Paul Maher
@pmarsy.bsky.social
Director of Strategic Partnerships & Alliances at The Children’s Society | Board Member at Adullam Homes | Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service | A changemaker driving social impact, systemic change, and equity. Proud Mancunian 🐝 Views are my own.
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Netflix’s Adolescence has sparked national conversation about the serious challenges facing teenagers.
A concerning mix of pressures are driving teenagers' wellbeing to a record low. Every adult in a young person’s life has a role to play: listening, supporting and offering them the help they need.
A concerning mix of pressures are driving teenagers' wellbeing to a record low. Every adult in a young person’s life has a role to play: listening, supporting and offering them the help they need.
March 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Netflix’s Adolescence has sparked national conversation about the serious challenges facing teenagers.
A concerning mix of pressures are driving teenagers' wellbeing to a record low. Every adult in a young person’s life has a role to play: listening, supporting and offering them the help they need.
A concerning mix of pressures are driving teenagers' wellbeing to a record low. Every adult in a young person’s life has a role to play: listening, supporting and offering them the help they need.
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We're proud of the #FundTheHubsBlueprint, which sets out core principles to deliver the government’s Young Futures hubs. Young voices should be at the heart of these hubs, building on the brilliant community services that already exist.
Read more: cypmhc.org.uk/publications...
Read more: cypmhc.org.uk/publications...
March 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We're proud of the #FundTheHubsBlueprint, which sets out core principles to deliver the government’s Young Futures hubs. Young voices should be at the heart of these hubs, building on the brilliant community services that already exist.
Read more: cypmhc.org.uk/publications...
Read more: cypmhc.org.uk/publications...
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Today, we opened the doors of Time for young people, Leeds – which offers vital emotional and mental health support to young people and their families.
Thank you to our partners at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and Leeds City Council 🧡
Thank you to our partners at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and Leeds City Council 🧡
February 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Today, we opened the doors of Time for young people, Leeds – which offers vital emotional and mental health support to young people and their families.
Thank you to our partners at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and Leeds City Council 🧡
Thank you to our partners at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and Leeds City Council 🧡
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Sharing a new article featured in CYP Now magazine focused on @childrenssociety.bsky.social HEARTS service in Leeds. Providing advocacy to young refugees & asylum seekers.
Thank you to our colleague Linidiwe for showcasing our work
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/best...
Thank you to our colleague Linidiwe for showcasing our work
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/best...
HEARTS tackles trauma in young refugees - CYP Now
Advocacy service helps young refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds tackle the impact of trauma they've experienced, boosts confidence and helps them build friendships.
www.cypnow.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sharing a new article featured in CYP Now magazine focused on @childrenssociety.bsky.social HEARTS service in Leeds. Providing advocacy to young refugees & asylum seekers.
Thank you to our colleague Linidiwe for showcasing our work
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/best...
Thank you to our colleague Linidiwe for showcasing our work
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/best...
It was a bit chilly this morning 🥶
January 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It was a bit chilly this morning 🥶
Tonight @childrenssociety.bsky.social are at the Children and Young People Now Awards 2024 celebrating our sector & our amazing Pause Team Birmingham who everyday have an impact with so many young people, Won the Mental Health & Wellbeing Award. @nickcookuk.bsky.social & @markrusselluk.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Tonight @childrenssociety.bsky.social are at the Children and Young People Now Awards 2024 celebrating our sector & our amazing Pause Team Birmingham who everyday have an impact with so many young people, Won the Mental Health & Wellbeing Award. @nickcookuk.bsky.social & @markrusselluk.bsky.social
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Smallest starter pack so far?
A small but growing crew - colleagues at The Children’s Society
Let me know as more join…
go.bsky.app/Ly4q1Zn
A small but growing crew - colleagues at The Children’s Society
Let me know as more join…
go.bsky.app/Ly4q1Zn
November 21, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Smallest starter pack so far?
A small but growing crew - colleagues at The Children’s Society
Let me know as more join…
go.bsky.app/Ly4q1Zn
A small but growing crew - colleagues at The Children’s Society
Let me know as more join…
go.bsky.app/Ly4q1Zn
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Language matters: every word shapes a life. Use them carefully
New animation launched to accompany the appropriate language guide @childrenssociety.bsky.social created with NAPAC & The Hydrant Programme to promote appropriate language use for child exploitation & abuse
youtu.be/LMNHGFsF_ig?...
New animation launched to accompany the appropriate language guide @childrenssociety.bsky.social created with NAPAC & The Hydrant Programme to promote appropriate language use for child exploitation & abuse
youtu.be/LMNHGFsF_ig?...
Appropriate Language Guide
YouTube video by The Hydrant Programme
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November 24, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Language matters: every word shapes a life. Use them carefully
New animation launched to accompany the appropriate language guide @childrenssociety.bsky.social created with NAPAC & The Hydrant Programme to promote appropriate language use for child exploitation & abuse
youtu.be/LMNHGFsF_ig?...
New animation launched to accompany the appropriate language guide @childrenssociety.bsky.social created with NAPAC & The Hydrant Programme to promote appropriate language use for child exploitation & abuse
youtu.be/LMNHGFsF_ig?...
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From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy | Torsten Bell
From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy | Torsten Bell
Research reveals that Tessa Jowell’s programme not only helped early years children but went on to reduce youth crime
On 22 February 2019, I spoke at a conference in memory of a good friend, Tessa Jowell. The event was about her legacy, marking 20 years…
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:20 AM
From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy | Torsten Bell
Proud 🤩 Space to grow from @childrensociety @_ChildrenFirst & MACS offers free early help for children aged 8 to 13 across the UK. Together we provide support that helps children flourish www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
Funded by @BBCCiN @HealthFdn @ImpUrbanHealth 🧡
#ChildrenInNeed
Funded by @BBCCiN @HealthFdn @ImpUrbanHealth 🧡
#ChildrenInNeed
The Children's Society
We fight for the hope and happiness of young people when it's threatened by abuse, exploitation and neglect.
www.childrenssociety.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Proud 🤩 Space to grow from @childrensociety @_ChildrenFirst & MACS offers free early help for children aged 8 to 13 across the UK. Together we provide support that helps children flourish www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
Funded by @BBCCiN @HealthFdn @ImpUrbanHealth 🧡
#ChildrenInNeed
Funded by @BBCCiN @HealthFdn @ImpUrbanHealth 🧡
#ChildrenInNeed
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It is a national scandal that one in three children live in poverty. Children cannot thrive in school or live a happy hopeful life when they live in poverty.
We MUST change this, and a first step would be for Government to scrap the two child cap, and lift 600,000 children out of poverty
We MUST change this, and a first step would be for Government to scrap the two child cap, and lift 600,000 children out of poverty
UK deprivation levels have risen to the highest in the 21st century, according to a landmark report. More than one in three children are now in poverty and a quarter of adults.
It is a scandal - but so is the pretence that any of this is normal. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
It is a scandal - but so is the pretence that any of this is normal. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:57 PM
It is a national scandal that one in three children live in poverty. Children cannot thrive in school or live a happy hopeful life when they live in poverty.
We MUST change this, and a first step would be for Government to scrap the two child cap, and lift 600,000 children out of poverty
We MUST change this, and a first step would be for Government to scrap the two child cap, and lift 600,000 children out of poverty
