New mag looks at SLAPPs, the horrors of Gaza, the Promise, the challenges facing small charities and much, much more

Most charities are campaigning organisations in one way or another.

We all have a cause and a mission.

For some, the pursuit of this can bring them up against some of the most powerful and intransigent forces on the planet – the forces (and resources) of corporate power and the mega-wealthy.

This month we look at the use of SLAPPs (Strategic Legislation Against Public Participation) and the moves, backed by the third sector, that are afoot to stop the Scottish court system from becoming an arena where the powerful pursue those who would scrutinise them.

In terms of scrutiny, the entire world is watching events in Gaza with horror. In this month’s magazine we feature the testament of a Scottish nurse and charity worker about what she saw as bodies were smashed and lives extinguished under the Israeli bombardment.

It’s tempting to look away from such horror – but that is precisely the moment that our gaze must be trained firmly on what’s happening.

On a more optimistic note, we look at work that is being done to deliver the Promise for our care-experienced children and young people, and find a willingness to make it happen.

To mark Small Charity Week, we look at the challenges facing some organisations who make up the very atoms of who we are as a sector.

You will find all of that and much more in this month as well as TFN's usual line up of excellent columnists and features.

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Read it all here.