Barnardo's Scotland
@barnardosscot.bsky.social
As the country's largest children's charity, we’re here to help you, and children and young people across Scotland, feel safer, happier and healthier.
Our shop in Aberdeen’s Union Street is opening its doors for a week of celebrations, including a fun day, a bake sale and face painting. 🎉 💚 🍰 The ‘We Are Barnardo’s Week’ will run from Monday, so come along and join the fun. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr32ekzz
Unity at Union Street as Barnardo’s opens its doors
The Barnardo’s shop in Aberdeen’s Union Street is opening its doors for a week of celebrations, including a fun day, a bake sale, face painting and colouring activities.
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Looking for your next opportunity? Our members are currently advertising a range of interesting roles. If you’re ready for a new challenge, explore the latest vacancies on our website: lnkd.in/eUWvvh9V @sccrcentre.bsky.social @barnardosscot.bsky.social @thirtyoneeight.bsky.social
We are looking to recruit an experienced and highly skilled Children's Service Manager to manage the Barnardo's Nurture Service Inverclyde. Could that be you? All of the information below. ⬇️ tinyurl.com/4x2cppps
Careers
Get information about working with us and find out how to apply for a job. If you’re driven by a passion to make a difference to young people’s lives, we want to hear from you.
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Children’s rights must underpin all work to keep the promise, shaping how change is delivered & experienced. Plan 24-30's Rights and Restraint route map focuses on implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which was incorporated into Scots Law two years ago.
Plan 24-30’s What Matters questions are a practical way to keep the promise at the heart of your work. This free and interactive resource helps you to see your service through the eyes of children, young people, care experienced adults, and their families. Click here: https://ow.ly/blBf50ZkKZ6
This week, Fiona visited Midlothian and Fife Council to learn more about the change happening, the challenges getting in the way, & how we can work together to ensure that every child, young person, care experienced adult & family have what they need to thrive. Learn more: https://ow.ly/cYOU50ZfPSN
Are you asking the right questions? Plan 24-30’s What Matters questions help you see your service through the eyes of care experienced children, young people, adults, and their families – helping you act on what was heard by the Independent Care Review. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/kyh050Zfyvu
📢 We're hiring! CCPS is looking for a Research and Policy Manager to join our team. Find out more here 🔗 www.ccpscotland.org/recruitment/ Closing date for applications: Wednesday 8 July at 5pm
Are you looking to get into work? If so, why not check out the Creative Industries Open Day. All of the information is on the attached flyer. 📢
Protecting children online must remain a collective responsibility - not one placed on young people themselves. Please see the recently launched report which amplifies their voices in the ongoing debate about the online world. 📢 Read it here: tinyurl.com/d72emb3p
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We were pleased to support the Growing Up Online youth engagement project, working directly with young people across Greater Glasgow and Clyde to learn about their experiences of being online. Report here: www.stor.scot.nhs.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/10acee1e-9d48-4497-a309-68097c56f4dd/content
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Your View is back for 2026! Join us atop the world-famous Forth Bridge for an experience of a lifetime. What's more, you'll be supporting our life-changing work for children, young people and their families. Tickets will sell fast, so book yours today: www.eventbrite.com/cc/your-view...
Your View at the Forth Bridge 2026
A once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy a 360 degree, uninterrupted panorama view of the Edinburgh and Fife coastline as you have never seen them before - 361 feet up atop the iconic Forth Bridge!
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Alongside partners we've written to the Education & Gaelic, Equalities & Human Rights and Social Justice Committees to call for a joint Scottish Parliamentary committee on ending child poverty.
📢 Join our team! We are looking for the right person to step into our new role of Research and Policy Manager, a varied management role in which you can really make your mark. Find out more and apply here 🔗 www.ccpscotland.org/recruitment/
We are delighted that @barnardosscot.bsky.social East Ayrshire Families Centre will be refurbished and improved for children and families thanks to new funding from East Ayrshire Council. Read the full story here: newsroom.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/news/communi...
Communities across East Ayrshire set to benefit from latest round of Place funding | East Ayrshire Council News
East Ayrshire Cabinet this week approved proposals for a number of community projects eligible for Pride in Place funding.
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“We know parents are making major sacrifices to ensure their children can eat as well as possible within their budgets,” said our chief executive Lynn Perry. The latest @foodfoundation.bsky.social #BrokenPlate report shows healthy food is becoming less affordable. brnw.ch/21x3e8E
Poorest families must spend 85% of disposable income to get healthy diet – study
Healthier food is nearly twice as expensive per calorie as less healthy alternatives, according to the Food Foundation’s annual Broken Plate report.
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We have a new Director of Barnardo's Scotland! 💚 Michele Janes is taking over from the outgoing Martin Crewe and will combine the role with her existing duties in Northern Ireland. Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/mvzszudm
New head to drive leading Scottish care charity - TFN
Current CEO is retiring
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@barnardosscot.bsky.social is recruiting for the posts below ➡️Project Worker 1 ➡️Children's Services Manager More info @ tinyurl.com/fdkv6xcr #charityjob
What young people see shapes what they learn. Today that comes from content, creators and culture. That’s why we worked with 12 young people across the UK to create ‘Call It What It Is’ - highlighting how misogyny and harmful ideas about masculinity shape real-world attitudes.
Throughout this year, Fiona Duncan, the Independent Strategic Advisor – the promise, will visit all local authorities across Scotland, to hear from people about progress to keep the promise. In this blog, she explains why she is heading out on the road. Read more: https://ow.ly/NIhJ50Z51Kx
Children, young people, families, & care experienced adults should have what they need to thrive no matter where they live in Scotland. Outcomes from this session will directly support the use of Plan 24-30 and inform the path forward to fulfilling the promise. Read more here:
"Meaningful change is possible, and the first steps we need to take are clear." CCPS CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social for @thirdforcenews.bsky.social on what Scotland’s social care sector needs from the new parliament ⤵️ tfn.scot/opinion/what...
What does Scotland’s social care sector need from the new parliament? - TFN
Rachel Cacket on what the sector needs from John Swinney’s new government
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New MSPs have been chosen to represent the people of Scotland for the next five years and it is part of their responsibilities to make sure the promise is realised in the lives of children, young people, families, and care experienced adults. The time to act is now: https://ow.ly/ihEW50YUz7r
We were pleased to support the Growing Up Online youth engagement project, working directly with young people across Greater Glasgow and Clyde to learn about their experiences of being online. Report here: www.stor.scot.nhs.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/10acee1e-9d48-4497-a309-68097c56f4dd/content
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Children’s mental health is in crisis.🚨 We welcome the announcement a new cross-government strategy, but it must go further. That means: ✅ Early intervention ✅ MHST+ with school counsellors ✅ Clear, measurable targets Without decisive action now, too many young people will be left behind.
The recently elected MSPs have a unique opportunity to transform Scotland’s approach to care so that all children grow up loved, safe, and respected and realise their full potential. Learn more about what needs to happen next here: https://ow.ly/x8rF50YUyZV
Keeping the promise means ensuring children stay with their families where it is safe &, when that isn't possible, ensuring children & young people’s experiences of care are loving so they become thriving adults. Our response to the election result: https://ow.ly/le0c50YUy6O
Working to create change for families in Scotland? Check out this learning story which highlights the Get to Focus Group in Falkirk, a group of parents who created a space where they can come together to co-design better services & systems in a trauma-informed environment: ow.ly/SO2y50YKqRT
Falkirk’s Get to Focus Group: Co-designing better services and systems
A group of parents who were brought together with other communities of interest to create a space where families can connect and provide peer support, while also influencing services.
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