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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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Scotland first country to sign up to poverty and inequality goals
​Charities have praised Scotland's approach to the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
NEWS 23 July 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Trussell Trust defends inviting Tory to open foodbank
​Charity says it "welcomes his willingness to participate in the launch"
NEWS 23 July 2015 by Robert Armour
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Redefining the war on welfare
Susan Smith argues the third sector needs to take a new approach to helping society's most marginalised prove their critics wrong
OPINION 22 July 2015 by Susan Smith
 
Fear charities won’t be able to meet demand created by welfare cuts
Society's most vulnerable could slip through the net due to charities workloads being increased as a result of welfare cuts blasts SCVO
NEWS 22 July 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Irony overload as Tory MP opens a foodbank
​Campaigner slams charities for inviting Scotland's only Tory MP to open a foodbank
NEWS 22 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
LGBT inequality rife in Scotland
Vast majority of LGBT Scots suffer daily inequality because of their sexuality
NEWS 21 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
How social enterprises can prosper through the living wage
How paying the living wage can benefit Scotland's social enterprises
OPINION 20 July 2015 Guest post
 
Scots ministers go to London demanding full welfare powers
​Smith Commission proposals must be implemented in full says delegation
NEWS 20 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Parking fines should be contested says charity
​Many private parking companies are flouting the law says advice charity
NEWS 20 July 2015 by Robert Armour
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Protesters storm workfare offices
​Anti-workfare campaigners occupy offices of a government workfare contractor
NEWS 20 July 2015 by Robert Armour
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