It was great to see the focus on action at this week's Serious Organised Crime Taskforce Criminal Exploitation awareness raising event in Edinburgh. Paul Carberry, CEO at Action for Children and chair of SOC Taskforce Divert strand, welcomed around 200 guests and introduced a open from Angela Constance

Our Annual Conference is coming up in September, with this year's theme 'Developing Leaders for the Future'. Register now to join us on 25 September at the TIC Building in Glasgow 🔗registerforevent.co.uk/swsannualconf2…

Due to service growth, we are recruiting for an administrator to support some of our Glasgow services. Please share and get in touch if you would like a chat. Action for Children Action for Children Scotland fiona steel Lesley Gordon careers.actionforchildren.org.uk/vacancy/admini…

Delighted to be working alongside Cheryl-Ann, welcome to the team 🤩

We are recruiting for two Maternity Cover posts within our Glasgow Intensive Family Support team. This is a great (and rare!) opportunity to join a really supportive and fun team who are dedicated to walking alongside Glasgow families to help them thrive. careers.actionforchildren.org.uk/vacancy/family…

Excellent 🤩🤩

We’re excited to be working with Barnardo’s @HomeStartGNNL & Impact Arts in North Lanarkshire to support children & families. This is an amazing opportunity to be involved in a brand new service from the very start! Action for Children Scotland Please share ⬇️ careers.actionforchildren.org.uk/vacancy/family…

Very insightful, profound and at times very funny event today discussing trauma and the journey to navigate true lived experience Darren McGarvey Janey Godley thank you 🤩

My friend Lesley Gordon is fundraising for Action for Children. Check out their JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/lesley-go…

Today, we launch our UK-wide "Place to Call Home" report. Care systems across the UK are struggling to deliver good experiences & outcomes for every child in care. We examined the extent of the issues in each nation. The 4 reports are available here: actionforchildren.uk/APlaceToCallHo…

📰 Check out Third Force News to find out more about our calls for faster reform in children's residential care... National Director Fiona Steel (fiona steel) outlines why the sector, national, and local government need chnage to meet the Promise by 2030. tfn.scot/news/staff-sur…

We made it. Dobbie’s first kiltwalk at 12 weeks old! Kiltwalk Action for Children Action for Children Scotland met the lovely Aditi who is walking for safe and happy childhoods. As am I! Still time to support me justgiving.com/page/cheryl-an…

It's great to be working in partnership with West Dunbartonshire Council West Dunbartonshire Health+Social Care Partnership to deliver the 'Voices of the Promise' project which aims to embed co-design, participation and youth engagement within systems across the local authority. Stay tuned for more news on our work!

Great support for an excellent event 🥰

The impact of caring for a family member can be profoundly damaging to a young carer’s education and life chances. A new report by Carers Trust shows that young carers on average missed 23 days of school in 2022-23. More info: carers.org/yceducation

Boycott your bed completed, raising funds for Action for Children Scotland

Fabulous event 🥰

Fabulous event our teams attended at the weekend Action for Children Scotland Barbara Keenan

📣 🥳 What a blast at the fun day last week in Clydebank highlighting our service! This innovative work funded by West Dunbartonshire Council is exactly the type of action we need to #KeepthePromise to young people by 2030 📍 West Dunbartonshire 📷 Voices of the Promise Project

Great night at the #healthawards24 last night, so many deserving winners and amazing work being undertaken 🥰