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Is universal credit an unmitigated disaster?

POLL 10 July 2018 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

This week leading housing bodies joined to condemn the "flawed" universal credit roll out. Is it a disaster?

https://tfn.scot/polls/is-universal-credit-an-unmitigated-disaster

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

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

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

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

Compassion for our children next Christmas?

OPINION 23 December 2024 by Erica Young

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Erica Young on the impending end of an unpopular policy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/compassion-for-our-children-next-christmas

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

Fears for homeless Scots this Christmas

NEWS 8 December 2015 by Rab Armour

Regeneration & Housing

New report shows number of Scots in temporary accommodation remains static

https://tfn.scot/news/fears-for-homeless-scots-this-christmas

Third sector core grant will be protected for 2016

NEWS 18 December 2015 by Rab Armour

Management

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Good news for the third sector as central government funding will remain the same

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-core-grant-will-be-protected-for-2016

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

Charity members: help or hindrance?

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Remembering the week everyone hated us

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