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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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Renewed calls to close Dungavel after death
​Campaigner calls Dungavel a human rights violation
NEWS 20 September 2017 by Robert Armour
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Welfare effect fund open for applications
The third phase of the Community Capacity and Resilience Fund has opened
NEWS 20 September 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Calls for Universal Credit Christmas truce
A festive season of misery faces those receiving the controversial benefit
NEWS 19 September 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Scotland’s social security HQ will be in Dundee
New agency set to create 1,500 jobs
NEWS 19 September 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Pressure mounts to halt flawed Universal Credit
Criticism from campaigners, charities and politicians could force government to rethink controversial policy
NEWS 18 September 2017 by Robert Armour
 
OAPs missing out on pension credit
Age Scotland is urging older people to claim pension credit, following new figures showing 104,000 entitled Scots are not claiming it
NEWS 15 September 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Mega-rich Tory finds foodbanks “uplifting”
A multi-millionaire Tory MP has been blasted after he declared foodbank use as “rather uplifting”
NEWS 14 September 2017 by Graham Martin
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Poor people pushed into debt by harsh benefit deductions
Claimants say they are being forced further into poverty
NEWS 14 September 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Report shows growth in social enterprises
Firstport has published a report on the importance of social enterprises to mark 10 years in operation
NEWS 13 September 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Che Guevara’s daughter heads to Scotland
The Scottish Cuba Solidarity Campaign and the Havana Glasgow Film Festival will host Aleida Guevara March later this year
NEWS 12 September 2017 by Gareth Jones
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