At Girlguiding we want to do everything we can to help create a safer, liveable world for girls to thrive in. The plan outlines our commitment to that as well as our goals for the future. Take a look and let us know how you're protecting the planet at home or with your unit! 💚
Happy Earth Day! 🌎
87% of girls agree that we all have a responsibility to protect the environment. Part of our responsibility is to reduce our impact on the environment & address climate change, which is why we're launching our new environmental plan: https://t.co/1Svy0MvuV5
In case you missed it yesterday… 🌞
📣 We launched the headline data from our latest Time Well Spent report showing how the pandemic and cost of living crisis continue to impact volunteering.
Find it here 👇 https://t.co/0isYVMGQ5x
We help all girls know they can do anything - on International Women's Day, we're here with a new look and feel that puts them at the heart of everything we do. We’re for girls, with girls, led by girls. We’re Girlguiding #IWD2023 💙
@teamsquarepeg@educationgovuk@CommonsEd@ChildrensComm @coyl2022 @EHRC I remember seeing something similar, when looking around a mainstream school with a special needs unit. Sparse, cell-like room with a mess of mattresses on the floor. Couldn’t bear the thought of my son having that as a ‘safe space’.
I don’t use this platform a whole lot, but compelled to share @jessiehewitson article as it lays bare the battle we’re in at the moment to just get basic support in place for my son. So he can learn. Us and so many others.
"I spent £20k fighting the council to get my disabled son in school and I'm not alone"
Councils are fighting legal battles against parents of disabled children to delay paying higher support bills, lawyers say.
🔴 EXCLUSIVE from @jessiehewitson
https://t.co/m1qbtE3KXd
🧵This is Mark, Shelley and Albie. Albie has a speech disorder that means his sounds are jumbled. He is unintelligilbe to people who don't know. Despite this, @SuttonCouncil placed him in a mainstream school with an autism base (Albie isn't autistic). He couldn't be understood.
We are so excited about this role! Come and help us shout out about @girlguidingswe, support new volunteers and reach even more girls and young women!! #Inspire#Recruit#Welcome
In just 16 months, YHA, @Girlguiding, @scouts, @FieldStudiesC, @OutwardBoundUK, and the 10 @uknationalparks in England have together connected more than 115,000 young people to nature, many for the first time, created jobs, and built an aspirant workforce for a green recovery. 🌳
@adamgersch we’ve been emailing @GlobalMediates for days with no response despite being marked ‘urgent’ - as a Director of this company why aren’t we getting any response?
@GlobalMediates please can you get your case workers to contact us, we urgently require the mediation certificate and your ‘urgent’ process doesn’t seem to be working!
Walk-in centre at Artington Park&Ride (just south of Guildford) - barely a queue this morning, so am boosted already! #COVIDBooster thank you everyone making this happen 💙
As @VolunteersWeek draws to a close, I’d love to recommend volunteering at @StripeyStork. I hope lots of people take up this offer. Truly a rewarding and satisfying experience, where the team always recognise the value of their volunteers - all year round! 🧡
#Volunteer with us! Give it a try, no pressure. We have shifts Mon-Fri, 9am-11:30am & 11:30am-2pm. You can sign up for a regular session or ad hoc. It's such a rewarding experience and you'll meet some amazing people. Email [email protected] for more info.
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It's been a real pleasure working with @workingfamUK to get the panel up and running. Truly a group of lovely people and a great cause - removing the barriers that people with caring responsibilities face in the workplace.
We want the voices of parents & carers at the heart of everything we do, and over the last week we’ve been inducting our new Advisory Panel. They're a group of amazing people who are volunteering to share their own experience to help shape our policy, campaigns & advice service.
I relate a lot to the case study in this article. My kids are terrific and so is my job, but working full-time and home-schooling two primary school age children during this lockdown is hell.
I do fully support the lockdown and the teachers have been amazing, but it is so tough.
The furore over whether people in poverty can be trusted with vouchers reminds me that, over the years, I’ve come across many people, some in low waged jobs and some, for various reasons not working. A thread about poverty, taking responsibility and budgeting. 1/n