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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.

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Poor are trekking miles to foodbank
​Foodbank boss says people are getting increasingly desperate
NEWS 13 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Syrian family reunited by Glasgow charities
​Family from Syria back together with help from Glasgow charities
NEWS 13 March 2015 by Robert Armour
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Figures show living wage is tackling in-work poverty
​Figures show living wage rate is tackling in-work poverty successfully
NEWS 11 March 2015 by Robert Armour
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Revealed: Scotland’s benefit sanction hotspots
Map of sanctions across UK reveals postcode lottery
NEWS 11 March 2015 by Robert Armour
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Win the chance to have dinner with George Clooney at social enterprise cafe in Edinburgh
Social enterprise sandwich shop offers dream prize in return for £5 donation
NEWS 10 March 2015 by Paul Cardwell
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Anti-fascists vow to oppose hate preachers
Anti-Muslim hate group plans protest in Glasgow
NEWS 9 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
TV programme exposes foul play by benefit advisers
​Programme shows advisers withholding details of payments
NEWS 9 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Staggering one-in-five benefit claimants sanctioned
Analysis of government figures reveals massive rise in sanctions
NEWS 9 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Book voices women’s stories of sectarianism
​New approach to tackling sectarianism
NEWS 6 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Scottish group that helps women out of poverty doubles in size
WEvolution awarded £200,000 funding
NEWS 6 March 2015 by Paul Cardwell
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