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A leading doctor has said drug users should be given the same protections as disabled people and called for the Scottish Government to do more to defend methadone treatment. Continue reading Equality News Update: The Herald: Drug users ‘should get same protection as the disabled’
Thousands of Scots parents and their babies are unable to access treatment for mental health problems because of where they live.Continue reading Equality News Update: Third Force News: Call for better infant mental health services
Dornoch Highland Games is launching a new scheme to allow female athletes to compete in mixed-gender events this summer on “a level playing field”.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Press and Journal: Mixed gender races to be trialled at Dornoch Highland Games
The Scottish Government is to launch an advocacy service to help disabled people in Scotland access their rights to devolved benefits.Continue reading Equality News Update: Holyrood: Scottish Government advocacy service to help disabled people in Scotland apply for benefits
Nyla Khan says she was taken from Scotland at the age of 17 and forced to marry her cousin in Pakistan.Continue reading Equality News Update: BBC News: ‘I was forced to marry my cousin’
Greener Kirkcaldy’s Community Fridge has been hailed as a success, with over 350 people using the free service since it was launched in May.Continue reading Equality News Update: Fife Today: How community fridge is helping Kirkcaldy families in poverty
A rugby club are breaking down barriers by scrumming down alongside players with disabilities and learning difficulties.Continue reading Equality News Update: Daily Record: Rugby club breaking barriers by scrumming with disabled players show off skills to royalty
Recommendations from the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Task Force emphasise need for “transformational change”Continue reading Equality News Update: CommonSpace: Campaigners call for investment in specialist services following publication of youth mental health recommendations
The Men’s Shed network is growing across Scotland – aiming to keep people active for longer.Continue reading Equality News Update: STV News: How sheds prove handy in fighting loneliness in elderly
MPs have backed amendments which require the government to liberalise abortion and extend same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland if devolution is not restored.Continue reading Equality News Update: BBC News: Abortion and same-sex marriage moves for NI backed by MPs
A new changing space which supports children with complex disabilities has been installed in Aberdeen city centre cafe.Continue reading Equality News Update: Aberdeen Evening Express: Aberdeen changing space gives families major boost
The Young Women Lead (YWL) project has said that schools need to take action to help young women participateContinue reading Equality News Update: Third Force News: Barriers remain for women in sport
The Scottish government has committed £138,000 of funding to extend a programme to help emergency service workers cope with mental health issues.Continue reading Equality News Update: BBC News: Funding boost to help emergency workers with mental health issues
A gay woman wrongly deported from the UK five years ago has been told she can return in a landmark court ruling that could open the door to thousands of similar challenges.Continue reading Equality News Update: The Independent: Home Office ordered to return wrongly deported asylum seeker in ruling that could lead to thousands of claims
A new project is promoting the benefits of the outdoors to people with disabilities.Continue reading Equality News Update: BBC News: Month-long disabled access project to be held in 2020