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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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Someone has to sort out the welfare state
Alex Johnstone says the Scottish Conservatives are making tough decisions on welfare to ensure support is there for the people who really need it
OPINION 31 March 2015 Guest post
 
Glasgow community activist wages war against Islamic State
​Islamic scholar and activist calls on Muslim community to deter young people from joining terror group
NEWS 31 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Sturgeon: 500 living wage employers within a year
An ambitious new target has been set to massively increase the number of employers paying the living wage
NEWS 30 March 2015 by Graham Martin
 
Human rights laws must be upheld warns Miller
Politicians must build on existing human rights legislation not erode it says commissioner
NEWS 27 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Poll: Are Scots more socially inclusive and progressive than people in the rest of the UK?
POLL 27 March 2015 by Alex Turnbull
 
Sturgeon: Tougher laws on domestic violence planned
​Scottish Government will consider strengthening domestic violence legislation
NEWS 27 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Devastating report finds young Scots most at risk of poverty
Unemployment, a lack of social housing and inflation have all conspired to make young Scots most at risk of poverty, a new report reveals
NEWS 26 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
End Work Programme, Scots ministers demand
UK government refuses call to cancel Work Programme and Work Choice in Scotland
NEWS 26 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Living wage reaches landmark total in Scotland
150th organisation confirmed as an accredited living wage employer
NEWS 25 March 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Negative attitudes to the poor persist in Scotland
Significant numbers still believe poverty is result of laziness
NEWS 25 March 2015 by Robert Armour
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