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Campaigners demand urgent salmon farm inspections

NEWS 22 July 2019 by Gavin Stuart

Environment & International

Advocacy group SumOfUs warns fish deaths and disease will spike without a crackdown on welfare abuses.

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-demand-urgent-salmon-farm-inspections

Mountain hare numbers fall by a “catastrophic” 90%

NEWS 26 August 2019 by Gavin Stuart

Environment & International

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RSPB Scotland is calling for an immediate ban on culling in the wake of a new report.

https://tfn.scot/news/mountain-hare-numbers-fall-by-a-catastrophic-90

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

Refugees blocked from reuniting with families in UK, charity says

NEWS 12 September 2016 by Gavin Stuart

Social Justice & Poverty

Refugees are being denied the chance to reunite with their families after arriving in the UK, a charity has claimed

https://tfn.scot/news/refugees-blocked-from-reuniting-with-families-in-uk-charity-says

Call for urgent action as report shows one in seven children is obese

NEWS 20 September 2016 by Gavin Stuart

Health & Social Care

The Scottish Health Survey revealed 15% of children were obese and 13% were overweight

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-urgent-action-as-report-shows-one-in-seven-children-is-obese

Child mental health targets missed by half of Scotland’s health boards

NEWS 6 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart

Health & Social Care

Half of Scotland’s health boards failed to meet waiting time targets for child mental health treatment, it has emerged

https://tfn.scot/news/child-mental-health-targets-missed-by-half-of-scotlands-health-boards

Charity members: help or hindrance?

OPINION 2 September 2019 Guest post

Management

Charities’ membership models (or lack of them) may be damaging their sustainability. Alastair Keatinge explains why, and what to do about it

https://tfn.scot/opinion/charity-members-help-or-hindrance

Malawi drought: Gladys had hoped to send her gifted son to school, now she can’t feed him

OPINION 1 August 2016 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Keryn Banks has been in Malawi talking to families living through a devastating drought that has left a third of the population without enough food

https://tfn.scot/opinion/communities-in-malawi-urgently-need-our-support

Decision makers sat on their hands while children died

OPINION 30 March 2016 Guest post

Families & Young People

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Liam Stevenson pulls no punches as he tells how TIE is tackling LGBT-phobia in our schools

https://tfn.scot/opinion/decision-makers-sat-on-their-hands-while-children-died

Backing Scotland’s international development sector

OPINION 20 July 2015 Guest post

Health & Social Care

1 comment

Humza Yousaf MSP announces the opening of the International Development Small Grant Scheme 2016

https://tfn.scot/opinion/developing-scotlands-ngo-sector

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Campaigners demand urgent salmon farm inspections

Mountain hare numbers fall by a “catastrophic” 90%

Councils to be forced to improve education of poorer pupils

Refugees blocked from reuniting with families in UK, charity says

Call for urgent action as report shows one in seven children is obese

Child mental health targets missed by half of Scotland’s health boards

Charity members: help or hindrance?

Malawi drought: Gladys had hoped to send her gifted son to school, now she can’t feed him

Decision makers sat on their hands while children died

Backing Scotland’s international development sector

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