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Serco failure proves urgent need for social enterprise

OPINION 3 August 2018 Guest post

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Duncan Thorp believes broken public services can be fixed and the answer lies with the social economy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/serco-failure-proves-urgent-need-for-social-enterprise

Councils to be forced to improve education of poorer pupils

NEWS 24 March 2015 by Paul Cardwell

Families & Young People

Scottish Government bill to narrow the gap that sees children from richer backgrounds given the best chance to succeed at school

https://tfn.scot/news/councils-to-be-forced-to-improve-education-of-poorer-pupils

No room in Glasgow nurseries for toddlers

NEWS 13 February 2015 by Susan Smith

Families & Young People

Glasgow mums are demanding the Scottish Government gives an extra £2m to Glasgow City Council to fund free nursery places

https://tfn.scot/news/no-room-in-glasgow-nurseries-for-toddlers

Remembering the week everyone hated us

OPINION 28 May 2024 by Derek Mitchell

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CAS chief executive Derek Mitchell on being at the heart of a Twitter storm

https://tfn.scot/opinion/remembering-the-week-everyone-hated-us

Scottish Government doubles Malawi emergency funding

NEWS 10 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart

Environment & International

Emergency Scottish Government funding to help people affected by chronic food shortages in Malawi has been doubled

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-government-doubles-malawi-emergency-funding

Homelessness stalks Scotland’s streets - and radical action is needed to end it

NEWS 3 April 2017 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

Charities are calling for emergency action to be taken to end the “human tragedy” of homelessness which is once again stalking Scotland’s streets

https://tfn.scot/news/homelessness-stalks-scotlands-streets-and-radical-action-is-needed-to-end-i

Children in crisis: Scots kids spent one million days in temp lodgings last year

NEWS 6 February 2017 by Rab Armour

Regeneration & Housing

Charity warns children's health is being affected because of homelessness

https://tfn.scot/news/children-in-crisis-scots-kids-spent-one-million-days-in-temp-lodgings-last

Exploitation, misery and death – how the asylum process crushes refugees

NEWS 25 May 2017 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

Destitution is built into the asylum process – and drives exploitation, ill health, misery and death

https://tfn.scot/news/exploitation-misery-and-death-how-the-asylum-process-crushes-refugees

Funding fears grip charities in 2018

NEWS 12 December 2017 by Susan Smith

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Losing funding is the biggest risk facing UK charities in 2018

https://tfn.scot/news/funding-fears-grip-charities-in-2018

Climate change brings catastrophe across the world

NEWS 24 July 2018 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

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Global climate change is responsible for simultaneous disasters happening across the world, campaigners claim

https://tfn.scot/news/climate-change-brings-catastrophe-across-the-world

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Serco failure proves urgent need for social enterprise

Councils to be forced to improve education of poorer pupils

No room in Glasgow nurseries for toddlers

Remembering the week everyone hated us

Scottish Government doubles Malawi emergency funding

Homelessness stalks Scotland’s streets - and radical action is needed to end it

Children in crisis: Scots kids spent one million days in temp lodgings last year

Exploitation, misery and death – how the asylum process crushes refugees

Funding fears grip charities in 2018

Climate change brings catastrophe across the world

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