Tag: disabled

Scotland lags behind in apprenticeships for the disabled

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...