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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.

 
Bringing empty homes back into use could go some way to solving the country's housing problems says leading charity

 
Louise Macdonald of Young Scot is joined by Edel Harris of Cornerstone as top Scottish tweeters

 
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations is urging the Scottish Government to use new powers to effectively eradicate the bedroom tax

 
Young Scots tenants need more support and better quality housing

 
​MSP step in as charity comes under fire over evictions

 
More than 100 people slept rough in Edinburgh's city centre in a bid to raise cash and awareness of youth homelessness

 
The UK government should reconsider its decision not to accept the public's offer of space in their homes for people fleeing Syria, a charity has said

 
Shelter Scotland is searching for the children and their families featured in iconic photographs of Scotland’s tenement slums

 
​Associations believe they can do more to challenge daily poverty they encounter

 
The Rock Trust says the latest Scottish Government pledge is a step in the right direction