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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

Management

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

Community groups urged not to be caught out by costs in building ownership deals

NEWS 11 November 2025 by Niall Christie

Management

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

Lawyers say charities and community organisations need to look closer at bigger picture costs and financial planning to keep projects on track

https://tfn.scot/news/community-groups-urged-not-to-be-caught-out-by-costs-in-building-ownership-deals

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

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

Digital inclusion: room for improvement

OPINION 23 August 2024 by David McNeill

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

David McNeill analyses a major report on the state of digital inclusion in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/digital-inclusion-room-for-improvement

Apprenticeship levy will costs us £130,000 this year

OPINION 16 May 2017 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Edel Harris calls on charities to join her in campaigning for more support for organisations that can ill afford the new tax on apprenticeships

https://tfn.scot/opinion/apprenticeship-levy-will-costs-us-130000-this-year

£100 million war on cancer launched in Scotland

NEWS 15 March 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Health & Social Care

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Charities welcome government’s “blueprint” but insist they will keep an eye on its implementation

https://tfn.scot/news/100-million-war-on-cancer-launched-in-scotland

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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

Community groups urged not to be caught out by costs in building ownership deals

Families face hunger if Universal Credit is cut

Vital charity faces job losses as funding is slashed

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

Digital inclusion: room for improvement

Apprenticeship levy will costs us £130,000 this year

£100 million war on cancer launched in Scotland

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