New findings released by the British Journal of Psychiatry have shown that 14% of teenage youngsters in Scotland have self-harmed; a further 14% have harboured thoughts of self harm; 4 in ten expressed a wish to be dead. This is a cry for help which cannot be ignored. The results have been released at the [...]
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Highland Heartbeat, a popular Scottish music entertainment programme, will capitalise on the interest in Scottish culture and Homecoming 2009 when it airs across the US in February on the US ‘free-to-air’ channel PBS.
The programme will include the Homecoming Caledonia advert and will reach tens of millions of viewers. Produced in Scotland, the show [...]
The political leaders in Holyrood joined together to announce the release of an updated events guide for Homecoming Scotland 2009.
More than 300 events and festivals are planned, all aimed at celebrating Homecoming through culture, heritage,Burns, whisky, golf, innovation and ancestry.
Among the many new events just announced is ‘Iconic Burns’, an outdoor event in Alloway as [...]
A new national uniform and a dress code are being introduced for NHS staff in Scotland. In a bid to make staff more readily identifiable and fight the risk of hospital infections a new set of clothing guidelines will be introduced from next year. Clinical staff will be dressed in shades of blue whilst support [...]
In a bid to establish a ‘worldwide online identity’ for Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond will be a guest of the Catalan Government next week and will learn first hand of the success of Catalonia’s ‘.cat’ domain. It is hoped that similar success would come to Scotland with the introduction of a ‘.scot’ domain. Preliminary [...]
The results of the first-ever comprehensive research on village halls, undertaken on behalf of the government by the Scottish Agricultural College, was published today. The database shows where they are, who uses them, who runs them and what state they are in.
A spokesman for the Scottish Government said that village halls play a central role [...]
Two new hydro schemes have been approved by the Scottish Government. These projects will bring hydro electric power to more than 3500 homes in Scotland.
The 3.5 Megawatt Black Rock scheme, near Evanton in Ross-shire, will supply electricity for over 2,000 homes and the 2.5 Megawatt scheme on Allt Coire Chaorach, near Crianlarich, will power over [...]
If you do only one thing today you should go to the VisitScotland website and watch and listen to the excellent anthem produced for The Gathering next year. To celebrate the year of Homecoming a host of Scottish celebrities have joined together to sing the iconic Dougie Maclean song “Caledonia”, which has the perfect lyrics [...]
On this day of celebration of St Andrew I would have liked to write something uplifting and joyful but unfortunately I find myself disappointed and quite apalled by something I found out yesterday. Glasgow City Council, the council which will host the Commonwealth Games in July 2014 and is publicly promoting a healthy, active lifestyle [...]
Today sees the launch of a £7.5million initiative to fight poverty and income inequality in Scotland.
“Achieving Our Potential” is a joint approach by the Scottish Government and COSLA in the fight against poverty. The programme highlights key actions needed in Scotland to improve income levels for employees, to raise awareness of statutory workers’ rights and [...]
