New mag asks what now for Scotland Demands Better, how we combat homelessness and how we overcome division - plus, our festive gift guide
In this month’s TFN magazine we take both a look back and at and a look forward from last month’s Scotland Demands Better march in Edinburgh.
This event brought together the breadth of Scotland’s voluntary sector and civil society, based around an array of demands, all of them linked with the idea that we want change – profound, transformational change to how we live and how things are organised.
It was a great moment and a huge success – but the momentum must not be lost now, especially as we move into an election year.
Housing demands were boldly put on the march (whether that was from the likes of Shelter or Living Rent), and this month we report on the Homelessness Network Scotland conference.
We clearly have a problem – in fact a declared emergency - but it is actually heartening to see Scotland’s voluntary sector at the core of coming up with ideas to deal with this vast and complex issue.
Elsewhere, but linked into the idea of voluntary sector ideas at the grassroots providing solutions to Scotland’s profoundest problems, Ross Ahlfeld - in response to last month’s feature on the rise of the far-right - tells us what is being done in Inverclyde to overcome division.
And yes, it’s nearly that time of year – so don’t forget to check out our annual ethical gifting guide.
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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