Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Disability assessments pointless says charity

NEWS 9 November 2017 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Patients needlessly put through distressing process despite having an incurable condition

https://tfn.scot/news/disability-assessments-pointless-says-charity

DWP tells PIP assessors: discriminate against mentally ill

NEWS 15 March 2017 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

1 comment

Fears claimants will find it harder to get full entitlement to Personal Independence Payments

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-tells-pip-assessors-discriminate-against-mentally-ill

Coldplay in talks to take over embattled charity

NEWS 10 August 2015 by Rab Armour

Management

Leading band in talks to take over Kids Co - amid new allegations of financial mismanagement

https://tfn.scot/news/coldplay-in-talks-to-take-over-embattled-charity

Scots with sight loss set to double

NEWS 22 May 2017 by Rab Armour

Health & Social Care

Can Scotland cope with a dramatic jump in the number of people losing their sight over the next two decades, conference debates

https://tfn.scot/news/conference-tackles-sight-loss-strategy

Corbyn’s glowing praise for Scotland’s third sector

NEWS 25 August 2017 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Poverty would be alleviated by greater investment says Corbyn on a visit to Social Bite

https://tfn.scot/news/corbyns-glowing-praise-for-scotlands-third-sector

Charity praises sheriff for jailing deceitful mum

NEWS 30 June 2015 by Rab Armour

Families & Young People

Mother jailed after falsely accusing the dad of her child of domestic abuse

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-praises-sheriff-for-jailing-deceitful-mum

Scots fear Brexit will wreck health and wellbeing

NEWS 1 March 2019 by Susan Smith

Health & Social Care

As Brexit day gets closer, a report from the Health and Social Care Alliance highlights widespread fear about how it will impact on people's lives

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-in-the-dark-about-brexit

Scottish town becomes first to ban plastic straws

NEWS 21 December 2017 by Graham Martin

Families & Young People

Young campaigners from two Scottish primary schools are helping to make Ullapool the first plastic straw free town in the United Kingdom

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-town-becomes-first-to-ban-plastic-straws

Campaigners want payments to host families of Ukrainians to double

NEWS 23 August 2022 by Rab Armour

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

1 comment

Current amount does not encourage take up of the sponsor scheme

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-want-payments-to-host-families-of-ukrainians-to-double

StepChange: Women bearing brunt of the cost of living crisis

NEWS 8 November 2023 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

#RunningCostsCrisis

#CostOfLivingCrisis

The data shows women are struggling more to keep up with household essentials and bear a greater responsibility for these costs.

https://tfn.scot/news/stepchange-women-bearing-brunt-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis

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Disability assessments pointless says charity

DWP tells PIP assessors: discriminate against mentally ill

Coldplay in talks to take over embattled charity

Scots with sight loss set to double

Corbyn’s glowing praise for Scotland’s third sector

Charity praises sheriff for jailing deceitful mum

Scots fear Brexit will wreck health and wellbeing

Scottish town becomes first to ban plastic straws

Campaigners want payments to host families of Ukrainians to double

StepChange: Women bearing brunt of the cost of living crisis

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