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Campaigners say thousands with chronic condition are unsupported

NEWS 15 October 2025 by Rab Armour

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

People are being prevented from working normal jobs

https://tfn.scot/news/campigners-say-thousands-with-chronic-condition-are-unsupported

Scotland must ditch ‘unfair and damaging’ social care charges

NEWS 24 November 2025 by Niall Christie

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

Report warns disabled people are being let down in their right to help with basic needs.

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-must-ditch-unfair-and-damaging-social-care-charges

Anti-pollution campaign challenges politicians to clean up Scotland’s sewage

NEWS 28 November 2025 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

It calls for political parties to make clean water a priority in manifestos for next year’s Holyrood election

https://tfn.scot/news/anti-pollution-campaign-challenges-politicians-to-clean-up-scotlands-sewage

UK aid spend falls by over £1billion in a year

NEWS 10 April 2026 by Niall Christie

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Funding & Finance

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) published its provisional spending.

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-aid-spend-falls-by-over-1billion-in-a-year

Charities call for foodbank reliance to come to an end

NEWS 24 June 2020 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

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Organisations are struggling to respond to hunger in the community, and have called for the Scottish Government to step in

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-call-for-foodbank-reliance-to-come-to-an-end

Call to condemn rise of antisemitism in Scotland

OPINION 13 August 2014 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

The Scottish Council of Jewish Communities calls on public bodies to recognise and condemn the rise in antisemitism in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/call-to-condemn-antisemitism

Let’s celebrate Scottish charities in 2016

OPINION 15 December 2015 by Susan Smith

Management

Susan Smith examines some of the challenges faced by charities in 2015 and explains why we should celebrate Scotland's third sector in 2016

https://tfn.scot/opinion/lets-celebrate-scottish-charities-in-2016

Proposed cuts let down our most vulnerable

OPINION 14 December 2016 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Brendan Rooney of Healthy n Happy on the cuts proposed by South Lanarkshire Council that would be catastrophic for the community

https://tfn.scot/opinion/proposed-cuts-let-down-our-most-vulnerable

We must stand up to hate crime

OPINION 22 June 2020 Guest post

Culture & Leisure

Mike Findlay says its vital to think about how we can support the LGBT+ community as Pride Month draws to a close

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-must-stand-up-to-hate-crime

Perfect storm could sink charities as living wage kicks in

NEWS 30 September 2016 by Graham Martin

Health & Social Care

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Charities could go to the wall as they struggle to meet rising demand, lower income and a new pay stipulation

https://tfn.scot/news/perfect-storm-rocks-charities-as-living-wage-kicks-in

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Campaigners say thousands with chronic condition are unsupported

Scotland must ditch ‘unfair and damaging’ social care charges

Anti-pollution campaign challenges politicians to clean up Scotland’s sewage

UK aid spend falls by over £1billion in a year

Charities call for foodbank reliance to come to an end

Call to condemn rise of antisemitism in Scotland

Let’s celebrate Scottish charities in 2016

Proposed cuts let down our most vulnerable

We must stand up to hate crime

Perfect storm could sink charities as living wage kicks in

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