Linda Macdonald

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Linda Macdonald

Linda Macdonald

@loobersmacd

Mission manager 'a fairer start' @nesta_scotland. Board member @scdc. Tweeting mostly on social justice, collaborative practice, and communities.

Glasgow, Scotland Katılım Mayıs 2015
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Education Scotland
Education Scotland@EducationScot·
Do you work in Early Learning and Childcare? This week we published the Quality Improvement Framework for the sector. Together with stakeholders we have compiled some accompanying Frequently Asked Questions: ow.ly/QAvc50UHMKR
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Katie Schmuecker
Katie Schmuecker@KatieSchmuecker·
📣 NEW @jrf_uk & @lborouniversity Minimum Income Standard is out - the definitive guide to what the public thinks is needed for a minimum acceptable standard of living in the UK today. A couple of stand out things for me:
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Linda Macdonald@loobersmacd·
Do you have insights into what effective systems of support for families during pregnancy and the early years should look like? If so, please consider contributing to this call for evidence 📢.
Nesta in Scotland@Nesta_Scotland

Call for evidence 📣 @nesta_uk & @EthosFoundation are gathering evidence on what makes an effective and sustainable system of support for families during pregnancy and the early years. If you're an expert in early years, we'd like to hear from you bit.ly/3WYVXGW

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Linda Macdonald@loobersmacd·
Rich learning from Sure Start for early years practitioners and policy makers across UK. The session will be available online so make sure to sign up! nesta.org.uk/event/what-can…
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Corra Foundation
Corra Foundation@corrascot·
⭐️Now open⭐️ Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland A new fund to support people & communities to use human rights as a tool for change. · Grants between 1-3 years · Max £50k per year, up to 3 years · Min £10k per year for 1 year More info ⤵️ bit.ly/4aAnjI8
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Women in Journalism Scotland
Women in Journalism Scotland@WIJ_Scotland·
Applications for the second year of our bursary programme with @jrf_uk are now open Five women journalists will each be awarded £1,500 to develop a project shining a light on economic and / or social inequalities around Scotland Apply here: bit.ly/4bnXOdK
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The Robertson Trust
The Robertson Trust@RobertsonTrust·
📢 OPEN CALL Improving job quality to tackle in-work poverty in Scotland We are live - our new open call invites applications for projects with potential to deliver 'big change that lasts' on in-work poverty in Scotland. therobertsontrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs…
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Institute for Fiscal Studies
Institute for Fiscal Studies@TheIFS·
📺 Whoever is Chancellor after the election is going to have a tough job. We've built a new interactive tool with @nesta_uk that lets you step into the Chancellor's shoes and see that for yourself. Are you ready to be the Chancellor? Now's your chance ⬇️ ifs.org.uk/election-2024/…
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Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson@PJTheEconomist·
Strong positive effects of SureStart on GCSE results for poorer children. More strong evidence that well designed early intervention can be very effective. Also shows importance of high quality evaluation. Great work by my colleagues. Policymakers take note.
Institute for Fiscal Studies@TheIFS

NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results. Read @nridpathecon @Sarah_Cattan @carneiro_econ’s report, funded by @NuffieldFound: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…

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Karin Goodwin
Karin Goodwin@Karin_Goodwin·
When The Ferret was set up in 2015, its mission was to hold the powerful to account. But what happens when we find responses to problems that might already be working? For my year round-up I explored the role of solutions journalism...theferret.scot/could-solution…
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Save the Children Scotland
Save the Children Scotland@SaveChildrenSCO·
📢 It's time to start #changingthestory about child poverty in Scotland. ✍️Our new blog by @bwthurman spotlights our ambitious new project with @jrf_uk & @RobertsonTrust which aims to understand & build support for solutions to make child poverty a thing of the past 🧵 (1/3)
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Claire Telfer
Claire Telfer@CTelfc·
📚Pleased to share a new report on what families think about support for early childhood development 🗣️ Clear messages on how poverty impacts this & what works (spoiler: community, relationship based family support is key) 💡Great ideas on what is needed
Save the Children Scotland@SaveChildrenSCO

Today we are proud to publish new independent research completed by The Lines Between. This explores #Scottish parents’ living on a low-income experiences & views on supporting their babies & young children’s learning & development in the home. 🧵 (1/5) tinyurl.com/yzf66rrr

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