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A charity has partnered with a housing association to help hundreds of older people learn IT skills

The Family Friendly Working Scotland awards recognise employers that can prove they offer exemplary flexible working opportunities for staff

Calls for an independent review on the impact of Brexit on health and social care were heard at Westminster this

New research suggests Scotland could miss it target to cut child poverty by 100,000 children

Belu Water has hit its target of donating £1 million to WaterAid in a single year

A survey by the Mental Health Foundation Scotland has shown four in ten Scots have experienced negative emotions as a

Group plans to conserve the area for generations to come

Walking charities have joined the call for the rejection of an 18 hole golf course on Coul Links in Sutherland

Politicians from all of Scotland’s main parties are backing Sciaf’s Lent appeal to support young people in Uganda

Scotland’s Dementia Awards celebrate projects which go the extra mile to help Scots with dementia and their families

Report warns of impending staff crisis; equal pay campaigners reject it as “scaremongering”

The rate of support services in Scotland that are closing is double the number of those that are opening

Unity Trust Bank has said it plans to continue its growth this year

People with lived experience of poverty will continue to lead the movement and campaign on issues such as Universal Credit

Country’s most scenic areas are being destroyed for profit, say campaigners

New research and a documentary will be used to highlight social issues in Edinburgh, and to show the importance of

The Big Issue and Social Enterprise Academy partnered to produce the special edition of the magazine, created by school pupils

Erin McCafferty battled through cancer with the help of her sister Nicole, and is now urging Scots to join the

An apple and candyfloss flavoured treat has been created by a supermarket to raise funds for a children’s cancer charity

BBC will take the lead to encourage local reporting and re-invigorate democracy

Millions of people across three African countries have been affected by the natural disaster

The Scottish Land Commission has revealed some rural communities are being harmed by concentrated land ownership

Scotland’s social enterprise support agency is expanding to meet growing demand for its services

Enterprise Childcare has provided support for families in and around Greenock for 28 years

A woodland in the Highlands is the first in the country to become dementia friendly

Charity wants men to open up more to counter suicides in Scotland

Brexit could cause “21st century clearances” in rural Scotland, it has been claimed

Cost of cuts: by 2022 80,000 more Scots children will have been plunged into poverty

The National Youth Work Awards 2019 took place in Glasgow last week

Huge swathes of Scotland’s uplands are being set ablaze to create profits for the shooting industry

Signifcant amount less was raised with white saviour row blamed

Action for Children Scotland annually honours women who are excellent role models for the children it supports

Media giants could do much more says charity

An embattled charity has weathered a perfect storm of cuts – and lived to fight another day

​New CEO takes the helm after 18 years at the organisation

Former Tory minister Priti Patel has joined the call for new rules to help society lotteries grow and raise far

Organisations say Zionism is racism

George and Amal awarded for human rights work

School pupils in Scotland will join tens of thousands throughout the globe in a strike against environmental destruction

Laws will be strengthened to help keep siblings who are in the care system together

Scotland’s health secretary has intervened in a bid to end a bitter industrial dispute in Scotland’s third sector

The Institute of Fundraising is calling on fundraisers to dig deep to support junior colleagues

The former foreign secretary has been branded a “dangerous buffoon” for stating police are “spaffing money up the wall” on

Seven initiatives across the country have received support to help families who are fighting poverty

The Scottish charity has teamed up with Malala and UNICEF to launch a global sleep out movement

Margaret Jackson would not be alive today if she did not receive a kidney from Maureen Jack – and now

Partner appears to have made texts public after a fallout

Mothers are being asked to share their experiences as a charity aims to highlight the support available to women

The ScottishPower Foundation has announced this year’s recipients of its annual award fund

Samaritans has rebranded – with a new look and website

Glasgow City Council has become the latest to confirm that students who miss school to take part in global climate

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has released its gender pay gap figures – showing women are paid more at the

The Poverty and Inequality Commission will have a key role in advising ministers and reviewing progress in reducing poverty and

New immigration rules are set to exacerbate recruitment issues within the sector, with less foreign workers but more people needing

A collaboration between third sector groups and young people has seen a series of pictures produced which aim to make

No consistency in how local authorities spend government funding

The importance of relationships to improving lives has been stressed to Scotland’s first minister

A major study into the experiences of Scottish local elections candidates has revealed a clear lack of diversity among councillors

The Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust is facing up to the loss of its observatory and birdhouse

Funding of more than £2 million will allow the pool to reopen, with campaigners having fought for the last 17

The average salary for a charity boss has increased since last year, but they are working many hours of overtime

Traumatic experience has led MSP to urge others to get proper training

Scouts Scotland is celebrating the contribution of its female members to mark International Women’s Day

Activist says his first priority is to the sick and disabled as he fires broadside at “deadly” social security devolution

Regulator says the move will simply the process

Women in part-time work are most likely to benefit from a pay increase to the real Living Wage

Changes to Pension Credit could cost some elderly couples up to £7,000 a year

Community ownership in Scotland has celebrated an important milestone

Homeless people in Scotland are to be given the chance to learn digital skills

Fair Funding for our Kids was set up by two mothers who were frustrated at not being able to access

Three youngsters have headed to the Scottish Parliament as part of a campaign calling for lifesaving skills to be taught

Youth workers have raised a series of concerns about leaving the European Union, a report by two charities has revealed