Official @COSLA Account for News and Updates on Children's Services
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COSLACYP retweeted
3 Apr 2025
🗣️ Last week, over 100 young people from Stirling Council's secondary schools attended Speak Up Stirling's #Stirling900 Youth Voices event at @Tolbooth
The most pressing issues facing young people today were discussed in a series of talks from some compelling speakers followed by further discussions with youth organisations.
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COSLACYP retweeted
6 Feb 2025
New: @TesScotland speaks to @ADEScotland president @laurencefindlay
He makes the case for places on teacher education courses to be allocated "where the need is"; for teacher induction to be reviewed, and for rural schools legislation to be "modernised"
tes.com/magazine/leadership/…
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Following the Scottish Government's announcement on additional funding for National Insurance, COSLA commented today on the extremely difficult financial position still facing councils.
Comment from our Resources Spokesperson, Cllr Katie Hagmann: bit.ly/4jWnGme
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@COSLA & @scotgov have written to the UK Government voicing concerns about an increase to Employers' National Insurance. The letter is supported by 48 organisations across the public and charity sector.
Full quote from COSLA President @MorayShona: bit.ly/4j1I9FE
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The Promise Progress Framework, published today with @COSLA, @ScotGov and @ThePromiseScot, pulls together data to help us understand progress being made to #KeepThePromise.
Read more: cosla.gov.uk/news/2024/new-f…
#WeWillKeepThePromise
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COSLA has welcomed the publication of Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels for 2024
Read the full quote from COSLA's Children & Young People Spokesperson Cllr Tony Buchanan ➡️cosla.gov.uk/news/2024/cosla… @antbuc1
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COSLA President Councillor Shona Morrison has tonight responded to the Scottish Budget, as COSLA publishes its Budget Reality analysis document 👇
cosla.gov.uk/__data/assets/p…
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In case you missed it yesterday - COSLA have released a new briefing on why decisions on council tax must remain local.
Find out more: cosla.gov.uk/news/2024/No-Fr…
#InvestLocally
Local Government must have the power to decide on council tax locally with no council tax freeze or national cap, to ensure councils can #InvestLocally.
Read our latest document & full comment from our Resources Spokesperson, Cllr Katie Hagmann: bit.ly/3BaqwCk
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COSLA is pleased to again support this year's UN 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign to end violence against women and girls.
Find out more: cosla.gov.uk/news/2024/16-da…
#16Days #EndMaleViolence #ImagineaScotlandWithoutViolence #HumanRights #EquallySafe
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COSLA Community Wellbeing Spokesperson @CllrChalmersSNP joined @planetyouthscot's ‘Prevention in Practice’ Panel yesterday, highlighting challenges our communities face & the crucial role of prevention in achieving best outcomes for our children, young people & their families.
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COSLA has shared a briefing ahead of a debate taking place in @ScotParl later today. It sets out COSLA’s ask that MSPs recognise additional costs to Councils of additional employers’ national insurance contributions.
Read it here: bit.ly/4hZuONq
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COSLA have launched a new budget campaign: Invest Locally In Scotland's Future.
The campaign asks Scottish Government to help councils tackle issues locally with fair and flexible funding.
Find out more: cosla.gov.uk/invest-locally-…
#InvestLocally #FundLocallyBenefitNationally
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@COSLA and @scotgov have published a joint progress report and action plan setting out some of the important steps being taken to better support young people with additional support needs, and the people who support and care for them.
Read more: bit.ly/4eyUPAB
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COSLACYP retweeted
5 Nov 2024
.@ScotGov and @COSLA have published a joint progress report and action plan setting out how we are delivering on our pledges to children and young people with additional support needs.
40 actions have been completed since 2020 with work continuing.
More➡️bit.ly/48AHKFi
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COSLA's Children & Young People Spokesperson, Cllr Tony Buchanan, addressed the @YouthLinkScot Conference, highlighting the vital role youth work plays in prevention, and providing the best possible support for children and young people. #YLSconf24
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@COSLA received a warm welcome from @EastAyrshire Council and the Netherthird community at a visit yesterday. COSLA President @MorayShona opened the new 'SL66' Employability Hub & the COSLA team visited Netherthird Primary School, Early Learning Team and community gardens.
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COSLA's email bulletin for Elected Members has been published! In the latest issue:
🟣Info about next week's Elected Member Seminar
🟣Latest updates from COSLA & Local Gov
🟣Global meeting of Local Governments at The Hague
...& much more!
🔗mailchi.mp/cosla/cosla-emb-1…
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Local government is committed to tackling child poverty, but there's still more work to do.
🗞️Read our Targets to Action document: bit.ly/4ePW6na
Hear from our Spokesperson, Councillor Tony Buchanan (@antbuc1)⬇️#ChallengePovertyWeek
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