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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

Charity gagging orders: Tories attacking free speech

NEWS 9 November 2018 by Graham Martin

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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

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

We marched to demand action and a fairer society

OPINION 27 October 2025 by Derek Mitchell

Families & Young People

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"The fact that the campaign emerged from Scotland’s charity sector is significant, because we see the reality of how people are living"

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-marched-to-demand-action-and-a-fairer-society

Here we are then. 2024.

OPINION 1 January 2024 by Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/here-we-are-then-2024

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

Public should donate more to aid groups - not boycott them

NEWS 17 August 2018 by Graham Martin

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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

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

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

OPINION 18 February 2021 by Graham Martin

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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

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Third sector at the heart of human rights work

Sturgeon: negative forces are trying to exploit third sector

Charity gagging orders: Tories attacking free speech

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

We marched to demand action and a fairer society

Here we are then. 2024.

Campaigners demand UK government ends “cruel” benefits’ freeze

Public should donate more to aid groups - not boycott them

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

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

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