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It's the start of the week. Make a commitment to get out walking or wheeling more this week.

Walk to improve your health.
Walk to think.
Walk to blow off steam.
Walk to get outside.
Walk to solve a problem.
Walk to connect.
Walk.

#WalkTheTalk #WalkingScotland

Residential rehabilitation aiming to break the cycle of addiction But it's a service offering just eight beds across the whole of Scotland.

#ThankYou to our mums for sharing their recovery journey stories. We know with the right support we can keep families together.

Find out more about our Mother and Child Recovery Houses in this STV News piece📺👇

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📢 Our Prison & Prison Visiting training is happening this week - www.familiesoutside.org.uk/training-eve...
Learn about:
🏛️ Scotland’s prison estate
📞 Keeping families connected
🧭 Support inside the prison environment
Essential insights for anyone working with families impacted by imprisonment.

📢CEO Appointment Announcement 📢
We’re delighted to announce that Justina Murray will join Aberlour as our new CEO from the Autumn. Read more: https://www.aberlour.org.uk/news-item/aberlour-childrens-charity-is-delighted-to-announce-the-appointment-of-justina-murray-our-new-chief-executive

A graphic of a quote attributed to Alison Watson, Shelter Scotland Director, saying: " Social homes reduce child poverty and end homelessness. The two go in hand in hand. The Scottish Government cannot ignore the scale of this or a generation of children will be impacted. This is why we urgently need an explicit housing emergency action plan to tackle the broken and biased housing system, get the 10,360 children out of temporary accommodation and into secure forever homes."

Child poverty can't be ended without tackling homelessness🔚

⚠️ We urgently need a #HousingEmergency action plan to get Scotland's 10,360 children stuck in harmful temporary accommodation into the secure, permanent homes they need in order to have the stability they need to thrive.

We're Hiring! We're looking for a Service Manager. Visit our site to learn more. Deadline for application 20/06/2025 at 12PM.

We’re looking for a Service Manager to join our team!
💼 28 hrs/week
💰 £40k pro rata (£32K)
🌴 8 weeks’ leave (incl. bank hols)
🗓️ Interviews: week of June 30
⏳ Apply by: June 20, 12PM
Open to women only under the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1).
🔗Visit our website for more info!
#AyshireJobs

Rebecca: A collaborative, multi-agency approach — UpSide This case study highlights the collaborative efforts between Upside and other local services to provide practical and emotional support to a young female. Rebecca was released from HMP & YOI…

Upside's ethos of #collaboration and multi-agency involvement means better outcomes for people transitioning to community life from custody. www.upside.scot/case-studies...

Briefing paper - Disclosure of Childhood Criminal Convictions 2025 - Clan Childlaw Clan Childlaw is delighted to announce that we have published a new briefing paper,  “Disclosure of Childhood Criminal Convictions”.

Our member @clanchildlaw.org published a briefing paper on Disclosure of Childhood Criminal Convictions, to help with understanding the potential implications of accepting offence grounds at a Children’s Hearing or pleading guilty in court

A graphic featuring a quote from Nicola Killean, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, alongside the cover of a report. The quote reads: “Too many children are being let down by the current education system. Every child has a right to an education that develops their personality, talents, and abilities to their full potential. But this isn’t happening for lots of children who have care experience.” Her name and title appear below the quote in red and blue text. To the right, there's a colourful cover image of a report titled: “Exclusion labelled as support” – Care Experienced children in Scotland’s education system, published by Who Cares? Scotland and the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland. In the background is a faded image of a young child resting their head on a desk in a classroom.

Children have the right to education – but too many Care Experienced children are being let down. We asked
Who Cares? Scotland to look at education & what must change. Their findings echo our own report - the system doesn’t work for all.

Read more: bit.ly/3SSIFtJ

Applications close on Thursday 7 August at noon

We welcome applications from... Not-for-profits Working in Scotland With a track record of delivering similar services For a full list of eligibility criteria, see our Guidance on How to Apply: cashbackforcommunities.org/funding

For up to date information: CashBackforCommunities.org

📢Apply now📢

CashBack for Communities is now open for applications.

The next phase will run from April 2026 to March 2029. Up to £26m is available and organisations can apply for grants of between £150,000 and £1,500,000.

Find out more and apply👇
cashbackforcommunities.org/funding/

In response to recent tragic incidents of children and young people becoming involved with knife crime, CYCJ and Community Justice Scotland have published a short statement to help contextualise these events, and provide focus on the issues that matter.

We are recruiting. Protecting People Project Officer. Full-time, fixed term until 31 March 2026 (with possible extension). Location: hybrid/Livingston, with some travel throughout Scotland. Salary: £32,651 - £35,656 per year. Key skills and experience: experience in engaging and working productively with colleagues and stakeholders, providing effective support as required; excellent report-writing skills and ability to produce concise, accurate minutes of meetings; excellent communication, relationship building and facilitation skills; ability to organise and prioritise workload, multi-task and work to deadlines. Find out more about the benefits of working for the Improvement Service at www.improvementservice.org.uk. Apply online at myjobscotland.gov.uk. Any questions? Contact recruitment@improvementservice.org.uk

❗There's still time to apply❗

We're looking for a Protecting People Project Officer. If you're passionate about improving outcomes for people affected by violence, abuse and trauma in Scotland, this could be the role for you.

Find out more: myjobscotland.gov.uk...

Apply by 12 June

In green text against a white background is a heading: Join the Youth Voice Network for Scotland! Black text reads: If you are passionate about helping young people get their voices heard and interested in joining a friendly group of young people to do this, then the Youth Voice Network for Scotland might be the opportunity for you! To the right-hand side is a polaroid photograph of a group of young people standing together and smiling.

🚨Calling all young changemakers🚨

We have an exciting opportunity for young people to shape the future of democracy in Scotland by joining @electoralcommission.org.uk's Youth Voice Network for Scotland.

If you know a young person, aged 12-18, who is ready to make a difference, visit bit.ly/45CwV68

'One in four children in poverty' across a third of Scotland's Westminster seats At least one in four children in poverty after housing costs across a third of Scottish constituencies.

The reality is that #ChildPoverty still exists in the UK. Alongside 135+ orgs we're calling on the UK Gov to scrap the two-child limit and Scot Gov to increase the #ScottishChildPayment. Together we can #EndChildPoverty.

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services figures 'tip of the iceberg' warns Children First We know that today’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) figures are just the tip of the iceberg.

Today's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service figures show more children and young people need support with their mental health.

Children First teams across Scotland know this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Read our full statement here:
www.childrenfirst.org.uk/news/child-a...

We're putting the finishing touches to our monthly newsletter ✏️
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📽️New video on how to apply📽️

A video recording of one of our funding information webinars is now available on our website under Key Info👇
cashbackforcommunities.org/funding/

🔊In our latest blog, Irene candidly recounts her son Graeme's experiences of stigma when receiving care as he struggled with alcohol addiction.

Read here: shaap.org.uk/blog/451-sti...

Time running out for Scottish Government to show leadership and tackle alcohol deaths | News | Alcohol Focus Scotland Near record alcohol deaths see experts from over 70 organisations demand the Scottish Government take urgent action Ahead of the publication of the 2025 Programme for Government a group of more than 70 organisations are demanding that the Scottish Government use the year before the election to prioritise increasing early detection and treatment of liver disease alongside other targeted measures, to address the highest number of unnecessary deaths from alcohol since 2008.

Our Deputy CEO Laura Mahon on why Scotland needs a comprehensive new alcohol strategy, focussed on prevention, to tackle the country's #Alcohol Emergency

Over 70 organisations across Scotland backed our recent call for urgent action on alcohol deaths

Read more

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1 week to go. #VolunteersWeek

It's just 1 week to go until #VolunteersWeek kicks off! 😀 Visit the Volunteers' Week website to get all the resources you need to start celebrating. volunteersweek.org

Dads! Here's what we've got on this week for you..in Dundee, Irvine, Glasgow and Edinburgh 💪

More: www.dadsrock.org.uk

Dads! All of our groups are on this weekend...3 parts of Scotland, 4 groups.

Come join us!

www.dadsrock.org.uk

Sunny days at work... ice lollys and walks in the sun 🌞 😎🍡🍭🌳

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When the Ryanair winter flights are finally released... and you book 2 holidays 🫣😎