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Political uncertainty puts UK charities on the back foot

A large project mapping the environment for philanthropy around the world says the UK suffers in comparison with its European peers.

Hearing loss can be devastating - it can also be helped

It's Deaf Awareness Week, and Scope spoke with Action on Hearing Loss about a vital service which helps older people feeling lonely and desperate - a service searching for more funding and volunteers.

The potential for citizens’ income remains a hopeful, tricky mystery

An experiment with citizens’ income has been enthusiastically branded a failure before any results are in. The truth is less straightforward – and unclear. Regardless, creative thinking needs support, not scorn.

Childcare – a local problem

A lack of vision and direction means parents, providers and their staff, employers, the local economy – and, above all, children – are all missing out.­

Secular disagreements and the risk of circular discussions

Northern Ireland - like much of the world - is becoming more secular. However, this means different things to different people, which makes the process more difficult.

Health reform: different places, same story

Our politicians have largely failed to progress health reform - due to problems mirrored elsewhere - but their absence does not really make things easier.

New collection of oral histories illuminates our troubled past

The Good Friday Agreement’s 20th anniversary has dominated the news this week – but Reflected Lives, a new oral history project, tells vital stories about where NI has come from and where it finds itself today.

Hearing loss and GPs – missed appointments and misunderstandings

Why does the local health service have some astounding obstacles to helping people with hearing loss?

Major merger announced in NI third sector

War on Want NI has joined together with Self Help Africa, based in the Republic of Ireland, and people from both charities are enthusiastic about the future.

Where now for equality?

Equality dominates local headlines and cut through a huge number of contentious issues in NI and throughout the world. But what does it mean, why is it a good thing, and how do we ensure its impact is as positive as possible?

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