Alison Dickie

New year, looking for new clients! I’m building my client base in 2025. If I can help with #publicaffairs & #communications get in touch. I’m committed to #children & YP’s policy & especially #childprotection & #childrensrights & empowering voices & change.alisondickieconsultancy.co.uk

A special place. #Crinan #Argyll #Scotland

On this #IWD2025, I want to especially shout out to the inspiring women I know behind #whistleblowing & #childsafeguarding who are speaking out in tough situations and shining light and integrity where it is needed. Let your voices be better heard.

@davesharp59 I’m so very sorry to read this Dave.

R.I.P my big sister Christine. Just found out by chance that my big sister died. I never had a chance to have any meaningful relationship with any of my family because we were all separated and scattered across the Scottish care system in the fifties and the sixties when our mother died of TB. Every time I met my sister, just like my brothers and sisters she seemed terrified to get close to me and once I discovered the abuse she and my other family members suffered in the Scottish care system and I tried to speak out about it, it was at that point that the Scottish establishment and the Scottish government decided that I and anyone else who tried to speak out about the abuse we suffered must be silenced. Christine, I will never stop doing whatever I can to make sure no child in Scotland suffers what we went through as children. I hold you deep in my prayers as I think about all the missed opportunities we had to bond because we had been so badly let down by the fostering and adoption scheme that Scotland continues to deny let down so many families.

#PE1979 petitioners would like to thank @colinsmythmsp & @RozMccall for understanding the serious #childsafeguarding issues behind our petition’s calls. Thanks to Colin for actively supporting via his portfolio Q. #whistleblowing scottishparliament.tv/meeting/portfo…

Petition briefing online.fliphtml5.com/hjdba/pdqf/

Yesterday, #PE1979 petitioners wrote to all MSPs to express our disappointment at latest submission from the Scottish Government. #childsafeguarding parliament.scot/get-involved/p…

📢 Children must be legally protected. Allegations from a @BBCScotland investigation into a specialist NHS unit reinforce urgent need for legal safeguards on restraint. Commissioner @NicolaKillean calls on @scotgov to take action. Statement: bit.ly/40JDoIw

Heartbreaking watch last night & yet another #childsafeguarding failure story. With responses like ‘it’s below the level of care we’d expect for our young people’, it’s clear why it again took investigative journalists to ensure their voices were heard. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5…

@VTocher87613 Hi Vicki, tried to send you a message but I think you have to follow me first?

@AlisonMDickie Alison, has any Fife evidence been presented towards this committee to date? Let me know how best to contact you if I can help further, I would be more than happy to arrange a meeting. Xxx

Tears shed by those at heart of mishandled #childsafeguarding concerns today as SP Petitions Committee supported #PE1979 campaigners by recommending independent investigation & an independent national #whistleblowing officer for education & children’s services #childrensrights

@davesharp59 Thanks Dave. Best bit for us was seeing what the decision meant to those at the heart of concerns - there were literally tears. As you know only too well, these voices need better heard.

👏👏👏👏 Well done @AlisonMDickie and all your team. I know its taken a long time but all your hard work is paying off.. I have followed this woman and her team for a very long time and her commitment to child safety in Scotland is heartwarming.... Her question is so very important... "What can you do to ensure that victims and whistleblowers are given a voice to help end safeguarding failures and prevent these human tragedies?" I also have to say that @AshReganALBA is impressing a lot of people in the child abuse community and beyond with her determination to speak out and to listen to others. I remain hopeful that Ash can find the time to listen to and learn more from those of us with a whole lifetime of lived experiences, to make the changes needed to make our country the safest place we can for all our children.. The voices of the victims and survivors of abuse in Scotland must be heard... 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gracebrod1e

@1edmountain @AshReganALBA @FergusEwingSNP @FoysolChoudhury @mgoldenmsp @DavidHTorrance @Jackson_Carlaw Of course Edward. We are just picking up emails now.

@AlisonMDickie @AshReganALBA @FergusEwingSNP @FoysolChoudhury @mgoldenmsp @DavidHTorrance @Jackson_Carlaw Any chance you can respond to my email regarding a quote please

@DalgetySusan @johnmclellan @mediawummin @BBCandrewpicken @ginadavidsonlbc

Text of cover letter sent to MSPs. #childsafeguarding #childprotection #childrensrights

#PE1979 is again being considered by the SP Citizen Participation & Public Petitions Committee on Wed. Independent investigation lies at the heart of its calls to better keep children safe. Read briefing sent to MSPs. #childsafeguarding #childrensrights online.fliphtml5.com/hjdba/pdqf/

Thank you to @1edmountain for meeting with #PE1979 petitioners last night. Thanks also to the MSPs who've already spared time re #childsafeguarding concerns & those getting in touch. Please take a moment to read the publication about our petition below. online.fliphtml5.com/hjdba/pdqf/

@DalgetySusan @johnmclellan @BBCandrewpicken @Georgia_Edkins @mediawummin @ginadavidsonlbc

#PE1979 publications now in SP mail room & heading to MSP offices ahead of petition's next hearing on 5th Feb. Digital links sent. 2+years on, its calls still seek to better keep children safe. Read here & support. #childsafeguarding #whistleblowing 1/3 online.fliphtml5.com/hjdba/pdqf/

@MarieAMcNair @PaulJSweeney @RussellFindlay1 @SharonDowey_ @fultonsnp

@Jackson_Carlaw @FergusEwingSNP @FoysolChoudhury @mgoldenmsp @DavidHTorrance @colinsmythmsp @Miles4Lothian @1edmountain @NatalieDon_ @AshReganALBA