Social Justice & Poverty

Almost 4,000 families were given help to stave off holiday hunger during the school break thanks to an innovative charity project

14th August 2017 by Graham Martin

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​MSP wants universal free access to female sanitary products

14th August 2017 by Robert Armour

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A further £100,000 has been allocated as part of the Community Capacity and Resilience Fund

11th August 2017 by Gareth Jones

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Two months on the bulk of cash raised hasn't reached those who suffered most

11th August 2017 by Robert Armour

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​Social enterprise Social Bite has revealed the prototype house to be used for revolutionary village for the homeless in Edinburgh

10th August 2017 by Georgina Harris

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Worst forms of homelessness will continue to rise

10th August 2017 by Robert Armour

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Three social entrepreneurs with ideas that could change society will benefit from lucrative prizes

9th August 2017 by Georgina Harris

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April's Kiltwalk event in Glasgow has just hit over a million pounds in donations

9th August 2017 by Georgina Harris

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Scotland's social security system plans to adopt a similar two-tier system to the discredited DWP appeals process

9th August 2017 by Robert Armour

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​Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh will begin to pay all its staff the real living wage to increase support for veterans

8th August 2017 by Georgina Harris

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The Scottish Government hopes to launch Funeral Expense Assistance within two years

8th August 2017 by Gareth Jones

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The Law Society of Scotland has said children deserve the same protection as adults

8th August 2017 by Gareth Jones

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Juan Mata is supporting Common Goal, which calls on players to hand 1% of their earnings to charity

7th August 2017 by Gareth Jones

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​DWP found to be arbitrarily preventing appeals

7th August 2017 by Robert Armour

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Urgent call to develop a new housing strategy as report shows extent of homelessness in Scotland

7th August 2017 by Robert Armour

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The shooting industry has been accused of using charities to push contaminated food on the poor

4th August 2017 by Graham Martin

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Single parents with very young children are affected the worst

4th August 2017 by Robert Armour

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Catering firm Sodexo is teaming up with social enterprise Social Bite to produce food for the Edinburgh International Book Festival

3rd August 2017 by Georgina Harris

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Calls for the Scottish Government to adopt a wider approach to stem suicide increase

2nd August 2017 by Robert Armour

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