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Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Long-term unemployed to receive home visits
Unemployed benefit claimants on Britain's poorest housing estates are to receive home visits to help them find work under government plans to reduce hardcore joblessness.
Work and pensions minister Helen Goodman will tomorrow announce plans to send Jobcentre Plus outreach advisers into 16 of Britain's unemployment blackspots to provide expert help in getting employment. Rather than having ...
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Testimonies of learning difficulty abuse
A new documentary, Sticks and Stones, shows that people with learning difficulties are still targets of violence, harassment or simple indifference.
It was all supposed to be different after the tragedy of Fiona Pilkington, the mother with learning difficulties who killed herself and her disabled daughter after a decade of abuse from teenage yobs. But according to the harrowing testimonies ...
Monday, 8 March 2010
Care information for older Scots
Older people who need care should find the process easier in future, thanks to a new information service launched today.
Care Information Scotland (CIS) offers a single point of information - through one phone number and web address - on the care available for older people throughout the country. It offers detailed information for older people and their families on the range of community ...
Plans to improve private rented housing
Plans to improve the standard of private rented housing in Scotland were unveiled today.
The Scottish Government is consulting about the proposed Private Housing (Scotland) Bill.
Views are being sought about the private rented sector, licensing of mobile homes and twenty year residential lease and standard security rules.
Housing and Communities Minister Alex Neil.
'This ...
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Western Ferries continues free travel despite cut
Private operator Western Ferries has vowed to continue a free travel scheme in the west of Scotland, despite a cut in subsidy.
Travellers on the Dunoon/Gourock route had been entitled to free passage under Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's Cowal Ferry Card scheme.
SPT said it needed to charge 60p for a single and £1 for return tickets from April, to keep the scheme sustainable. ...
Barrier-free procedures 'needed for Scottish disabled employees'
Disabled people in Scotland need to be given increased accessibility to work, one politician has claimed.
Leader of the Scottish National Party Alex Salmond noted in an article for the Banffshire Journal that it is important to highlight ways in which the government is looking to help disabled employees.
He remarked: 'Despite the significant advances made in terms of ensuring ...
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Call for views over assisted suicide Bill
A committee of MSPs set up to look at Margo MacDonald's Bill on assisted dying is to ask for public comments on the proposals.
The committee held its first meeting yesterday and appointed former Liberal Democrat minister Ross Finnie as convener and Lothians SNP MSP and former Wester Hailes GP Ian McKee as deputy convener.
The End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill proposes that ...
More support needed for disabled travellers, says CAA
This week the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave its verdict on how well airports had implemented new European Union laws – introduced in 2008 – that make it the responsibility of airports to provide assistance to disabled travellers and passengers with reduced mobility.
Advice for disabled travellers The CAA has urged travel companies to improve the provision and accessibility ...
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
New team to help folk meet rising fuel costs
A new service is to be launched to help thousands of Glasgow city residents who are struggling to pay their fuel bills.
The Fuel Poverty Advice Team is made up of a range of organisations with the aim of providing advice to those in difficulty.
According to Glasgow City Council, fuel poverty continues to be a major issue for many people with recent estimates suggesting around 105,000 ...
Mobilising campaigners for disability and development
In May 2008, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) entered into force. This latest expression of the spirit embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was brought to life largely through years of campaigning by disabled people, their organisations and their allies. The UNCRPD guarantees people with disabilities the right to full participation ...
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