🪧One month to go! We're marching in Edinburgh on 25 October to call for Scotland to do better for childhoods and families. Join us! #Edinburgh #25Oct #ScotlandDemandsBetter scotland-demands-better.com

Good to hear the FM talk about the importance of whole family support today. Parents tell us that this support can be life changing. It plays a crucial role in reducing child poverty tomorrow while improving childhoods and supporting parents today.

We're calling for every political party in Scotland to commit to making sure every child has a strong foundation, by doing #BetterforBabies

ICYMI we launched our #BetterforBabies policy paper last week - calling for the next Scottish Government to invest in better childhoods by increasing ⬆️ Best Start Pregnancy & Baby Payment ⬆️ Best Start Foods i.stci.uk/dam/a-better...

If a child experiences poverty in their first year of life, the impacts can be lifelong. The potential impact of investing to prevent babies from living in poverty cannot be overstated.

Every parent wants to give their baby the best start in life possible. But, heartbreakingly, over one in three families with a baby under one are living in poverty. We’re calling for the next Scottish Government to do #BetterforBabies

Brilliant to be in Northern Ireland today to join the Anti Poverty Strategy Group's Rising Together Against Poverty Conference #RiseAgainstPoverty

🎉 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.

🌟 We have two exciting new roles in our Participation & Communities, focused on building powerful partnerships with children, parents and communities to end child poverty in Scotland. 🌟

We built our social security system to be there for all of us when we need it. Scottish MPs must support it now. #WeDemandBetter www.povertyalliance.org/news-more-th...

The economy and the social security system just aren't working for too many families who are struggling, and being overlooked by politicians. We're part of Scotland Demands Better: calling for real action for a better future Scotland www.povertyalliance.org/scotland-dem...

This is a welcome commitment from the Scottish Government that will improve the childhoods of those affected by the two-child limit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Children across Scotland are currently bearing the brunt of a social security system that isn’t working, but politicians have the power to change this." How politicians can rebuild trust by investing in a better future for children, and for Scotland 🔽 ✏️ www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

Great to be at the Scottish Conservative party conference today. Looking forward to important discussions around tackling the housing emergency and the role of the labour market in driving down child poverty.

The economy just isn't working for too many families. New figures from @endchildpoverty.bsky.social showing that children are living in poverty in every constituency in Scotland are heartbreaking evidence of this. endchildpoverty.org.uk/child-povert...

📢 Join our team! ⭐️ We're looking for an Impact & Learning Manager to help us better understand, evaluate, and amplify the impact of our work in Scotland. 📅 Closing date: 17 June Full details ⬇️ jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs/vacancy...

Our statement from Head of Scotland, Claire Telfer, on today's Programme for Government 👇 "We needed to see bold action from the Scottish Government today on child poverty, but this Programme for Government simply doesn’t do enough. 1/5

Our Head of Scotland @telfc.bsky.social met with @neilmackay.bsky.social for big read in todays @heraldscotland.bsky.social about ending child poverty, the role of public attitudes, the need for a baby guarantee and harnessing the power of children & families www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...

Pleased to be part of this important campaign. At a time of constrained budgets and difficult political choices, children must be at the top of the priority list. We want to see the First Minister and the Prime Minister invest in children's futures - read more 🔽

"We are failing the very youngest members of our society." Read our new blog on what action needs to be taken to tackle rising poverty rates in families with a baby in Scotland www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2025/s...

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.

Almost a week since the #MyanmarEarthquake, thousands of children and families are homeless and have nothing. They urgently need food, water and shelter. We launched the #MyanmarEarthquakeAppeal today with our @decscotland.bsky.social partners. Please donate now: bit.ly/446pnrw

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has devastated huge areas of Myanmar. The DEC has launched an urgent appeal. Hundreds of people are still missing. Many more have no access to the safe shelter, clean water, food and medical care they need to survive. Please donate. www.dec.org.uk

It’s heartbreaking that more than one in three babies in Scotland aren’t being given an equal chance to thrive because their families are struggling to make ends meet. We are failing the very youngest members of our society. We must do better for babies.

Today's child poverty stats show that positive policy choices, including the Scottish Child Payment are making a difference, but not nearly enough is being done to give all children a decent start in life.

📊 The Scottish Government will publish its child poverty statistics tomorrow. This year's stats are especially important - they'll tell us if Scot Gov has met its interim 2025 target of 18% or fewer of children living in poverty.

📣 Last few days to apply to lead an exciting new partnership project between us and @closethegap.bsky.social to improve job quality for young mums 🔽

We're #Hiring! We're looking for a Project Manager to lead a new partnership project with @savechildrensco.bsky.social to improve job quality for young mothers. Find out more and apply at: www.closethegap.org.uk/jobs/?jobid=18 #CharityJobs #ThirdSectorJobs

Thanks to @anassarwar.bsky.social for committing to a Scotland without child poverty at #ScotLab25 today. Great to hear @scottishlabour.bsky.social is prioritising action on child poverty - we look forward to working with you

Brilliant to see @neilbibby.bsky.social committing to action to tackle child poverty in Scotland at #ScotLab25 today ⭐️

Thanks to @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social for stopping by our stand at #ScotLab25 and for supporting action to end child poverty in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great to see @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social at #ScotLab25 supporting action to end child poverty in Scotland at #ScotLab25 !

Great to see Pauline McNeill MSP at #ScotLab25 committing to a Scotland without child poverty! Thanks for stopping by 🌟

Great to see Patricia Ferguson MP at #ScotLab25 this morning! Thanks for your support ⭐️

Excited to kick off day two of #ScotLab25 ! We’ll be at stand C5 all day. Come and say hello 👋

Thanks to Claire Baker MSP for stopping by our stall at #ScotLab25 ! We appreciate your support for more action to end child poverty in Scotland 🌟

Great to see @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social at #ScotLab25 committing to a Scotland without child poverty! 💪 Thanks for your support 🌟

Great to see @monicalennon.bsky.social at #ScotLab25 ! Thanks for your continued support for a Scotland that does #BetterForBabies and for meeting the 2030 child poverty targets 🎯

Great to be at #ScotLab25 with our End Child Poverty coalition partners discussing what needs to happen to end child poverty across Scotland. John Dickie from @cpaguk.bsky.social kicked things off laying out the role social security must play in meeting the 2030 targets 🧵

📣 Tomorrow! Kick off your #ScotLab25 conference weekend at our fringe event with members of the End Child Poverty coalition.

We'll be at the Scottish Labour conference next weekend! Join us and @endchildpoverty.bsky.social members for our fringe event discussing how Holyrood and Westminster can work together to act on child poverty

The Scottish Parliament is debating the role of education in tackling child poverty this afternoon. No child's educational outcomes should be determined by their family's income. We cannot meaningfully tackle the attainment gap without driving down child poverty rates.

We’re at #scvogathering ! Excited for our workshop this morning where we’ll discuss new research on attitudes to child poverty and hear from members of our parent panel on why lived experience must be at the core of campaigning to change the story on child poverty in Scotland

We'll be at the #SCVOGathering next week! We're looking forward to our fully booked workshop on Changing the Story about child poverty, designed and delivered with members of our parent panel.

This week our Nicolson St shop worked with the textiles students at Edinburgh College on an exciting Concept Garment Project👚 The talented designers have drawn inspiration from their city or town transforming everyday fabrics into wearable art🎨 Come see the display in the window🏬

If you've not already, listen back to BBC Radio Scotland Drivetime where we were talking about the impact of the 2 child limit on families we support & the action that is needed to truly eradicate child poverty in Scotland 📻 👇 tinyurl.com/4edu49th (around 1:16:24)

Parents on low incomes already dreading their energy bills are worrying how they will cope with sub-zero temperatures. The UK Government must help families with the cost of cold weather by: ✅ Scrapping the two-child limit ✅ Introducing a lock on child-related benefits

We have been working closely with @savechildrensco.bsky.social on our 'Changing the Story on Child Poverty' project which aims to understand and build support for lasting solutions to end child poverty. There will be lots to come for this project in 2025 after an intensive research phase in 2024.

Child poverty rates in Scotland remain too high with 1 in 4 children being held back from reaching their full potential 💔 This is despite welcome progress that has been made through important initiatives like the introduction of the #SCP ✅ A thread 🧵(1/4)

Hunger in the UK isn't a food problem. It's an income problem.