Northern Star @NorthernStar
Making change in our communities • Lighting the way ahead • Telling the stories of how you make change happen northernstarassociates.co.uk Scotland Joined June 2012-
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P1 - P7 have enjoyed taking part in a 'live questionnaire' run by the Love Letham Children's Commission. They have shared their views about the local community and learned more about research skills and data collection. #RRS #effectivecontributors
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A big well done to our Love Letham Children's Commissioners who presented their findings from the research question: What makes children feel unsafe in Letham? They spoke with confidence, took on leadership roles and contributed interesting ideas. #learnerparticipation
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Have you got your tickets yet? #CatrionaAndTheDragon premieres on Weds in Dunbar Parish Church. It's a partnership with Lammermuir Festival that brings together young local musicians and singers with professional musicians and opera singers. Don't miss it: orlo.uk/t6KUE
Come and work with us! We are looking for a PA northernstarassociates.co.uk/about-us/work-…
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Looking forward to joining a brilliant line-up of artists, scientists & others at @CommonGFest at #COP26 next weekend to shift the conversation on the #ClimateEmergency If we’re going to talk about climate, we need to talk about the economy More here👇 commongroundfest.org
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We're joining our friends @COP26_Coalition alongside @fiiSorg on Saturday for Global Day of Action for #ClimateJustice then on our screens @CommonGFest @QMUnion from 4pm, debate, live music +more wherever you are join in ➡ cop26coalition.org/gda/ ➡ commongroundfest.org
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Sarah has also written a short blog highlighting the key insights from the #GetHeardScotland report. Read it here ➡️ povertyalliance.org/blog-tackling-…
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How can institutions involve people with lived experience in more meaningful contributions to policymaking? Our new #GetHeardScotland report – written by Sarah Stocks, Director of @NorthernStar – explores. Read it here ➡️ povertyalliance.org/wp-content/upl… #ChallengePoverty
Louise Macdonald: ‘We’re still not seeing the reality of young people’s lives’ theguardian.com/society/2018/a…
Summary of PARTISPACE outcomes – PARTISPACE partispace.eu/summary-of-par… This article gives evidence for youth participation as wider, wilder and more relational than previously thought.
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GDPR emails mostly unnecessary and in some cases illegal, say experts trib.al/G2PQaNj
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Can you help with this research into social media in the postpartum period? #pndchat #pndhour please RT x.com/irisilies19/st…
Today I'm at #PBScot17, national conference on participatory budgeting. ScotGov is here- that means they've got policy to push on PB.
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Brilliant #ogilvieart #RJinScotland visualising conference ideas
Facilitating Restorative Justice conference #RJinScotland- excellent chance for a variety of people to deliberate about bringing RJ here.
Really interesting findings from a study in fifteen countries about how early adolescents pick up gender roles geastudy.org/blog/2017/9/20…
Nice watch about asset transfer to a N Ayrshire community. Watch “'Rocky Road'” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/222830276?ref=…
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Principles & values are good but rights are better. What rights do is equalise the power inbalance -Judith Robertson SHRC #RightsinMind
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