Values driven, skilled innovator & collaborator, development mgr @CircleScot 4 @thepromisescot, co-creator @yearofthedad & passionate about +ve male role models
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🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland:
Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors and interventions
Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett and myself
Closing date: 11th June 2025, with an autumn 2025 start. Open to UK students only.
🔗 https://t.co/4oC3WE1skG
Play the Old Course for £42.50...
St Andrews Links Trust is delighted to announce The Drive initiative, a new way to widen access to the Home of Golf.
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Becoming a dad is a big deal — so it’s totally normal to feel a bit overwhelmed.
Our new guide offers simple tips to help you manage stress and take care of yourself throughout your journey into fatherhood!
You're doing great—read more here👇 https://t.co/wZGOVd3k0o
🚀 DADx: Time with Dad Report Launch!
Meet Our Expert Panel:
✅ Thomas Lynch / @DadsRockOrg
✅ Susan Doherty / @EducationScot
✅ @SmartPlayNtwrk
✅ Dr @lisagolds / @EdinburghUni
Save your spot!
➡️ https://t.co/RNIw5ffudr
New research has found that new dads feel 'ridiculously unprepared' and like 'passenger parents,' juggling work, guilt, and changing relationships
Read more ⬇️
https://t.co/3gDPl0r2II
🗞️🧐 the February newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network is out,
collating events, workshops, publications, resources etc on #democracy#participation#deliberation#coproduction#commons
Available here 👉 https://t.co/2EexKEl0li
🌟 Dads in Levenmouth! 🌟
Woodlands Family Nurture Centre has a fantastic free weekly Dad Group, where dads with children aged 0 to 5 can relax, chat, and enjoy a cup of tea.
📍 Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
🗓️ Tuesdays, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Useful research here on what contributes to good men's mental health.
It's not about blaming men and trying to fix them! https://t.co/4HZEAeJC7C
"Embedding interventions within the communities of men being engaged, fully involving these men, and holding ‘male-positive’ values engendered familiarity and consolidated trust. Using ‘male-sensitive’ language and activity-based approaches allowed for positive expressions of emotions..."
First Minister @JohnSwinney joined leaders at the Children’s Sector Strategic and Policy Forum chaired by @ChildreninScot.
They shared ideas about the best ways to:
🔵eradicate child poverty and support families
🔵ensure children and young people can fully access their rights
Great to bring together the Children's Sector Strategic and Policy Forum with @ScotGovFM and @NatalieDon_ to talk about embedding children's rights, policy coherence, the importance of a well resourced third sector and what we can do differently to eradicate child poverty.
@ZTScotland @jamiehepburn Next hearing from Rebekah Cheung @White_Ribbon_UK.
Preventing gender based violence is a shared responsibility. White Ribbon have been engaging with MSPs during #16days.
'Dont commit, condone or remain silent in the face of VAWG'.
Silence can no longer be an option.
Following #16days, NASUWT is @ScotParl with @ZTScotland talking about men's role in ending violence against women.
Opening address by @BenMacpherson recognising the importance of having this conversation.