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Vast majority of students satisfied with their course, despite rising ... - Eighty-six per cent of final-year students at UK universities have said they were satisfied with their course, the same high figure to have emerged from the survey’s results over the last two years.

Scottish Government set ambitious new targets to tackle child poverty  - The consultation was launched just over a year the UK Government announced that legal requirements to lift children out of relative poverty are to be ...

Growing poverty leads to vast increase in UK food bank demand  - Growing poverty leads to vast increase in UK food bank demand ... that one in three of recipients of food parcels during the year of study was a child .

Older people at risk of financial abuse, warns Age UK  - Stronger action is needed to protect older people who are at risk of financial abuse, according to Age UK . The charity said an estimated 130,000 older ...

How to Really Prevent Suicide: A UK Crisis Centre With a Zero Suicide Record  - Neither mental health services nor existing charities were providing what I needed. I had a traumatic experience in that year, developed symptoms of ...

More than half of UK women sexually harassed at work  - The British women experienced groping, sexual advances and ... problem “is undermining, humiliating and can have a huge effect on mental health .”.

Volunteering helps the mental health of older people but not the young, study finds  - Volunteering has a positive impact on the mental health of people aged ... The researchers based their conclusions on data collected by the British  ...

What Has Machismo Got to Do With Mental Health ?  - Body image is slowly becoming the mental health problem of our generation. ... One 20 per cent of the UK know that suicide is the most likely cause of ...

How helping LGBTI entrepreneurs is transforming lives in Brazil  - The eyes of the world are currently on Brazil for the Olympics in Rio. More out LGBTI athletes are competing in the 2016 games than ever before, but ...

West Lothian LGBTI teen group subjected to homophobia  - A group of LGBTI teens were subjected to homophobia, Police Scotland detained and charged four teenagers with hate crime. According to The ...

LGBTI mentoring group Out For Australia seeking volunteers  - Voluntary LGBTI mentoring group Out for Australia is on the hunt for some gifted volunteers to fill several positions at the NSW branch of the ...

Marriage equality plebiscite: why fighting 'no' doesn't necessarily mean 'yes'  - For some us the marriage equality movement has resulted in too many losses for the queer community.'

Trump to appear at anti- LGBTI event - in Orlando - on two-month anniversary of massacre  - Instead, Trump will be appearing at the the Rediscovering God in America event being held by the the anti- LGBTI group American Renewal Project ...

Homeless soccer stars get an LGBT-friendly refuge  - With the generally disproportionate numbers of LGBTI people who exist within homeless populations, having a Pride House as a place of safety, ...

Uganda: Minister's Remarks Against LGBTI People Amount to Advocacy of Hatred  - The minister's remarks coming only a few days after police assaulted peaceful attendees at a private LGBTI Pride event in Kampala are hugely ...

How can humanitarian actors protect LGBT refugees?  -  LGBTI rights activist Javid Nabiyev fled Azerbaijan to escape the threat of prison, but he found little relief from discrimination in Germany.  

Where Are Soapland's LGBT Parents?  - Time and time again, British soaps have not just held up a mirror to ... feels like there's still one notable absence in Soapland, and that's LGBT parents.

Why this gown made from flags where homosexuality is still banned is so important  - In order to highlight how we still have some way to go before homosexuality is accepted and celebrated around the world, designer Mattijs van Bergen and artist Oeri van Woezik created a dress that is as beautiful as it is a shocking statement.

Catholic LGBT campaigner arrested in Ugandan gay Pride crackdown  - Uganda's government will continue to suppress activities organised by the LGBT community, former Catholic priest and Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo said, as he defended the police intervention. Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda, under a law established in 1950.

Young Americans overwhelmingly support gay people adopting kids  - In May, adoption by gay and lesbian people became law in all 50 states of the US, after anti- LGBTI campaigners in Mississippi failed to have a ban ...

Rescue young victim of anti- LGBTI violence  - That operation was a success, but his attackers are still seeking his life. In July, they were closing in; they found his city, but not the hospital bed where he was lying unprotected. Joe is now out of the hospital, hiding in a new location.

Barcelona hosts world's largest LGBTI festival for 9th consecutive year  - For the 9 th consecutive year Circuit Festival, considered the world's biggest LGBTI festival, saw in Barcelona the perfect setting.

Australian anti-gay Christian group Salt Shakers to close  - The Salt Shakers have long been opposed to LGBTI causes and issues. They have actively spoken out against the Mardi Gras Parade, Safe Schools, marriage equality and same-sex adoption. 

Uruguay Grants Asylum To Gay Russian Man And Other Good News!  - Dr. Henning Melber broke down the 'heated debate' that lead up to the vote, exposing the challenges still faced by advocates for LGBTI equality.