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What Scotland's civil society and young people can teach us about building bridges

OPINION 19 May 2025 by Irene Oldfather

Families & Young People

Environment & International

Dr Irene Oldfather on the work of the Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe (SAFE) to champion youth mobility

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-scotlands-civil-society-and-young-people-can-teach-us-about-building-bridges

Few Scots make link between food and poverty

NEWS 27 February 2017 by Rab Armour

Culture & Leisure

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Scots urged to find out more about where their food comes from to combat poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/few-scots-make-link-between-food-and-poverty

Third sector at the heart of human rights work

NEWS 5 October 2018 by Gareth Jones

Social Justice & Poverty

The Scottish Parliament is examining how it considers and protects human rights in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-at-the-heart-of-human-rights-work

Sturgeon: negative forces are trying to exploit third sector

NEWS 21 February 2018 by Rab Armour

Management

High praise for the third sector but public confidence is being undermined by negative reporting

https://tfn.scot/news/sturgeon-negative-forces-are-trying-to-exploit-third-sector

Public should donate more to aid groups - not boycott them

NEWS 17 August 2018 by Graham Martin

Management

The public should double donations to charities in the wake of the abuse scandal that has engulfed aid organisations – instead of pulling support

https://tfn.scot/news/public-should-donate-more-to-aid-groups-not-boycott-them

Charity gagging orders: Tories attacking free speech

NEWS 9 November 2018 by Graham Martin

Management

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The UK Tory government is so terrified of public debate it is gagging charities and groups which hold it to account

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-gagging-orders-tories-attacking-free-speech

Campaigners demand UK government ends “cruel” benefits’ freeze

NEWS 21 November 2017 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Groups and MSPs demand changes to welfare system punishing most vulnerable

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-demand-uk-government-ends-cruel-benefits-freeze

What lies beneath: the strange, frozen world of Scottish politics

OPINION 18 February 2021 by Graham Martin

Management

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The national question has created a queasy state of stasis - Graham Martin wonders where civil society will be when things start moving again

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-lies-beneath-the-strange-frozen-world-of-scottish-politics

Their vision of the future and ours: they are not the same

OPINION 22 October 2020 by Graham Martin

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

TFN editor Graham Martin says we must not allow Johnson and the UK Tory government to appropriate Build Back Better

https://tfn.scot/opinion/their-vision-of-the-future-and-ours-they-are-not-the-same

How Scotland's social enterprises help power the country's economy

NEWS 16 January 2023 by Graham Martin

Management

Funding & Finance

The annual income of social enterprises in the country is £4.8bn according to latest census

https://tfn.scot/news/how-scotlands-social-enterprises-help-power-the-countrys-economy

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What Scotland's civil society and young people can teach us about building bridges

Few Scots make link between food and poverty

Third sector at the heart of human rights work

Sturgeon: negative forces are trying to exploit third sector

Public should donate more to aid groups - not boycott them

Charity gagging orders: Tories attacking free speech

Campaigners demand UK government ends “cruel” benefits’ freeze

What lies beneath: the strange, frozen world of Scottish politics

Their vision of the future and ours: they are not the same

How Scotland's social enterprises help power the country's economy

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