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We need universal and targeted approaches to beat poverty

OPINION 22 October 2026 by Professor Stephen Sinclair
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Professor Stephen Sinclair on moving move beyond binary options

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-need-universal-and-targeted-approaches-to-beat-poverty

Support after sight loss is a human right, and Scotland can deliver it

OPINION 22 October 2026 by Susan Shippey
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Vision rehabilitation goes hand-in-hand with human rights, says Susan Shippey

https://tfn.scot/opinion/support-after-sight-loss-is-a-human-right-and-scotland-can-deliver-it

Scots spend £1 billion a year on fags

NEWS 21 October 2016 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Cigarettes are trapping Scotland's poorest into poverty because of we're not doing enough to help people quit, says charity

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-spend-1-billion-a-year-on-fags

Benefits should be automatic and lifelong for people with MND

NEWS 24 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Health & Social Care
People with motor neuron disease (MND) should be able to access certain benefits without assessment for the rest of their lives, a charity has said

https://tfn.scot/news/benefits-should-be-automatic-and-lifelong-for-people-with-mnd

Children’s commissioner backs call for LGBT+ education in schools

NEWS 24 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
Pressure mounts on the Scottish Government to commit to a new approach to tackling homophobic bullying

https://tfn.scot/news/childrens-commissioner-calls-for-lgbt-education-in-schools

A third of Scots are now living in fuel poverty

NEWS 24 October 2016 by Graham Martin
Regeneration & Housing
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More people are living in fuel poverty in Scotland than ever before – and the Scottish Government is set to miss a target for eradicating the problem

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-choose-between-heating-and-eating-as-fuel-poverty-spikes

Britain is Europe’s most generous country, index finds

NEWS 25 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Environment & International
Britain is the most generous country in Europe, according to the annual Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) World Giving Index

https://tfn.scot/news/britain-is-europes-most-generous-country-index-finds

Charity tells Police Scotland to get its priorities right over young people

NEWS 25 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
Members of the Young Scot Police Scotland Youth Advisory Panel have secured five pledges from the force as to how it will work with children and young people

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-tells-police-to-get-its-priorities-right

​Gay and bisexual men to be pardoned by Scottish Government

NEWS 25 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
Charities have welcomed an announcement that men convicted of same-sex sexual activity before laws against it were scrapped will receive a full pardon

https://tfn.scot/news/gay-and-bisexual-men-to-be-pardoned-by-scottish-government

Citizens advice service gave out one million pieces of advice in Scotland last year

NEWS 27 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
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Citizens Advice Scotland helped recover £120 million for some of the country's poorest while supporting 310,000 people in 2015/16

https://tfn.scot/news/citizens-advice-service-gave-one-million-pieces-of-advice-last-year

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