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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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.

 
Poverty in the UK costs the average taxpayer £1,200 a year, a major new report has found

 
A process has begun which could present a historic chance to shape a new, humane social security system

 
A welfare activist claims he is the victim of a “political attack” after fracas at disability assessment centre

 
A mum whose soldier son was killed in Iraq is backing a fundraising campaign to have Tony Blair prosecuted

 
Sue Tibballs on why anyone who considers themselves a campaigner should take part in the new Sheila McKechnie Foundation survey

 
MPs are expected to vote for the replacement of the UK's aging Trident nuclear weapons system when they vote on Monday.

 
Organisers “stand together” with French team competing at Gasgow tournament

 
Graham Martin argues that the third sector can become crucial in a transformative new movement which not only exposes poverty but overcomes it

 
Holes in the social security net meant to cradle the most vulnerable are plunging people into misery and hunger, CAS report finds

 
Having just come back from Euro 2016 it is hard not to compare the Homeless World Cup with the the glitzy UEFA tournament. But to be honest it didn't take long.