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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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Glasgow East Women’s Aid to close
The charity will shut its doors months after staff walked out over bullying allegations. 
NEWS 4 March 2024 by Niall Christie
 
StepChange appoints new chair of trustees  
The charity has run a competitive recruitment process with substantial external interest in the role. 
NEWS 4 March 2024 by Niall Christie
 
Accolade for tireless social entrepreneur
Worked with social enterprises and charities for more than 20 years
NEWS 4 March 2024 by Robert Armour
 
How I nearly fell into the gambling trap I work to help others out of
Many of the problems that people bring to the CAB, particularly debt, spring from, or are exacerbated by, issues with gambling
OPINION 4 March 2024 by Laura Mallis
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Social Bite's Edinburgh cafe feeds Phil
Star drops by homelessness charity's cafe
NEWS 4 March 2024 by Robert Armour
 
Scots turn off energy to pay for food and other houshold essentials
Cost-of-living crisis continues to worsen
NEWS 4 March 2024 by Robert Armour
 
Exclusive: TFN lifts the lid on Wonka farce charity chief 
Billy Coull - the man behind the infamous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow - is a charity CEO with questions to answer
NEWS 1 March 2024 by Niall Christie
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Militants smash bank's windows in defence of Palestine
They say they will continue to ramp up pressure on businesses supporting Israel
NEWS 1 March 2024 by Robert Armour
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Turmoil in local government threatens charity services, report warns
Four in ten charities that work with local councils say that doing so is critical to their operations.
NEWS 29 February 2024 by Niall Christie
 
The economic role of Scotland’s third sector in shaping health and social care
The third sector’s economic contribution and development seems to be too often overlooked
OPINION 27 February 2024 by Sara Redmond
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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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