🙌 We’re so excited to be hosting the second event of our Changing the Story project Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 25 June.

🔍 Join us & hear from Diffley Partnership about our new survey on attitudes to child poverty & discuss how we can influence change.

✍️ Register: …nding-public-attitudes.eventbrite.com

The General Election date is set for July 4th, coinciding with Scottish school summer holidays. If you’re going to be away on election day, apply for a postal vote. It only takes minutes to do so.

Register now - and get your loved ones to do the same.gov.uk/apply-postal-v…

A chance to join #TeamUoG in a full-time, permanent Tutor position.

Among other things, the role will involve teaching on our quantitative methods courses. It's a great team to work with. The closing date is the 17th of June.

jobs.ac.uk/job/DHT861/tut…

Section 28 didn’t come out of nowhere.
It came from a society where 75% thought homosexuality was wrong.
From a society that feared the sight of a man in drag would corrupt.
From a society that believed ignorance was better for children than any knowledge of gay lives.
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📢DATASET UPDATES from UBDC

1. Pcode to Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA) lookup v2 (2024): doi.org/10.20394/8bi4v…

2. Local Housing Allowance for BRMAs, 2012-24 (v2): doi.org/10.20394/yqq2v…

> Now cover Northern Ireland (h/t Housing Executive)
> Both open (OGL) licence

police protect property, not people.

'If diverse neighbourhoods appear less cohesive, it is because they tend to be more deprived'

Material deprivation at highest levels since '15 for children, '16 for working age ppl & highest on record for pensioners (HBAI)

The UK has a poverty problem, not a diversity problem

After years of campaigning alongside Not Dead Yet UK & pushing for a documentary that considers the subject of assisted suicide from the disabled people who oppose - Better Off Dead? is finally here 9 pm tonight BBC One then on iPlayer

#BetterOffDead #BOD

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Are you a researcher, practitioner, or community member interested in LGBTQ+ mental health and wellbeing in Scotland?

Join Professor Jamie Frankis (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 and I for the launch of our network either in Glasgow (eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgbtqia-ment…) or Edinburgh (eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgbtqia-ment…)

🚨Exciting news for Joseph Rowntree Foundation and our work in Northern Ireland.🚨

Following PivotalPPF report we are going to establish a team in Northern Ireland.

Crucially it will be tasked with collaborating with organisations already doing so much locally.
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jrf.org.uk/political-mind…

📢 OPEN CALL Improving job quality to tackle in-work poverty in Scotland

We are live - our new open call invites applications for projects with potential to deliver 'big change that lasts' on in-work poverty in Scotland.

therobertsontrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs…

👶 Women are still doing more unpaid childcare work than men. But the gap narrowed last year.

We all need help juggling care with work through:

💷 Practical paid leave

🕓 Flexible working policies

Tackling child poverty seems to consistently be a commitment in Scotland which is positive, but what are the actions needed to really shift the dial to reach our targets? It's an important measure for children now, and for future proofing our communities.

Applications for the second year of our bursary programme with Joseph Rowntree Foundation
are now open

Five women journalists will each be awarded £1,500 to develop a project shining a light on economic and / or social inequalities around Scotland

Apply here: bit.ly/4bnXOdK

Can a museum exhibition contribute to science? Yes!!!! More than 12,000 people visited our exhibition, Endometriosis: Into the Unknown. Visitors were invited to contribute data to a pain scale. Thousands of responses were made throughout the exhibition...

Panel of housing experts thinks you Must Read our Joseph Rowntree Foundation report:

'Bringing private homes into social ownership can rewire the housing system'

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jrf.org.uk/housing/bringi…

URGENT - No Evictions Network

For those in PERTH we have also been told Home Office are at the hotel - could be STATION HOTEL or QUEENS HOTEL.

Please attend & update if you can.

Urgent 🚨 Home Office raid is ongoing at Denmilne Street NOW…

No Evictions Network *URGENT*

We've just had a call that a Home Office deportation raid is ongoing at Denmilne Street NOW.

Anyone nearby?

We can resist the latest push from the Home Office. Advice for asylum seekers; please share 👇