The appointment of a part-time Commissioner to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland has been made by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the Rt Hon Jack McConnell MSP, First Minister of Scotland.

Scotland’s first specialist care centre for victims of rape and sexual assault is to be opened in Glasgow.

Health Minister Andy Kerr has announced the appointment of Mr Deep Sagar to the Board of NHS 24.

‘see me’ have released new research revealing the stigmatising attitudes of Scottish adults towards young people who self-harm.

The Scottish Centre for Regeneration and SCVO are currently developing a project to examine whether or not mentoring is an effective way of sharing knowledge and skills within the regeneration professions in Scotland.

Two films giving voice to the views of young people in foster care and the sons and daughters of foster carers have been launched by leading charity the Fostering Network in Stirling on 20 February 2006.