Teenage girls will be trained to spot discrimination and speak out against sexism in a new project run by Girlguiding Scotland. The Action for Change project has the backing of
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Childcare provision in most parts of Scotland remains unsuitable for working parents, according to a parent-led campaign group. A survey of local authorities by the Fair Funding for our Kids
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A Michelin-starred chef is lending his cooking skills to a new restaurant set up to support the homeless. Home is the latest venture by the team behind Social Bite –
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Thousands of pounds is to be injected into a successful violence reduction project to make its services available in Edinburgh. The Navigator project, which already operates at Glasgow Royal Infirmary,
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Two men jailed for sexually abusing boys at the Catholic-run school where they taught committed a “gross abuse of trust”, a judge said. John Farrell, 73, and Paul Kelly, 64,
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has announced details of a new consultation detailing proposals to increase the fees they charge social service workers to register with them. This consultation
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A child welfare expert accused of falsely claiming to be a doctor is facing a four-day disciplinary hearing at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) in Dundee. Susan Stewart, 46,
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Glasgow City Council, working alongside Alzheimer Scotland, has announced the development of a framework to support high quality dementia services and help create a dementia friendly Glasgow. The so-called ‘Glasgow
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Ambitious new targets which could reduce the number of children living in “persistent poverty” to less than one in 20 by the year 2030 have been announced by the Scottish
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Older teenagers could be removed from the Scottish Government’s named-person scheme, John Swinney has said. The Deputy First Minister said Labour’s call for the legislation to be limited to children
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