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Do we value our trustees enough?

OPINION 4 November 2025 by Helen Kidd
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As the role of trustees is celebrated through Trustees' Week, Helen Kidd asks: “do charities do enough to help them do their jobs effectively?”

https://tfn.scot/opinion/do-we-value-our-trustees-enough

New charity accounting standards - what you need to know

OPINION 5 November 2025 by Euan Morrison
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Euan Morrison details the news SORP guidelines

https://tfn.scot/opinion/new-charity-accounting-standards

Scotland’s community charities deserve better from government and funders

OPINION 7 November 2025 by Stuart Duffin
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Stuart Duffin makes an impassioned and important call for funding parity for our small charities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/open-letter-scotlands-community-charities-deserve-better-from-government-and-funders

Ofgem’s plans on energy debt don’t go nearly far enough 

OPINION 10 November 2025 by David Hilferty
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David Hilferty on the inevitable winter fuel crisis

https://tfn.scot/opinion/ofgems-plans-on-energy-debt-dont-go-nearly-far-enough

From advice to action: improving access to disability payments in Scotland  

OPINION 17 November 2025 by Erica Young
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
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Erica Young on the importance of easy access to Adult Disability Payment (ADP)

https://tfn.scot/opinion/from-advice-to-action-improving-access-to-disability-payments-in-scotland

Trustees: how the Scottish audit shake-up affects you

OPINION 18 November 2025 by Keith Macpherson
Management
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Keith Macpherson on the 2026 Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)

https://tfn.scot/opinion/trustees-how-the-scottish-audit-shake-up-affects-you

World Children’s Day: standing up for children’s rights means taking action now

OPINION 19 November 2025 by Mary Glasgow
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
World Children’s Day is Thursday, 20 November - Mary Glasgow talks about what this means for Scotland’s children

https://tfn.scot/opinion/world-childrens-day-standing-up-for-childrens-rights-means-taking-action-now

Let’s have a budget for fairness and compassion

OPINION 24 November 2025 by David Hilferty
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
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David Hilferty’s message to the chancellor

https://tfn.scot/opinion/lets-have-a-budget-for-fairness-and-compassion

More good news on the effort to help people in Council Tax debt  

OPINION 1 December 2025 by Myles Fitt
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
A positive update from Myles Fitt

https://tfn.scot/opinion/more-good-news-on-the-effort-to-help-people-in-council-tax-debt

Forth Valley: the Legal Aid desert 

OPINION 8 May 2025 by Gillian Fyfe
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Gillian Fyfe on a crisis in Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire

https://tfn.scot/opinion/forth-valley-the-legal-aid-desert

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Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.