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Communities can mobilise to fight climate change

OPINION 23 January 2020 by Rab Armour

Environment & International

Catherine McWilliam believes communites play a vital role in combatting climate change

https://tfn.scot/opinion/communities-can-mobilise-to-fight-climate-change

Charities welcome plan to improve lives of disabled people

NEWS 5 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart

Health & Social Care

Charities have welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government’s plan to transform the lives of disabled people

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-welcome-plan-to-improve-lives-of-disabled-people

Charities criticise Home Office for UK ban on teenage refugees

NEWS 17 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Families & Young People

Unaccompanied teenage refugees from countries other than Syria and Sudan will not be allowed to enter the UK from Calais

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-criticise-home-office-for-uk-ban-on-teenage-refugees

Climate change is already devastating, says Scottish charity

NEWS 28 August 2017 by Gareth Jones

Environment & International

Sciaf is calling on the Scottish Government to dramatically increase its climate change targets and do more to reverse the effects of climate change

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-charity-calls-for-stronger-climate-change-action

Families face hunger if Universal Credit is cut

NEWS 4 February 2021 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

New research from the Trussell Trust has shown the impact of removing the £20 rise in Universal Credit

https://tfn.scot/news/families-face-hunger-if-universal-credit-is-cut

Vital charity faces job losses as funding is slashed

NEWS 13 December 2022 by Rab Armour

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Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

#RunningCostsCrisis

28 jobs are at risk

https://tfn.scot/news/vital-charity-faces-job-losses-as-funding-is-slashed

Tories rob Scots households of £2 billion a year

NEWS 2 November 2016 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

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Scottish households will be robbed of more than £2 BILLION a year as a result of Tory welfare reforms

https://tfn.scot/news/tories-rob-scots-households-of-2-billion-a-year

Benefit change will have devastating effect on poorest pensioners

NEWS 8 March 2019 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

Changes to Pension Credit could cost some elderly couples up to £7,000 a year

https://tfn.scot/news/benefit-change-will-have-devastating-effect-on-poorest-pensioners

Charities among voices calling for reversal of job-threatening culture cuts

NEWS 20 February 2023 by Niall Christie

Management

Culture & Leisure

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

#RunningCostsCrisis

#CostOfLivingCrisis

Creative Scotland faces having to use £7m from its £17m national lottery reserves to preserve “standstill” funding agreements for 120 organisations.

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-among-voices-calling-for-reversal-of-job-threatening-culture-cuts

Youngsters grill First Minister

NEWS 26 April 2019 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

Nicola Sturgeon answered questions on a range of issues at First Minister’s Question Time Next Generation

https://tfn.scot/news/youngsters-grill-first-minister

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Charities criticise Home Office for UK ban on teenage refugees

Climate change is already devastating, says Scottish charity

Families face hunger if Universal Credit is cut

Vital charity faces job losses as funding is slashed

Tories rob Scots households of £2 billion a year

Benefit change will have devastating effect on poorest pensioners

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