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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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Councils not delivering new social care system
Councils have a long way to go to help people with care needs access their legal right to control their own support
NEWS 12 June 2014 by Susan Smith
 
Law change will benefit the disabled
Change in access laws will benefit disabled, says charity
NEWS 10 June 2014 by Graham Martin
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Charity calls for an end to unlawful dementia care
​Alzheimer Scotland has called for changes to dementia care procedures after a report revealed a series of failings in the current system
NEWS 3 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Momentum project set to close after funding cut
Council pulls funding on charity-run employment service
NEWS 3 June 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Calls and volunteers increase at Samaritans
Requests for help to Samaritans hit a five-year-high last year as its volunteer numbers reached a 10-year peak
NEWS 2 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Charity campaigns for life-extending cancer drug
A new campaign is urging the Scottish Medicines Consortium to approve a life-extending treatment for breast cancer despite the cost
NEWS 2 June 2014 by Susan Smith
 
Open Secret fights funding cut
​Decision on charity's funding delayed until June
NEWS 29 May 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Create your playlist for life
​Broadcaster and dementia charity founder Sally Magnusson has revealed the five songs on her playlist for life
NEWS 27 May 2014 by Paul Cardwell
 
Services don’t fit modern families
A ​new report reveals the makeup of families is changing and services are not adapting alongside
NEWS 19 May 2014 by Robert Armour
 
Tributes paid to Stephen
Stephen Sutton has changed the face of fundraising
NEWS 15 May 2014 by Robert Armour
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