James Kelly

This week we were delighted to deliver 450 Textbooks and 9 Teacher’s Guides to the class at Lirangwe Primary School Malawi. Our thanks to everyone who contributed to the Classrooms for Malawi 2025 Christmas Raffle .

Merry Christmas! sh1.sendinblue.com/3g7hy7yx01xpfe…

CFM December Newsletter: sh1.sendinblue.com/3g7hy7yx01xpfe…

@Classrms4Malawi Christmas is for giving ! Please help our campaign to provide textbooks for the children of Lirangwe Primary. See our December Newsletter showing how you can help . Merry Christmas and thank you from all at CfM. lnkd.in/ej9iF473

Help put a smile on these faces. For the price of a pint of beer or glass of wine, you could enter our Christmas Raffle and be in with a chance of winning! What are you waiting for? cfm.the5050raffle.com

@Classrms4Malawi please have a look at our February 2025 Newsletter. sh1.sendinblue.com/ao1klax01xpfe.…

@Classrms4Malawi Our Sustainable World’s new film featuring Classrooms gif Malawi youtube.com/watch?v=WrvGoH…

The lovely new film from Our Sustainable World featuring Classrooms for Malawi - youtube.com/watch?v=WrvGoH…

On Tuesday 4th February, COSLA’s Health and Social Care Spokesperson, Councillor Paul Kelly, chaired the latest quarterly meeting of the Whole System Strategic Improvement Group (WSSIG). Read comment from @cllrpaulkelly following the meeting: cosla.gov.uk/news/2025/whol…

Today the COSLA Health & Social Care Board, Chaired by Spokesperson @cllrpaulkelly, will meet to consider a range of important issues including the Population Health Framework, a submission on the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill, and ongoing reform in social care.

COSLA have today published a new briefing covering why the Scottish 2025/26 Budget represents a missed opportunity to tackle social care issues. Read it here: bit.ly/3Ds4AU6 Comment from our Health & Social Care Spokesperson, @cllrpaulkelly ⬇️

Christmas Raffle-win a 3 night stay for 5 people at the idyllic ‘The Croft’North Berwick.just £5 each! All monies raised will rebuild the kitchen at Ngumbe Secondary School in Malawi Click here to enter classroomsformalawi.enthuse.com 6th Jan until 28th Mar 2025.drawn 12 noon 17/12

Disappointing that yesterday’s Budget could mean no additional money for social care. Councils have been clear of the need for urgent additional funding to support social care and reform. Also not enough support for 3rd and independent partners in social care.

Good to hear from Councillor Paul Kelly, @COSLA spokesperson for Health and Social Care in our 2024 Carers Parliament; improvements now, sustainable funding from central govt, collaborative working #CarersParliament @CarersScotland

It has been so powerful hearing from so many passionate carers today, raising their questions and concerns to Maree Todd MSP and Councillor Paul Kelly at the #CarersParliament. @MareeToddMSP @cllrpaulkelly

The Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, @MareeToddMSP and COSLA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, @cllrpaulkelly join us today to take part in a debate and address questions from carers joining us in person and online at the #CarersParliament.

COSLA’s Health and Social Care Spokesperson, @cllrpaulkelly, spoke at the @CarersScotland Carers Parliament this morning at COSLA's Verity House. Read more and the full comment from Cllr Kelly: cosla.gov.uk/news/2024/cosl…

Another excellent @ScotlandMalawi Annual Gathering and AGM. Great to volunteer @Classrms4Malawi stall and chat all things #Malawi

COSLA, @scotgov and Scotland’s National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group (NSPAG) have announced the appointment of Professor Christine Goodall as it’s new chair. Read more: suicidepreventionscotland.medium.com/new-chair-appo…

“We’d been in intensive negotiations with the government for over 15 months to try and get the reform we all want to see in social care”, COSLA Health and Social Care Spokesperson @cllrpaulkelly on @BBCRadioScot this morning ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…