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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.

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How fit are our personal finances?
Yvonne MacDermid on the big debate to be had over our personal debt, now at its highest level in a decade
OPINION 30 June 2017 Guest post
 
The UK’s first ever manifesto for charity shops
Shona Ferrier says is time politicians took note of the vital contribution charity retail makes to local communities
OPINION 30 May 2017 Guest post
 
Creating a better, fairer social security system
Social security minister Jeane Freeman outlines her vision for a better, fairer social security system run from Scotland
OPINION 3 May 2017 Guest post
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In every corner of Scotland: the local election manifesto for social enterprise
Duncan Thorp explains why social enterprises share the same values as local authority employees and what this means for the uplcoming election
OPINION 13 April 2017 Guest post
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Light the touchpaper of civil action
​Mick Lightbody is a veteran housing campaigner from Easterhouse, Glasgow. Alongside Bob Holman he managed to turn round the fortunes of the run-down estate
OPINION 11 April 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Voice of dissent: poverty campaigners do challenge the Scottish Government
Peter Kelly challenges Robert Armour's view that the third sector is unwilling to criticise the Scottish Government
OPINION 27 March 2017 Guest post
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I turned a life of crime into a life worth living
Pete Sams life turned around when he got involved in a voluntary project in prison and it gave him something to live for
OPINION 14 March 2017 by Robert Armour
 
The difference a home makes to ex-offenders
Andrea Williams has discovered a safe and secure home can turn the lives around of women coming out of prison
OPINION 1 December 2016 Guest post
 
Whose town is it anyway?
Phil Prentice considers how Scots can contribute to making their towns better during National Towns' Week
OPINION 15 November 2016 Guest post
 
Real Lives: From homelessness to the board in two years
Richard Williams joined the Emmaus community in Gloucestershire to get off the streets, less than two years later he's helping to run the charity
OPINION 7 November 2016 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.

Read it here
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