One Scotland: Tug of War
Working together to tackle racism in Scotland Scotland has always been a country of many cultures, welcoming people from all over the globe to contribute to our society and our economy. Immigration and emigration have always bee...
Cashback for Communities
The Scottish Government is committed to a Safer and Stronger Scotland ensuring young Scots are afforded every opportunity to maximise their potential. In June 2007, the Justice Secretary announced the Government would establish a new approach to r...
Debt Management
This week on Life Matters we look at Debt management...to help you take positive steps to control debt! With Christmas coming and the credit crunch in full force, the heat is on financially. Jaq Kelly from Citizen's Advice Scotland is warning o...
Rock Against Racism
RoAR (Rock Against Racism) is a series of music concerts taking place around Scotland to raise awareness of racism in Scotland and help tackle racist attitudes. The first series of RoAR took place in 2006 with artists such as Embrace and Paol...
Homecoming Scotland
How big a fan are you? That's the question you're being asked as Homecoming Scotland 2009 gets ready for one of the biggest events of the year. The Homecoming Scottish Cup Final takes place at Hampden and fans of Rangers and F...
See the person not the age
You probably wouldn't like to be defined by your age, but do you ever judge someone by theirs? See the Person – Not the age, is the Scottish Government's ageism campaign, set to tackle people's negative stereotypes towards a persons age. Helena S...
Cashback Incentive
Here in Scotland, steps are being taken to ensure younger people are provided with every opportunity to maximise their potential...funding for this comes from the ‘Cashback for Communities' initiative. It's a simple concept where money seized from c...
European Structural Funding
Community projects around Scotland are reaping the benefits of European cash. Around £680 million in European Structural Funds has been made available under the 2007-13 programmes to help increase sustainable economic growth and regenerate ...
St Andrew's Day w/c 24 Nov 2008
One Scotland campaign aims to raise awareness of racism and why it is damaging to Scotland, while at the same time helping to promote and celebrate the benefits of living in our diverse, multicultural society. Racist attitudes and behaviour, wheth...
Cashback for Communities
For too long criminals have lived off our communities - it's now time for their ill-gotten gains to be given back. In January this year the Scottish Government launched the Cashback for Communities Scheme, where money from the proceeds of crime ...
Home Reports
From December 1, 2008, houses for sale will have to be marketed with a Home Report. This is a pack of three documents: a Single Survey, an Energy Report and a Property Questionnaire. The Home Report will be made available on request to prospective b...
Children's Panel
Here in Scotland we have a unique approach to dealing with children and young people in trouble or at risk. The Children's Panel makes decisions with one mission...to improve the life of the child...Susan Gray has been a Panel Member now for 2 years...
Ageism
Society has always dictated the age at which we can and cannot do things such as smoking, drinking, retirement. As a result, we have developed certain stereotypes and attitudes towards people of certain ages and judge them on that basis. Our per...
Cashback for Communities
Young people aged 10-19 are benefiting from new opportunities to access the arts under the latest initiative from the Scottish Government's CashBack for Communities initiative.
The CashBack initiati...
Cashback for Communities
For too long criminals have lived off our communities - it's now time for their ill-gotten gains to be given back. The Scottish Government has launched the Cashback for Communities Scheme where money from the proceeds of crime is put back into c...
Prescription Charges
From the 1st of April the cost of a single prescription item will be lowered from £6.85 to £5 and the cost of Prescription Pre-payment Certificates (PPC) will reduce by 51% The reduced charges will benefit everyone who pays for prescriptions but e...