This website uses cookies for anonymised analytics and for account authentication. See our privacy and cookies policies for more information.

Third Force News

TFN

The voice of Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector
Get updates
Third Force News
Get TFN updates
Sign in Sign up
The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

Third Force News
Get Social justice & poverty updates Get Social justice & poverty updates

Opinion in Social justice & poverty

Latest Opinion
 
Why we should all be feminists - even men
MSP says men should be feminists too
OPINION 8 December 2015 Guest post
 
The problem with Mark Zuckerberg’s god complex
Susan Smith is cynically ungrateful for the launch of the $45bn Chan Zuckerberg Foundation
OPINION 2 December 2015 by Susan Smith
 
Foodbank network is not in discussions with DWP
Molly Hodson clarifies the position of the UK's biggest network of foodbanks in relation to hosting DWP staff on its premises
OPINION 4 November 2015 Guest post
2 comments
 
Foodbanks will lose credibility if they side with DWP
Placing Jobcentre advisers in foodbanks is a retrograde step says anti-poverty campaigner Peter Savage
OPINION 3 November 2015 by TFN
7 comments
 
It’s time for the voices of Palestinians to be heard
Palestinian voices must be heard to combat pro-Israeli bias
OPINION 23 October 2015 Guest post
16 comments
 
Supporters of Israel have been silent for too long
Sammy Stein, co-founder of Glasgow Friends of Israel, says anti-Israeli sentiment has gone too far in Scotland
OPINION 22 October 2015 by TFN
3 comments
 
Why bother Challenging Poverty?
Susan Smith would rather be considered a moaning leftie than collaborate with injustice
OPINION 22 October 2015 by Susan Smith
 
Want to win your campaign? Get a lawyer!
​Tim Shayler, a pro-bono lawyer, reckons campaigning is far more effective if your cause is constructed around a legal framework
OPINION 21 October 2015 by Robert Armour
 
Poll: Should rich people pay more tax?
POLL 16 October 2015 by Susan Smith
 
Income inequality is simply wrong
Susan Smith believes we have become too complacent about the rich becoming richer
OPINION 14 October 2015 by Susan Smith
1 comment
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.

Read it here
LATEST NEWS  LATEST FEATURES  LATEST LISTS  LATEST OPINION  LATEST POLLS  PREMIUM