Shelley Gray
@shelleygray.bsky.social
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Last week, we were out & about talking to the public in Glasgow!
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
August 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Last week, we were out & about talking to the public in Glasgow!
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
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@johnharris1969.bsky.social writes a powerful, moving and essential review of ‘Beautiful Lives’ by @stephenunwin.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris
A landmark book exposes the history of loathing that underpins scandals like Winterbourne View. It has received next to no attention, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@johnharris1969.bsky.social writes a powerful, moving and essential review of ‘Beautiful Lives’ by @stephenunwin.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Today, Scotland's First Minister issued a long-awaited apology to victims of the Tinker Experiments. You can watch the video of his apology on our website:
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Scotland’s First Minister issues long-awaited apology to victims of the Tinker Experiments – Making Rights Real
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June 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today, Scotland's First Minister issued a long-awaited apology to victims of the Tinker Experiments. You can watch the video of his apology on our website:
makingrightsreal.org.uk/wp-content/u...
makingrightsreal.org.uk/scotlands-fi...
makingrightsreal.org.uk/wp-content/u...
makingrightsreal.org.uk/scotlands-fi...
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What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
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We are delighted that our Boost Fund will receive £500,000 to support organisations who need it now. Small grants, designed to work for local groups, make a big difference. With @foundationscotland.bsky.social contribution, Boost will be able to reach many more children and families across Scotland.
NEWS: Scotland’s Community Foundation fast tracks funding...
We have announced a £12 million ‘Response Fund’ to support organisations serving our hardest hit communities. These include @corra.scot, @dtascotland.bsky.social and @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social
Read more here: tinyurl.com/yc2u7nas
We have announced a £12 million ‘Response Fund’ to support organisations serving our hardest hit communities. These include @corra.scot, @dtascotland.bsky.social and @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social
Read more here: tinyurl.com/yc2u7nas
Scotland’s Community Foundation fast tracks funding to help most in need | Foundation Scotland
Independent funder Foundation Scotland has announced a £12 million fast-tracked ‘Response Fund’ to support organisations which serve the hardest hit communities across the country.
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May 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We are delighted that our Boost Fund will receive £500,000 to support organisations who need it now. Small grants, designed to work for local groups, make a big difference. With @foundationscotland.bsky.social contribution, Boost will be able to reach many more children and families across Scotland.
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Following her lecture on "Equity: Today and Tomorrow", Professor Angela O'Hagan is in conversion with Claire Stevens on the rights of carers tonight at Edinburgh City Chambers, marking the 60th Anniversary of Carers UK in Scotland.
May 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Following her lecture on "Equity: Today and Tomorrow", Professor Angela O'Hagan is in conversion with Claire Stevens on the rights of carers tonight at Edinburgh City Chambers, marking the 60th Anniversary of Carers UK in Scotland.
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Congratulations to @makingrightsreal.bsky.social on the launch of their new impact report last week - a brilliant round up of the important work they are doing to support communities uphold their human rights - an inspiring read! 👏
makingrightsreal.org.uk/launch-of-ou...
makingrightsreal.org.uk/launch-of-ou...
May 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Congratulations to @makingrightsreal.bsky.social on the launch of their new impact report last week - a brilliant round up of the important work they are doing to support communities uphold their human rights - an inspiring read! 👏
makingrightsreal.org.uk/launch-of-ou...
makingrightsreal.org.uk/launch-of-ou...
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Really hate the bit of Conclave night where we don’t have any real results and just have to depend on the exit poll. But once Sunderland Central declares we’ll have an idea of how accurate it is
May 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Really hate the bit of Conclave night where we don’t have any real results and just have to depend on the exit poll. But once Sunderland Central declares we’ll have an idea of how accurate it is
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Want to increase school attendance?
Maybe the answer is in the air.
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
Maybe the answer is in the air.
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reducing levels of air pollution, pollen, pathogens or all three
www.newscientist.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Want to increase school attendance?
Maybe the answer is in the air.
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
Maybe the answer is in the air.
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
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Powerful new report by SCCJR today, which as The Ferret has previously covered, shows a record 64 deaths in prison last year.
That figures makes Scottish prison deaths amongst the highest in Europe. 👇
That figures makes Scottish prison deaths amongst the highest in Europe. 👇
Major new report out today from SCCJR on the number of deaths in custody.
❗️Prison deaths in Scotland have surged to 64 in the last year.
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Watch this short video to find out the key stats👇
❗️Prison deaths in Scotland have surged to 64 in the last year.
bit.ly/deaths-in-cu...
Watch this short video to find out the key stats👇
April 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Powerful new report by SCCJR today, which as The Ferret has previously covered, shows a record 64 deaths in prison last year.
That figures makes Scottish prison deaths amongst the highest in Europe. 👇
That figures makes Scottish prison deaths amongst the highest in Europe. 👇
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'We’re deeply worried about these cuts. It’s the group that can least afford it, households with a disability and particularly those households with children.'
Serious concerns from leading charity 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2512231...
@rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social @carersscotland.bsky.social
Serious concerns from leading charity 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2512231...
@rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social @carersscotland.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
'We’re deeply worried about these cuts. It’s the group that can least afford it, households with a disability and particularly those households with children.'
Serious concerns from leading charity 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2512231...
@rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social @carersscotland.bsky.social
Serious concerns from leading charity 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2512231...
@rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social @carersscotland.bsky.social
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🎉Boost Fund - now open!
For local community organisations across Scotland supporting children and families affected by poverty. Funded work might be about providing practical help, organising activities and gatherings or addressing another local need.
For local community organisations across Scotland supporting children and families affected by poverty. Funded work might be about providing practical help, organising activities and gatherings or addressing another local need.
April 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🎉Boost Fund - now open!
For local community organisations across Scotland supporting children and families affected by poverty. Funded work might be about providing practical help, organising activities and gatherings or addressing another local need.
For local community organisations across Scotland supporting children and families affected by poverty. Funded work might be about providing practical help, organising activities and gatherings or addressing another local need.
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Today is our Bluesky Takeover Day, where we’ll be flooding the timeline with all things CiS Annual Conference 2025. Watch this space for info on speakers, workshops, exhibitions, and more!
Read all about it here: childreninscotland.org.uk/conferences/...
#CiSAC25
#SpaceforVoices
Read all about it here: childreninscotland.org.uk/conferences/...
#CiSAC25
#SpaceforVoices
April 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Today is our Bluesky Takeover Day, where we’ll be flooding the timeline with all things CiS Annual Conference 2025. Watch this space for info on speakers, workshops, exhibitions, and more!
Read all about it here: childreninscotland.org.uk/conferences/...
#CiSAC25
#SpaceforVoices
Read all about it here: childreninscotland.org.uk/conferences/...
#CiSAC25
#SpaceforVoices
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ℹ️Last week to get in touch - email WFFP@corra.scot by Fri 25th
⭐Applications invited from partnerships – 3rd sector org as lead applicant and one or more partners, one must be a public sector.
⭐Up to £250k over 3 years - match funded by public sector partner.
www.corra.scot/grant...
⭐Applications invited from partnerships – 3rd sector org as lead applicant and one or more partners, one must be a public sector.
⭐Up to £250k over 3 years - match funded by public sector partner.
www.corra.scot/grant...
April 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
ℹ️Last week to get in touch - email WFFP@corra.scot by Fri 25th
⭐Applications invited from partnerships – 3rd sector org as lead applicant and one or more partners, one must be a public sector.
⭐Up to £250k over 3 years - match funded by public sector partner.
www.corra.scot/grant...
⭐Applications invited from partnerships – 3rd sector org as lead applicant and one or more partners, one must be a public sector.
⭐Up to £250k over 3 years - match funded by public sector partner.
www.corra.scot/grant...
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RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris
RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris
The idea that autism is some aberration that can be cured is typical of a movement that celebrates simplistic thinking and loathes human difference, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris
The universe demands that if I sit down for the first time all day, one of 3 things must happen.
(A)💩 incident from smallest
(B)’Mum? I need your help/am hungry/having wanted to do nothing all day now need to start a major crafting project’ from eldest
(C)Allow me to sneeze in your wine - the cat
(A)💩 incident from smallest
(B)’Mum? I need your help/am hungry/having wanted to do nothing all day now need to start a major crafting project’ from eldest
(C)Allow me to sneeze in your wine - the cat
April 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The universe demands that if I sit down for the first time all day, one of 3 things must happen.
(A)💩 incident from smallest
(B)’Mum? I need your help/am hungry/having wanted to do nothing all day now need to start a major crafting project’ from eldest
(C)Allow me to sneeze in your wine - the cat
(A)💩 incident from smallest
(B)’Mum? I need your help/am hungry/having wanted to do nothing all day now need to start a major crafting project’ from eldest
(C)Allow me to sneeze in your wine - the cat
‘…once you have declared war on diversity, an attack on the idea of neurodiversity will not be far away. It also chimes with one of the new right’s most pernicious elements: its constant insistence that everything is actually much simpler than it looks.’
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RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris
The idea that autism is some aberration that can be cured is typical of a movement that celebrates simplistic thinking and loathes human difference, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
‘…once you have declared war on diversity, an attack on the idea of neurodiversity will not be far away. It also chimes with one of the new right’s most pernicious elements: its constant insistence that everything is actually much simpler than it looks.’
tinyurl.com/4fuj7jmf
tinyurl.com/4fuj7jmf
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Trustees are hugely important at Corra, setting strategy and making sure we’re having a positive impact. They are responsible for governance, overseeing financial management, ensuring we are a good employer & protecting our reputation.
www.corra.scot/who-w...
Closing Thurs 1st May 2025 at 12-noon
www.corra.scot/who-w...
Closing Thurs 1st May 2025 at 12-noon
April 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Trustees are hugely important at Corra, setting strategy and making sure we’re having a positive impact. They are responsible for governance, overseeing financial management, ensuring we are a good employer & protecting our reputation.
www.corra.scot/who-w...
Closing Thurs 1st May 2025 at 12-noon
www.corra.scot/who-w...
Closing Thurs 1st May 2025 at 12-noon
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“Forget a nan in a bingo hall, the face of disability in the UK is now also Gen Z in Greggs.”
I wrote about Britain’s growing cohort of young disabled women and building a new narrative - where we aren’t vilified as burdens but celebrated for all we add. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wrote about Britain’s growing cohort of young disabled women and building a new narrative - where we aren’t vilified as burdens but celebrated for all we add. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The face of British disability is increasingly young and female. It's time to hear from them | Frances Ryan
My book about disabled women grew in relevance as I wrote it, exposing the heartlessness of proposed harsh benefit cuts, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
“Forget a nan in a bingo hall, the face of disability in the UK is now also Gen Z in Greggs.”
I wrote about Britain’s growing cohort of young disabled women and building a new narrative - where we aren’t vilified as burdens but celebrated for all we add. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wrote about Britain’s growing cohort of young disabled women and building a new narrative - where we aren’t vilified as burdens but celebrated for all we add. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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➡️Way Forward - Eligibility
⭐Constituted 3rd sector org
⭐Be delivering services for children, young people&families affected by drugs&alcohol
⭐Public sector partner - for delivery of project & who can provide min 50% match funding
📧 by April 25th -WFFP@corra.scot
www.corra.scot/grant...
⭐Constituted 3rd sector org
⭐Be delivering services for children, young people&families affected by drugs&alcohol
⭐Public sector partner - for delivery of project & who can provide min 50% match funding
📧 by April 25th -WFFP@corra.scot
www.corra.scot/grant...
The Way Forward for Families Partnership
The Way Forward for Families Partnership aims to improve the lives and outcomes for children, young people and families in Scotland
www.corra.scot
April 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
➡️Way Forward - Eligibility
⭐Constituted 3rd sector org
⭐Be delivering services for children, young people&families affected by drugs&alcohol
⭐Public sector partner - for delivery of project & who can provide min 50% match funding
📧 by April 25th -WFFP@corra.scot
www.corra.scot/grant...
⭐Constituted 3rd sector org
⭐Be delivering services for children, young people&families affected by drugs&alcohol
⭐Public sector partner - for delivery of project & who can provide min 50% match funding
📧 by April 25th -WFFP@corra.scot
www.corra.scot/grant...
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Six national campaigning organisations worked with our #RightsInAction project to build and strengthen human rights-based approaches to their work. What happened? Find out here.
www.povertyalliance.org/blog-new-rig...
www.povertyalliance.org/blog-new-rig...
April 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Six national campaigning organisations worked with our #RightsInAction project to build and strengthen human rights-based approaches to their work. What happened? Find out here.
www.povertyalliance.org/blog-new-rig...
www.povertyalliance.org/blog-new-rig...
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#NowHiring at Corra
Communications Support Worker (Storytelling)
Full time
Edinburgh or Glasgow based, hybrid working
You will work on gathering stories from the communities we work with, shaping up great content for all our channels.
Closing 5pm, Thurs 24th April
www.corra.scot/who-w...
Communications Support Worker (Storytelling)
Full time
Edinburgh or Glasgow based, hybrid working
You will work on gathering stories from the communities we work with, shaping up great content for all our channels.
Closing 5pm, Thurs 24th April
www.corra.scot/who-w...
April 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#NowHiring at Corra
Communications Support Worker (Storytelling)
Full time
Edinburgh or Glasgow based, hybrid working
You will work on gathering stories from the communities we work with, shaping up great content for all our channels.
Closing 5pm, Thurs 24th April
www.corra.scot/who-w...
Communications Support Worker (Storytelling)
Full time
Edinburgh or Glasgow based, hybrid working
You will work on gathering stories from the communities we work with, shaping up great content for all our channels.
Closing 5pm, Thurs 24th April
www.corra.scot/who-w...
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Join us to mark the 60th Anniversary of Carers UK with the Mary Webster Lecture.
Prof. Angela O'Hagan, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, in conversation with Claire Stevens, former Chief Executive for Voluntary Health Scotland.
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-webst...
Prof. Angela O'Hagan, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, in conversation with Claire Stevens, former Chief Executive for Voluntary Health Scotland.
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-webst...
April 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join us to mark the 60th Anniversary of Carers UK with the Mary Webster Lecture.
Prof. Angela O'Hagan, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, in conversation with Claire Stevens, former Chief Executive for Voluntary Health Scotland.
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-webst...
Prof. Angela O'Hagan, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, in conversation with Claire Stevens, former Chief Executive for Voluntary Health Scotland.
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-webst...
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Would you like to help Corra make a difference alongside people and communities? @corra.scot are looking for a new #Trustee to join their board! tinyurl.com/efddum43 Edinburgh
Trustee with Corra Foundation – Goodmoves
Would you like to help Corra make a difference alongside people and communities?We’re looking for a new Trustee to join our boardCorra’s Trustees play a hugely important role in Corra. T...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Would you like to help Corra make a difference alongside people and communities? @corra.scot are looking for a new #Trustee to join their board! tinyurl.com/efddum43 Edinburgh
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Pics from Cumbernauld &Carbrain Hub, celebrating 25 years of Scottish Parliament. Corra Coordinator, Shazia, said:
"..local people left feeling happy, confident & acknowledged & that their voice mattered - in an area where many feel that they are farthest away from where decisions are being made."
"..local people left feeling happy, confident & acknowledged & that their voice mattered - in an area where many feel that they are farthest away from where decisions are being made."
April 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Pics from Cumbernauld &Carbrain Hub, celebrating 25 years of Scottish Parliament. Corra Coordinator, Shazia, said:
"..local people left feeling happy, confident & acknowledged & that their voice mattered - in an area where many feel that they are farthest away from where decisions are being made."
"..local people left feeling happy, confident & acknowledged & that their voice mattered - in an area where many feel that they are farthest away from where decisions are being made."