Common Thread Ltd

Scottish residential care and education provider.
Take a breath - the healing starts with our environments.

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It's not Easter at Common Thread without a Bake Off!

Here are the winners from our Easter Bake Off for our houses. There were so many delicious treats to sample 😋 🍰 Swipe through to see the mouth-watering creations!

Well done to everyone who took part!

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14th March = 3.14 so it's Pi Day - a chance to celebrate mathematics and the perfect excuse to eat lots of pie.

We can't wait to see what our schools do today to explore the infinite possibilities of Pi(e)!

#PiDay #Mathematics #EatPie #DeliciousMath #CelebrateMaths

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Our students are really creative and entrepreneurial. Here's one of a series of greeting cards made by one of our students. Reminiscent of an abstract Charles Rennie Mackintosh, we love the moody blue in that frame!

#art #making #creative #greetingcard #youngentrepreneur

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Nostalgic for Xmas in all this dreich weather?

Here's a couple of fantastic gingerbread houses made by students at Dumfries School last month.

Pythagoras ✅
Measurement ✅
Information handling ✅
Graphic design ✅
Templates, shapes & tessalation ✅

Mathematics = fun... 😋

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Been missing the awesome sound of Great Understate? Their new track has just landed! Check out 'Fever' on Spotify and **give it a listen and a share**!

Recorded at @studiomoffat in August 2023, Fever features the amazing voice of one of Common Thread's young people.

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Yesterday morning was a chilly one at our Head Office. But before (yet) more snow covered it up, here's Mother Nature (and Jim's van's wheels) message to us all - Love.

Remember to look for the beauty all around you - even in the face of bad weather!

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We are currently looking for an exceptional teacher and teaching assistant to work in our Dumfries school. If you bring creativity and compassion into your teaching practice, we want to hear from you.

Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/FAOgdbGIFW
#teaching #education

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Common Thread is currently looking for a Senior Residential Childcare Worker and Residential Childcare Workers in the Kilmarnock area. If you can help create a healing, supportive, nurturing home for vulnerable young people, we want to hear from you!

https://t.co/FAOgdbGIFW

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Dumfries school have been curling weekly now for two whole seasons and this year we have been given the amazing opportunity of watching the European doubles play off in Dumfries!!!

#curling #championship #LockerbieIceRink #sport

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Did you know? Yoga restores the health and balance of your digestive system. Check out this video from Common Thread's yoga teacher, Shelley Edwards, to find out more!

No need to worry about those mince pies this Christmas! Here's hoping yours is merry and bright 🎅

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We're delighted to have worked with Opir and the congregation of Lochmaben Church to get another truck load of aid to Ukraine. Here's Mark, our amazing director, delivering the latest round of donations and meeting friends, new and old.

💛💙

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Meet Colin the crabs. Handmade, one for each of our young people. Colin has a very interesting back story but you need to own one to find out about him. Made by Cheryl Lessels by hand. Each child in CT will receive their very own Colin.

#softtoy #welcomegift #oneofakind

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We are currently looking for two exceptional teachers to work in our Kilmarnock and Dumfries schools. If you bring creativity and compassion into your teaching practice, we want to hear from you.

Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/FAOgdbGIFW

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Some of our young students enjoyed a visit to PD Music Studio in Ayr, where they learned more about Music Production and DJing.

Some of the biggest names in the dance industry have honed their skills there, and our young people are hoping to follow suit.

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Common Thread is currently looking for a Manager & Senior Residential Childcare Worker in the Lanarkshire area. Are you the sort of person who can help create a healing, supportive, nurturing home for vulnerable young people? We want to hear from you!

https://t.co/FAOgdbGIFW

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We visited Mossburn Community Farm with one of our young people to see how we can help each other. The community farm runs off donations & volunteering, & supports their animals as well as local young people with opportunities, & animal assisted therapy and learning programmes.

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As a nation, we spend 12.3 billion on Black Friday with businesses like Amazon, despite the fact that 80% of what we buy ends up in landfill and nearly 60% of UK small businesses fear closure in the coming year.

Not great, eh? Why not buy in to #ColourFriday instead?

#shoplocal

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Our home in Ayrshire, looking beautiful in November with the Autumn colours still glowing in the garden. Stunning 🍁😍🍁

Our housemates used eggs from their curious hens and windfall apples to make a delicious, seasonal Eve's pudding enjoyed by all. 🍏

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Our pumpkin carving in Dumfries School led to the development of costumes for children and staff!

The pumpkin soup was a hit with everyone.

Thank you to Kellwood Vending for the ice creams and free pumpkins!

#KellwoodVending #Halloween #pumpkin #autumn #autumnfashion #nature

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Common Thread is looking for Residential Childcare Workers for our Invernesshire houses to help create a safe, nurturing, supportive and healing home for the young people in your care.

Think that's for you? Apply now: https://t.co/FAOgdbGIFW