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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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Shelter campaigns in Capital over shocking homeless figures
Homelessness charity Shelter Scotland took its latest campaign to Edinburgh as it revealed nearly 500 children are in termporary accommodation
NEWS 3 October 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Underneath the digital divide is shocking inequality
Douglas White explains why vharities have a vital role to play in helping to tackle the digital divide
OPINION 27 September 2016 Guest post
 
Housing association staff strike over plans to cut holiday entitlement
Staff at Wishaw Housing Association are taking industrial action in a bid to safeguard their holiday entitlement
NEWS 27 September 2016 by Gavin Stuart
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Edinburgh’s first social enterprise restaurant opens its doors
The team behind Social Bite are opening Home, a fine dining restaurant that will give jobs to homeless people and its profits to good causes
NEWS 23 September 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Social housing chief announces retirement
Mary Taylor has announced that she will retire next year from her role as chief executive of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
NEWS 22 September 2016 by Susan Smith
 
Scottish Government’s broadband strategy ‘failing rural communities’
The Scottish Government’s broadband strategy is failing rural communities, according to a report
NEWS 20 September 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Charity aims to help create better standards for Scotland’s 700,000 private renters
Shelter Scotland conference brings together third sector organisations with landlords, letting agents and tenants to discuss the implications of new legislation
NEWS 13 September 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Energy efficiency could be a shot in the arm for economy
Economists claim extra investment could create up to 9000 jobs around the country and reduce fuel poverty.
NEWS 12 September 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Chief Encounters: Lorraine McGrath, Simon Community Scotland
Find out what makes Simon Community Scotland's Lorraine McGrath tick
FEATURE 12 September 2016 by Graham Martin
 
One year on from the Commission on Housing and Wellbeing
​Adam Lang examines what impact of the commission on housing and wellbeing has had a year after publishing its final report
OPINION 7 September 2016 Guest post
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