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Show must go on: community theatre fights for survival amid demolition threat

NEWS 29 October 2024 by Graham Martin

Culture & Leisure

This follows the discovery of dangerous, ‘bubbly’ RAAC concrete in 2023

https://tfn.scot/news/show-must-go-on-community-theatre-fights-for-survival-amid-demolition-threat

Care services could be hit as frontline charity staff vote on strike

NEWS 22 June 2026 by Graham Martin

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Health & Social Care

Unite says there have been huge discrepancies between pay awards to senior management and other staff

https://tfn.scot/news/care-services-could-be-hit-as-frontline-charity-staff-vote-on-strike

Big Noise programme generating "positive and sustained" change

NEWS 23 June 2026 by Graham Martin

Families & Young People

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Social Justice & Poverty

Culture & Leisure

Report shows how charity-run service delivers critical support to children facing disadvantage

https://tfn.scot/news/big-noise-programme-generating-positive-and-sustained-change

Lack of credit costing the poorest dearest

NEWS 18 November 2025 by Rab Armour

Families & Young People

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Health & Social Care

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Regeneration & Housing

#CostOfLivingCrisis

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Low-income families are trapped in a cycle of exorbitant lending rates

https://tfn.scot/news/lack-of-credit-costing-the-poorest-dearest

Charity banking system still causing chaos - now there are calls for an inquiry

NEWS 8 July 2025 by Graham Martin

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Health & Social Care

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Regeneration & Housing

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Cancer charity tells TFN it can't access £25k it has promised a hospice

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-banking-system-failure-still-causing-chaos-now-there-are-calls-for-an-inquiry

Campaign launches to help charity bridge huge shortfall in funds

NEWS 7 August 2025 by Rab Armour

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Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

#RunningCostsCrisis

#CostOfLivingCrisis

Running costs rocket but demand for services is at all time high

https://tfn.scot/news/campaign-launches-to-help-charity-bridge-huge-shortfall-in-funds

Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance flies into the future with state-of-the-art helicopter

NEWS 17 January 2025 by Niall Christie

Management

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

#Technology

The new Airbus H145 D3 is currently in production and will receive its customised aeromedical fit-out.

https://tfn.scot/news/scotlands-charity-air-ambulance-flies-into-the-future-with-state-of-the-art-helicopter

Fresh cohort of trustees for national mental health charity

NEWS 22 January 2025 by Niall Christie

Management

Health & Social Care

The new representatives will bring diversity and experience to the role.

https://tfn.scot/news/fresh-cohort-of-trustees-for-national-mental-health-charity

When spaces close, communities feel it: why Unity Hub matters in Glasgow’s east end

OPINION 7 May 2026 by Nkechi First

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Nkechi First: “when traditional community infrastructure is under pressure, there is an opportunity for the third sector and communities to step forward and innovate”

https://tfn.scot/opinion/when-spaces-close-communities-feel-it-why-unity-hub-matters-in-glasgows-east-end

Living Wage: A small step towards supporting people through the current crisis

Anna Fowlie

22 September 2022

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employer is something that matters to our voluntary organisations, and SCVO supports Scottish Government’s,We’re talking with government about what it will mean in practice and how it will be resourced.

https://scvo.scot/p/53772/2022/09/22/living-wage-a-small-step-towards-supporting-people-through-the-current-crisis

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Show must go on: community theatre fights for survival amid demolition threat

Care services could be hit as frontline charity staff vote on strike

Big Noise programme generating "positive and sustained" change

Lack of credit costing the poorest dearest

Charity banking system still causing chaos - now there are calls for an inquiry

Campaign launches to help charity bridge huge shortfall in funds

Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance flies into the future with state-of-the-art helicopter

Fresh cohort of trustees for national mental health charity

When spaces close, communities feel it: why Unity Hub matters in Glasgow’s east end

Living Wage: A small step towards supporting people through the current crisis

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