Kate Louise Tobin

Happy #Worldbreastfeedinginpublicday! Here's to comfortable & welcoming public spaces for breastfeeding. We can do better than a chair next to a nappy bin smelling of shit (been there, done that!). I wrote a thing. @kate.louise.tobin/happy-breastfeeding-in-public-day-18d5b2b5daeb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@kate.louise.t…

We have a new publication out today that looks at what the 2022 census can tell us about people living in deprived areas, and how it's changed since 2011.

Today we publish our first ‘Prevention Watch’ Brief. Prevention Watch is a regular Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) briefing that looks at prevention as a means of public service delivery to reduce health inequalities in Scotland. buff.ly/4h4dRB9

📣Reimagining Secure Care: A Vision for the Future in Scotland A bold step towards putting children's rights & wellbeing at the heart of Scotland’s youth justice system #UNCRCScotland #BabyUNCRC Read our member @CYCJScotland new report: cycj.org.uk/resource/reima…

Scotland’s changing population will create new pressures and changing demands on public services, and local government is a vital actor in responding to future challenges. Read the report here: improvementservice.org.uk/__data/assets/…

💰Coerced debt 💰 Our National Policy Lead on Economic Abuse, Dr Jenn Glinski, shares more about what coerced debt is in this short video. We want to ensure financial institutions and public sector organisations where debt might be accrued in a victim-survivor’s name without their knowledge or consent understand the dynamics of domestic abuse and respond in a way that puts the needs and rights of those who have experienced abuse at the forefront. Donate to our #FreedomShouldntCost campaign today to help us raise the profile of economic abuse with those organisations and every penny you donate will be generously matched by the Big Give Women and Girls Match Fund: bit.ly/4gVZtLk #EndEconomicAbuse

We expect women to control their own abuse and then stigmatise them as “weak” or “too afraid” when they fail to magic up choices that solve no money and no safety. Instead of “Why doesn’t she just leave?” we should ask “Why do we let this go on?” #FreedomShouldntCost

What lessons from child poverty strategies across the UK should inform the future development of a UK-wide cross-government child poverty strategy? NEW: State of the Nations cpag.org.uk/news/state-nat…

Loneliness at work has become an epidemic, leading to workplace stress, people being absent & leaving their jobs. New research has highlighted multiple myths that lead to many leaders making the workplace loneliness situation worse. Myths: 1) Loneliness can be solved by coming back to the office 2) Teams will solve loneliness 3) Lonely people are needier socially than others at work 4) Loneliness is a personal problem, not an organisational problem. Practical actions that leaders can take to reduce work loneliness include measuring loneliness, designing slack in workflows, creating a culture of connection, building socialising into the rhythm of work & maximising each work mode (remote or f2f) for connection. hbr.org/2024/11/were-s…. Via @HarvardBiz

It's great to be working in partnership with @WDCouncil @wdhscp to deliver the 'Voices of the Promise' project which aims to embed co-design, participation and youth engagement within systems across the local authority. Stay tuned for more news on our work!

ICYMI: A new report on the local government workforce has identified the main recruitment challenges facing councils, including competition from other sectors and a shortage of local workers with the appropriate skills. @SolaceScotland @Cosla @LGIU improvementservice.org.uk/news/september…

📰@childrensociety's Good childhood report 2024 is a national roadmap to a good childhood and calls for the government to take decisive action to overturn the decline in children’s wellbeing ⤵ childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood

☕️Every weekday morning during #ChallengePoverty Week, @cpw_scotland have organised a great Breakfast Briefing, linked to each day's theme and with fantastic guest speakers. 👇Find the sign-up details in the @cpw_scotland calendar. povertyalliance.org/events/categor…

Rob identified active ingredients that led to Early Talk for York working well for York’s children. He warns against project tourism, looking for silver bullets or other areas copying what York have done. Developing approaches that fit local context are key. #PEDALconference2024

💥 Families are at breaking point. It is an emergency when people cannot afford essential items like food, baby formula and sanitary products. We have been driving around Westminster asking Keir Starmer to take urgent action against hardship. Have you spotted our van?

Louise is talking about how parents’ preferences and needs should be central when we are designing and scaling evidence based interventions. She shares this used EAST framework from behavioural insights work. #PEDALconference2024

Councils will receive a share of an additional £40m this year to increase the supply of social and affordable homes. The funding will mostly be distributed to the five council areas with sustained temporary accommodation pressures. Read more: gov.scot/news/easing-pr…

In his statement on anti-racism, Health Secretary @NeilCGray said action would be taken, including asking health boards to develop and deliver anti-racism plans. Read the release and statement here: bit.ly/Anti-racismRel…

I am so thrilled to see this being set up, children themselves are not the only people who need support when a child comes into contact with the justice system, children's hearing or indeed other services. A parenting forum to share experiences and information is a positive move.

"We often limit the possibilities for transformative action because of the way in which we frame the issues and problems with which we are concerned." #dannyburns #ProfDoc #stip

Here’s a short thread on some of what’s to come @VADundee from early winter 2024 to late spring 2025 🧵🌊⛲️