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Age Scotland brings in business experts to grow commercial arm

NEWS 10 January 2017 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Scotland's leading older people's charity is setting up a new commercial enterprise in a bid to grow income while protecting the charity's name

https://tfn.scot/news/age-scotland-brings-in-business-experts-to-grow-commercial-arm

Charities savage May’s shared society ‘crocodile tears’

NEWS 10 January 2017 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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Scottish charities have savaged Theresa May – accusing her of shedding “crocodile tears” as she unveiled her so-called “shared society" vision

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-savage-mays-shared-society-crocodile-tears

Exclusive: Voluntary Action Scotland slammed in official report

NEWS 10 January 2017 by Rab Armour
Management
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Scottish Government report critical of Voluntary Action Scotland's role in supporting Third Sector Interfaces

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-voluntary-action-scotland-slammed-in-official-report

More sanctions inevitable with JobCentre closures

NEWS 10 January 2017 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
2 comments
Warning JobCentre closures will result in increased hardship for benefit claimants

https://tfn.scot/news/more-sanctions-inevitable-with-jobcentre-closures

Police Scotland accused of criminalising country’s Kurds

NEWS 10 January 2017 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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Police Scotland is running the risk of victimising and criminalising an entire community, Kurdish campaigners have warned

https://tfn.scot/news/police-scotland-criminalising-countrys-kurds

Scots spend £1 billion a year on fags

NEWS 21 October 2016 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Cigarettes are trapping Scotland's poorest into poverty because of we're not doing enough to help people quit, says charity

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-spend-1-billion-a-year-on-fags

Benefits should be automatic and lifelong for people with MND

NEWS 24 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Health & Social Care
People with motor neuron disease (MND) should be able to access certain benefits without assessment for the rest of their lives, a charity has said

https://tfn.scot/news/benefits-should-be-automatic-and-lifelong-for-people-with-mnd

Children’s commissioner backs call for LGBT+ education in schools

NEWS 24 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
Pressure mounts on the Scottish Government to commit to a new approach to tackling homophobic bullying

https://tfn.scot/news/childrens-commissioner-calls-for-lgbt-education-in-schools

A third of Scots are now living in fuel poverty

NEWS 24 October 2016 by Graham Martin
Regeneration & Housing
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More people are living in fuel poverty in Scotland than ever before – and the Scottish Government is set to miss a target for eradicating the problem

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-choose-between-heating-and-eating-as-fuel-poverty-spikes

Britain is Europe’s most generous country, index finds

NEWS 25 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Environment & International
Britain is the most generous country in Europe, according to the annual Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) World Giving Index

https://tfn.scot/news/britain-is-europes-most-generous-country-index-finds

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