Carers Scotland Director, @richardmeade13.bsky.social, appeared on The Sunday Show on BBC Scotland yesterday as part of the discussion on the welfare reforms being proposed by the Westminster Government. Catch up with the conversation here (segment starts at 1:12:30)- www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Carers Scotland were at the Scotland Demands Better launch in Edinburgh yesterday, demanding better for the people of Scotland. Join the march for all of us. Edinburgh - 25 October 2025. Find out more: scotland-demands-better.com #WedemandBetter

The 2025 State of Caring Survey is now live! We want to hear from as many carers as possible to paint a picture of caring in 2025. Your responses help shape our future policy and campaigning work - take our survey and tell us what needs to be done. www.surveymonkey.com/r/QN67HSN

Some additional photos from the #CarersWeek photocall at the Scottish Parliament yesterday.

The Carers UK Awards are now open! Celebrate the contribution of a person, group or workplace that has made a difference for carers by submitting a nomination today! Find out more here: www.carersuk.org/about-us/60-...

To mark Carers UK's 60th Anniversary in Scotland, we are using our platform to share the stories of carers. In her piece, "Identity Crisis- from Career to Carer" Alison talks about her feelings toward giving up paid work to care. Read her full written article here: www.carersuk.org/news/60th-an...

Carers Scotland and Carer Positive invite you to our Pre-Carers Week 2025 online session on Thu 1 May from 14.00-15.30 where you can find out more about this year’s theme, Caring About Equality. Book your free place now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carer-posi...

Join us to mark the 60th Anniversary of Carers UK with the Mary Webster Lecture. The lecture will be given by Professor Angela O'Hagan, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission on the topic "Equality: today and tomorrow". Find out more and book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-webst...

Huge congratulations to Carers UK Chair, Nick Baird, and his team of walkers who took part in the Glasgow Kiltwalk yesterday. Their enthusiasm was certainly not dampened by the wet weather as they set off from Clydebank at 8.30am, arriving in Balloch around 2pm. #kiltwalk2025

We provided a briefing to members of the Scottish Parliament on proposed UK Government Welfare Reforms, which was discussed yesterday. You read our briefing in full here: www.carersuk.org/media/14wpnu... @sa4dunfermline.bsky.social

Carers Scotland Employment Conference 2025 This is an essential event for employers and organisations who want to build support for carers in the workplace. Wed 14 May 2025 9.30 - 16.00 COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh Book your place now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carers-and...

The #Curae was created by @bookwormvaught.bsky.social to give full time carers creative writing opportunities. Take a look 🙏 gofund.me/074eee36

Join us on Tuesday 13th May at Edinburgh City Chambers to mark the 60th Anniversary of Carers UK with the Mary Webster Lecture in Scotland. Find out all about the event and book your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-webst...

Really enjoyed this book. Great to hear the story of human evolution and its expansion across the world told through our DNA. Lots of insight I’ve not read before and some important lessons in there for today and tomorrow. #paeloanthropology #humanevolution

Tens of thousands of people will be hit by “knock-on impact” of PIP cuts. Unpaid carers face losing carer’s allowance if their family member loses eligibility for disability benefits - a devastating double loss www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Exciting new find from Atapuerca! Here is the write up in Science, with commentary from former Tübingen fellow Mirjana Roksandic and myself.

We are delighted to welcome so many carers to our health and wellbeing themed #CarersScotlandSummit at Glasgow City Chambers this morning. We hope all attendees have an enjoyable and valuable day.

59% of unpaid carers said that support services were not there when they needed them. Find out more in out new report 'State of Caring in Scotland - Health and social care support for unpaid carers': www.carersuk.org/media/j1bnyk...

Could Australopithecus afarensis outrun a predator? New research suggests they were slow, inefficient runners—challenging ideas about early human hunting and survival. #HumanEvolution #Australopithecus #Paleoanthropology #RunningScience

Testing the Out of Africa model in East Eurasian genomic origins phys.org/news/2025-03... via @physorg_com

Growing Up is a free programme of support aimed at empowering unpaid carers of autistic young people going through big life changes. The programme consists of 4 workshops for unpaid carers. We have remaining spaces for upcoming sessions.   More info & sign up here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

We launch our new research report today - 'State of Caring in Scotland 2024: Paid work and access to employment for unpaid carers'. This is the first report based on the 2024 State of Caring survey. Read it in full here: www.carersuk.org/media/a3rg42...

Our new report on carers accessing and staying in employment was discussed on Good Morning Scotland today. Catch up on the show here (section begins at 1:54:51) - www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Last Neanderthals 🏺🧪 Tristan Hughes delves into the fate of the last Neanderthals and continues the Ice Age mini-series with Professor Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social from the Natural History Museum @nhm-london.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Can there be any meaningful reform of the NHS in Scotland without properly addressing social care? Join us online on Monday 17th March when @drdmacaskill.bsky.social will be in conversation with our director @chrisdeerin.bsky.social. Full info and to sign up - www.reformscotland.com/event/the-fu...

Social care is social justice. My weekly blog argues that how we value and resource #socialcare is a mark of #socialjustice in #Scotland. #SocialJusticeDay #equality #fairness #care scottishcare.org/social-care-...

Today we launched a new report exploring how a Minimum Income Guarantee could be piloted for unpaid carers in Scotland. If this progresses, it could be transformational for many carers in Scotland. Read and download the full report here: www.carersuk.org/media/4gkfv3...

A study of ancient DNA from people who lived in Europe between 1700 and 45,000 years ago suggests that 63 per cent of them had dark skin and 8 per cent had pale skin, with the rest somewhere in between.

Tristan Hughes delves into the fate of the last Neanderthals with Chris Stringer.They explore how Neanderthals thrived across diverse climates & investigate the intriguing story of Neanderthals' eventual decline alongside the arrival of Homosapiens 60,000 years ago podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

From this month’s @bmj.com, an astute piece by @helensalisbury.bsky.social on how the government (in this case in England, but applicable elsewhere too) needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to preventing ill health. Link here: www.bmj.com/content/388/...

This week the NI Assembly debated a motion on unpaid carers led by Gerry Carroll. It called on the Communities Minister, George Lyon MLA, to introduce a carer’s allowance supplement scheme (similar to Scotland), as recommended by the Carer Poverty Commission NI. The motion was passed by all parties.

Yesterday was our All Wales Carers Assembly. It was a brilliant day, but hard to hear a lot of the stories given by carers about their every day experiences. There is so much we need to do to ensure that all carers get a good quality of life, as it is clear that too many are living at crisis point.

'We have a room full of people desperate for change, we all need to be that change’, @richardmeade13.bsky.social, Director of Devolved Nations @carersscotland.bsky.social. Thanks to all attendees of our #SCVOGathering event. It was a fantastic panel discussion with so many great points to share.

For the first time since the 1970s, a new species of Paranthropus: www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Starting off the panel discussion at 'Catalysts for Change' #scvogathering is Angiolina Foster @publichealthscot.bsky.social 'Many of Scotland's illnesses are preventable. We need to invest in health prevention, as much as we invest in health repair.' #earlyprevention @tejeshm.bsky.social

Really enjoyed speaking at this event today. Was great to be part of fantastic conversation about not just the challenges we face in building a more equitable society, but how the third sector can be the change leader. Thanks to @vhscotland.bsky.social for inviting me and organising.

To celebrate Carers UK’s 60th Anniversary, this year the Carers Scotland Summit will be an in-person health and wellbeing event for carers. This event is free to attend and open to carers across Scotland find out more and book you place today:

We are at stand 27 at #scvogathering. Excited to be here for Day 2 and also launched our free membership yesterday. Come and say hi and hear about what we do. @kelt25.bsky.social @tejeshm.bsky.social @lauren-blair.bsky.social @roisinh71.bsky.social

Day 2 #SCVOGathering we're looking forward to our session 'Catalysts for Change' a panel discussion chaired by @kezdugdale.bsky.social with Angiolina Foster @publichealthscot.bsky.social @tejeshm.bsky.social @richardmeade13.bsky.social & @jfjejw.bsky.social

Our Associate Director @kezdugdale.bsky.social is chairing a vital discussion at today’s #SCVOGathering with the @vhscotland.bsky.social network. Today’s star catalysts for change: ⭐️ Angiolina Foster ⭐️ @richardmeade13.bsky.social ⭐️ Justina Murray ⭐️ @jfjejw.bsky.social ⭐️ @tejeshm.bsky.social

Are you interested in a captivating and informative podcast about our ancient ancestors, from apes to humans? Learn about the evolution of our species and cultures, and discover our shared heritage. Explore the Paleo Post Podcast! youtube.com/playlist?lis... Please like, subscribe , and share!

To mark Carers UK's 60th Anniversary in Scotland, we are using our platform to share the stories of carers across the nation. In this piece, Mark talks about caring for his wife and the effects that this situation has had on their family. https://buff.ly/3WNPDT9

Who were the Denisovans? From a single phalanx to their genetic legacy in modern humans... youtu.be/0uhitup_GxE?... via @YouTube

Hello All, We are pleased to announce the following schedule of talks for this semester! More details, including zoom registration links, to follow nearer the time. We hope you will join us!

Carers in employment - is your workplace recognised as a Carer Positive employer? Our Carer Positive team work with employers to help build support for carers in the workplace, and those that do receive a nationally recognised award. Find out more here: carerpositive.org

Why we are not all multiregionalists now (2014) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@NHM_London, Huxley Memorial Medal winner ChrisStringer delivered the 2023 Huxley Lecture Mostly Out of Africa: how, when and where You can watch the recording here: youtu.be/0O6l-PjMgBs

How Homo Erectus Mastered Desert Survival Over a Million Years Ago scitechdaily.com/how-homo-ere...