One of the frustrations of working in homelessness is the confusion between rough sleeping and statutory homelessness. Today’s @scotgov stats show that there were more children in temp accm before lockdown than any time since records began. When @NicolaSturgeon is asked about
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@SHR_news Hi, do you have a date for when June's dashboard will be released? I can't find it anywhere on your website. thanks! @niamhsquared @king_debbie
Scotland's emissions are rising!😡 Targets are worth nothing if actions don't back them up. In the latest @scotgov report it has been revealed that the government has missed its emissions target for 2018 by 4%, and that they have increased since 2017.
Jessica Husbands at @shelterscotland raises the alarm on Home Security as part of SURF's Covid-19 Journal series on the inequalities being amplified by lockdown https://t.co/JLbQ4aapiB
Dido reveals she always aims for a 40/60 split when cutting a sandwich so that when she’s finished the first part she knows there’s more than half left to enjoy
I think we're all agreed that no child should go hungry - correct?
In that case, we should scrap no recourse to public funds so that children with migrant families can have access to food, housing and safety.
@VMIpod noticed in this episode that Woody's name plate reads, not 'Mayor "Woody" Goodman', as you'd expect, but: '"Mayor" Woody Goodman'. as if he's not really the mayor? or as if the mayor is a fake position? i'm so confused.
Number of foodbanks in the UK:
2004 - 1
2008 - 22
2011 - 100
2012 - 252
2020- 2,030 (1.6m food parcels)
In just 10 years of Tory rule, the number of foodbanks has increased 9450%. This is political.
@mhewson_CMC Is the claimant count more accurate just because it's from May, and unemployment data from Feb-Apr? Or is there another reason why it's more accurate?
Trans people already access public toilets and changing rooms under self ID. In fact, they HAVE to do that for at least two years to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate. GRA reform is an administrative change and anyone who tells you otherwise is being dishonest.