📊 Have your say on Scotland’s free period products! The Scottish Women’s Budget Group & Period Place UK are gathering experiences to understand the real impact of free provision. 🕒 10 mins to complete 🔒 Anonymous 🗓️ Closes 10 Oct 👉 www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/VH62OW/ #PeriodProducts

💥LAUNCHED TODAY💥 'Investing in Women, Transforming Communities': Engender's Manifesto for Holyrood 2026. Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/holyrood-2026/

Last week our Director, Sara Cowan, gave evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights & Civil Justice Committee as part of their Pre-Budget scrutiny. Watch here 👇 x.com/SP_EHRCJ/sta...

📢 Have your say! We’re running a survey with @ThePeriodPlaceUK to understand the impact of Scotland’s free period products. 🕒 10 mins to complete 🔒 Anonymous responses 🗓️ Deadline: 10 Oct 2025 👉 Take part: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/VH62OW/ #PeriodDignity #FreePeriodProducts

1/2🍲What if everyone in Scotland had access to affordable, nutritious meals in their community? Join @nourishscotland.bsky.social ’s Public Diners Conference 16 Oct. Explore how state-supported restaurants can boost local economies, create community spaces & support a #GoodFoodNation.

📩 Our August E-News is out! After a July break, we’re back with updates, opportunities + resources on all things women & the economy 💜 👉 Didn’t get it? Check your spam. 📧 Changed email? Contact [email protected] ✨ Not a member yet? Sign up today! www.swbg.org.uk/content/membership/

(1/2) 🧵 📢 We’ve published our response to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee’s Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 inquiry. Key messages: 🔹 Social security can be a preventative measure with long-term benefits 🔹 Thresholds risk creating cliff edges that harm those just above them

Another school term and another year of barriers, challenges and misery for some children and families and a blatant disregard for children's rights news.stv.tv/west-central...

Our colleagues at @sccscot.bsky.social show why governments must step up on climate action 👇 🌍 Care about the impacts of climate change? Join us at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, on Thurs 18 Sept to demand urgent, fair action. 📝 Sign up here: bit.ly/3TuWT4s

🧵Why is it vital to apply a gender lens when tackling Scotland’s long-term financial pressures? We’ve shared our insights in response to FPA's pre-budget scrutiny for 2026-27.

📣 There's still time to complete this year's State of Caring survey! Are you an unpaid carer? Take part and make your voice heard. 🧡 🔗 Know someone who provides unpaid care? Share the survey with them. 📋 Link to the survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/QN67HSN #StateOfCaring #UnpaidCarers

It’s a key moment to push MSPs to act on climate. Join the Mass Lobby at the Scottish Parliament on Thurs 18 Sept. 💜 Travel/care bursaries available ✅ Training provided 📝 Sign up: bit.ly/3TuWT4s #ActNowChangeForever

Today's report from the ‪@metoffice.gov.uk‬ shows that our climate is already changing significantly, bringing serious impacts on our health, jobs, homes and nature. Every fraction of a degree of heating matters - we urgently need leadership and proper plans to build a fairer, climate-safe future.

📢 Unpaid carer? Your voice matters. Our colleagues at @carersscotland.bsky.social are running their annual State of Caring survey — and they want to hear from you. Share your experiences and help shape the support carers need and deserve. 💬🧡 👉 Take the survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/QN5QWF7

🧱 "Everything just seems to have barriers and people send you pillar to post." In Aberdeen, women face daily obstacles to health & wellbeing — not because of individual choices, but because of how systems are built.

🍏Healthy food costs £8.80 per 1,000 calories — more than double unhealthy food. The poorest eat 42% less fruit & veg than recommended. We're urging @AberdeenCC to use the Good Food Nation plan to: ✅Improve access ✅Go cash-first ✅Support community growing ✅Include gender analysis

🧵1/Our research in Aberdeen showed: 🏠 Only 37% of people living alone report getting 25% Council Tax reduction they’re entitled to 💸 65% of respondents had debt — 17% owed Council Tax arrears 👵 75% of pensioners feel worse off than last year, with many dipping into savings

📢 This is a big moment. Launching the Scotland Demands Better campaign. @oxfamscotland.bsky.social is proud to back the call for action to deliver a fairer, greener future for all of us. Join us: scotland-demands-better.com #WeDemandBetter @povertyalliance.org

Better homes. Better services. A thriving natural environment. Join the march for all of us. Edinburgh - 25 Oct. #WeDemandBetter scotland-demands-better.com

🚨 The MIG Expert Group has launched its final report 🚨 A #MinimumIncomeGuarantee is key to women's equality, recognising: 💬 Unpaid care's impact on poverty 💬 Disability, income insecurity & extra costs 🔗 www.gov.scot/publications...

📢New briefing from shows childcare in @abshirecouncil.bsky.social is already stretched,yet nursery closures were proposed last month. 329 parents told us: ❗The current offer isn’t enough 👩‍👧‍👦Women are cutting work to cope 📝Read more: www.swbg.org.uk/content/publications/SWBG-Aberdeenshire-Briefing.pdf

🧵1/ Care and childcare in Aberdeen: According to our survey data, women spend 4.5hrs/day on unpaid care. 24% have left work because of it. 💷 Over half struggle with costs 🏫 Holiday wraparound care? Limited, expensive, hard to access

📝 New Guest Blog Arantxa, a Steering Group member, shares her reflections on our Aberdeen Poverty & Inequality report. After this week’s Council meeting, she urges decision-makers: don’t let this report be ignored. 📖 Read it: www.swbg.org.uk/news/blog/dont-let-the-wind-blow-our-mandala/

🚨 Just launched: our report on poverty & inequality in Aberdeen. 🔗https://www.swbg.org.uk/content/publications/SWBG-Aberdeen-Report.pdf Months of research show deep, structural challenges — especially for women, single parents, BME & disabled communities. (1/3) 🧵

🚨Don't miss this! 🚨 Our Training and Participation Lead, Heather, will be speaking at this event on how the transport system can play a key role in tackling inequalities. Join us to explore how inclusive, accessible transport can better support women's needs &...

📢 Members' Event | 18 June at 12:30pm Join us to explore the pre-budget scrutiny process — and why it matters for women in Scotland. 💬 Share your views on what the next Scottish Budget should prioritise! 📩 Event link was shared in the 2 June newsletter. #genderbudgeting

Important survey from our colleagues at Parenting across Scotland! #Haveyoursay

The Women’s Survey 2025 is now closed! 💬 Thank you to the 800 participants who shared their realities — and to all the partners who helped spread the word. 🙌 We’re now analysing the results — stay tuned! Follow us for updates & consider becoming a member of the group! 💜 #WomensSurvey2025

📢 Final call! Our Women’s Survey 2025 closes this week ⏳ We still need to hear from: 🔹 Young women (18–25) 🔹 Women in the private sector 🔹 Single parents Your voice matters — help shape future campaigns + policy. 🕒 Takes just 10–15 mins 🔗 www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/

📣You're invited! Join us on 13 June for the launch of our new report in Aberdeen! 🗣️Hear from the project steering group Details: 📍 Catalyst Vineyard Church 🕥 10:30am–12pm 💌 RSVP: [email protected] #Aberdeen #WomensVoices #CommunityChange

⏰ Just a few hours left to apply for our exciting new role to help us coordinate a mass climate lobby this September - check out the info here and get your application in before 12 noon on Friday! www.stopclimatechaos.scot/stop-climate...

🧵 (1/5) Thank you to @povertyalliance.org for coordinating the collective response against proposed nursery closures across Aberdeenshire. 👏

Transforming transport and heating systems can benefit both people and planet. Gender analysis must be central to this shift—alongside faster, more decisive action. #ClimateJustice #SustainableDevelopment

👵 Are you an older or retired woman living in Scotland? 📢 We want to hear how council tax rises and finances in 2025 are affecting you. Take part in our #WomensSurvey2025! 🗓️ Survey time: 10–15 min 🔗 www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/ #HaveYourSay #ScotlandWomen

Check out our newest blog reflecting on our most recent piece of research on social care. The findings of the research highlight urgent challenges in pay, retention & recognition of care as vital, skilled work. A message that's worth repeating this week. www.swbg.org.uk/news/blog/vo...

Do you have three or more children? Take our Women’s Survey 2025! Large families often face greater financial pressures — and we want to hear from you. Share your experience: 🗓️ Deadline 31st May ⏰ Survey time: 10 minutes www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/

Are you a woman from a minority ethnic community living in Scotland? Take our Women’s Survey 2025! Your voice matters - particularly in times of economic change. #HaveYourSay 📷 Deadline 31st May 📷Survey time: 10–15 minutes 📷 www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/

👩‍🎓 Are you a young woman living in Scotland? Your voice matters — especially in times of change. 💷 How are your finances in 2025? 📈 How are council tax rises affecting you? 🗳️ Take the #WomensSurvey2025 — just 10–15 mins 🔗 smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/ #HaveYourSay

🎉LAUNCHED! This report explores the working conditions in Scotland’s social care sector & their impact on women, families & the wider economy. The findings highlight urgent challenges in pay, retention & recognition of care as vital, skilled work. (1/2)

@swbg.bsky.social are surveying all women in Scotland, asking how their lives have changed in the last year. Relevant to us as they ask about changes to access to fresh food!

Our Second Members' Event Is Happening Today! 🎉 There’s still time to join the conversation. Check your inbox for the link, or email us at [email protected] and we’ll get it to you. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Women's Survey 2025 has a focus on access to fresh food including community growing spaces and food provision services in your council area 🥕 widespread responses will result in useful data, so please share with your networks and complete the survey here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A

👩‍👧 Are you a single parent in Scotland? Women are the majority of single parents — and your voice matters. 💬 How are council tax increases & your finances affecting your family? 🔗 Take our #WomensSurvey2025 www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/ 🕒 10–15 mins #HaveYourSay

👩‍⚕️Caring roles are still overwhelmingly done by women — but the pay doesn’t reflect the value of their work. Our Women’s Survey wants to hear from YOU if you work in care. Share your experiences of: 🏠 Life in Scotland 💸 Council tax 🥦 Food & health 🔗 smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/

In Scotland, 750,000+ unpaid carers—73% of them women—provide essential support but remain undervalued. Has your unpaid care increased this year? How have Council Tax hikes affected you? 📢 Let us know: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/ 🕒 Survey: 10–15 mins

📢CALLING ALL WOMEN IN SCOTLAND! Our 2025 Women’s Survey is live — tell us what life is like for you. From unpaid work to Council Tax impacts, we want to hear it all. 💬 🕒 Takes 10–15 mins 🔗 smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/ #WomensVoices #Scotland

📢 NEW DATA: @jrf-uk.bsky.social reveals “a higher proportion of young people in Scotland are now in the most extreme category of poverty than there were in 1994-97.” Join us TOMORROW to discuss the gendered nature of child poverty & why this matters for the upcoming UK-wide strategy (1/2)

We are looking forward to this event where we'll reflect on Ailsa's legacy and her ongoing influence on our work. Sign up here 👇

In our joint report with MECOPP we called for a review of the minimum site standards. We welcome the findings of the Scottish Housing Regulator and urge public authorities to act. Read more: www.swbg.org.uk/content/publications/MECOPP-Report-091224.pdf

An afternoon well spent talking all things childcare👇 SWBG made the case about recognising, through investment, the value of the sector. Great to hear new ideas about how Scotland could continue its unfinished journey on childcare from colleagues @jrf-uk.bsky.social & Pregnant then Screwed.