GCVS News

GCVS is a busy organisation working within a dynamic sector. Here are some of the news stories that have caught our interest.

If you would like to contribute to or comment on our news stories, contact our Web Officer. Media information for journalists is also available from the External Relations team.

Equalities news stories:

• Call for Evidence: Equality and Human Rights Framework for the Third Sector

  Published: 30 Jan 2012

  Does your organisation have experience of the benefits and challenges of mainstreaming equality and human rights?

• Call For Evidence: Equality and Human Rights Framework for the Third Sector

  Published: 20 Dec 2011

  Does your organisation have experience of the benefits and challenges of mainstreaming equality and human rights?

• £2500 Drop in Housing Benefit for Unemployed

  Published: 30 Mar 2011

  New figures have revealed that unemployed young people in Scotland claiming housing benefit could lose an average of £2500 a year under coalition plans.

• Public Sector Equality Duty Guidance

  Published: 18 Jan 2011

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published guidance that explains what public authorities in England and non-devolved bodies in Scotland and Wales have to do to comply with the public sector equality duty.

• GCVS Mainstreaming Equalities Course

  Published: 6 Oct 2010

  A five-day training course from GCVS, designed to support organisations to mainstream equality across their operations and functions.