Barnardo's Scotland
@barnardosscot.bsky.social
As the country's largest children's charity, we’re here to help you, and children and young people across Scotland, feel safer, happier and healthier.
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“It’s simply not right that across the UK, too many children are facing a harsh winter without the basics they need to stay warm, healthy and hopeful,” said Lynn Perry, our CEO. 300,000 children could be without a winter coat this year. Together, we can change this.
👉 Support today: brnw.ch/21wXCVS
👉 Support today: brnw.ch/21wXCVS
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“It’s simply not right that across the UK, too many children are facing a harsh winter without the basics they need to stay warm, healthy and hopeful,” said Lynn Perry, our CEO. 300,000 children could be without a winter coat this year. Together, we can change this.
👉 Support today: brnw.ch/21wXCVS
👉 Support today: brnw.ch/21wXCVS
According to our research, 15% of parents in Scotland say they will struggle to afford a coat or warm clothing that will keep their child or children warm this winter. ❄️🧥
Read the full story here: tinyurl.com/y3kb8sr2
Read the full story here: tinyurl.com/y3kb8sr2
Many Scottish parents are struggling to afford warm clothing this winter
Barnardo's is warning that many children will go without warm clothing this winter.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
According to our research, 15% of parents in Scotland say they will struggle to afford a coat or warm clothing that will keep their child or children warm this winter. ❄️🧥
Read the full story here: tinyurl.com/y3kb8sr2
Read the full story here: tinyurl.com/y3kb8sr2
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"I didn’t grow up thinking I was poor,” said Walking Dead star and our ambassador Lennie James. On #BBCSounds, he recalls his mum making Christmas magical despite being unable to work. Help us bring back the magic of Christmas for children. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Desert Island Discs - Lennie James, actor - BBC Sounds
Lennie James, actor and writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"I didn’t grow up thinking I was poor,” said Walking Dead star and our ambassador Lennie James. On #BBCSounds, he recalls his mum making Christmas magical despite being unable to work. Help us bring back the magic of Christmas for children. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Congratulations to Eileen Milne MBE on the occasion of her (latest) retirement from all the amazing work she has done over the decades, including her voluntary work with Barnardo’s.
Read all about Eileen's story here: www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/well-known-west-lothian-volunteer-36256754
Read all about Eileen's story here: www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/well-known-west-lothian-volunteer-36256754
Well known West Lothian volunteer retires from West Calder Community Centre
Currently, Eileen Milne MBE is co-ordinator for a weekly Seated Exercise Class with 50 members ranging from 60 to 93. In addition she holds a Monday Knitting Club producing shawls and small blankets f...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Congratulations to Eileen Milne MBE on the occasion of her (latest) retirement from all the amazing work she has done over the decades, including her voluntary work with Barnardo’s.
Read all about Eileen's story here: www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/well-known-west-lothian-volunteer-36256754
Read all about Eileen's story here: www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/well-known-west-lothian-volunteer-36256754
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Based on real-life experiences.
Four young people. Four different stories. One powerful question: Should I tell someone? Complex relationships, peer pressure and blurred boundaries
@renfrewshire.gov.uk @nspcc.bsky.social @barnardosscot.bsky.social
youtu.be/AirJ9ACr3zg
Based on real-life experiences.
Four young people. Four different stories. One powerful question: Should I tell someone? Complex relationships, peer pressure and blurred boundaries
@renfrewshire.gov.uk @nspcc.bsky.social @barnardosscot.bsky.social
youtu.be/AirJ9ACr3zg
Should I Tell Someone?
YouTube video by I Am Me Scotland
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Based on real-life experiences.
Four young people. Four different stories. One powerful question: Should I tell someone? Complex relationships, peer pressure and blurred boundaries
@renfrewshire.gov.uk @nspcc.bsky.social @barnardosscot.bsky.social
youtu.be/AirJ9ACr3zg
Based on real-life experiences.
Four young people. Four different stories. One powerful question: Should I tell someone? Complex relationships, peer pressure and blurred boundaries
@renfrewshire.gov.uk @nspcc.bsky.social @barnardosscot.bsky.social
youtu.be/AirJ9ACr3zg
Our Clackmannanshire & Stirling Services have been awarded funding to help young people face the root causes homelessness.🏘️
“This project will enable us to intervene earlier and help our young people build stability and brighter futures.”
Full story: tinyurl.com/5cufwh7d
“This project will enable us to intervene earlier and help our young people build stability and brighter futures.”
Full story: tinyurl.com/5cufwh7d
£300,000 investment to prevent homelessness in Clackmannanshire
Five organisations in Clackmannanshire will share nearly £300,000 to prevent homelessness in the first round of funding from the area’s pioneering Transformation Space. Backed by &po...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our Clackmannanshire & Stirling Services have been awarded funding to help young people face the root causes homelessness.🏘️
“This project will enable us to intervene earlier and help our young people build stability and brighter futures.”
Full story: tinyurl.com/5cufwh7d
“This project will enable us to intervene earlier and help our young people build stability and brighter futures.”
Full story: tinyurl.com/5cufwh7d
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Thrilled to work with amazing young people, @renfrewshire.gov.uk, @nspcc.bsky.social, @barnardosscot.bsky.social on Should I Tell Someone? 🎬 Real stories highlighting exploitation & how we can all protect young people. 💙 #Safeguarding
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Thrilled to work with amazing young people, @renfrewshire.gov.uk, @nspcc.bsky.social, @barnardosscot.bsky.social on Should I Tell Someone? 🎬 Real stories highlighting exploitation & how we can all protect young people. 💙 #Safeguarding
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We've signed @thepromise.scot's open letter to parties running in the 2026 Holyrood election. We're asking them to keep the promise by committing to "making Scotland a place where all its children grow up loved, safe and respected and realise their full potential."
🔗 thepromise.scot/news/open-le...
🔗 thepromise.scot/news/open-le...
Open letter to parties running in the 2026 Scottish Election
Letter to Scotland's political parties ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in May 2026.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We've signed @thepromise.scot's open letter to parties running in the 2026 Holyrood election. We're asking them to keep the promise by committing to "making Scotland a place where all its children grow up loved, safe and respected and realise their full potential."
🔗 thepromise.scot/news/open-le...
🔗 thepromise.scot/news/open-le...
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We’ve joined 100+ organisations urging the government to scrap the two-child limit. It drives child poverty.
“It’s our moral duty to work towards eliminating child poverty in this country," said our CEO, @lynnanneperry.bsky.social
Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wXq4j
“It’s our moral duty to work towards eliminating child poverty in this country," said our CEO, @lynnanneperry.bsky.social
Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wXq4j
Government Urged to Lift Two-Child Benefits Limit
More than 100 organisations - including those representing doctors, teachers, social workers, and anti-poverty charities - have urged the government to scrap the policy in full.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We’ve joined 100+ organisations urging the government to scrap the two-child limit. It drives child poverty.
“It’s our moral duty to work towards eliminating child poverty in this country," said our CEO, @lynnanneperry.bsky.social
Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wXq4j
“It’s our moral duty to work towards eliminating child poverty in this country," said our CEO, @lynnanneperry.bsky.social
Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wXq4j
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We’re delighted to have 32 organisations join our call for all political parties to commit to keeping the promise through the duration of the next Scottish parliament.
Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We’re delighted to have 32 organisations join our call for all political parties to commit to keeping the promise through the duration of the next Scottish parliament.
Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
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This story focuses on Imagine Care's Lochend house and how they use an emphasis on attunement and enablement to create a safe, stable, and nurturing home for the young people and those caring for them. Read more here: ow.ly/TKlg50XehKb (2/2)
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This story focuses on Imagine Care's Lochend house and how they use an emphasis on attunement and enablement to create a safe, stable, and nurturing home for the young people and those caring for them. Read more here: ow.ly/TKlg50XehKb (2/2)
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Since the promise was made, people and organisations across Scotland have been working to bring about the transformative change the Independent Care Review demands. Their learning stories can help you as part of your journey. (1/2)
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Since the promise was made, people and organisations across Scotland have been working to bring about the transformative change the Independent Care Review demands. Their learning stories can help you as part of your journey. (1/2)
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@barnardosscot.bsky.social is looking for a committed and experienced Practice Manager to join their Fostering team in Glasgow tinyurl.com/2wy3fpj4 £46,147 – £48,749 pro-rata #charityjob
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
@barnardosscot.bsky.social is looking for a committed and experienced Practice Manager to join their Fostering team in Glasgow tinyurl.com/2wy3fpj4 £46,147 – £48,749 pro-rata #charityjob
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November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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@barnardosscot.bsky.social are recruiting for Project Workers - Community & Family Support to extend their offer to children, young people and families in South East Scotland
📍Edinburgh & Lothians
💷Level 1 £25,492–£29,726
Level 2 £28,124–£37,116
📅Full time
tinyurl.com/bde2s9e3
#CharityJobs
📍Edinburgh & Lothians
💷Level 1 £25,492–£29,726
Level 2 £28,124–£37,116
📅Full time
tinyurl.com/bde2s9e3
#CharityJobs
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
@barnardosscot.bsky.social are recruiting for Project Workers - Community & Family Support to extend their offer to children, young people and families in South East Scotland
📍Edinburgh & Lothians
💷Level 1 £25,492–£29,726
Level 2 £28,124–£37,116
📅Full time
tinyurl.com/bde2s9e3
#CharityJobs
📍Edinburgh & Lothians
💷Level 1 £25,492–£29,726
Level 2 £28,124–£37,116
📅Full time
tinyurl.com/bde2s9e3
#CharityJobs
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Cold homes. Empty cupboards. Rising costs. Impossible choices. Behind the sparkle of the season, too many families are struggling just to get through winter. No child should feel left out at Christmas. 💚 Write to your MP to demand change: brnw.ch/21wWBvq
#ChildPoverty
#ChildPoverty
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Cold homes. Empty cupboards. Rising costs. Impossible choices. Behind the sparkle of the season, too many families are struggling just to get through winter. No child should feel left out at Christmas. 💚 Write to your MP to demand change: brnw.ch/21wWBvq
#ChildPoverty
#ChildPoverty
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We are deeply concerned with the findings of today's
@mentalwelfare.bsky.social report. The promise is clear that Scotland must strive to become a nation that does not restrain its children
@mentalwelfare.bsky.social report. The promise is clear that Scotland must strive to become a nation that does not restrain its children
Response to report by @mentalwelfare.bsky.social into Melville Unit, raising serious concerns about the use of restraint. This month we warned Scottish Government we’d take legal action if it didn’t strengthen its commitments in this area. We’re pleased it will now do so bit.ly/3L8RDCp
Statement: Commissioner's response to report on care at Melville Unit
Children's Commissioner responds after a new report by the Mental Welfare Commission into the care of children at Melville Unit highlights potential rights breaches.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We are deeply concerned with the findings of today's
@mentalwelfare.bsky.social report. The promise is clear that Scotland must strive to become a nation that does not restrain its children
@mentalwelfare.bsky.social report. The promise is clear that Scotland must strive to become a nation that does not restrain its children
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Are you working to #KeepThePromise? Do you have a problem you are working to solve? Design Lite could be right for you!
Join us this November for a series of sessions focused on introducing you to service design and co-design principles.
Sign up here: ow.ly/7APE50WPJfW
Join us this November for a series of sessions focused on introducing you to service design and co-design principles.
Sign up here: ow.ly/7APE50WPJfW
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Are you working to #KeepThePromise? Do you have a problem you are working to solve? Design Lite could be right for you!
Join us this November for a series of sessions focused on introducing you to service design and co-design principles.
Sign up here: ow.ly/7APE50WPJfW
Join us this November for a series of sessions focused on introducing you to service design and co-design principles.
Sign up here: ow.ly/7APE50WPJfW
Too many children in Scotland are living in poverty.
We will be joining End Child Poverty Scotland partners at the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march to demand change this Saturday, in Edinburgh.
Find out more here: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
We will be joining End Child Poverty Scotland partners at the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march to demand change this Saturday, in Edinburgh.
Find out more here: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Too many children in Scotland are living in poverty.
We will be joining End Child Poverty Scotland partners at the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march to demand change this Saturday, in Edinburgh.
Find out more here: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
We will be joining End Child Poverty Scotland partners at the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march to demand change this Saturday, in Edinburgh.
Find out more here: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
The Gift of Christmas Appeal Fife brings joy to local children on Christmas Day.
But organisers need a new space in order to store gift bags that go children in the area. Can you help?
Read more here: tinyurl.com/49de7drk
But organisers need a new space in order to store gift bags that go children in the area. Can you help?
Read more here: tinyurl.com/49de7drk
Fife Christmas appeal issues SoS to find warehouse for donations
A charity which has run a Christmas appeal for the past nine years has issued an SoS to help secure a warehouse for its donations.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The Gift of Christmas Appeal Fife brings joy to local children on Christmas Day.
But organisers need a new space in order to store gift bags that go children in the area. Can you help?
Read more here: tinyurl.com/49de7drk
But organisers need a new space in order to store gift bags that go children in the area. Can you help?
Read more here: tinyurl.com/49de7drk
Check out this podcast featuring our Equally Safe service, which has a focus on relationships and partnering with survivors.
Season 6, Ep 16: Centring Survivor voices: How Scottish services shift blame, raise fatherhood standards and heal families.
Link: tinyurl.com/5b99du6c
Season 6, Ep 16: Centring Survivor voices: How Scottish services shift blame, raise fatherhood standards and heal families.
Link: tinyurl.com/5b99du6c
Partnered with a Survivor Podcast — Safe & Together Institute
Explore the systemic challenges faced by domestic abuse survivors with insights from experts and survivors on the Partnered with a Survivor Podcast.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Check out this podcast featuring our Equally Safe service, which has a focus on relationships and partnering with survivors.
Season 6, Ep 16: Centring Survivor voices: How Scottish services shift blame, raise fatherhood standards and heal families.
Link: tinyurl.com/5b99du6c
Season 6, Ep 16: Centring Survivor voices: How Scottish services shift blame, raise fatherhood standards and heal families.
Link: tinyurl.com/5b99du6c
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💔Poverty isn't inevitable. Everyone deserves to live a dignified life.
Join us as #WeDemandBetter for a Scotland free from poverty.
📅Saturday 25th October
📍Edinburgh
Join us as #WeDemandBetter for a Scotland free from poverty.
📅Saturday 25th October
📍Edinburgh
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
💔Poverty isn't inevitable. Everyone deserves to live a dignified life.
Join us as #WeDemandBetter for a Scotland free from poverty.
📅Saturday 25th October
📍Edinburgh
Join us as #WeDemandBetter for a Scotland free from poverty.
📅Saturday 25th October
📍Edinburgh
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📣 On Sat 25 Oct, join us in Edinburgh as #WeDemandBetter!
🕚 Start: 11am at Scottish Parliament
🚶March through the city
🎉 Rally at The Meadows for music, speeches, food & family fun!
Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
🕚 Start: 11am at Scottish Parliament
🚶March through the city
🎉 Rally at The Meadows for music, speeches, food & family fun!
Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📣 On Sat 25 Oct, join us in Edinburgh as #WeDemandBetter!
🕚 Start: 11am at Scottish Parliament
🚶March through the city
🎉 Rally at The Meadows for music, speeches, food & family fun!
Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
🕚 Start: 11am at Scottish Parliament
🚶March through the city
🎉 Rally at The Meadows for music, speeches, food & family fun!
Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...
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@barnardosscot.bsky.social is recruiting for the roles below
➡️Residential Project Worker 2 (Waking Nights)
➡️Residential Project Worker 2
To find out more visit our website tinyurl.com/e38p2kd5 #charityjob
➡️Residential Project Worker 2 (Waking Nights)
➡️Residential Project Worker 2
To find out more visit our website tinyurl.com/e38p2kd5 #charityjob
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
@barnardosscot.bsky.social is recruiting for the roles below
➡️Residential Project Worker 2 (Waking Nights)
➡️Residential Project Worker 2
To find out more visit our website tinyurl.com/e38p2kd5 #charityjob
➡️Residential Project Worker 2 (Waking Nights)
➡️Residential Project Worker 2
To find out more visit our website tinyurl.com/e38p2kd5 #charityjob
Is it too early to be thinking about Christmas? Nah, we don't think so! 🎄
Check out the Christmas gifts collection this weekend in our lovely Largs shop. 🎁
Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/4su6nytf
Check out the Christmas gifts collection this weekend in our lovely Largs shop. 🎁
Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/4su6nytf
Barnardo's to launch Christmas gifts collection this month
Barnardo's charity shop in Largs is launching its Christmas gifts collection this weekend.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Is it too early to be thinking about Christmas? Nah, we don't think so! 🎄
Check out the Christmas gifts collection this weekend in our lovely Largs shop. 🎁
Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/4su6nytf
Check out the Christmas gifts collection this weekend in our lovely Largs shop. 🎁
Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/4su6nytf