Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Charity members: help or hindrance?

OPINION 2 September 2019 Guest post

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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

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

Workers’ lives blighted by unfair working conditions

NEWS 5 February 2015 by Rab Armour

Management

Report reveals thousands of lives affected by poor working conditions in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/workers-lives-blighted-by-unfair-working-conditions

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

Help TFN investigate the pension problem

OPINION 2 August 2017 by Susan Smith

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Susan Smith explains why TFN is investigating third sector pensions and what you can do to help

https://tfn.scot/opinion/help-tfn-investigate-the-pension-problem

We can’t sleep on pay equality in the care sector

OPINION 4 August 2017 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Enable's Theresa Shearer says the sector must work in collaboration to address the issue of pay rates for care staff

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-cant-sleep-on-pay-equality-in-the-care-sector

It’s doable – so let’s do it

OPINION 14 December 2020 by John Cassidy

Health & Social Care

#NeverMoreNeeded

John Cassidy analyses Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing’s Blueprint for a Healthier Scotland and looks at how communities have responded to Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/opinion/its-doable-so-lets-do-it

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

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

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Charity members: help or hindrance?

Serco failure proves urgent need for social enterprise

Councils to be forced to improve education of poorer pupils

Workers’ lives blighted by unfair working conditions

No room in Glasgow nurseries for toddlers

Help TFN investigate the pension problem

We can’t sleep on pay equality in the care sector

It’s doable – so let’s do it

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

Refugees blocked from reuniting with families in UK, charity says

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