lynne o'brien

Chief Officer for Children and Families @AberlourCCT • Trying to make a difference in a turbulent 🌎• @lynneobrien.bsky.social

[The Scottish Sun @ScottishSun]

'The right thing to do,' Govt doubles cash pot to wipe out school meal debt

https://t.co/mvCmXMAbZg

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

@SallyAnnKelly1 Well done and congratulations Amy! Huge achievement 👏👏👏 👩‍🎓 🎉

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

Absolutely! And Jules had the support of many world changers in the room today 😊

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

⁦@liznolan243⁩ ⁦@hogg_valerie⁩ launching the staff and volunteer awards ⁦@AberlourCCT⁩

#recognition #beingbrave

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

Brilliant to have @rhonamatheson at the @AberlourCCT conference today highlighting the rights of babies and young children.

#BabiesRights #Voice

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

Sharon Rosie from Options Aberdeen sharing how we are embedding UNCRC through the active participation network @AberlourCCT

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

Great example from Clare Young at Glasgow Family Support - supporting families to participate in designing family activities - Abfam!

Supporting shared experiences and ideas @AberlourCCT

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

Absolutely delighted to have @Ulgrid as keynote speaker @AberlourCCT staff & volunteer conference.

“Through your work at Aberlour we can move the world forward… we can be a beacon for others”

[Aberlour Children's Charity @AberlourCCT]

It’s #TrusteesWeek! #ThankYou to all our Trustees for their time, effort, dedication and commitment to Aberlour. With your support we can help more children and families across Scotland to build brighter futures. Find out more about our Board of Trustees: https://t.co/HeqfCgc5iT

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

@karencampbell6 @SDFnews @AberlourCCT @ChristineBuntr3 @SallyAnnKelly1 @liznolan243 Well done @karencampbell6 👏 👏👏

[lynne o'brien @brien_lynne]

Great to see Karen & Natalie presenting @SDFnews.
So important women in recovery & their children get the help & support they need to stay together and have the very best start!

@AberlourCCT @ChristineBuntr3 @SallyAnnKelly1 @liznolan243

[Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland @CYPCS]

Access to food is a human right, & for some children in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, a hot school meal may be their only meal of the day. This #ChallengePovertyWeek, we restate our call on @scotgov to expand free school meals to all primary school children urgently.

Our view: https://t.co/4YiXR8iRF5

[Scottish Women's Aid @scotwomensaid]

Today some of our policy team have been at @AberlourCCT #ChallengePovertyWeek event on Child Poverty and Debt.

Great to discuss the need for a fresh approach to tackling public debt in Scotland - which is a huge issue affecting women experiencing domestic abuse.

Abusers use coerced debt with public bodies as a means to control, isolate and constrain women and children - pushing them into poverty and limiting their options for separating and rebuilding.

Women's poverty is children's poverty and children's poverty will not end without a nw approach to Scottish public debt collection.

#ChildPoverty #ChallengePovertyWeek #ChallengePublicDebt #EndEconomicAbuse

[The Robertson Trust @RobertsonTrust]

Our Partners in Change work with Aberlour has shone a light on the need to relieve low-income households of the debt burden associated with Council Tax and related payments.

It has also demonstrated an impactful way of working with councils across Tayside to achieve this.

[NASUWT Scotland @NASUWT_Scotland]

Lynne O'Brien,chief officer at @AberlourCCT, introducing the day's event:

"We are the people who will lift children out of the pits of despair."

"We are the change makers."

#ChallengePovertyWeek

[Aberlour Children's Charity @AberlourCCT]

If @JohnSwinney and @Keir_Starmer are truly committed to ending child poverty they must be equally committed to tackling public debt. This #CPW24 we need both UK Gov and @ScotGov to work together to tackle the debt crisis to enable children across the UK to thrive.

[Aberlour Children's Charity @AberlourCCT]

@JimMcCormick16 @RobertsonTrust We’re now hearing from @PerthandKinross & @PerthCAB about how partnership working has helped to think differently about supporting families and responding to what they say they need to alleviate financial hardship, including tackling public debt and harmful debt recovery #CPW24

[Aberlour Children's Charity @AberlourCCT]

@JimMcCormick16 @RobertsonTrust Our Assistant Director, Heather Kelly, shares the findings from our Tayside . Debt Relief Pilot supporting families in poverty with unmanageable debt. She highlights that 75% of the debt owed by families is public debt. #CPW24 #ChallengePoverty

[Aberlour Children's Charity @AberlourCCT]

@JimMcCormick16 @RobertsonTrust @PerthandKinross @PerthCAB @DundeeCouncil Council tax arrears are the single biggest type of public debt in Scotland and often results in the quickest enforcement and debt recovery action by councils. Myles Fitt from @CitAdviceScot tells us about the scale of council tax arrears across Scotland.