Many families across the UK are having to choose between heating, eating or sending their children to school. None of these things should be a luxury. Buttle UK are calling for urgent action. #GrowingUpInPoverty #CostOfLivingCrisis Read the full report 👉 buttleuk.org/news/news-list…

In a country as wealthy as the UK no child should go hungry, cold or be unable to go to school. Yet this is the reality for millions of children every day. A shaming #GrowingUpInPoverty report from Buttle UK.

Great to be here at #RightsChild2024 conference today to hear form and meet with colleagues from across the UK about progress on and what more must be done to make rights real for all children across the UK.

📻 Dame Sally Davies - co-chair of IPPR's Commission on Health & Prosperity - calling for #FreeSchoolMeals to be extended to help reduce #poverty on BBC Radio 4 Today 🎧Listen in full: tinyurl.com/muatz5fh Prof. Dame Sally Davies #foodpoverty #CostofLivingCrisis

Brilliant conversation on the park bench around the 4 general principles of UNCRC, Articles 2, 3, 6 & 12.The importance of youth work and youth clubs in our communities. Thanks to Johnny Hendry and Martin Canavan 🧡 Aberlour Children's Charity CYCJ Scotland youtu.be/oKTpwvksRMk?si…

New free school meals analysis. The UK and devolved governments must change the qualifying criteria so that every child who needs a school dinner has one, while working towards removing means-testing entirely from the dinner hall.

It has been revealed today by Save the Children UK that 710 newborn babies have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. If you can not condemn the actions of a Government that has killed 710 newborn babies, and demand sanctions against them, what more will it take?

"They can oppress you, they can imprison you, but they will never break your spirit! Gaza, Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus, you’ll never walk alone!" Celtic fans' message to the people of Palestine last night.

So delighted and privileged to have been re-elected as Trustee of such an amazing organisation Together 🧡. And great appointments of my fellow trustees.

🪧 Scottish Government response to #HaywardReview lacks the urgency needed for #EducationReform that children & young people need. ‘Tentative steps’ won’t reduce exam stress or deliver children’s right to an education that develops their full potential. Statement: bit.ly/3XzJ5Hz

✍️We are excited to announce our recently published Annual Report which we shared at our AGM 👀Take a look at Together's journey from 2023-2024 Published on our website here: bit.ly/4e9LcsA

Did you know seas around the UK & Isle of Man cover nearly 885,000km² – that’s over three times the size of the UK’s land mass! UK seas contain important habitats that capture and store carbon, known as #bluecarbon. Our president, Liz Bonnin 💙 explains the importance 📹(1/2)

Let me fix that headline: "Policy does what it was designed to do" What's corrosive of people's mental and physical health is being constantly stigmatised while being let down time and again by systems that should support them. Austerity fuels this rubbish and should end.

❤️We built our social security system on compassion and justice. 💔But it's been cut to levels that don't cover #OurEssentials and leave folk needing food banks We're joining Trussell Scotland and Joseph Rowntree Foundation to urge #LabourConference24 to push for action. trussell.org.uk/support-us/gua…

Congratulations to our Mother & Child Recovery House in Dundee on receiving the Welcoming Women Award by Dundee Violence Against Women! 🎉 We're proud to provide non-judgemental, trauma-informed care in a space where women feel valued. Thank you for this amazing recognition!

"To know someone is there for you is like a suit of armour." This week our fostering service will celebrate its 20th anniversary! In The Sunday Post our first fostered child, Natasha, and our first ever foster parents share their fostering experience 👓👇#Fostering

Urgent action is needed to turn the tide on #ChildPoverty. Abolishing the 2 child limit would immediately lift 300k children across the UK out of poverty. This would be a good start. We urge Keir Starmer to do the right thing. 👓 👇 aberlour.org.uk/news-item/lett…

There are now 16 “centibillionaires” worth $100 billion or more. These individuals have grown $414 billion richer this year alone, and are worth a collective $2.4 trillion. 16 people... Once again: It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of extreme

We are delighted to announce that our Govan youth club has a new venue 🎊 Thanks to Turf Youth & Community Project for providing the space, our young people have enjoyed having access to the amazing equipment and resources available, especially the pool table!

The situation has escalated dramatically in #Lebanon About 140,000 children have been forced from their homes in southern Lebanon in the past 4 days As always, children will bear the brunt of conflict.  We call on all parties to de-escalate immediately. More details👇