Maureen Mcateer
@maureenmcateer.bsky.social
Interested in children, families, communities & protecting our precious planet 🌍
It’s World Social Work Day 🙌 Shout out to all the brilliant SW staff doing everything they can to safeguard & support communities.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It’s World Social Work Day 🙌 Shout out to all the brilliant SW staff doing everything they can to safeguard & support communities.
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It’s our birthday!!🎉🎉
Today we’re celebrating 150 years of Aberlour with all our incredible children, young people, families, and staff across Scotland🥳
Happy 150th Birthday Aberlour! 🎂
#Aberlour150 #AberlourChildrensCharity
Today we’re celebrating 150 years of Aberlour with all our incredible children, young people, families, and staff across Scotland🥳
Happy 150th Birthday Aberlour! 🎂
#Aberlour150 #AberlourChildrensCharity
March 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It’s our birthday!!🎉🎉
Today we’re celebrating 150 years of Aberlour with all our incredible children, young people, families, and staff across Scotland🥳
Happy 150th Birthday Aberlour! 🎂
#Aberlour150 #AberlourChildrensCharity
Today we’re celebrating 150 years of Aberlour with all our incredible children, young people, families, and staff across Scotland🥳
Happy 150th Birthday Aberlour! 🎂
#Aberlour150 #AberlourChildrensCharity
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Failing to invest in childhoods results in devastating future cost - latest study estimates £1tn in lost pay
And let’s be clear; the cost to the human being is beyond numbers and life lasting
The Govt is pointing in right direction: but must go further faster
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And let’s be clear; the cost to the human being is beyond numbers and life lasting
The Govt is pointing in right direction: but must go further faster
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
February 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Failing to invest in childhoods results in devastating future cost - latest study estimates £1tn in lost pay
And let’s be clear; the cost to the human being is beyond numbers and life lasting
The Govt is pointing in right direction: but must go further faster
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And let’s be clear; the cost to the human being is beyond numbers and life lasting
The Govt is pointing in right direction: but must go further faster
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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"Focusing on resilience as a solution to the mental health crisis risks shifting responsibility for mental health onto those affected, rather than calling out and changing policies and systems contributing to poor mental health"
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Why resilience won’t solve the mental health crisis among young people
A focus on resilience risks shifting responsibility for mental health onto those affected, rather than calling out factors contributing to poor mental health.
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January 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"Focusing on resilience as a solution to the mental health crisis risks shifting responsibility for mental health onto those affected, rather than calling out and changing policies and systems contributing to poor mental health"
theconversation.com/why-resilien...
theconversation.com/why-resilien...
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Himself & myself are off soon to Spain. SO a 🧵 of Scottish foremothers who fought fascism during the Civil War 1936-9. Cos fighting facism is important. This is Annie Murray Knight - a nurse. Her stories of Italian planes dropping sweet tins with bombs inside, which blew up kids, are harrowing. /1
January 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Himself & myself are off soon to Spain. SO a 🧵 of Scottish foremothers who fought fascism during the Civil War 1936-9. Cos fighting facism is important. This is Annie Murray Knight - a nurse. Her stories of Italian planes dropping sweet tins with bombs inside, which blew up kids, are harrowing. /1
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Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024
Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024
Throughout the year, the Guardian aimed to report on every woman whose death has led to a man being charged
Throughout 2024, the Guardian aimed to report on every woman allegedly killed by a man, drawing on the work of campaigns such as Counting Dead…
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024
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This has made me smile so much my face is aching:
the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:
the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:
December 28, 2024 at 1:31 PM
This has made me smile so much my face is aching:
the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:
the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:
All thoughts with #GiselePelicot today. An icon of epic proportions. May justice be done 🙏
December 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
All thoughts with #GiselePelicot today. An icon of epic proportions. May justice be done 🙏
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Tonight! BBC Scotland is channel 162 on Virgin and 187 on Sky in England, Wales and NI
Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands is on BBC Scotland at 22:00 on Tuesday and will be on BBC iPlayer afterwards 🎸🏴👩👩👧👧📺
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
December 17, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Tonight! BBC Scotland is channel 162 on Virgin and 187 on Sky in England, Wales and NI
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Happy 45th birthday to London Calling. Released by The Clash on this day in 1979
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▶️ open.spotify.com/album/6FCzva...
December 14, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Happy 45th birthday to London Calling. Released by The Clash on this day in 1979
▶️ open.spotify.com/album/6FCzva...
▶️ open.spotify.com/album/6FCzva...
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🎄Day 14🎄parent-infant relationships advent calendar.
Co-production with children is important when designing practice & policy. Babies have the same rights to be heard as other children (UNCRC). This guide from Scottish government helps address some practicalities
www.gov.scot/publications...
Co-production with children is important when designing practice & policy. Babies have the same rights to be heard as other children (UNCRC). This guide from Scottish government helps address some practicalities
www.gov.scot/publications...
Voice of the Infant: best practice guidelines and infant pledge
Co-produced by a short-life working group, on behalf of the Infant Mental Health Implementation and Advisory Group, which is part of the Scottish Government’s Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Progra...
www.gov.scot
December 14, 2024 at 9:20 AM
🎄Day 14🎄parent-infant relationships advent calendar.
Co-production with children is important when designing practice & policy. Babies have the same rights to be heard as other children (UNCRC). This guide from Scottish government helps address some practicalities
www.gov.scot/publications...
Co-production with children is important when designing practice & policy. Babies have the same rights to be heard as other children (UNCRC). This guide from Scottish government helps address some practicalities
www.gov.scot/publications...
I have just received some lovely Christmas cards I ordered from @eat-haggis.bsky.social. Worth a wee gander on the websites www.eathaggis.com & www.holeinmypocket.com if you like supporting local creatives.
Eat Haggis
A range of contemporary Scottish gifts.
www.eathaggis.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I have just received some lovely Christmas cards I ordered from @eat-haggis.bsky.social. Worth a wee gander on the websites www.eathaggis.com & www.holeinmypocket.com if you like supporting local creatives.
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“We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty”
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Centre for Young Lives report warns poverty and hardship are preventing some children from attending school amid big increases in persistent and severe absence among children receiving Free School Mea...
Anne Longfield, Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives think tank, is today (Tuesday December 3rd) publishing a new report, ‘Too Skint for School’, examining the link between poverty and school...
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
December 10, 2024 at 4:53 PM
“We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty”
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Could not agree more!
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School readiness is the fruit of good family and community support from conception. Including a strong focus on parental sensitivity and family relationships. I really hope a focus on school readiness is built on this broader understanding.
School readiness is the fruit of good family and community support from conception. Including a strong focus on parental sensitivity and family relationships. I really hope a focus on school readiness is built on this broader understanding.
Government needs Sure Start 2.0 to hit school-readiness goals
If Labour wants to hit its target of 75 per cent of 5-year-olds being school-ready, it will need to engage heavily in early years support - just as we had before, says Anne Longfield
www.tes.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Could not agree more!
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FUNDING We are pleased to announce the opening of our call for Small and Large Grant Applications under the theme of Nurturing Relationships.
Applications opened today and close at 12 noon on Friday, 24th January 2025.
Find out more and apply ⤵️
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Applications opened today and close at 12 noon on Friday, 24th January 2025.
Find out more and apply ⤵️
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news-and-blo...
November 27, 2024 at 4:01 PM
FUNDING We are pleased to announce the opening of our call for Small and Large Grant Applications under the theme of Nurturing Relationships.
Applications opened today and close at 12 noon on Friday, 24th January 2025.
Find out more and apply ⤵️
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news-and-blo...
Applications opened today and close at 12 noon on Friday, 24th January 2025.
Find out more and apply ⤵️
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news-and-blo...
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Our chief executive, @margl24.bsky.social, shares advice on how parents and carers can have open conversations with children about smart phone usage and staying safe online. We’re sharing this blog in support of Fearless Scotland’s campaign to raise awareness of sextortion. ow.ly/8AJK50UhAQR
November 28, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Our chief executive, @margl24.bsky.social, shares advice on how parents and carers can have open conversations with children about smart phone usage and staying safe online. We’re sharing this blog in support of Fearless Scotland’s campaign to raise awareness of sextortion. ow.ly/8AJK50UhAQR
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We can't #EndChildPoverty without tackling the #HousingEmergency. Ahead of today's Scottish Parliament debate on the Housing Bill read our joint briefing with @shelterscotland.bsky.social on child poverty and housing: www.aberlour.org.uk/publications...
November 28, 2024 at 9:58 AM
We can't #EndChildPoverty without tackling the #HousingEmergency. Ahead of today's Scottish Parliament debate on the Housing Bill read our joint briefing with @shelterscotland.bsky.social on child poverty and housing: www.aberlour.org.uk/publications...
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The MD list of Alternative National Treasures: Gisèle Pelicot
November 21, 2024 at 8:31 PM
The MD list of Alternative National Treasures: Gisèle Pelicot