A record number of adults and children relied upon food banks in Scotland in December, according to new figures obtained by the BBC. N...

Charities lost a protracted battle against the banks. The trustees savings banks which operated prior to 1986 had a tradition of charitabl...

Despite some of Scotland’s most exclusive fee-paying secondary schools charging more than £30,000 for a year’s tuition, 80 per cent of thei...

Shelter Scotland says it is "deeply disappointed and saddened" by a sharp increase in the number of shoplifting incidents at its...

According to the Office for National Statistics, food prices have risen by almost 5% in 12 months, but incomes have not kept pace. Anne Hou...

Charities have warned that more Scots will be forced into poverty by soaring prices after the Governor of the Bank of England said inflatio...

Mary's Meals , a Scots-based and Argyll-based charity, provides school meals in 16 of the world's poorest countries is now feeding...

The vice-president of a diabetes charity has been called on to sever ties with the group because he also acts as a lobbyist for a drugs gian...

A Government-owned business set up to help alleviate poverty in the developing world paid its chief executive almost £1 million last year, a...

Staff at Shelter Scotland went on strike yesterday for the first time in the homeless charity's history in protest over pay and conditio...

An urgent appeal for food for families and individuals in need has been made by a Highland charity. Blythswood Care, known for transporting ...

Clive Cowdery, chairman of Resolution , announced yesterday that he planned to sell some or all of his holding and would transfer around £20...

Ethical gifts are billed as the perfect antidote to the conspicuous consumerism of the festive season. Whether buying a goat for a family in...

Elsewhere and if committed by others this would be classed as fraud and the perpetrators would be hounded but with such influence and clout ...

Patriotism - It is all hype . It is Scotland against Italy for a place in Euro 2008 . Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service said all of its a...

Young people would be better off travelling the world than taking part in "spurious" overseas gap-year aid projects said Voluntary...

Just how society treats our elderly is becoming cruelly more and more apparent . We had this report , a 108 year old woman having to wait a ...

Capitalism cares little for society other than as a milk-cow for profits and further profits . Socialists are rarely shocked by the depths o...

The cash-for-honours affair and Tom Hunter's philanthropy merely prove the rich call the shots in an unequal society, says Joan Smith in...

From Time magazine , how the feel good factor in charity does very little to ameliorate famine . Food aid feels good. Last year United Natio...