After 8 years of leadership, includem announces that our CEO, Martin Dorchester, has stepped down from his role with immediate effect. On behalf of everyone at @includem.bsky.social — thank you, Martin, for your dedication and impact. 💙 Read more: includem.org/news

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We were grateful to attend today's summit to share our expertise and to give feedback on what community engagement should look like. Key is investment in building trusting relationships, listening to and understanding children and young people and doing with and not to. 1/ t.co/oCrKMVSjW6

We are delighted to be part of this new Family Wellbeing Project taking place in 12 GP Practices across Glasgow. A big thank you to the First Minister for coming to visit Oakwood and meeting with our colleague Fola Abifarin. ➡️ news.stv.tv/west-central... #transforminglives #includemTL

The next stage of our Transforming Lives campaign is getting started focussed around Whole Family Support! 👀 You can catch up on what we're going to be looking at through the new Transforming Lives page on our website ⬇️ includem.org/what-we-do/t... #TransformingLives #WholeFamilySupport

Great to have our Service Manager Shonagh attend the @drnscot.bsky.social Annual Conference at the Univesity of Dundee yesterday. Some key discussions highlighted the importance of maintaining strong relationships and the power of connection, a key part of our support.

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Very proud Aberdonian today! 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️

Come kickstart your creative career with @includem.bsky.social and join my team as our new Digital and Media Assistant. Everything you need to know about the role and how to apply here ⬇️ includem.org/vacancy/digi...

Always great to visit our regional offices. Today was a sunny visit to our #Fife office with @lisa-includem.bsky.social with some summer planning for #TransformingLives! 😍

❗️We're Currently Hiring For A Range of New Roles ❗️ We have several new roles that we're hiring for on our website, so you or someone you know might just be the perfect fit! You can browse the current selection of new opportunities on our website ⬇️ includem.org/careers

Some really interesting work planned here 👀

We'd like to give a huge thank you to @richardbakermp.bsky.social today for mentioning us in the House of Commons and highlighting the incredible work of our Keeping Connected project in Fife and the importance of long term funding. #TransformingLives #OurMindsMatter

We'd like to give on last heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended our Dover House event last week and the warm words they shared with us ❤️ Find out more about the event at blog post below ⬇️ includem.org/news/dover-h...

Love this video with our very own Nicola Galloway who is such a champion for the power of our Young Person’s Fund. If you can, please do think about donating to our fund and to help transform the lives of families we support across Scotland.

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek celebrates community, together for good mental health 🧠 Ensure that despite everything that's going on, you take a break to look after yourself and your mental health ❤️ #ThisIsMyCommunity

Hey @includem.bsky.social look who’s joined @bsky.app 👀👇🏻 @martindor1.bsky.social #includemturns25 #includemonbluesky

The findings from @trussellscot.bsky.social reflect similar results from our own Beyond The Budget report. You can read our report below 👇 issuu.com/includem2000_/docs/beyond_the_budget_an_includem_report

Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend our 25th anniversary and the launch of our Beyond the Budget report at Dover House on Tuesday evening. You can read our full Beyond the Budget report below ⬇️ issuu.com/includem2000... Catch up on some of the highlights below 📺

Is your school good at communicating with your parents or carers? Have you noticed a rise in misogyny? In our latest edition of URSPACE we asked for children and young people's thoughts on relationships and behaviour in school. Have your say below ⬇️ irlsfq9hodg.typeform.com/to/r7oFpIAG

1/6 Today’s Programme for Government was a missed opportunity for the First Minister and his Government to show bold leadership in eradicating child poverty. We are deeply disappointed that this opportunity was missed.

📢 We're Hiring! 📢 We're currently looking for a Project Worker for our team based in #Stirling. Find out more about the role here ⬇️ includem.org/vacancy/proj... ❗️Applications close on midnight 18th May 2025❗

An important front page of The Herald today which we were proud to have signed. @includem.bsky.social

"Energy costs are a struggle sometimes." ⚡️ Our Beyond the Budget report sheds light on the fears that the young people and families we support have in relation to daily spending costs. You can read the full report ⬇️ issuu.com/includem2000... #BeyondTheBudget

5/5 We will continue to engage with the Scottish Government on these issues and look forward to upcoming opportunities to amplify the voices of those we support. You can read more about what families told us in our latest Beyond the Budget report here: issuu.com/includem2000...

1/5 Earlier this week, the First Minister announced that the next Programme for Government will be brought forward to the 6th May 2025. Nearly one year from the next Scottish Parliament elections.

We're incredibly grateful to the SNP Westminster Group for hosting the Child Poverty Roundtable last month. Recognising the crucial work of organisations like ourselves and as such, putting through the vital motion for tackling child poverty. #EndChildPoverty

No child in Scotland should grow up in poverty. Last week we submitted our response to the Scottish Government's Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2030. Read the full blog here ⬇️ includem.org/news/familie... #EndChildPoverty #Scotland #TransformingLives

Good luck to my colleagues taking part this weekend!!

To celebrate our 25th Birthday we've been catching up with some of our colleagues and their fondest memories of includem 🤩 We would love to hear about your memories of us too! ❤️ You can share your thoughts with us at the link below ⬇️ irlsfq9hodg.typeform.com/to/j4qFycwv

Another exciting issue of URSPACE has been published. Shoutout to @lisa-includem.bsky.social and @johnincludem.bsky.social for their contributions to making this another fantastic read! #includemURSPACE

We're excited to introduce our two new trustees joining us 🎉 Please join us in welcoming Alan Hill and Shaheen Baber onto our board!

❗️1 child every 13 mins falls into poverty because of this policy❗️ This weekend marks the 8th year the two-child limit to benefit payments has been in place. Today, together with @endchildpoverty.bsky.social we are delivering a letter to Rachel Reeves MP We repeat our ask to #ScrapTheCap

The shocking child poverty statistics from the "At the Limit" report from @endchildpoverty.bsky.social supports and reinforces the call we made in our recent Beyond the Budget report: for the UK Government to scrap the two-child benefit cap or for the Scottish Government to mitigate it.

You can now find us on #TikTok! 🤩 We'll be sharing lots more video content for a younger audience over there, including our Life Skills video series. If you're interested you can check it out at 👇 tiktok.com/@includem2000

Favourite TV Show in 2025 so far? 📺 We want to hear from you on recommendations for any new TV shows that would be appropriate for children and young people. Your recommendation could even be included in our next edition of URSPACE magazine. You can leave your recommendations in the comments!

📢 We're Hiring! 📢 We're currently looking for an Assistant Project Worker based in #Fife. Do you know someone who would be the perfect fit? Find out more about the role here ⬇️ includem.org/vacancy/assi... ❗️Applications close on midnight 14th April 2025❗

“I worry... [t]hat we will be evicted from our home!" Our Beyond the Budget report sheds light on the fears that the young people and families we support have in relation to daily spending costs. You can read the full report ⬇️ issuu.com/includem2000...

What's been your favourite memory of includem? To celebrate 25 years of includem we're looking to hear from both our amazing colleagues and the young people and families we support on some of their memorable moments with us. Get involved below ⬇️ irlsfq9hodg.typeform.com/to/j4qFycwv #includem25

Our comment on today's publication of the Scottish child poverty figures 👇 includem.org/news/comment...

Following today’s launch, read our press release 👇 Journalists: My DMs are open and happy to chat! #BeyondTheBudget #includemTL @lisa-includem.bsky.social @includem.bsky.social

Today we launch our new report - Beyond the Budget. We’re asking both the Scottish and UK governments to think long term when it comes to making decision that affects families lives. Forever grateful to the young people and families who contributed and to my team! #BeyondTheBudget

Our response to the Spring Statement 👇

It’s great that the Minister agrees that charities are essential and with yesterday’s announcement they will become even more a safety net for people across the UK. But they cannot ignore the fact that eNICS is a significant harm to the sector. #SaveOurSector

We continue to call on the Scottish Government to expand free school meal provision as part of efforts to tackle child poverty. Families told us that costs associated with school including school meals add a burden to finances that are already stretched on account of the rising cost of living. 2/2

We welcome today's announcement of the proposed changes to delivering free school meals and will closely follow it's progress through the Scottish Parliament. 1/2 www.gov.scot/news/deliver...

Our Glasgow #Kiltwalk team is getting ready to raise funds this year, but they could do with a bit of help deciding tunes! 🎶 Let us know what songs would motivate you when you're on a long walk or run and we'll add them to our playlist.

Families with a disabled adult are more likely to be in poverty than those without and we cannot understand the rhetoric behind this decision. 2/2

At a time when the UK Government is claiming to prioritise tackling child poverty, and developing a child poverty strategy, cutting welfare spending undermines this commitment. 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We are concerned about the widening of the poverty-related attainment gap for students at critical points in their education journey. This is a children's rights issue. We need to see urgent action and investment from the Scottish Government to tackle this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...