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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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Call for outright ban on fox hunting ahead of Boxing Day hunts
Despite being banned loopholes mean hunts still regularly take place
NEWS 26 December 2016 by Robert Armour
 
Boost to charity that lends cash to community enterprises
Grameen in the UK has secured £250,000 from Social Investment Scotland to provide micro-finance loans to community initiatives
NEWS 19 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
One in five Scots earns less than the real living wage
Employers urged to pay their staff fairly as it emerges half a million Scots are paid less than the real living wage
NEWS 19 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart
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Disability campaigners vow to picket DWP centres
​2017 will be a year of unrest for DWP vow campaigners
NEWS 16 December 2016 by Robert Armour
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Budget a missed opportunity to tackle poverty
The Scottish budget marks a massive missed opportunity to use new tax powers to combat poverty
NEWS 15 December 2016 by Graham Martin
 
Proposed cuts let down our most vulnerable
​Brendan Rooney of Healthy n Happy on the cuts proposed by South Lanarkshire Council that would be catastrophic for the community
OPINION 14 December 2016 Guest post
 
Social Bite appeals for homeless Christmas dinner donations
A social enterprise is appealing for donations to help them provide Scotland’s homeless with a Christmas dinner
NEWS 13 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Theresa May told to save the Human Rights Act
More than 160 charities, unions and campaign groups have signed a letter asking Theresa May to abandon plans to scrap the Human Rights Act.
NEWS 12 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Job centre closures will hurt the poor - let’s help the DWP to see sense
Martin Johnstone argues that proposed job centre closures will hurt the poor
OPINION 9 December 2016 Guest post
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Let’s educate Scots to campaign for change
Environmental activist and Green MSP Andy Wightman has called for a more structured approach to grassroots and community campaigning
NEWS 9 December 2016 by Susan Smith
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