Scope Articles

A Million & Me: Children in Need's great new initiative

20 Jun 2019

Around one in four of us will experience poor mental health during the course of our lives. In more than half of these cases problems start before the age of 14.

What can’t we afford? How economic inequality is about more than paying bills

19 Jun 2019

If wealth, rather than ability, drives educational achievement, we have to think hard about how we structure society to compensate for this.

The Wisdom of the Ages: working longer lives

14 Jun 2019

It’s great that people are living longer, the flip side is that we have to work for longer too.

Northern Ireland in no position to take a one-two-three punch

13 Jun 2019

Brexit, Welfare Reform and the health service – each is at a major moment for NI policy. But these are not independent issues. Any failures will compound. This could be disastrous.

Crime and mental illness

7 Jun 2019

The announcement that all police custody suites are to get full-time nurses is an important and welcome development.

Volunteering is good for you

Reuben volunteers in Age NI's shop in Coleraine

6 Jun 2019

It’s Volunteers’ Week. Scope takes a look at how people sacrifice their time for a good cause, why this is important – and also rewarding.

Community economies: the quiet revolution

31 May 2019

One of the more troubling trends in recent times is that whilst the economy is growing most of us are getting poorer.

Trading places: cash, online money and charitable donations

30 May 2019

NICVA’s latest Individual Giving Survey was published this week. As society moves away from cash, so do donors – sort of.

The trouble with sectarianism

24 May 2019

Last week saw the publication of an important report on sectarianism in Northern Ireland

Global goals lack local focus

23 May 2019

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are nearly four years old. High-level strategies for the world (or 193 UN member nations) to build a “better and more sustainable future”. Too few people know what they are.

Autism: mysteries and myths and the need for research

17 May 2019

Autism NI warned last week that autism services are at breaking point in Northern Ireland, after the latest prevalence statistics were published by the Department of Health.

Loneliness: an underappreciated problem

17 May 2019

A huge number of people in NI frequently feel lonely. It is a problem for people of all ages and in all sorts of situations. The impact on health and wellbeing is enormous.

Teachers in our schools: the extent of the religious divide revealed

10 May 2019

A major piece of research into the one profession where it is still lawful to discriminate on the grounds of religion has just been published.

A modern approach to modern slavery