Tag: disabled

New funding for active and independent living

Health

Deadline News Journalist - May 19, 2015

A new £3 million fund has been announced to enable active and independent living for people who are recovering from illness or injury. The fund...

Scotland lags behind in apprenticeships for the disabled

Business

Peter Laing - May 18, 2015

MODERN apprenticeships for disabled people in Scotland are falling well below the national average. Figures from Skills Development Scotland show less than 1% of apprentices are...

Almost half of ill or injured vets do not have a job, reveals Poppyscotland

Scottish News

Peter Laing - April 2, 2015

MORE must be done to get disabled and vulnerable armed forces veterans into work, according to Poppyscotland. A new report reveals that gaps in service...

Edinburgh Council has backed a campaign to make taxis more disabled friendly

News

Deadline News Journalist - March 11, 2015

AFTER a speaker who was meant to introduce Ed Miliband ended up late because of taxi woes - Edinburgh council's leader has met with...

Disabled schoolboy’s car set on fire

Police

Deadline News Journalist - November 27, 2014

A DISABLED schoolboy’s motability car was set on fire by heartless vandals. The sick thugs broke into 13-year-old Thomas McNulty’s vehicle and used a can...