Emergency cover in Scotland is set to be enhanced as the country’s only charity-funded helicopter air ambulance extends its operational hours

Charities could be quids in after people were encouraged to give their old pound coins to charity

Environmentalists have expressed dismay at a council’s decision to allow peat extraction next to a protected site

Many people taking part in a charity’s survey of the nation’s bird life were greeted by exotic visitors this year

An emergency takeover has been made of a troubled housing association in order to protect tenants

Activists ramp up campaign by launching a petition demanding the city council “fulfils its duty” to look after the homeless

The benefits of lifelong learning will be the focus of Age Scotland’s annual national conference

Brexit will strip the most vulnerable people in our society of vital rights – and could create more inequality says civil society leaders

Scotland’s volunteers are the golden thread running through and binding our communities – and they will be celebrated during a national week of action