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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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Sprinklers to be fitted in new social housing
The Scottish Government has confirmed it will back plans led by a Labour politician to make sprinklers mandatory in new properties
NEWS 22 June 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Homelessness bombshell as figures rise
Shelter Scotland has said an increase in homeless applications for the first time in nine years should act as a wake-up call
NEWS 19 June 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Affordable homes for Highland
Tenants to benefit from new development
NEWS 14 June 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Fund aims to provide homes for 800 homeless people
A new £3 million Housing First project - funded by last year's Social Bite charity sleepout - has been unveiled
NEWS 14 June 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Homelessness could end within a decade
Crisis has set out an ambitious plan which it says could stop people from having to sleep on the streets
NEWS 11 June 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
More than 10,000 households live in temporary accommodation
The amount of people living in hostel accomodation has risen since 2010, research has revealed
NEWS 4 June 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Move to transform use of temporary accommodation
The Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group has made a series of recommendations to tackle homeless in the first place
NEWS 30 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Project aims to identify community legal rights
Democracy Matters aims to get local people talking on how they can have an influence on important decisions
NEWS 28 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
 
Scotland’s allotments are plotting a revolution
Third sector-run allotment projects are sowing the seeds of change across Scotland, building stronger communities and tackling deep-rooted social problems
FEATURE 22 May 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Recovery cafe finds new home
The Serenity Cafe has been saved after charity Comas secured a new base in Edinburgh
NEWS 22 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
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