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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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Social Justice & Poverty

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Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

"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

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

Plugging the European funding gap

OPINION 9 July 2020 Guest post

Regeneration & Housing

Jamie Flaherty analyses where Scotland stands in securing a replacement for European Union funding

https://tfn.scot/opinion/plugging-the-european-funding-gap

Charities: Programme for Government a “missed opportunity”

NEWS 4 September 2018 by Graham Martin

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The Scottish Government has missed an opportunity to tackle food poverty and its attendant problems, say charities

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-programme-for-government-a-missed-opportunity

Director of RSPB Scotland to step down

NEWS 19 October 2016 by Molly Millar

Environment & International

RSPB Director Stuart Housden will retire from the charity next year

https://tfn.scot/news/director-of-rspb-scotland-to-step-down

Care providers should be tougher at bargaining

OPINION 20 April 2017 Guest post

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Charities should not jeopardise their own sustainability by accepting service levels or fees that are unfeasible to deliver, says Alastair Keatinge

https://tfn.scot/opinion/care-providers-should-be-tougher-at-bargaining

How fit are our personal finances?

OPINION 30 June 2017 Guest post

Regeneration & Housing

Yvonne MacDermid on the big debate to be had over our personal debt, now at its highest level in a decade

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-fit-are-our-personal-finances

Benefit change will have devastating effect on poorest pensioners

NEWS 8 March 2019 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

Changes to Pension Credit could cost some elderly couples up to £7,000 a year

https://tfn.scot/news/benefit-change-will-have-devastating-effect-on-poorest-pensioners

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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

Campaigners demand UK government ends “cruel” benefits’ freeze

Plugging the European funding gap

Charities: Programme for Government a “missed opportunity”

Director of RSPB Scotland to step down

Care providers should be tougher at bargaining

How fit are our personal finances?

Benefit change will have devastating effect on poorest pensioners

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