News Around the North Coast & Cumbrae
Fire and rescue framework 2022
The Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2022 provides SFRS with strategic priorities and guidance on how to deliver progress. The overriding purpose of SFRS remains working with communities and partners to improve the safety [...]
Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group
A report from Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group has been published. It recommends how the Scottish Government's ambition for change can be delivered to make Scotland’s democracy more participative and inclusive, and proposes [...]
Keeping the Promise implementation plan
The ‘Keeping The Promise Implementation Plan’ aims to significantly reduce the number of children in care. It outlines plans to introduce a national allowance for foster and kinship carers, provide a £200 grant each year [...]
Persistent poverty stable
A new report states that between 2016 and 2020, one tenth of people in Scotland were in persistent poverty after housing costs. Persistent poverty identifies individuals who live in relative poverty (have a household income [...]
Blue Economy Vision launch
Scotland’s ambition for a world-leading ‘Blue Economy’ has been set out in a vision document. The Blue Economy is sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, while preserving the health [...]
Alcohol and Drug use and trauma informed practice
The Improvement Service, in partnership with COSLA, the Scottish Government and NHS Education for Scotland, has published a document to support all professionals working with people and families affected by alcohol and drug use to [...]
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