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Events to celebrate adoption

OPINION 16 November 2018 Guest post

Families & Young People

Fiona Aitken looks ahead to Adoption Week Scotland, which is returning for the third time

https://tfn.scot/opinion/events-to-celebrate-adoption

Dog and seagull poo pollutes popular beaches

NEWS 17 July 2018 by Susan Smith

Families & Young People

Keep Scotland Beautiful is urging the public to help make bathing water cleaner across Scotland's most popular beaches

https://tfn.scot/news/dog-and-seagull-poo-pollutes-popular-beaches

Investments that really do change lives

OPINION 19 October 2016 Guest post

Environment & International

Monica Middleton on Oikocredit and how it is making a social and economic impact in disadvantaged parts of the world

https://tfn.scot/opinion/co-operative-oikocredit-invests-in-positive-impact

Creating a better, fairer social security system

OPINION 3 May 2017 Guest post

Regeneration & Housing

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Social security minister Jeane Freeman outlines her vision for a better, fairer social security system run from Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/creating-a-better-fairer-social-security-system

Diabetes: Scotland’s bellwether illness

OPINION 31 March 2016 Guest post

Health & Social Care

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Ryan McFadden explains why everyone is Scoltand should be concerned about the rise of diabetes

https://tfn.scot/opinion/diabetes-scotlands-bellwether-illness

Mental health waiting times a “national disgrace”

NEWS 5 June 2018 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

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The majority of the country's health boards missed targets to provide children with specialist support - which has angered a campaign group

https://tfn.scot/news/mental-health-waiting-times-a-national-disgrace

New group aims to create fairer Scotland

NEWS 10 June 2020 by Gareth Jones

Funding & Finance

The Advisory Board on Social Renewal will contain a variety of third sector representatives

https://tfn.scot/news/new-group-aims-to-create-fairer-scotland

Attitudes towards LGBT+ people have changed for the better

NEWS 30 September 2016 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

The proportion of people in Scotland who think that same-sex sexual relationships are always or mostly wrong has fallen to 18% - its lowest level ever

https://tfn.scot/news/attitudes-to-lgbt-people-change-for-the-better

Theresa May told to save the Human Rights Act

NEWS 12 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart

Social Justice & Poverty

More than 160 charities, unions and campaign groups have signed a letter asking Theresa May to abandon plans to scrap the Human Rights Act.

https://tfn.scot/news/theresa-may-told-to-save-the-human-rights-act

Third sector gets cash to create more jobs

NEWS 14 September 2015 by Rab Armour

Management

Third sector to continue to give vital support to get more people into work

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-gets-more-cash-to-create-more-jobs

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