Dentists say puddings and soft drinks should be banned from school meals if the Scottish government wants to improve children’s health. The Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCSPG) is calling for excess sugar to be cut from school meals. The faculty were consulted as part of a proposed regulation to combat […]
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2018 marks 10 years of the Girlguiding UK Girls’ Attitudes Survey. The survey asks girls and young women aged seven-21 their opinions on growing up as a girl. Within the survey questions are split into seven categories: education, leadership, aspirations and role models, appearance pressures, happiness and wellbeing, social action, safety and socialising and growing up as a girl today. […]
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Thousands of students are getting ready to start university this week, but just one in three Scots believe that higher education will give them the best career prospects. A survey by the Bank of Scotland has found that the proportion of Scots who believe that university remains the best option has fallen from 38 per cent to 33 per cent […]
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Building on the successful transition from ILF UK to ILF Scotland, the organisation has opened an exciting new fund (totalling £5 million per year) for young people who need support in Scotland. The Transition Fund supports those aged between 16 and 21, offering short term grants to provide opportunities that facilitate their participation and inclusion within their communities. Opportunity Ryan […]
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New research has revealed that 87 per cent of teachers are bringing in the New Year in September instead of January. The poll by online educational publisher Twinkl asked more than 3,000 teachers when the New Year begins for them. A second poll asked what their resolutions were. The top aspirations included better work-life balance, not working evening and weekends, […]
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Prince William has launched a new website today to aid mental well-being in the workplace. The new site, Mental Health at Work, has been funded by the Royal Foundation, the charitable trust of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It follows their work on the Heads Together campaign to end the stigma around mental health. […]
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