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Funding crisis threatens future of unique deaf festival

NEWS 12 December 2023 by Rab Armour

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Health & Social Care

#RunningCostsCrisis

The only deaf-led event of its kind in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/funding-crisis-threatens-future-of-unique-deaf-festival

Westminster urged to go further in support for charities

NEWS 22 September 2022 by Niall Christie

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Social Justice & Poverty

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

#RunningCostsCrisis

This support will be equivalent to the Energy Price Guarantee put in place for households earlier this month, set to be in place for an initial six-month period

https://tfn.scot/news/westminster-urged-to-go-further-in-support-for-charities

Hard-pressed charities set to lose out on £198million

NEWS 12 June 2023 by Niall Christie

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Funding & Finance

#RunningCostsCrisis

#CostOfLivingCrisis

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Concern has been raised as new figures reveal the scale of the impact of curbs imposed on charity lotteries.

https://tfn.scot/news/hard-pressed-charities-set-to-lose-out-on-198million

Future of 70,000 children blighted by social housing crisis

NEWS 21 September 2020 by Rab Armour

Regeneration & Housing

Campaign demands thousands of new social homes built for families

https://tfn.scot/news/future-of-70000-children-blighted-by-social-housing-crisis

Social enterprises to make impact in Africa

NEWS 17 June 2019 by Gareth Jones

Management

Entrepreneurs in Scotland are being given the chance to expand into African markets

https://tfn.scot/news/social-enterprises-to-make-impact-in-africa

There are as many empty homes in Scotland as there are homeless people

NEWS 15 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Regeneration & Housing

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Scotland has over 34,000 empty homes - the same amount of people presented themselves to local authorities as homeless in the last year

https://tfn.scot/news/there-are-as-many-empty-homes-in-scotland-as-there-are-homeless-people

Time for a winter break on evictions in Scotland

NEWS 1 March 2018 by Graham Martin

Regeneration & Housing

Housing activists want a ban on winter evictions in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/time-for-a-winter-break-on-evictions-in-scotland

Victory as small charities win water rate exemption

NEWS 26 August 2014 by Rab Armour

Management

Charities earning under £200k to get water rate exemptions from next year

https://tfn.scot/news/victory-as-small-charities-win-water-rate-exemption

"A new economic journey": MSPs urged to back Community Wealth Building

NEWS 20 November 2025 by Graham Martin

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Social Justice & Poverty

Funding & Finance

“Our current economic model isn’t working - it’s failing too many people and places"

https://tfn.scot/news/a-new-economic-journey-msps-urged-to-back-community-wealth-building

Autumn statement blasted by sector as doing little to help the poorest people of Scotland

NEWS 23 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Health & Social Care

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Measures introduced are widely welcomed by the sector but all in agreement they don't go far enough to reverse cuts already inflicted

https://tfn.scot/news/autumn-statement-blasted-by-sector-as-doing-little-to-help-the-people-of-sc

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Funding crisis threatens future of unique deaf festival

Westminster urged to go further in support for charities

Hard-pressed charities set to lose out on £198million

Future of 70,000 children blighted by social housing crisis

Social enterprises to make impact in Africa

There are as many empty homes in Scotland as there are homeless people

Time for a winter break on evictions in Scotland

Victory as small charities win water rate exemption

"A new economic journey": MSPs urged to back Community Wealth Building

Autumn statement blasted by sector as doing little to help the poorest people of Scotland

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