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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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Who’s on the 2017 anti-poverty naughty and nice list?
Following a year of ups and downs in the fight against poverty, anti-poverty campaigners have published naughty and nice lists ahead of Christmas
NEWS 22 December 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Improving criminal justice experience for sexual violence victims
A charity is joining with Scotland’s prosecution service to obtain feedback from victims of sexual crime about their experience of the justice system
NEWS 19 December 2017 by Graham Martin
 
Laundry aims to continue helping disabled into work
St Jude's Laundry has operated in Edinburgh for more than half a century
NEWS 19 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Tory minister claims mentally ill better for working
Gauke defends sanction regime
NEWS 18 December 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Bereaved families struggling to afford funeral fees
Postcode lottery depending where in the county you get buried or cremated
NEWS 13 December 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Thousands buy meals for the homeless
Incredible response means homeless won't go without on the big day
NEWS 13 December 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Charity hits out at racial profiling in Nicola Sturgeon’s constituency
​Romanians are being targeted more than any other community
NEWS 12 December 2017 by Robert Armour
 
Scots forced to foodbanks for soap and toothpaste
Humiliation grows for for low-income families in Scotland hit by welfare cuts
NEWS 11 December 2017 by Robert Armour
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Politician recognised for leading fight against bigotry
Nil by Mouth have praised the work of Lord Jack McConnell, who introduced measures to tackle religious intolerance
NEWS 8 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
 
Fury at Chancellor’s “derogatory” disabled comments
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been savaged for making “totally unacceptable and derogatory comments” about disabled people
NEWS 7 December 2017 by Graham Martin
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