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£3m up for grabs for new social enterprise startups

NEWS 12 April 2017 by Paul Cardwell

Funding & Finance

The Scottish Government has announced new funding as part of its social enterprise strategy, which also includes the creation of a Buy Social certificate

https://tfn.scot/news/1m-up-for-grabs-for-new-social-enterprise-startups

One in five Scots earns less than the real living wage

NEWS 19 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart

Social Justice & Poverty

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Employers urged to pay their staff fairly as it emerges half a million Scots are paid less than the real living wage

https://tfn.scot/news/report-shows-one-in-five-scots-earns-less-than-the-real-living-wage

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

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#RunningCostsCrisis

28 jobs are at risk

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

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

NEWS 20 February 2023 by Niall Christie

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Culture & Leisure

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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

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

Charities won’t be silenced by Lobbying Act

NEWS 6 January 2015 by Graham Martin

Management

Lobbying Act will stifle debate

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-wont-be-silenced-by-lobbying-act

Benefits crisis drives families to foodbanks

NEWS 21 September 2015 by Rab Armour

Health & Social Care

Increasing foodbank use down to benefit changes report finds

https://tfn.scot/news/foodbank-use-linked-to-benefit-problems-says-report

Conservation groups warn it will take decades to rewild rural Scotland

NEWS 4 April 2025 by Rab Armour

Environment & International

Regeneration & Housing

Rewilding is not yet included in the government’s key policies

https://tfn.scot/news/conservation-groups-warn-it-will-take-decades-to-rewild-rural-scotland

“Seismic”: Foreign Office warns of impact of US foreign aid freeze

NEWS 5 February 2025 by Niall Christie

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Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

UK Government department has particular concerns about the global health consequences.

https://tfn.scot/news/seismic-foreign-office-warns-of-impact-of-us-foreign-aid-freeze

Call for urgent action as number of legal plans for vulnerable children slumps to a new low

NEWS 13 December 2024 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Management

Health & Social Care

Concerns raised as co-ordinated support plans drop.

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-urgent-action-as-number-of-legal-plans-for-vulnerable-children-slumps-to-a-new-low

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£3m up for grabs for new social enterprise startups

One in five Scots earns less than the real living wage

Vital charity faces job losses as funding is slashed

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

Tories rob Scots households of £2 billion a year

Charities won’t be silenced by Lobbying Act

Benefits crisis drives families to foodbanks

Conservation groups warn it will take decades to rewild rural Scotland

“Seismic”: Foreign Office warns of impact of US foreign aid freeze

Call for urgent action as number of legal plans for vulnerable children slumps to a new low

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