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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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Foodbanks will lose credibility if they side with DWP
Placing Jobcentre advisers in foodbanks is a retrograde step says anti-poverty campaigner Peter Savage
OPINION 3 November 2015 by TFN
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Campaigners vow to swamp “racist” demonstration
Counter protest planned promising to drown out members of far right group in Ayrshire village
NEWS 3 November 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Don’t let the fossil fuel lobby drown out small countries in vital climate talks
International campaign body Avaaz is fundraising to ensure that the fossil fuel lobby is not able to monopolise the agenda at the Paris climate change talks
NEWS 3 November 2015 by TFN
 
First steps taken to end food poverty in Scotland
An innovative third sector scheme will allow families to access affordable food
NEWS 2 November 2015 by Graham Martin
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Jobcentre staff bully and harass claimants
Claimants bullied and reduced to tears, MSPs are told
NEWS 2 November 2015 by Robert Armour
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Thousands will gain from living wage hike
Thousands of low paid workers are set to benefit from a hike in the living wage to £8.25.
NEWS 2 November 2015 by Graham Martin
 
Week will celebrate the living wage
Employers who have done the right thing and have implemented the living wage will be celebrated next week
NEWS 30 October 2015 by Graham Martin
 
Celtic fans bid to sack director who voted for child tax credit cuts
Celtic director Lord Livingston voted in favour of the Tories to cut tax credits, a position fans say is at odds with the club's ethos
NEWS 29 October 2015 by Robert Armour
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Foodbanks to house Jobcentre advisers
Iain Duncan Smith says he wants Jobcentre advisers placed in foodbanks to help people get jobs
NEWS 28 October 2015 by Robert Armour
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A queer new anti-austerity campaign
Scotland’s first anti-austerity LGBTI group is now up and running
NEWS 27 October 2015 by Graham Martin
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