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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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People are feeling lonelier than ever this Christmas
Cost of living crisis is compounding isolation
NEWS 23 December 2022 by Graham Martin
 
Glasgow community groups share £1m to help people through cost of living crisis
Maryhill Community Central Hall and Govanhill Baths Community Trust benefit from the latest round of funding
NEWS 23 December 2022 by Graham Martin
 
Charities welcome passing of gender recognition reform
The Scottish Government consulted publicly on the proposals in 2017, then published the bill and consulted again in 2019.
NEWS 22 December 2022 by Niall Christie
 
New chair and trustees appointed to board of agricultural society
“We are very much looking forward to working with Jimmy and Jane and grateful to all our trustees for the energy and enthusiasm they put into their roles.”
NEWS 20 December 2022 by Niall Christie
 
FOI: voluntary organisations must engage with "inevitable" reforms
Paul Bradley says that while reforming FOI to cover more organisations is inevitable, how that reform looks is not set in stone
OPINION 20 December 2022 by Paul Bradley
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“Morally reprehensible”: High Court rules Government’s Rwanda deportation policy lawful
The decision is likely to lead to further legal challenges.
NEWS 20 December 2022 by Niall Christie
 
Streaming platform Twitch facing backlash after including “hate groups” on approved charities list
The LGB Alliance - which claims to be “gender critical” and has faced widespread criticism for its “anti-trans” work - will no longer be included on Twitch’s roster of charities which users can support. 
NEWS 19 December 2022 by Niall Christie
 
Charity reveals hidden cost of living crisis for Scotland’s disabled people
“We have seen examples of people having to make choices that the larger population might not even conceive of."
NEWS 19 December 2022 by Niall Christie
 
Shelter staff to be balloted over fresh pay deal as strike suspended
Members of Unite the Union at Shelter are being balloted on a new pay deal following talks between the parties. 
NEWS 19 December 2022 by Niall Christie
 
Former PM praises voluntary sector's role in getting people through the harshest of winters
Gordon Brown's new publication looks at the lengths charities and community groups are going to in battling the cost of living crisis
NEWS 19 December 2022 by Graham Martin
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.

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