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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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Thirty years in the third sector – how the environment has changed
Jonny Kinross reflects on the changes he has seen in the sector
FEATURE 17 August 2018 Guest post
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Michelle Mone blasted for sending daughter on “poverty safari”
Reality TV show will see Mone's daughter visit Glasgow's east end
NEWS 15 August 2018 by Robert Armour
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Funding for charities supporting Glasgow asylum seekers
Cash will help those under the threat of eviction
NEWS 9 August 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Rape Crisis group faces funding threat
Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis is understood to have lost funding over concerns it does not do enough for men
NEWS 8 August 2018 by Gareth Jones
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Serco halts evictions as housing associations offer support
Legal bid halts evictions as third sector housing providers join to offer tenancy agreements
NEWS 6 August 2018 by Robert Armour
 
2018 will be the busiest summer for foodbanks ever
The poorest Scots are getting no respite from austerity as it was revealed that this summer is likely to be the busiest ever for foodbanks
NEWS 3 August 2018 by Graham Martin
 
Host families wanted to give 300 asylum seekers a room
Charity asks householders to consider giving a spare room to asylum seekers threatened with eviction
NEWS 3 August 2018 by Robert Armour
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Asylum seeker evictions could be unlawful
Social law firm to support asylum seekers threatened with eviction
NEWS 1 August 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Welfare cuts forcing more to ask for handouts
Fund has become a lifeline to those on the receiving end of welfare cuts
NEWS 1 August 2018 by Robert Armour
 
Charities can’t cope with mass asylum seeker eviction
Pressure mounts on Serco to halt evictions
NEWS 31 July 2018 by Robert Armour
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