COUNCIL bosses are under fire amid claims cash demands are being sent to Adult Resource Centre users weeks after charges were suspended. Labour councillors are calling for an urgent meeting with director John Alexander to find out what is going on.

ADVICE and support for carers is something the Dementia Services Development Centre advises on a global scale.

A rights and assets-based approach is needed to create sustainable public services. Scotland could  already be leading the way, by Ruchir Shah

A SHERIFF has ruled that the death of a woman who had to have her embedded denture removed in hospital was not due to any lack of care.

Edinburgh-based homelessness charity Fresh Start will use a new £16,233 grant to keep up with demand for its services helping people make a success of their new homes.

Around 1000 people have signed an online petition protesting the planned closure of the Kemback Street Adult Learning Centre.

Do you have an idea that could shape the future social service workforce?  The SSSC and the Institute for Innovation and Research in Social Services (IRISS) are working together to develop new solutions to the challenges facing the sector’s workforce. And your idea could become a reality if you get involved in the Workforce of the future challenge.

Aberdeen’s volunteers and the organisations which recruit them are to benefit from refreshed best practice guidelines when Community Planning Aberdeen launches its Volunteering Strategy this month.

A MAJOR project to determine the availability of autism services across Scotland is to be launched in an attempt to end the “postcode lottery” for treatment.

A £34.5 MILLION fund to tackle violence against women is being distributed by the Scottish Government.