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Council broke law 800 times when housing homeless as Taylor Swift and Fringe swept Edinburgh

NEWS 2 October 2024 by Niall Christie

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Large-scale events in Edinburgh forced the capital’s council to break the law hundreds of times by placing homeless households in unsuitable accommodation.

https://tfn.scot/news/council-broke-law-800-times-when-housing-homeless-as-taylor-swift-and-fringe-swept-edinburgh

It's time to stop ‘othering’ people a.k.a. redesign your thought processes

Siobhan Mercer

27 September 2022

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Maayan Ziv is the founder and CEO of AccessNow, and advisor to the Government of Canada on disability

https://scvo.scot/p/53965/2022/09/27/redesign-your-thought-processes

Urgent change needed to create safer roads for everyone

OPINION 2 April 2024 by Denise Hamilton

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Culture & Leisure

Serious injuries and deaths on our roads are unacceptable and preventable says Cycling Scotland’s Denise Hamilton

https://tfn.scot/opinion/urgent-change-needed-to-create-safer-roads-for-everyone

Is this the end of sleepovers?

OPINION 24 October 2017 Guest post

Management

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Annie Gunner Logan says that Living Wage move looks like it will lead to an end to sleepovers

https://tfn.scot/opinion/in-order-to-save-the-sleepover-it-became-necessary-to-destroy-it

Learning from history

OPINION 6 July 2020 Guest post

Management

Chris Martin believes we must look to the past to help society bounce back from Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/opinion/learning-from-history

Wee pipers call the tune in life affirming film

NEWS 8 January 2016 by Graham Martin

Families & Young People

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Charity and workers co-op combine to produce fantastic film

https://tfn.scot/news/wee-pipers-call-the-tune-in-life-affirming-film

Unheard voices reshape health and care in pioneering arts research project

NEWS 15 July 2025 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Research led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh proposes a redesign of health and care services.

https://tfn.scot/news/unheard-voices-reshape-health-and-care-in-pioneering-arts-research-project

Charity fundraisers say sorry

NEWS 7 September 2015 by Paul Cardwell

Management

Group of 17 charities apologise for not always meeting the standards expected when it comes to fundraising

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-want-new-fundraising-regulator

Daily coronavirus roundup for third sector, Tuesday 14 April

FEATURE 14 April 2020 by Gareth Jones

Regeneration & Housing

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News on how Scotland's voluntary sector is responding to the pandemic

https://tfn.scot/features/daily-coronavirus-roundup-for-third-sector-tuesday-14-april

Third sector leaders say: this is our moment, let’s seize it

NEWS 10 May 2016 by Graham Martin

Health & Social Care

Last week’s election result represents a chance for the third sector in Scotland to vigorously pursue its agenda, charity leaders have said

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-leaders-say-this-is-our-moment-lets-seize-it

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Council broke law 800 times when housing homeless as Taylor Swift and Fringe swept Edinburgh

It's time to stop ‘othering’ people a.k.a. redesign your thought processes

Urgent change needed to create safer roads for everyone

Is this the end of sleepovers?

Learning from history

Wee pipers call the tune in life affirming film

Unheard voices reshape health and care in pioneering arts research project

Charity fundraisers say sorry

Daily coronavirus roundup for third sector, Tuesday 14 April

Third sector leaders say: this is our moment, let’s seize it

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