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Housing and health in Glasgow: a journey through film

OPINION 24 March 2025 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Culture & Leisure

Regeneration & Housing

A recent event celebrated Glasgow's 850th birthday by taking a packed audience on a whistle-stop housing journey, reports Lucinda Broadbent of media co-op

https://tfn.scot/opinion/housing-and-health-in-glasgow-a-journey-through-film

Fear charities won’t be able to meet demand created by welfare cuts

NEWS 22 July 2015 by Paul Cardwell

Social Justice & Poverty

Society's most vulnerable could slip through the net due to charities workloads being increased as a result of welfare cuts blasts SCVO

https://tfn.scot/news/scvo-blasts-welfare-cuts-warning

Exposed: Scotland’s target-driven sanction regime

NEWS 26 August 2015 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

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Sanctions appear arbitrary but are being driven by targets imposed on Jobcentre managers by the DWP

https://tfn.scot/news/exposed-scotlands-target-driven-sanction-regime

Why do we need a third sector anyway?

OPINION 19 August 2015 by Susan Smith

Social Justice & Poverty

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Susan Smith argues that creating a fairer society requires a third sector willing to mount a challenge to growing external criticism

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-do-we-need-a-third-sector-anyway

Conditions set to get tougher for charities

OPINION 31 July 2020 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

Gareth Jones analyses the financial struggles organisations have battled over the last few months, and why they are #NeverMoreNeeded than now

https://tfn.scot/opinion/conditions-set-to-get-tougher-for-charities

Critical financial aid extended for victims of crime

OPINION 8 October 2020 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

Funding & Finance

#NeverMoreNeeded

The Victims’ Fund provides a financial lifeline to many vulnerable victims across the country

https://tfn.scot/opinion/critical-financial-aid-extended-for-victims-of-crime

Mountain drama as air ambulance makes 1000th call-out

NEWS 30 March 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Health & Social Care

57-year-old man had to evacuated to hospital suffering severe from chest pains

https://tfn.scot/news/hilltop-drama-as-air-ambulance-makes-1000th-call-out

Scotland’s top youth worker has been named

NEWS 14 March 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Families & Young People

2 comments

20-year-old sports coach and mentor Natasha Kerr takes the title at the National Youth Worker of the Year Awards 2016

https://tfn.scot/news/scotlands-top-youth-worker-has-been-named

Let’s hear it for Scotland’s invaluable volunteers

NEWS 31 May 2016 by Graham Martin

Management

The vital value volunteers provide to the third sector in Scotland is being celebrated this week

https://tfn.scot/news/lets-hear-it-for-scotlands-invaluable-volunteers

All young refugees to be given a Young Scot card

NEWS 7 June 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Families & Young People

Charity promises to help refugees as it launches new three year strategy to make Scotland the best place in the world for everyone to grow up in

https://tfn.scot/news/all-young-refugees-to-be-given-a-young-scot-card

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Housing and health in Glasgow: a journey through film

Fear charities won’t be able to meet demand created by welfare cuts

Exposed: Scotland’s target-driven sanction regime

Why do we need a third sector anyway?

Conditions set to get tougher for charities

Critical financial aid extended for victims of crime

Mountain drama as air ambulance makes 1000th call-out

Scotland’s top youth worker has been named

Let’s hear it for Scotland’s invaluable volunteers

All young refugees to be given a Young Scot card

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