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Adventurers enter electric car in 10,000 mile rally

NEWS 14 July 2017 by Gavin Stuart

Culture & Leisure

An Aberdeenshire couple are set to make history as the first people to enter an electric car in the 10,000 mile Mongol Rally.

https://tfn.scot/news/adventurers-enter-electric-car-in-10000-mile-rally

Chief encounters: Marguerite Hunter Blair, Play Scotland

NEWS 29 September 2014 by Paul Cardwell

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Chief executive of Play Scotland Marguerite Hunter Blair on playing guitar, Bruce Springsteen, and how modern technology has revolutionised meetings

https://tfn.scot/news/chief-encounters-marguerite-hunter-blair-play-scotland

Good ideas catalyst: take the next step in business development

OPINION 13 June 2017 Guest post

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Claire Carpenter on how the Good Ideas Academy is planning to help established social enterprises take their next big step

https://tfn.scot/opinion/good-ideas-catalyst-take-the-next-step-in-business-development

Food charities struggle with fresh, healthy produce

NEWS 6 July 2016 by Susan Smith

Families & Young People

A survey of UK food charities has found they struggle to meet demand during peak times and don't have the resources to distribute fresh produce

https://tfn.scot/news/food-charities-need-help-to-give-out-fresh-healthy-produce

Investing in people and ideas

OPINION 19 May 2014 Guest post

Funding & Finance

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Claire Carpenter believes the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland needs to invest in people and ideas to ensure social innovation can thrive in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/investing-in-people-and-ideas

Mixed feelings about social care sleep-over ruling

OPINION 17 July 2018 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Edel Harris is relieved not to be facing a crippling back-pay bill but says social care workers must be valued more highly

https://tfn.scot/opinion/mixed-feelings-about-social-care-sleep-over-ruling

Opening your home and heart to those fleeing persecution

OPINION 9 September 2015 Guest post

Regeneration & Housing

Rosie Kane, a former MSP, writes for TFN on her positive experience of taking in a refugee woman and child

https://tfn.scot/opinion/opening-your-home-and-heart-to-those-fleeing-persecution

Our most challenging year yet

OPINION 16 November 2020 by John MacMillan

Management

Health & Social Care

#NeverMoreNeeded

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John MacMillan reflects on the challenges the Eric Liddell Centre has faced in its 40th year

https://tfn.scot/opinion/our-most-challenging-year-yet

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OPINION 18 December 2020 by Mhairi Snowden

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Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Mhairi Snowden says it is important that the voluntary sector prepares as much as it can for the impacts of Brexit

https://tfn.scot/opinion/watch-this-space-very-closely

Crisis is no distant threat

OPINION 13 July 2021 by Anna Fowlie

Environment & International

Anna Fowlie says the climate catastrophe is not a nightmare – it's our waking reality and we must act urgently

https://tfn.scot/opinion/crisis-is-no-distant-threat

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Adventurers enter electric car in 10,000 mile rally

Chief encounters: Marguerite Hunter Blair, Play Scotland

Good ideas catalyst: take the next step in business development

Food charities struggle with fresh, healthy produce

Investing in people and ideas

Mixed feelings about social care sleep-over ruling

Opening your home and heart to those fleeing persecution

Our most challenging year yet

Watch this space (very closely)

Crisis is no distant threat

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