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Sexual exploitation on the rise in Scotland

NEWS 15 November 2019 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

Record numbers of young people sought counselling from Childline over the past year as a result of exploitation

https://tfn.scot/news/exploitation-on-the-rise-in-scotland

Investigation launched into true reasons for the disability employment gap

NEWS 1 December 2017 by Gareth Jones

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Independent Living in Scotland is looking for disabled workers to share their experiences to help address inequality in Scotland's workplaces

https://tfn.scot/news/disabled-people-quizzed-on-employability-issues

The sound of silence: why won’t the third sector criticise the Scottish Government?

OPINION 21 March 2017 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

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Organisations' reluctance to criticise the Scottish Government means controversial policies are being accepted without much opposition, argues Robert Armour

https://tfn.scot/opinion/its-no-conspiracy-to-say-theres-a-third-sector-conspiracy

Anti-poverty summit: focus on action needed

OPINION 4 May 2023 by Kirsten Hogg

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the First Minister’s anti-poverty summit on behalf of SCVO.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/anti-poverty-summit-focus-on-action-needed

From Covid to climate change - how community connection helps us in a crisis

OPINION 4 November 2021 by Sophie Bridger

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Sophie Bridger ponders on whether lessons about community connection learnt in the pandemic can help us respond to the climate crisis?

https://tfn.scot/opinion/from-covid-to-climate-change-how-community-connection-helps-us-in-a-crisis

This vital service's closure is an injustice that will have grave consequences

OPINION 27 February 2024 by Steve Plummer

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Health & Social Care

Steve Plummer gives his view on what he sees as an ominous harbinger in Scottish social care

https://tfn.scot/opinion/this-vital-services-closure-is-an-injustice-that-will-have-grave-consequences

Slim pickings for third sector campaigners in UK Budget

NEWS 22 November 2017 by Rab Armour

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Budget 2017: chancellor condemned by anti-poverty campaigners and environmentalists

https://tfn.scot/news/slim-pickings-as-third-sector-offered-crumbs-from-hammonds-budget

Brexit nightmare could be “terminal” for charities

NEWS 21 February 2019 by Graham Martin

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Brexit is a “shared nightmare” which could be “terminal” for large parts of Scotland’s third sector, it has been claimed

https://tfn.scot/news/brexit-nightmare-could-be-terminal-for-charities

Exclusive: food poverty cover up scandal

NEWS 10 December 2015 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

True scale of food poverty in the UK is more vast than previously realised

https://tfn.scot/news/food-poverty-scandal-a-hidden-scourge-the-tories-want-to-ignore

Scots give big to Wee Box appeal

NEWS 24 August 2021 by Rab Armour

Annual Lent fundraiser

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-give-big-to-wee-box-appeal

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Sexual exploitation on the rise in Scotland

Investigation launched into true reasons for the disability employment gap

The sound of silence: why won’t the third sector criticise the Scottish Government?

Anti-poverty summit: focus on action needed

From Covid to climate change - how community connection helps us in a crisis

This vital service's closure is an injustice that will have grave consequences

Slim pickings for third sector campaigners in UK Budget

Brexit nightmare could be “terminal” for charities

Exclusive: food poverty cover up scandal

Scots give big to Wee Box appeal

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