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From advice to action: improving access to disability payments in Scotland

OPINION 17 November 2025 by Erica Young

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

Erica Young on the importance of easy access to Adult Disability Payment (ADP)

https://tfn.scot/opinion/from-advice-to-action-improving-access-to-disability-payments-in-scotland

Let’s have a budget for fairness and compassion

OPINION 24 November 2025 by David Hilferty

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Funding & Finance

David Hilferty’s message to the chancellor

https://tfn.scot/opinion/lets-have-a-budget-for-fairness-and-compassion

More good news on the effort to help people in Council Tax debt

OPINION 1 December 2025 by Myles Fitt

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

A positive update from Myles Fitt

https://tfn.scot/opinion/more-good-news-on-the-effort-to-help-people-in-council-tax-debt

Basic Bank Accounts need to be easier for people to open

OPINION 31 March 2025 by Sarah-Jayne Dunn

Social Justice & Poverty

Sarah-Jayne Dunn on the need for action on financial inclusion

https://tfn.scot/opinion/basic-bank-accounts-need-to-be-easier-for-people-to-open

The big promise of community wealth building

OPINION 22 April 2025 by Duncan Thorp

Social Justice & Poverty

Culture & Leisure

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

Duncan Thorp on possibilities for creating a better, more democratic economy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-big-promise-of-community-wealth-building

Sturgeon: second referendum “highly likely” as UK votes to leave EU

NEWS 24 June 2016 by Rab Armour

Environment & International

Massive implications on leaving EU for Scotland's third sector

https://tfn.scot/news/sturgeon-hints-at-second-referendum-as-uk-votes-to-leave-eu

Development trusts are transforming Scottish communities

NEWS 4 July 2016 by Susan Smith

Regeneration & Housing

A new report examining three Scottish development trusts has found they make a positive contribution to their local economy and society

https://tfn.scot/news/development-trusts-are-transforming-scottish-communities

Family Centre launches emergency appeal

NEWS 23 January 2017 by Susan Smith

Families & Young People

An Edinburgh family centre that works with some of the city's most disadvantaged families has launched an emergency appeal for funds

https://tfn.scot/news/family-centre-launches-emergency-appeal

Bed shortages see vulnerable patients sent across the border for treatment

NEWS 14 December 2016 by Rab Armour

Health & Social Care

Charities raise concerns as NHS struggles to cope with rising number of patients with eating disorders

https://tfn.scot/news/alarm-as-mental-health-patients-get-shipped-to-scotland-for-treatment

More sanctions inevitable with JobCentre closures

NEWS 10 January 2017 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

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Warning JobCentre closures will result in increased hardship for benefit claimants

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

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From advice to action: improving access to disability payments in Scotland

Let’s have a budget for fairness and compassion

More good news on the effort to help people in Council Tax debt

Basic Bank Accounts need to be easier for people to open

The big promise of community wealth building

Sturgeon: second referendum “highly likely” as UK votes to leave EU

Development trusts are transforming Scottish communities

Family Centre launches emergency appeal

Bed shortages see vulnerable patients sent across the border for treatment

More sanctions inevitable with JobCentre closures

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