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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
 
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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Staggering one-in-five benefit claimants sanctioned
Analysis of government figures reveals massive rise in sanctions
NEWS 9 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
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
 
Scottish group that helps women out of poverty doubles in size
WEvolution awarded £200,000 funding
NEWS 6 March 2015 by Paul Cardwell
 
Book voices women’s stories of sectarianism
​New approach to tackling sectarianism
NEWS 6 March 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Criticism as school brands Palestinians “terrorists”
​Campaign group brands council "ignorant" over homework furore
NEWS 4 March 2015 by Robert Armour
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a look at how the sector is progressing in inclusion, diversity, equality and environmentalism - what more can be done to further these aims, featuring a wealth of expert opinion, advice and reflection.

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