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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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Shock collars – the shocking truth
​Louise Robertson discusses how to support OneKind's campaign to outlaw collars that give dogs and electric shock
OPINION 8 July 2015 Guest post
 
Over 235,000 signatures yet DWP won’t release benefit-related death figures
Campaigner changes tactic and urges public to write to MPs to pressure government
NEWS 7 July 2015 by Robert Armour
67 comments
 
Women bear brunt of benefit cuts
​Urgent action needed to support women bearing brunt of draconian welfare cuts
NEWS 6 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Scotland can be beacon of hope against extremism
​Muslim leaders gather in Glasgow to condemn recent atrocities
NEWS 3 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Are the Tories in denial of child poverty?
POLL 2 July 2015 by Robert Armour
2 comments
 
Scots to stand with Greece at Glasgow anti-austerity rally
Scots and Greek campaigners show solidarity at Glasgow event tomorrow
NEWS 1 July 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Scots charities fire welfare warning to UK government
​Warning that Scots can't tolerate any more welfare cuts
NEWS 30 June 2015 by Robert Armour
 
10 years on, poverty is still not history
10 years since Make Poverty History march and there's still much to be done
OPINION 30 June 2015 Guest post
 
Not in my name will the Human Rights Act be abolished
The slogan of anti-war campaigners has been borrowed by those trying to protect the Human Rights Act
OPINION 30 June 2015 Guest post
 
Would we have foodbanks in a socially just Scotland?
Are foodbanks part of the solution to poverty?
OPINION 30 June 2015 Guest post
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