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Equality News Update: BBC News: New facility at Glasgow Airport to help people with complex needs

More must be done to help police deal with people who are mentally distressed but who do not need to be detained under the Mental Health Act, a report has found.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Scotsman: Police ‘need more support in dealing with distressed people’ →

Requests for NHS Fife’s interpreting and translation service have soared by 140% in just two years, it has been revealed.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Courier: Rising need for NHS Fife’s translation services revealed →

HIV self-testing kits are available to buy on the Scottish high street for the first time, a retailer has announced.Continue reading Equality News Update: HIV self-testing kits now available for £34 on Scottish high street →

A new Scottish security system is an opportunity to protect and enhance women’s rights in Scotland, campaigners have said.Continue reading Equality News Update: Keep the Faith: More action urged on women’s human rights →

Young people in Fife with learning disabilities are being helped to set up their own small businesses from today. Continue reading Equality News Update: Kingdom FM: Scheme to help more young disabled Fifers into work →

A new photography exhibition created by Madras College pupils and young migrants, who have recently arrived in Fife, has been launched.Continue reading Equality News Update: Fife Today: Migrants launch new photography exhibition in Fife →

People with “hidden disabilities” such as autism and mental health conditions will be able to get blue badge parking permits under an overhaul of the system.Continue reading Equality News Update: Sky News: Blue badge parking permits extended to ‘hidden disabilities’ →

ASYLUM SEEKER-turned-activist Lucky Khambule, who successfully campaigned for the unrestricted right to work for those in the asylum system in Ireland, will speak in Glasgow next month at an event designed to kick-start a similar campaign in Scotland.Continue reading Equality News Update: CommonSpace: Asylum seeker rights activists to launch ‘right to work’ campaign in Scotland →

THE director of CBI Scotland has called for “open and honest” discussion around gender diversity in the workplace after a new report revealed that women working in finance and accounting roles take longer than their male counterparts to reach executive level.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Herald: CBI Scotland director calls for ‘open and honest’ discussion around gender diversity in the workplace →