock collars – the shocking truth
​Louise Robertson discusses how to support OneKind's campaign to outlaw collars that give dogs and electric shock
OPINION 8 July 2015 Guest post
 
Are the Tories in denial of child poverty?
POLL 2 July 2015 by Rab Armour
2 comments
 
10 years on, poverty is still not history
10 years since Make Poverty History march and there's still much to be done
OPINION 30 June 2015 Guest post
 
Not in my name will the Human Rights Act be abolished
The slogan of anti-war campaigners has been borrowed by those trying to protect the Human Rights Act
OPINION 30 June 2015 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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