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Scottish Women’s Awards created to make profit

The Court of Appeal ruled last month that social care providers would not have to issue backdated pay to staff,

A period poverty-busting social enterprise has hit the big time as it secured a major supermarket deal

The Scottish Government has given emergency funding to a support group which faced an uncertain future

A popular cultural and arts fund is more than doubled the size of its grants

The Scottish Government aims to cut deaths by suicide by a fifth over the next four years

RNIB Scotland is working with bus companies to improve public transport for the partially sighted

Despite lack of support for the sector, Conservative ministers want charities more involved in public services

Cash will help those under the threat of eviction

A health charity has criticised the size of portions being served up at Glasgow takeaways

Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis is understood to have lost funding over concerns it does not do enough for men

The mum of tennis stars Andy and Jamie is urging others to take part in the Edinburgh event next month

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has joined forces with Microsoft and the NHS to collate details of the UK’s defibrillators

First study of its kind

The winner of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent will appear alongside some of television’s favourite comedians to help raise funds

Humanity may have pushed the environment to the threshold of a disastrous “hothouse Earth” scenario say scientists

Scottish salmon farms breaching welfare standards

Charity MND Scotland has said the first clinical trials in more than 20 years represent a milestone in the fight

Academics have said football is often used as an excuse for unacceptable behaviour, with abuse often ongoing in nature

​By developing the app a charity says people can report modern slavery in confidence

Prescription drugs are being bought on the internet to fuel addictions

To celebrate the launch of the new TFN magazine, the TFN team is re-running its popular Brilliant Blogging Masterclass

The Court of Session has ruled that a teenager should be able to apply to participate fully in his brother’s

The Scottish Government has invested almost £5 million in ethical businesses over the financial year

Legal bid halts evictions as third sector housing providers join to offer tenancy agreements

Projects aim to address root causes of homelessness

£2 donation gets rejected by PayPal

The Lullaby Trust has said there is still little evidence to suggest that the boxes decrease infant mortality rates

Charity asks householders to consider giving a spare room to asylum seekers threatened with eviction

The poorest Scots are getting no respite from austerity as it was revealed that this summer is likely to be

Age Scotland has said that Scotland arguably has the best social care system in the UK, but highlighted concerns about

Organisations urged to apply

More research needed into causes of dementia and Alzheimer’s

The Hearing Access Protocol aims to ensure event hosts take into account the needs of people with hearing issues

Small charity giving out crisis cash has run out of money

Nicola Sturgeon was speaking as a new service to tackle digital exclusion was launched, with the beneficiaries of a £220,000

Social law firm to support asylum seekers threatened with eviction

Fund has become a lifeline to those on the receiving end of welfare cuts

Two leading cancer charities have revealed their new brand after merging in January

Mojo on the Green will see a group of LGBT+ activists highlight that sport is for all at the European

Regulator says it could soon struggle to meet increasing costs with static income

A precious, developer threatened habitat has been granted a stay of execution

Scotland’s planning system must be radically overhauled in order to safeguard the country’s heritage and environment

Projekt 42 has succeeded in securing temporary premises as it creates a new purpose built facility in Leith

Hugely respected third sector leader decides it is time to retire

Charities must get to grips in dealing with sexual misconduct, MPs have warned in a damning report

Pressure mounts on Serco to halt evictions

Young people have been placed at the heart of policymaking by two charities, and have devised a political debate

Backlash leads to event being cancelled and board standing down

A controversial licence which would have allowed the slaughter of ravens has been suspended

Asylum seekers will struggle to find any form of accommodation

Edinburgh eatery Vesta will continue to provide funding and training opportunities for homeless people

Class and a half of schoolchildren made homeless every day in Scotland

Campaign groups have welcomed a decision to review the showing of plastic surgery ads during the popular Love Island series

Jobs created and families supported by new service

​You can pick the sweetest fruit in the concrete jungle

Concern has been expressed over plans for Westminster to manage the replacement for the European Structural Funds

​Inquiry tells of arbitrary procedures and poor governance which is putting children at risk of abuse

FSB ruling raises concerns about how charities communicate to donors

Most people in the UK think the shooting of birds for ‘sport’ should be banned

New strategy includes league tables grading disabled access

Judge finds in favour of family

Projekt 42 is urgently searching for temporary premises for its community gym in Leith

Campaign encourages young people to be more confident about their image

Consumer rights charity Which? has appointed a former Save the Children director as its next chief executive

Projects around Scotland which support action to tackle poverty and social exclusion will share £4 million of funding

Scotland is set to host some of the world’s greatest thinkers next year, as part of the Global TEDSummit

The charity run initiative aims to get people thinking about death in both serious and light hearted ways

Relative poverty is increasing on practically every level

Scout leaders acted immediately resulting in eight being expelled from the event