Events, Culture & Politics

With Easter Holiday beginning and the Summer on its way we thought it would be a good idea to round up the ten best free family days out in Scotland. Hopefully there is something for everyone here: National Museum of Scotland – Edinburgh With thousands of amazing objects across multiple galleries, the Museum offers you…

Tony Buon is facilitating a training day for Relationships Scotland family mediators on Friday 20 January, during Family Mediation week, to emphasise the importance of cultural intelligence (CI) in mediation. Family mediators work with parents from many different cultures and they understand different ways of communicating. This CPD event will encourage mediators to develop…

Guest blog post from our social media volunteer and baking extraordinaire Janis McCulloch. Being a mum and an auntie I’m always on the lookout for interesting places to go with my wee one and my nieces and nephew. As much as they loves soft play it gets tired after a while, plus it can get…

A diagnosis of prostate cancer can have a huge impact on relationships. That’s why Prostate Cancer UK is working with Relationships Scotland to offer a confidential counselling service for couples, individuals or family members affected by prostate cancer. This service can help you work through your feelings about prostate cancer and how it has affected…

Guest blog post by Morag Chisholm, Counsellor & Treasurer at Relationships Scotland Dumfries & Galloway Politicians both sides of the border are fond of extolling the virtues of family values, often without taking time to understand the complexities of modern relationships. MSPs at our recent Parliamentary event instead chose listening and learning with third and…

Our new report reveals Scotland’s couple, family, friendships, sex and work secrets: • 1 in 10 people don’t have a single close friend (8%) • 1 in 5 never or rarely felt loved in the two weeks before the survey (18%) • A quarter of people say they are not satisfied with their sex lives…

In August 2014 we will be launching a major piece of research exploring the state of the UK’s relationships. The report gives us a snapshot of all kinds of relationships, from couples to colleagues. To help us to bring the research to life and show what it means to different people across Scotland we would…

If you have been in any shop over the last month you could not have failed to notice that Father’s Day is almost upon us. Although the World Cup will have started most games are not on until the evening so before you cook your Dad a well-earned meal why not check out one of…

Guest post from Maureen Smyth, Writer/Editor with Shelter UK and Social Media Volunteer with Relationships Scotland. Scientists, and society, have talked for years about the brains of mothers being ‘hardwired’ for parenting. Studies have shown changes in the brains of new mothers, particularly to the level of the hormone oxytocin, also known as the ‘love’…

This is special guest blog post from Lauren Ferguson, 4th Year LLB Law (Honours) Student at Glasgow Caledonian University. Lauren’s post examines international perspectives in family mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Lauren’s views do not necessarily reflect those of Relationships Scotland. Mediation has become a widely recognised method of alternative dispute resolution. Putting an…

10 Free things to do with children in Scotland

Developing our Cultural Competence

10 amazing free family days out across Scotland for 2015

Prostate Cancer UK and Relationships Scotland offer free counselling

Positive Relationships at the Heart of Scotland

The state of the UK’s relationships in 2014

Tell us your relationship story

Top Ten Father’s Day 2014 events across Scotland

Becoming a dad can ‘re-wire’ a father’s brain

Family Mediation: Untapped potential as a dispute resolution method in Scotland?