Tag: stigma

Call to Ensure People in Scotland Aren’t Struggling Alone In 2021

Health

Joe Hutchison - January 4, 2021

People in Scotland are being called to tackle the stigma and discrimination around mental health in 2021. As the new year begins, See Me, the...

Funding boost for mental health programme

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - March 6, 2015

SCOTS experiencing mental health problems have had a funding boost to protect their human rights. See Me, a national programme to end mental health discrimination,...

Shooting pub to become supermarket in bid to drop stigma

Christine Lavelle - October 28, 2010

By Christine Lavelle A PUB where a former boxing champion was gunned down and killed is to become a supermarket. In 2006, 31-year-old Alex McKinnon was...

Staffies not being picked because of bad reputation

Deadline News Journalist - August 3, 2010

By Christine Lavelle ANIMAL lovers at Scotland's oldest dog shelter say they will refuse follow the example of their English counterparts putting Staffordshire bull...

Sex criminal blames gay “repression” after grooming kids

Deadline News Journalist - May 18, 2010

By Michael MacLeod AN old-age pervert who groomed two boys by plying them with alcohol then sexually abusing them has been jailed for eight months. Joseph...