A real pleasure and privilege to announce that I'll be appearing on August 6th at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of Darren McGarvey exciting new program: Trauma Industrial Complex. Really looking forward to this and hope to see you there! Get your tickets here: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/darre…

I collaborated with The Poverty Alliance back in 2021-2022 on an Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) & explored 'lived experience' and participatory instruments in policymaking to produce a discussion paper, asking if& how this knowledge might be disrupting other research/knowledge...

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📢 Weekend reading! 👇In his latest blog, our Peter Kelly says there are real opportunities ahead of us to make change... but they'll only be realised if we work together across civil society. povertyalliance.org/blog-after-the…

Good morning to our friends across the country. A very happy Monday to you all! 😁 We have a brand new Directory Update for you. Read about the Midlothian Wash and Dry Laundry Service, just CLICK the link below NOW: gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/acade…

If you want to read a wealth of evidence on CLD’s contribution to learning, health and civic participation with disadvantaged youth, adults and communities across Scotland, check out SG’s CLD literature review👇🏻 ScotGov Education #BecauseofCLD gov.scot/publications/c…

Aberdeenshire's children and young peoples charter - in two languages: English and Doric!

The two-child limit is unjust and causes untold harm to the nation's children. Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that scrapping it would cost the equivalent of just 3% of the total working-age benefit budget. It's a small price to pay for justice and compassion. heraldscotland.com/politics/westm…

💡 Looking to boost your organisation’s understanding of poverty and how to resolve it? We're running all three of our anti-poverty training courses throughout August, September and October. 👉 Learn more and book your place: resolvepoverty.org/training/

“These are roles for people interested in having conversations to inform & influence how policy can translate to changes in delivery.” Scotland Excel Social Prescribing Network The ALLIANCE Donald Macaskill The Scottish Social Services Council COSLA SCVO Glasgow Centre for Population Health Scottish Poverty & Inequality Research Unit Improving Health healthandcare.scot/stories/3871/s…

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We are proud to sponsor the Allied Health Professional Award at Scotland’s Health Awards 2024 to acknowledge and celebrate our NHS heroes. 👏 Glasgow Caledonian University SHLS @ScotgovHealth GCU Podiatry GCU Nutrition & Dietetics programme #ScotHealthAwards #AHPScot gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/unive…

👋 There's still time to register for tomorrow's online workshop with Alice Ievins which starts at 4pm. 👉bit.ly/3SWNNO0

Scot Gov NCS Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Scottish Recovery Network NHS Research Scotland Mental Health Foundation Mental Health Foundation Scotland Samaritans Suicide Prevention Scotland Maree Todd Inequalities SPHSU Improving Health The Poverty Alliance Scottish Poverty & Inequality Research Unit Glasgow Centre for Population Health Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland Children 1st Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Jane-Claire Judson Jenni Minto MSP Heart Research UK Neil Gray MSP 5. Twelve projects supporting patients across Scotland with cancer are to share £1.5m of Scottish Government funding this year. Neil Gray MSP Macmillan Cancer Support Teenage Cancer Trust Maree Todd Caroline Lamb Anna Dominiczak healthandcare.scot/stories/3916/c…