July 2015
Crisis Fund: can a little go a very long way?
31 July[email protected]Health, Mental Health, Sector Issues, Community Relations, Funding
Earlier this year OFMdFM released a small amount of funds to help vulnerable ethnic-minority migrants in crisis. Scope speaks with fund administrators the Red Cross about its success.
The inevitable equality - why NI will embrace same-sex marriage
29 July[email protected]Social Policy, Equality
A key figure in the successful marriage equality campaign in the Republic of Ireland says Northern Ireland will move into line with the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Spooky action at an unknown distance - GCHQ and Amnesty International
27 July[email protected]Politics, Social Policy
The security services exist to protect us as citizens and allow us to live in freedom. Scope speaks with spying victims Amnesty International about whether spying on human rights organisations can fulfil that purpose.
A complex solution to a simple problem
24 July[email protected]Mental Health, Social Policy
Analysis: Colin Harper of the Belfast Law Centre on the Mental Capacity Bill
The other Villiers in Ireland: famine, internment, rebellion
21 July[email protected]Community Relations, Politics
Theresa Villiers is not the first of her family to hold high office in Ireland.
Inside the Orange Heritage Museum
09 July[email protected]Community Relations, Peace Process
Scope visits the newly-opened Museum of Orange Heritage on Belfast’s Cregagh Road.
Children's book scheme reaches the end of the road
07 July[email protected]Education
When the Department of Education announced it was to stop funding Northern Ireland’s Bookstart scheme it said it was “working around the clock” to find alternative sources of funding.
