Lily Humphreys
@lilyhumphreys.bsky.social
Policy Manager at Children First, working on rights, justice and democracy. Just the little things.
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Mary tells us that too many families feel overlooked and left out.
She reinstates the call from the Coalition to increase Scottish Child Payment to £40 p/w and for free school meals to all school children.
#EndChildPoverty #SNP25
She reinstates the call from the Coalition to increase Scottish Child Payment to £40 p/w and for free school meals to all school children.
#EndChildPoverty #SNP25
October 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Mary tells us that too many families feel overlooked and left out.
She reinstates the call from the Coalition to increase Scottish Child Payment to £40 p/w and for free school meals to all school children.
#EndChildPoverty #SNP25
She reinstates the call from the Coalition to increase Scottish Child Payment to £40 p/w and for free school meals to all school children.
#EndChildPoverty #SNP25
We're at the SNP Conference today with the End Child Poverty coalition, talking about what's needed to meet Scotland's 2030 child poverty targets. It was standing room only, showing strong appetite for bold action. @margl24.bsky.social @childrenfirst.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We're at the SNP Conference today with the End Child Poverty coalition, talking about what's needed to meet Scotland's 2030 child poverty targets. It was standing room only, showing strong appetite for bold action. @margl24.bsky.social @childrenfirst.bsky.social
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🧵 Scotland can speed up progress to #KeepThePromise to care-experienced children by addressing the unequal provision of “family group decision making” according to our new report published today: www.childrenfirst.org.uk/familygroupdecisionmakingreport
Report shows family group decision making is "untapped opportunity" to keep Promise
New report from Children First shows a third of local authorities offer no family group decision making provision
www.childrenfirst.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🧵 Scotland can speed up progress to #KeepThePromise to care-experienced children by addressing the unequal provision of “family group decision making” according to our new report published today: www.childrenfirst.org.uk/familygroupdecisionmakingreport
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𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week
heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...
The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week
heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...
April 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week
heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...
The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week
heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...
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"We hoped @johnswinney.bsky.social would bring bold, ambitious plans to tackle the disgraceful levels of child poverty in Scotland. Instead, the Programme for Government, while well-intentioned, lacked real action."
Read our full statement on today's Programme for Government 👇
ow.ly/WUUK50VNSXk
Read our full statement on today's Programme for Government 👇
ow.ly/WUUK50VNSXk
Children First comment on Programme for Government | Children First
www.childrenfirst.org.uk
May 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"We hoped @johnswinney.bsky.social would bring bold, ambitious plans to tackle the disgraceful levels of child poverty in Scotland. Instead, the Programme for Government, while well-intentioned, lacked real action."
Read our full statement on today's Programme for Government 👇
ow.ly/WUUK50VNSXk
Read our full statement on today's Programme for Government 👇
ow.ly/WUUK50VNSXk
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If your best argument against doing something is polling, then you have no argument.
Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap.
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
If your best argument against doing something is polling, then you have no argument.
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Delighted to be at The Gathering today and hear from Fiona Duncan on the findings of the latest Oversight Board report that monitors the progress towards keeping @thepromisescotland.bsky.social
You can read our Chief Executive's @margl24.bsky.social comment on the report here ➡️ ow.ly/ttFa50UTVZn
You can read our Chief Executive's @margl24.bsky.social comment on the report here ➡️ ow.ly/ttFa50UTVZn
February 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Delighted to be at The Gathering today and hear from Fiona Duncan on the findings of the latest Oversight Board report that monitors the progress towards keeping @thepromisescotland.bsky.social
You can read our Chief Executive's @margl24.bsky.social comment on the report here ➡️ ow.ly/ttFa50UTVZn
You can read our Chief Executive's @margl24.bsky.social comment on the report here ➡️ ow.ly/ttFa50UTVZn
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We're grateful to @johnswinney.bsky.social for a frank & productive discussion ahead of the budget with our CEO @margl24.bsky.social about the need for more investment in whole family support to address child poverty & the transformative effect for children of good, community based support.
November 28, 2024 at 7:27 PM
We're grateful to @johnswinney.bsky.social for a frank & productive discussion ahead of the budget with our CEO @margl24.bsky.social about the need for more investment in whole family support to address child poverty & the transformative effect for children of good, community based support.
A huge number of children and young people are reaching out looking for support with their mental health. But systems are struggling to help them.
We need more early, community based family support to get alongside children and families, offer help quickly and stop things getting worse.
We need more early, community based family support to get alongside children and families, offer help quickly and stop things getting worse.
Today we are calling for action to address Scotland’s child mental health crisis after our FOI revealed a ‘staggering’ 100 referrals a day, on average, are being made to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Read the full story here: www.childrenfirst.org.uk/news/stagger...
Read the full story here: www.childrenfirst.org.uk/news/stagger...
November 26, 2024 at 8:14 PM
A huge number of children and young people are reaching out looking for support with their mental health. But systems are struggling to help them.
We need more early, community based family support to get alongside children and families, offer help quickly and stop things getting worse.
We need more early, community based family support to get alongside children and families, offer help quickly and stop things getting worse.
We see far too many children across the country that do not have access to the basics – a home, a bed, food on the table and an education. Children's rights need to be at the forefront of the First Minister's budget.
On World Children's Day, we're calling on First Minister John Swinney MSP to put children's rights first ahead of next month's budget.
Our chief executive Mary Glasgow has written to the First Minister today. Read her full letter on our website: www.childrenfirst.org.uk/news/a-lette...
Our chief executive Mary Glasgow has written to the First Minister today. Read her full letter on our website: www.childrenfirst.org.uk/news/a-lette...
November 20, 2024 at 8:53 PM
We see far too many children across the country that do not have access to the basics – a home, a bed, food on the table and an education. Children's rights need to be at the forefront of the First Minister's budget.
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"We don't need a pathfinder, we need a bulldozer." 💥
@cdbirt.bsky.social, @jrf-uk.bsky.social, reflects on what the #UKBudget means for poverty and looks ahead to what the #ScottishBudget needs to do in a few weeks.
For more listen to the full episode: uofgspotlight.com
#UofGSpotlight
@cdbirt.bsky.social, @jrf-uk.bsky.social, reflects on what the #UKBudget means for poverty and looks ahead to what the #ScottishBudget needs to do in a few weeks.
For more listen to the full episode: uofgspotlight.com
#UofGSpotlight
November 15, 2024 at 3:08 PM
"We don't need a pathfinder, we need a bulldozer." 💥
@cdbirt.bsky.social, @jrf-uk.bsky.social, reflects on what the #UKBudget means for poverty and looks ahead to what the #ScottishBudget needs to do in a few weeks.
For more listen to the full episode: uofgspotlight.com
#UofGSpotlight
@cdbirt.bsky.social, @jrf-uk.bsky.social, reflects on what the #UKBudget means for poverty and looks ahead to what the #ScottishBudget needs to do in a few weeks.
For more listen to the full episode: uofgspotlight.com
#UofGSpotlight