Almost 12,000 vulnerable group checks took six weeks or longer to complete last year. It has prompted Scottish Labour to ...

So people need to be able to access justice without cost as a barrier, and that’s why Legal Aid exists. To help pay solicitor ...

Fife Communities Climate Action Network (FCCAN). A network of organisations in Scotland is launching its annual Community ...

Charities have warned that deep cuts to the UK aid budget will cost lives and damage support for some of the world’s poorest ...

Three projects aimed at protecting historic vessels and strengthening maritime heritage skills across the UK have won £3 ...

More than one million over-50s in Scotland may not have a Power of Attorney in place, prompting Age Scotland to urge people ...

A public consultation has opened on an asset transfer of an historic spa building in the Scottish Borders to a local charity.

Charities have welcomed the Scottish Government’s rollout of a £50 million homelessness prevention fund. They are describing ...

Anti-poverty campaigners have backed calls from MPs for major reforms to Universal Credit. A new parliamentary report has ...

A coalition of animal welfare organisations has urged the Scottish Government to make microchipping cats compulsory, warning ...

Striking sand art on a Scottish beach highlights the potentially catastrophic impact of offshore windfarm, Berwick Bank, on ...

Consumer Scotland has backed calls for a dedicated heating oil price checker north of the border, It made the call after a ...