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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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CEO of anti-drugs charity to step back from frontline
Annemarie Ward will remain in her role with FAVOR UK. 
NEWS 19 August 2024 by Niall Christie
 
2023 becomes deadliest year on record for aid workers
A new report has found that 2023 was the deadliest year on record for aid workers with more overseas charity workers killed than ever before. 
NEWS 15 August 2024 by Niall Christie
 
Scottish Government to scrap universal winter fuel payments for pensioners
Age Scotland said the SNP Government has been left with no decision but to replicate plans to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment.
NEWS 14 August 2024 by Niall Christie
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Community and voluntary organisations speak out after far-right violence
SCVO and Everyone Home condemned the “distressing” scenes. 
NEWS 13 August 2024 by Niall Christie
 
Keep renting right: the importance of good enforcement
The Housing Bill promises big things, but we need a better enforcement system.
OPINION 12 August 2024 by Aoife Deery
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TFN's August magazine is out now - read it here!
Crytpo fundraising, aid and asylum, defunding the NHS and much more
NEWS 12 August 2024 by Robert Armour
 
Massive increase in digital exclusion across Scotland
Research by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) shows an increase of 60% in two years. 
NEWS 11 August 2024 by Niall Christie
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We want to be the sector’s window to Whitehall
Scottish secretary Ian Murray outlines the new UK Government’s pledges to charities
OPINION 9 August 2024 by Ian Murray
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Greenpeace supporters raise £1 million emboldened by Shell lawsuit
The environmental charity said the legal case was intended to intimidate the group into silence.
NEWS 9 August 2024 by Niall Christie
 
Time for joined-up solutions on accessible housing and social care crises
Lorna Cameron says accessible housing is a human right denied to thousands of Scots with disabilities.
OPINION 8 August 2024 by Lorna Cameron
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.

Read it here
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