The campaign to make care experience a protected characteristic is personal. I left care at 16, and I know first-hand how difficult life was (still is) for young people leaving the system. I came back into the system to help other young people like me. 2024, this is a bedroom for

A lot in the media today on "Knife crime" and the push to ban specific weapons. There does need to be restrictions put on these “Zombie knives” however isolating knife crime from the larger issue of violence is counterproductive. The primary focus should be on prevention.

#Children’sMentalHealthWeek in a primary school 🥰 YES 👏🏻 thank you ParkheadPrimarySchool Workshops for P4 ✅ done. Workshops for P3 ⏭️ next. Information station for families ⏰ later. linktr.ee/Bigheartlittle…

Young person in care from 11 years old. Placement to Placement, foster carers back and forth. At 18, it's the last hurdle, and she's placed in a run-down block of flats, and independent life as an adult begins. She's on UC and looking for a job. She tries to study in-between

Careers Fair at Viewforth High School yesterday 🫶🏻 i was there to remind YP of my talk from last year AND that there’s #nowrongpath. Self esteem and mindset is the route of it all; be kind to yourself, look after yourself and go for it.

A gorgeous speech from Samantha Morton who is awarded the BAFTA Fellowship 👏 #EEBAFTAs

Get your children off Instagram,Snapchat and Tik Tok before they are ruined!🧠🌱

We need to keep telling this story: “My 18-year-old daughter was at Starbucks, alone, the other night. A man came up to her and started talking to her. A barista handed her “an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up.” How grateful I am for people who look out

Yesterday was my 1st time at Southdale Primary School and ELC - it didn’t disappoint 🤩 What a school. What a group. An amazing group of pupils to start the Growing Minds After-School Club with 🥰🫶🏻 There are Ltd spaces for these 4 week programmes, get in touch to secure yours. #westlothian

I’ve done a post on my other socials about this. I’m disgusted. Come and spend a week with families and learn about SEND before commenting on it.

I've said it before, I'll say it again and I'll say it until the end of time. If we aren't talking about coercive control then we aren't talking about domestic abuse. Domestic abuse is more than a bruise. Domestic abuse is about power and control.

Another after school session with Southdale Primary School and ELC . We are learning how our brain processes emotions & impacts behaviour; fight, flight, freeze. We worked on communication and active listening 🧠👂🗣️ through fun challenges 👌🏻 #southdaleHWB #communitypartners

Come on Dr Laura Williams and @HannahB4LiviMP 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 #bereavementsupport

Here's one easy hack which could improve teenage mental health. Stop telling teenagers that their GCSEs are the most important thing they'll ever do and that if they don't do well, their future life will be blighted. People say this to motivate teenagers but for many it has

🧠 HEALTH WEEK 🧠 Some #westlothian schools have been in touch for #healthweek. This is on a first come, first served basis. As are our afterschool clubs. These will also be offered outside of West Lothian to Falkirk Council Fife Council. West Lothian Council WL Health and Wellbeing

I am autistic. I was just shouted at by a staff member in London Victoria to "stop swaying". Autistic people do this to self-regulate, especially during moments of anxiety like their train being cancelled (mine was). Rail staff need Autism Awareness & Acceptance Training.

The period from prenatal to three is the most critical window in all of human development: a time during which infants and toddlers lovingly apprentice alongside their parents (and other loved ones) as they learn what it means to be human. This video is a beautiful illustration

Just some of our AMAZING #CommunityPartners who joined us tonight for our #WellbeingWeek Family Learning Evening! 🤩💜 Such amazing things going on in #Armadale 🥰👏🏼

Wow. #Auroraborealis #westlothian