Steffi Keir

All parents need support at times. Getting emotional, financial, and practical help when and where it's needed can be a lifeline.

📝 @drsteffikeir.bsky.social on how Whole Family Support can tackle child poverty, and help children and families flourish 🌱

www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2025/s...

The funding will help us to keep our #RepairCafe going - it doesn't cost much to run it as it's entirely run by volunteers but the donations we receive don't quite cover hall hire and insurance so the Coop funding will go a long way for us. Any1 signing up in Oct will mean an extra £5 for us :)

The small local charity Creating A Sustainable Gryffe we set up has been selected to be part of the @coopuk Local Community Fund. If you download the Co-op App with this link, become a member and choose our cause, so we can receive a share of £5m. coopapp.onelink.me/ftOk/54oimzbt

🪧One month to go! We're marching in Edinburgh on 25 October to call for Scotland to do better for childhoods and families. Join us! #Edinburgh #25Oct #ScotlandDemandsBetter scotland-demands-better.com

If a child experiences poverty in their first year of life, the impacts can be lifelong. The potential impact of investing to prevent babies from living in poverty cannot be overstated.

🎉 Fantastic to be at the launch of the Home Start Glasgow North & North Lanarkshire Early Years Family Hub. Community based hubs like this, which bring together essential family support, healthcare services and peer support for parents, are so important.

Israel's siege is starving the people of Gaza.

We have joined more than 100 aid and rights groups to demand action - before there is no one left to save.

Read the full statement here: bit.ly/3GPCpAE

12 children have reportedly died of malnutrition and starvation across Gaza in the last two days, due to Israel's denial of aid.

These deaths were preventable. There are no words to describe our outrage and despair.

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Resharing because the situation is unchanged. I’ve committed to supporting one verified family in Gaza every day maybe you can too - Molly provides the verification which is tough work emotionally. It seems the best way to get food to people in Gaza until NGOs can deliver aid again.

Join us to demand better for Scotland #WeDemandBetter

🚨 The MIG Expert Group has launched its final report 🚨

A #MinimumIncomeGuarantee is key to women's equality, recognising:

💬 Unpaid care's impact on poverty
💬 Disability, income insecurity & extra costs
🔗 www.gov.scot/publications...

Local Bridge of Weir/Gryffe Valley peeps: Our repair cafe is on this Saturday. Fix it, don't ditch it! All free, but donations will help us sustain this project.

Ready to go with big yin-her first concert was the waterboys aged 7 and 11 years later, she’s as big a fan as me (and she’s hoping for Raggle Taggle just saying)

Adults are essential in supporting young children to realise their rights

Discover our Kite model and find out more about how you can support young children to realise their voice this #IMHAW2025 ➡️ starcatchers.org.uk/work/the-voi...

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Today’s @guardian piece by Tobi Angelica Thomas tells a story many of us in early childhood already know:
Children in England’s most deprived areas are less likely to meet key developmental goals by age five.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Please help Mahmoud and his family. He’s another one who has had very few donations and his campaign is relatively new. Thank you 🙏🏽

Job klaxon:

Good news! My bus home from Glasgow doesn’t stop half way anymore outwith rush hour. Couldn’t believe the app (old timetable displayed on bus stop). Finally a workable service.

Threads for:

FAQ in English and Arabic for accounts from Gaza

General information about Gazan Fundraising and GoFundMes

List of Gazans you can support

More general information for people from Gaza

The two child benefit cap imposes poverty on hundreds of thousands of children - a hideous social crime.

Discussing that on Channel 5's Jeremy Vine Show from 9.15am

Must read thread of the day. This immigrant stands in solidarity. Our higher education, NHS and care system will collapse with today's proposals, which worries me as much as the racist anti-immigration rhetoric. We are a net plus for our society in so many ways:

Is there any confirmation that this won’t affect frequency of services, eg between Glasgow and Edinburgh, or night time services as it was impossible to get home from Glasgow after shows when peak fares were scrapped before?

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀

The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week

heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...

Some weekend: wee yin shortlisted for the Janet Coats prize for poetry (again). And tomorrow I’ll be trying to conquer the 23 miles of the Kiltwalk for Rays of Hope cancer support. There was a comedy night for the pta thrown in too and clearly not enough sleep

Steffi's fundraiser for Rays of Hope Cancer Support Help Steffi Keir raise money to support Rays of Hope Cancer Support

And my fundraising page www.justgiving.com/page/steffik... oidhche mhath

Todays training walk:

Any support greatly appreciated! Just over a week to go before I tackle the 23 miles. Donations will help rays of hope provide an even wider range of support to those affected by cancer in Renfrewshire. Mòran taing airson gach cuid taic

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We're at the Lib Dem conference in Inverness to promote action needed to tackle and prevent child poverty. Looking forward to debate and discussion on how we can make sure every child has a decent start in life.