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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

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.

 
TFN's snippets of some of the news from rural Scotland

 
Public inquiry opens into Dart Energy's plans to drill for gas near Stirlin

 
The European Parliament has backed calls for greater protection of the Arctic

 
Claims leak was covered up

 
A campaign group wants to revolutionise rail travel in Scotland by making it cheaper, faster, safer and greener.

 
​Community groups and projects led by charities are being urged to think of ways to improve public spaces as part of a competition with an £11,000 prize-fund.

 
Kirstie Shirra, freelance writer and campaigner, and a director of Take One Action film festival on how to use our passion to change the world.

 
Can legislation really help to empower communities? Ian Cooke, director of the Development Trusts Association Scotland, believes so

 
When you hear people talk about a sense of community what does it really mean?