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

OPINION 7 May 2026 by Nkechi First

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

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

From warm words to transformational action

OPINION 11 May 2026 by Louise Christie

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme is action - Louise Christie outlines why Scotland’s mental health system must move towards transformational change

https://tfn.scot/opinion/from-warm-words-to-transformational-action

Scotland’s top youth worker has been named

NEWS 14 March 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Families & Young People

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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

FoI is your business!

OPINION 10 November 2022 by Carole Ewart

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Carole Ewart on a consultation into extending FoI - and why it matters to charities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/foi-is-your-business

What are charities doing in response to Black Lives Matter?

OPINION 11 April 2023 by Kirsty McNeill

Social Justice & Poverty

Culture & Leisure

CRER's ground-breaking report

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-are-charities-doing-in-response-to-black-lives-matter

Survival of the fittest

OPINION 15 April 2020 Guest post

Management

Fenella McCarthy gives advice on how to make sure your organisation has the best chance of weathering the pandemic and come out fighting fit

https://tfn.scot/opinion/survival-of-the-fittest

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

Joining the Evidence Dots

OPINION 24 September 2020 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Janis McDonald discusses how deafscotland is using World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month to highlight the established link between dementia and hearing loss

https://tfn.scot/opinion/joining-the-evidence-dots

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

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

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

From warm words to transformational action

Scotland’s top youth worker has been named

FoI is your business!

What are charities doing in response to Black Lives Matter?

Survival of the fittest

Conditions set to get tougher for charities

Joining the Evidence Dots

Critical financial aid extended for victims of crime

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

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