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A manifesto for change demands action for one in five Scots

Stuart Mitchell

A BOLD manifesto has been launched by Scotland’s biggest health charity representing four long-term conditions, calling on Scotland’s next government to make urgent, meaningful improvements for the one in five people living with chest, heart and stroke conditions or Long Covid. The new 2026 manifesto was unveiled on Monday 8th September, outlining a series of lived experienced, evidenced based policy asks developed directly from the voices and experiences of those living with these health conditions. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) is behind the call to action, with the manifesto…

New Research Reveals Parents Are Key To Young Peoples’ Mental Health But Many Feel Unprepared

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of Hello Yellow Day on 10th October, new research commissioned by M&S and YoungMinds, the leading mental health charity for young people, reveals a concerning gap between young people’s needs and parents’ confidence in supporting them. 38% of young people say they feel most comfortable turning to a parent or carer when struggling with their mental health. Yet, 35% of parents say that the worry they’ll make things worse by talking about it makes it difficult to have the conversation, and 30% have avoided conversations altogether because they’re unsure…

Global Linear TV ad spend drops to $143.9 billion this year as viewers increasingly transition to streaming

Stuart Mitchell

The shape of television media is changing, as consumers shift from linear TV (traditional) to connected TV (streaming video viewed on a smart TV or a TV connected to the internet) and the opportunity of TV advertising becomes more addressable. This transition has prompted a debate about what counts as television in 2025 – and whether TV advertising should be defined by format, device or media owner. WARC’s latest Global Ad Trends: The changing shape of TV report explores a decade of ad spend data to understand linear TV’s decline…

Barnardo’s Urges People To Consider Fostering

Stuart Mitchell

A remarkable mother-of-three who grew up in the care system before going on to foster more than 100 children over the past 40 years is today calling on others to consider becoming foster carers with Barnardo’s Scotland. Denise Hopkinson, who has been married to husband Rick for almost 50 years, was herself fostered as a young girl, and it was this period of her life that gave her the motivation and drive to become a foster carer herself. Denise, from Livingston, says: “I was a looked-after child and was in…

Persistent social protection gaps in Europe and Central Asia worsened by climate change impact

Stuart Mitchell

Despite relatively high levels of social protection coverage in the region, significant gaps in adequacy and coverage remain at a time when stronger, more sustainable systems are urgently needed to address the growing impacts of climate change, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The most recent data show that while 85.2 per cent of the population in the region are covered by at least one social protection benefit, 14.8 per cent are still entirely unprotected. Strengthening these social protection systems is essential not only to address immediate…