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Thousands of women council workers in Glasgow are set to receive payouts that unions estimate could reach more than £500m in total following the resolution of a 12-year equal pay battle.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Guardian: Women win 12-year equal pay battle with Glasgow city council
Over two-thirds of teachers have had no recent training on LGBT+ issues, according to a survey, with teachers reporting that, as a result, discrimination often goes unchallenged in schools.Continue reading Equality News Update: tes: Two-thirds of teachers have no recent LGBT training
Train organisations in Scotland are supporting a schoolgirl’s campaign to raise awareness of ‘invisible’ disabilities.Continue reading Equality News Update: ONFife: Encountering Fife Exhibition at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries
Train organisations in Scotland are supporting a schoolgirl’s campaign to raise awareness of ‘invisible’ disabilities.Continue reading Equality News Update: ITV News: Rail operators in Scotland support ‘invisible’ disabilities
Teachers tell of sluggish little people who just don’t have the energy they should. Homework doesn’t materialise, sick days just happen to coincide with school trips but it’s really because there’s no money at home to cover to the costs.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Herald: New project to tackle child poverty in Scotland as 230,000 struggle to feed families
A housing association in Fife is the first in Scotland to be awarded ‘dementia friendly’ status.Continue reading Equality News Update: Kingdom FM: Housing group first in Scotland to become ‘dementia friendly’
Fathers Network Scotland is set to lead a new pilot project which aims to tackle postnatal depression among menContinue reading Equality News Update: Third Force News: New dads to be given mental health support
Racist behaviour by staff in Scottish schools is going unreported, according to the country’s national teaching watchdog. New figures from the General Teaching Council for Scotland show it only received one report of racist behaviour by a teacher in the past five years, despite growing concern over the issue.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Herald: Racist behaviour by teachers in schools ‘not being reported’
Communities across Fife are to be consulted for a second time on the future of out of hours GP services across the region.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Courier: Public to be consulted again on out of hours GP cover
A Chinese woman who faced deportation from Scotland has won her fight to stay after a lengthy battle.Continue reading Equality News Update: STV News: Woman who faced deportation wins fight to stay in Scotland
In 2018, Scotland came together to celebrate its younger generation.Continue reading Equality News Update: iNews: ‘Nurseries by nursing homes’ plan to fight loneliness in Scotland
In 2018, Scotland came together to celebrate its younger generation.Continue reading Equality News Update: Fife Today: Younger generation makes its mark during Year of Young People
Racism in Scottish football must be tackled “head on,” a leading charity has claimed.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Courier: Discrimination in Scottish football needs tackled ‘head on’, says Show Racism the Red Card
Young lesbian, gay and bisexual people start becoming depressed and self-harming from the age of 10 because they feel different from their heterosexual peers, research has found.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Guardian: Study finds high levels of depression among LGB teenagers
Thousands of young people with arthritis are at risk of social exclusion and isolation this festive period.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Press and Journal: Young people with arthritis face isolation