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Employment charity faces closure

NEWS 12 December 2019 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

A move has been made to save Real Jobs Falkirk after it lost its £48,000 worth of core funding

https://tfn.scot/news/employment-charity-faces-closure

Time for Citizens Advice Scotland’s board to resign?

OPINION 23 February 2016 by Rab Armour

Management

How do you sack a board not fit for purpose? With great difficulty, says Robert Armour. And not before major reputation damage has been committed

https://tfn.scot/opinion/citizens-advice-scotlands-board-should-resign

Is the youth work sector there yet?

OPINION 5 May 2014 by YouthLink Scotland

Families & Young People

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Jim Sweeney, chief executive of YouthLink Scotland, examines the impact of the new National Youth Work Strategy ahead of a debate in the Scottish Parliament

https://tfn.scot/opinion/are-we-there-yet

Remembering the week everyone hated us

OPINION 28 May 2024 by Derek Mitchell

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Culture & Leisure

Regeneration & Housing

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

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

The importance of getting social security right

OPINION 14 July 2025 by Jonathan Boyd

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

Jonathan Boyd on making sure free, confidential and impartial advice is accessible to everyone

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-importance-of-getting-social-security-right

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

No deal Brexit could have a dire impact on the elderly

NEWS 5 September 2019 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

A charity has made dire warnings about the effects of a no deal Brexit on older people

https://tfn.scot/news/no-deal-brexit-could-have-a-dire-impact-on-the-elderly

Older Scots struggling to pay fuel bills

NEWS 22 February 2018 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

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More than one in four older Scots with health conditions are struggling to pay their fuel bills, according to new research by Age Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/older-scots-struggling-to-pay-fuel-bills

Climate change brings catastrophe across the world

NEWS 24 July 2018 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

1 comment

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

Coul Links granted reprieve - for now

NEWS 31 July 2018 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

A precious, developer threatened habitat has been granted a stay of execution

https://tfn.scot/news/coul-links-granted-reprieve-for-now

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Remembering the week everyone hated us

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No deal Brexit could have a dire impact on the elderly

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