“What we need to say is stop before you can’t” Social activist John Loughton BEM describes his personal experiences of the consequences of addiction and calls for gambling to be treated as a public health issue. #bbcdn

Brilliant to meet Jimmy Wilson FRSA today & have a great wee CEO wander around the woods of Wiston Lodge ! VASLan South Lanarkshire's Third Sector Interface

Today we announce our exciting partnership with West Midlands Police Police & Crime Commissioner. Our multi session #Leadership course will commence in Birmingham, led by our Founder John Loughton BEM BEM.

Proud to announce I've accepted a role as Trustee of the Children's Parliament of Scotland Children's Parliament . I started off as youth campaigner aged 11. Delighted to help defend the voices & choices of kids today!

"Defending the principles of #youthwork & advancing Community Education." Guest Lecturing at UWS today, informing the next generation of #CommEd leaders. Esp great seeing the staff team here, and after receiving my Honorary Doctorate late year!

Thank you so much to the always fabulous John Loughton BEM for joining us today at UWS. Our students have left feeling inspired & full of enthusiasm. We really appreciate your support for all we do. 🤩❤️ UWS Community Education UWS Dare2Lead #BecauseofCLD #youthworkchangeslives

What better way to spend your birthday than listen to the amazing Dr Loughton 🙌🏽❤️ inspired, invigorated and incredibly grateful to have been in the room #youthwork #becauseofCLD

We think everyone agrees this was a brilliant morning. Lovely to have our honorary doctorate joining us again. UWS

''I try & be the grown man, I as a struggling boy needed'' PROUD to as Founder of ScranAcademy host space to share proper solutions that tackle #mentalHealth issues young people today face.

A poem I wrote on 'Happiness' Here's 32 things I do to remain Happy. How many of these do you do? Which one is most important? Have I missed something? #poetry #mentalhealth

Did you know today is International Fun at Work day? No, it’s not an April Fools. Tig x

Hello from Atlanta Georgia

LEGENDary meet and chat with NBA superstar, Olympian & TV sports pundit #CharlesBarkley in Atlanta. Chatted golf ,whisky, Scotland and mutual friend! #legend

STAGE IS SET! Planning is done. Let's get the #YLSAwards 2025 underway! Here at Glasgow Hilton! DoubleTree Glasgow Central Gillian Lithgow YouthLink Scotland

John Loughton kicks off the #YLSAwards ceremony. We're going to show that youth work's here to defend young people's rights and we're not going anywhere!

I was delighted to host the 18th National Youth Work Awards last night! Full of not only inspiring people, BUT REAL CHANGE & SOLUTIONS! GOVERNMENT- WAKE UP & TAKE #YOUTHWORK SERIOUSLY! Good upstream youth work reduces the burden on every other service & saves lives #YLSAwards

Omar Choudhry Hope is never far from the hopeful John Loughton BEM Dare to dream. Dare to dream big! THE HOPE COLLECTIVE #TeamHope

Sad to hear of the passing of Prof Sir Ken Calman this week. I worked alongside Ken when he Chaired the Commission on Scottish Devolution. A phenomenal academic, doctor & leader, my memories are filled with his kindness, care & gentle leadership, not 2 mention his homemade paper!

Welcoming Grok Grok into the Spirit of London evolution team. Grok Grok tell us about John John Loughton BEM our class of 2012 social superstar #SpiritOfLondon