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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

Give £30 a week back to cancer patients

OPINION 13 October 2017 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Janice Preston explains why Macmillan is making the voices of cancer patients heard to fight for their right to have £30 a week in benefits reinstated

https://tfn.scot/opinion/give-30-a-week-back-to-cancer-patients

Homelessness is far from fixed in Scotland

OPINION 12 September 2016 Guest post

Families & Young People

Graeme Brown says with 5,000 children waking up each day without a permanent home, much more needs to be done to tackle homelessness in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/homelessness-is-far-from-fixed-in-scotland

Turning up the volume on kinship care

OPINION 19 May 2014 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Allan Young explains why over 10,000 children in Scotland living in kinship care are being let down by a system which fails to recognise their needs

https://tfn.scot/opinion/turning-up-the-volume-on-kinship-care

What the public thinks of charities

OPINION 13 March 2014 Guest post

Management

Dan Corry from New Philanthropy Capital sees public attitudes to charities improving but organisations still need to work together

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-the-public-thinks-of-charities

RISE: strengthen the third sector to revitalise Scotland

OPINION 26 April 2016 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

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Third sector has a major role to play in revitalising communities, says RISE

https://tfn.scot/opinion/rise-strengthen-the-third-sector-to-revitalise-scotland

Charity launches new social enterprise

NEWS 18 February 2020 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

One Parent Families Scotland has supported its flexible childcare service to become a separate non-profit childcare company

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-launches-new-social-enterprise

Named Person is a benign and legitimate way to improve child wellbeing

OPINION 16 May 2017 Guest post

Health & Social Care

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Colin Young explains why the upcoming Named Person law is not a "state guardian" or a threat to family freedom

https://tfn.scot/opinion/named-person-is-a-benign-and-legitimate-way-to-improve-child-wellbeing

PIP: A step too far

OPINION 21 June 2018 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Keith Robson calls for major changes to PIP - starting with an end to the 20 meter rule.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/pip-a-step-too-far

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Creating a better, fairer social security system

Diabetes: Scotland’s bellwether illness

Give £30 a week back to cancer patients

Homelessness is far from fixed in Scotland

Turning up the volume on kinship care

What the public thinks of charities

RISE: strengthen the third sector to revitalise Scotland

Charity launches new social enterprise

Named Person is a benign and legitimate way to improve child wellbeing

PIP: A step too far

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