🎉 Fantastic to be at the launch of the Home Start Glasgow North & North Lanarkshire Early Years Family Hub. Community based hubs like this, which bring together essential family support, healthcare services and peer support for parents, are so important.

Israel's siege is starving the people of Gaza. We have joined more than 100 aid and rights groups to demand action - before there is no one left to save. Read the full statement here: bit.ly/3GPCpAE

12 children have reportedly died of malnutrition and starvation across Gaza in the last two days, due to Israel's denial of aid. These deaths were preventable. There are no words to describe our outrage and despair. 1/4

Resharing because the situation is unchanged. I’ve committed to supporting one verified family in Gaza every day maybe you can too - Molly provides the verification which is tough work emotionally. It seems the best way to get food to people in Gaza until NGOs can deliver aid again.

Join us to demand better for Scotland #WeDemandBetter

🚨 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...

Local Bridge of Weir/Gryffe Valley peeps: Our repair cafe is on this Saturday. Fix it, don't ditch it! All free, but donations will help us sustain this project.

Ready to go with big yin-her first concert was the waterboys aged 7 and 11 years later, she’s as big a fan as me (and she’s hoping for Raggle Taggle just saying)

Adults are essential in supporting young children to realise their rights Discover our Kite model and find out more about how you can support young children to realise their voice this #IMHAW2025 ➡️ starcatchers.org.uk/work/the-voi... 🧵⬇️

🧵1/ Today’s @guardian piece by Tobi Angelica Thomas tells a story many of us in early childhood already know: Children in England’s most deprived areas are less likely to meet key developmental goals by age five. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Please help Mahmoud and his family. He’s another one who has had very few donations and his campaign is relatively new. Thank you 🙏🏽

Job klaxon:

Good news! My bus home from Glasgow doesn’t stop half way anymore outwith rush hour. Couldn’t believe the app (old timetable displayed on bus stop). Finally a workable service.

Threads for: FAQ in English and Arabic for accounts from Gaza General information about Gazan Fundraising and GoFundMes List of Gazans you can support More general information for people from Gaza

The two child benefit cap imposes poverty on hundreds of thousands of children - a hideous social crime. Discussing that on Channel 5's Jeremy Vine Show from 9.15am

Must read thread of the day. This immigrant stands in solidarity. Our higher education, NHS and care system will collapse with today's proposals, which worries me as much as the racist anti-immigration rhetoric. We are a net plus for our society in so many ways:

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...

Some weekend: wee yin shortlisted for the Janet Coats prize for poetry (again). And tomorrow I’ll be trying to conquer the 23 miles of the Kiltwalk for Rays of Hope cancer support. There was a comedy night for the pta thrown in too and clearly not enough sleep

Any support greatly appreciated! Just over a week to go before I tackle the 23 miles. Donations will help rays of hope provide an even wider range of support to those affected by cancer in Renfrewshire. Mòran taing airson gach cuid taic

🌳 JOB OPPORTUNITY | HERITAGE AND GAELIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER 🗣 Are you a #Gaelic speaker and have a passion for collaborating with others to celebrate our rich heritage? ✨ Salary: £29,996 - £34,133 ✨ 35 hours p/w ✨ Apply by Monday 28 April Full details 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/about-us/wor...

We're at the Lib Dem conference in Inverness to promote action needed to tackle and prevent child poverty. Looking forward to debate and discussion on how we can make sure every child has a decent start in life.

All forgiven thanks to this scenery. Highest point of the British rail network, I still love train journeys

Channelling the grumpy old woman: a’ siubhal gu inbhir Nìs agus chan eil dealain ann. Fake sockets full of promise but no juice & thus only 1 hr of work done rather than 3. How hard can it be to make sockets work on trains, I even downloaded all my docs bec there’s never any working wifi. #scotrail

📣Our member @starcatchersuk.bsky.social recruiting for "Community Engagement Manager" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs 🗓️Closing Date: Tuesday 29th April 2025 📍Hybrid View here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Today, OXPIP's founder Sue Gerhardt launches her new book "1001 days: How Our First Years Shape our Lifelong Health". We're giving away one free copy chosen at random from the people who retweet one of our social media posts by 8th April. Available to purchase from today.

also, next #Renfrewshire repair cafe! #repair #share @rencan1.bsky.social

Good news! My feedback led to an exemption to the pavement parking ban being revoked. This exemption was in front of a primary school and 2 early years centres where my youngest was so nearly run over by a pavement mounting driver. While I don't get how any road planning dept can even consider...

Learning hard and fast the ropes of the university system. 6 months before the start, deposit for accommodation due. Full annual cost due 3rd Oct. Would’ve been nice if there had been advance warning because who has a year of rent sitting in their bank account?

‘This is not the change people voted for when they voted for a Labour Government’ - commentary on Spring Statement. 50k more children in poverty under a Labour Government - using their own estimates.Deliberate choice which will harm life chances of children. Different choices should have been made.

It is a political choice to plunge 50,000 more children into poverty by the end of this parliament, as a result of the health and disability benefit cuts. This news will be devastating for families across the country struggling to make ends meet. 1/3

2 weeks since the #TheRightStart conference & we are still buzzing from all the exciting conversations & presentations that took place 🤩 If you want to put the voice of the baby at the ❤️ of your practice, take a look our Voice of the Baby in practice resources⬇️

I’m not quite sure what to do considering daughter was set to study in the school of Life Sciences at Dundee. Accepted a place as first choice but not sure how wise that is

Next week, we'll find out if Scotland has hit its interim child poverty targets. We've been working away behind the scenes and will have some reports and reflections out next week. For now, what are we looking our for in the stats? Read more here:

"Tha sinn a' faicinn righaltas a-rìthist a' feuchainn ri na buidseatan aca a chothromachadh le a bhith a' toirt air falbh bho na daoine as bochda san dùthaich... Chan eil sin ceart, agus chan eil e mòralta ann an dòigh sam bith." Daibhidh Eyre againn air @BBCRnanG #Gàidhlig #Gaelic

Attended a workshop on supporting multilingual children. Started out by saying that multilingualism is the global norm (yes) but that we in the uk are bad at learning languages. No we’re / you’re not. Nothing genetically different. Just saying 🙃

Incredibly excited that our staff parents/carers network is hosting @sarahockwellsmith.bsky.social today to talk all things gentle parenting 🤩

Vitamin Sea

The #RightStart conference has final arrived. We are at the beautiful Barracks Conference Centre in Stirling. Looking forward to a day of discussion about what babies’ rights could look & feel like in Scotland with delegates. @childreninscotland.bsky.social @together-sacr.bsky.social

Come and get fixing! Disathairne, thigibh an-siud! #Renfrewshire #RepairCafe

"Politik darf nicht nur danach schielen, was der Wähler und der uninformierte Wähler will, sondern Politik muss vorangehen und muss auf der Basis von Informationen aus der Wissenschaft konsequentes Handeln anstreben und muss dafür aber auch eine konsequente Öffentlichkeitsarbeit machen."

I couldn't love this more. Will share with my local place plan initiative, councillors and villagers

Having just analysed the SG stats for school leaver attainment (bad news, the poverty related attainment gap has increased), I wonder if there's a data set comparing attainment of 5 Level 6 between least &most deprived areas, ideally with pupil characteristics data. @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social maybe?

Am faca sibh am prògram aig an Lòchran rè #SeachdainNaGàidhlig? Tha pailteas ann eadar DiLuain an 24mh dhen Ghearran agus DiSathairne a' chiad latha dhen Mhàrt! Siuthadaibh, cuiribh dhibh leisge shòisealta a' chnatain mhòir 😉 static1.squarespace.com/static/5c522...

Step back in time with a screening from the Cinema Sgire collection - a unique archive of Gaelic community films produced in the Outer Hebrides during the 1970s and 1980s. 📆 6:15-7:30pm, 26 February 📍Kelvin Hall, Glasgow 🎟️ Free Part of #SeachdainNaGaidhlig #WorldGaelicWeek

'We shouldn't be balancing the books on the lives of the poorest people. The Prime Minister said this was a decision he didn't want to make, and the truth is, he didn't need to make it' @jamie-livingstone.bsky.social speaks to Radio Scotland about today's aid cuts/where the £ could've come from ⬇️

Earlier today the government announced a cut to the UK aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending. 12 years ago, we released this video to show how aid protects children in the toughest situations. Now, the message is more important than ever.

German politics has descended into the gutter. Dangerous, divisive and factually wrong on the eve of elections. And this person is likely to become the new Kanzler? What on earth is going on?

It is not too late to sign up for our joint event on 1st March, when @danwuori is welcomed to Lanarkshire! Please join us to hear all the fascinating insights to be seen in his videos of wee ones! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imaginatio...

Looking forward to Culture of Childhood tomorrow @UniStrathclyde! Excited to hear @DanWuori on early years learning – catch him on our Play Well Podcast sharing brilliant insights on what really matters in childhood.

Play Matters: a groundbreaking guide to champion the power of play in early childhood. So proud to contribute to this document, which will be free to access online. @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social, @ruthswailes.bsky.social, @suecowley.bsky.social @suzannezeedyk.bsky.social