Letters
TFN is delighted to receive letters for publication, please email them to tfn@scvo.org.uk
Images are degrading to women
I very much agree with your point and object to images of decorative women being used to sell everything and anything.
Time for a new law to allow gay marriage
It is good to see that Scottish political parties support full equality, including allowing heterosexual couples to enter into civil partnerships instead of marriage if they wish.
Scotland’s bird population is an economic boost
his year’s seabird breeding season across the UK served up a mixed bag of the good, the bad and the all-time low
Protect affordable housing stock
It is welcome news that Highland Council has been successful in its application to have the modernised Right to Buy suspended in many of its communities
Dogs Trust makes call for your puppy tales
Dog welfare charity, Dogs Trust, is appealing for readers to send them their experiences when purchasing a puppy
Better late than never?
Now that Johann Lamont, no less, feels able to publicly articulate that Community Planning Partnerships are not as effective as the Social Inclusion Partnerships they replaced (TFN 8 Oct), can we look forward to the prospective Labour led Scottish Government dismantling these bureaucratic behemoths that largely exclude the third sector
Lloyds Foundation for Scotland asserts its independence
The support Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland has received from the voluntary sector over its dispute with Lloyds Banking Group has been overwhelming and seeing charities across Scotland voice their support in letters, phone calls and in the media has been fantastic
Scottish Gypsy Travellers
Scottish Gypsy Travellers are recognised as an ethnic minority group and therefore there should always be a capital S G and
Level the playing field
SAVE the Children launched its campaign this week ‘Better Odds at School’, which calls for the Scottish government and all political parties to take urgent action to tackle these inequalities
Greenpeace campaigners brought in from the cold
THE Scottish Green Party back Greenpeace’s decision to take peaceful direct action against a Chevron oil rig, blocking an attempt by the company to drill a deepwater well off Shetland


