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SDS isn’t working for people with mental health issues
Carolyn Lochhead explains why SDS isn't working for people with mental health issues and what needs to be done to change that
OPINION 28 August 2017 Guest post
 
Help everyone benefit from social care choices
Keith Robson on why more needs to happen so older Scots can have more choice and control over their own social care
OPINION 25 August 2017 Guest post
 
Do secure units punish or protect?
Ellen Maloney questions society's approach to care when it uses secure units against the young
OPINION 24 August 2017 Guest post
 
Taking on my first half marathon aged 50
Graham Findlay, 50, is registered blind, a regular runner, and will take on the Great Aberdeen Run with colleagues from North East Sensory Services
OPINION 22 August 2017 Guest post
 
Hip hop filmmaker takes on unjust care tax
Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi, 23, is the director and star of a music video campaigning against the so-called care tax.
OPINION 15 August 2017 Guest post
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Real Lives: Katy Sutherland was inspired by her mum’s approach to brain cancer
​Katy Sutherland has gathered a team of 35 runners to complete the River Ness 10k in September in memory of her mum Jackie
OPINION 15 August 2017 by Georgina Harris
 
Real Lives: For Anita Stott fostering has been a wonderful experience
Anita Stott says providing short-term foster care for children with learning disabilities is a fulfilling and heartwarming
OPINION 10 August 2017 Guest post
 
I’ve bounced back from cancer and want to get Pretty Muddy
Jill Cow’s life changed four years ago when she was diagnosed with cancer, but now she is urging women to sign up for the Pretty Muddy events
OPINION 4 August 2017 Guest post
 
We can’t sleep on pay equality in the care sector
Enable's Theresa Shearer says the sector must work in collaboration to address the issue of pay rates for care staff
OPINION 4 August 2017 Guest post
 
We do it because we care
Hayleigh Furlong, a personal assistant with Enable Scotland, says overnight care is definitely not all about sleeping
OPINION 4 August 2017 by Robert Armour
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a look at how the sector is progressing in inclusion, diversity, equality and environmentalism - what more can be done to further these aims, featuring a wealth of expert opinion, advice and reflection.

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