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Ending upfront childcare deposits
Childcare Minister visits North Edinburgh Childcare Thousands of parents will no longer have to pay expensive upfront childcare deposits under a pilot scheme. Families who use either a childminder or...
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It’s Your Funeral: helping people plan ahead
Funeral planning training helps advisers offer support The training focuses on offering support to people who are planning a funeral and 80% of Citizens Advice Bureaux across Scotland now have...
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More people to get funeral support
New funeral benefit available to 50% more people An extra 2,000 people will be eligible for financial support to help pay for a funeral, under Scottish Government plans. Improvements to Funeral...
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Aileen Campbell to open new Carers’ Hub in Leith
EDINBURGH carer organisation, VOCAL (Voice of Carers Across Lothian), is to celebrate the opening of a new Carers’ Hub during National Carers’ Week 2018 and coinciding with the implementation of the...
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First Minister announces more financial help for students
Over £21 million is to be invested in improving the financial support available to students at university and college, the First Minister has announced. As part of a package of measures: the bursary...
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Scotland ‘funding more apprenticeships than ever before’
The Scottish Government target for apprenticeships has been exceeded, with 27,145 people starting Modern Apprenticeshipsin 2017/2018, surpassing last year’s target of 27,000. The latest annual...
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Isn’t that just typical? You wait ages for a new school to come along, then...
It’s a High Schools hat trick! First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has led the opening of a hat-trick of new high school buildings as the total number of new or refurbished buildings exceeded 750 since...
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Extra funding for suicide prevention – but Tories say young people are being...
Suicide prevention services will benefit from an additional £3 million innovation fund, Mental Health Minister Maureen Watt has announced. Speaking ahead of a debate on mental health yesterday, Ms...
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Vassals of the Muir: Minister opens new Boroughmuir
The new Boroughmuir High School was officially opened at a special ceremony by the Minister for Higher and Further Education and Science Shirley-Anne Somerville yesterday. Ms Somerville was joined by...
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An appetite for change: new public health priorities for a healthier nation
Scotland is aiming to be a world leader in improving the public’s health, through a new vision for organisations and communities across the country. The Scottish Government and COSLA have jointly...
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Victims urged to speak out on hate crimes
Victims and witnesses to hate crime are being encouraged to continue to speak out, as new statistics suggest more people are reporting incidents. Community Safety Minister Annabel Ewing has urged...
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First Minister “thrilled” at rise in Reading Challenge entries
More schools have submitted entries for the second year of the First Minister’s Reading Challenge Awards. A total of 729 submissions for the awards were received from primary schools compared to 540...
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The Slide relaunched at Broughton
Police Scotland has relaunched an awareness-raising initiative aimed at preventing young people from falling into a life of crime. Working in partnership with the Scottish Government, police have...
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Baby friendly Scotland!
Scotland has achieved full UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation in all of its maternity and community health visiting services, following NHS Lothian receiving the honour. The...
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Education: poverty gap is closing
The gap between pupils from the most and least deprived areas who go on to university, college or a job after school has closed by over a fifth in one year, latest figures show. The proportion of...
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Edinburgh pupil wins First Minister’s Reading Challenge Award
The winners of the First Minister’s Reading Challenge 2018 were announced at an event in Edinburgh’s Hub yesterday. Among the 17 winners to receive prizes from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was...
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Raising a tobacco-free generation: Action Plan published
Further actions to stop young people taking up smoking and raise a tobacco-free generation have been outlined. The Scottish Government’s updated Tobacco Control Action Plan sets out 44 specific...
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£47.5 million Places for People loan to boost mid-market rent housing stock
One thousand new homes will be delivered across Scotland through the latest affordable housing investment fund. A loan of £47.5 million, which is one of the largest long-term loans provided to an...
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NHS Lothian: urgent action needed to address ‘bullying and harassment’
An independent investigation into NHS Lothian has found a culture of “bullying and harassment”. The review, produced by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, for the Scottish Government,...
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First Minister freshens up her government
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday appointed a ‘new, refreshed Scottish Government Cabinet’. The new appointments are designed to meet current challenges, introduce new talent and ensure the...
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