Stats & Stories

Great to talk to @scopeni about how voluntary and community organisations can collect and use both stats and stories to improve services and demonstrate impact. Thanks @MrDoorstep

Social work expert who warned of ‘record numbers of children being taken into care’ welcomes £13m Stormont plan to tackle crisis irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Great to hear progress on the key recommendation of the @cscsreviewNI to establish a regional Children and Families Authority to better organise children’s social care services in NI. Check out article below 👇🏻

Many thanks to Dr Donna Kernaghan of @stats_stories for leading the focus groups with young people central to our new report, 'Achieving greater integration in Northern Ireland: young people's voices' pivotalppf.org/our-work/publi…

@PivotalPPF Thanks @PivotalPPF Great to work with the team again on this!

@PivotalPPF Thank you to all the young people who contributed in the focus groups and to the organisations who hosted them

🚨 New Pivotal report - 'Achieving greater integration in Northern Ireland: young people's voices'. Published today. Read the report here - pivotalppf.org/our-work/publi…

Great to work with @PivotalPPF again to build on their work on the barriers to integration in Northern Ireland. Young people want change but see ‘integration’ largely as an abstract concept with little bearing on their everyday lives. Check out the full report below for more👇🏻

📢 Are you involved in delivering family support services in Northern Ireland? We want to hear from you! Please complete a short survey to share: ✅ Info on current services ✅ Views on the future direction of family support 👉 Survey here: surveymonkey.com/r/FamilySuppor…

Are you involved in delivering family support services in Northern Ireland - complete short survey below 👇👇👇

Please share widely with those proving family support services in Northern Ireland @BolsterCom @healthdpt @Actn4ChildrenNI @BarnardosNI @Mencap_NI @familysupportni @ncb_ni_tweets @ChildreninNI @VOYPIC @IncludeYouth @ParentingFocus_ @SCUKNI @cypsp Thank you!

“Human beings are born to grow towards the light..” 💡 The amazing @katrionaos tells us her emotional story in-person at our #Everydayheroes Conference 😊💜✨ Lots of tears & lots of laughs 💕😭 #BolsterCommunity #earlyintervention #bestsellingauthor #familysupport

Stark figures on why the work of @BolsterCom and the community and voluntary sector more widely is so important in Northern Ireland #EverydayHeroes

Delighted to be celebrating 20 years of @BolsterCom today at their #EverydayHeroes conference and leading a session on Family Support.

NI children's social care is in crisis—24% in poverty (2022/23), 4,185 in care (Dec, 24). Urgent change is needed: early intervention & regional consistency. Learn more: shorturl.at/OFPrL #Reimagine @stats_stories

Reform of children’s social care as set out @cscsreviewNI is *yet* another area where the @niexecutive should have made more progress in their 1st year back. Regionalising children’s services means better outcomes for families - what are we waiting for? Check out blog #Reimagine

Yes @stats_stories ! An excellent piece & reminder for those celebrating one year of delivery @niexecutive that children & yp who contributed extensively to the review are still waiting for tangible systemic change that will make their lives better. They’re growing up fast ⏰‼️

"The Northern Ireland Executive must demonstrate leadership and take decisive action to support the structural reform of children’s social care services." @donna_mo1 is this week's guest writer for Pivotal Platform. pivotalppf.org/our-work/pivot…

Delighted to have the fantastic Stéphanie Heckman visually record the #FoundationsForTheFuture conference today. Stunning work with so much detail!

A really skilful and creative capture of the content of the #FoundationsForTheFuture conference. A great way to remember and focus on the core messages, to stick to purpose and hold onto hope. So proud of the children and young people @fosteringnet @healthdpt