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A generous donation of £10,000 from local firm Briggs Marine has helped the Cottage Centre’s annual festive appeal get off to a flying start.
And Kirkcaldy brothers Euan and Murray Oliver have also raised a brilliant £725 from a coffee morning they held in Kirkcaldy Rugby Club to help give children and families in the town affected by poverty a happy Christmas.Continue reading Equality News Update: Fife Today: Cottage Centre Appeal: Can you help Kirkcaldy families in need this Christmas?
2018 is the Year of Young People in Scotland – but is life for young disabled people getting better?
Ahead of an event for young disabled people on 7 December in Glasgow, Inclusion Scotland is launching the #OurInclusiveScotland campaign to document the reality of being a young disabled person.Continue reading Equality News Update: Third Force News: Young disabled people voice their vision for an inclusive Scotland
Shocking incidents of casual racism in Scottish schools have been highlighted in a landmark report on the lack of teachers from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. Continue reading Equality News Update: The Herald: Racism in Scottish schools hampering ethnic minority teachers
IT’S game on for women demanding equality in sport.
And, as Scotland’s finest sportswomen were hailed at an awards ceremony in Glasgow, Maureen McGonigle, chief executive of Scottish Women in Sport (SWiS), says the ultimate goal is in sight.Continue reading Equality News Update: Sunday Post: Scotland’s sporting women saluted as stars insist race for equality is being won from the grassroots to the medal podium
A new culture making pavement parking anti-social was urged today campaigners for disabled people and pedestrians.
They want vehicles obstructing pavements to be popularly frowned on as part of a planned new law to ban the practice.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Scotsman: Pavement parking should be culturally unacceptable – campaigners
All parties in Scottish Parliament hail ‘monumental’ victory that promises to transform education for LGBTI studentsContinue reading Equality News Update: tes News: Scotland claims ‘world’s first’ inclusive LGBTI education
An internationally celebrated day to highlight the importance of science in and for society and that science, peace and development are interlinkedContinue reading Equality News Update: UNESCO: World Science Day for Peace and Development
MORE than one-third of stressed-out Scottish men have had suicidal thoughts, according to a new study.Continue reading Equality News Update: The National: One-third of Scottish men have suicidal thoughts due to stress, study shows
The number of university students in Scotland seeking support for mental health issues has increased by two-thirds over five years, analysis shows.Continue reading Equality News Update: BBC News: Huge rise in students in Scotland seeking mental health support
Following a year of intense debate around ‘gender recognition’, five trans young people speak to Caitlin Logan about what it really means to be trans in Scotland todayContinue reading Equality News Update: CommonSpace: More than a piece of policy: Scotland’s trans youth say it’s time to see the humans behind the headlines
More Scots are being forced to apply for crisis grants to help feed their families and heat their homes, it has emerged.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Courier: Fife among hardest hit areas as crisis grant applications soar
Responding to the Budget announcement, the British Safety Council welcomed the Government’s commitment of £2bn annually to support NHS mental health services by 2023-24.Continue reading Equality News Update: FE News: British Safety Council calls for government support for workplace mental health
More students from some of Scotland’s most economically challenged areas are taking up places at Edinburgh University, according to a report.Continue reading Equality News Update: Express and Star: More students from deprived areas accepted to Edinburgh University
MEDICS are to receive specialist help on aiding cancer patients with learning disabilities as charities aim to close a gap in life expectancy.Continue reading Equality News Update: The National: Help for medics to aid cancer patients with learning disabilities
An unprecedented number of leading charities have come together to call on Nicola Sturgeon to lead from the front and ensure Scotland becomes the world leader in tackling loneliness and isolation.Continue reading Equality News Update: Third Force News: Scotland must be a world leader in tackling loneliness