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Military Liaison Group (Education) Lead - Armed Forces Families at The Highland Council. My Rights to Wellbeing Trainer. All views are my own. https://armedforcesfamilieshighland.wordpress.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lou-kinnear-478a17364
MLG @highland.gov.uk are proud the amazing work of our CYP are featured as a Case Study in the Together new “State of Children's Rights Report 2026”. The case study joins 3 others from Highland Psychological Services tinyurl.com/hzv35988 #SOCRR2026
We're getting excited in @highland.gov.uk! Did you see the competition open to all CYP in Highland: Design a unique Logo for Highland to celebrate Month of the Military Child. Closing Date 2nd March, so there is still time to enter! tinyurl.com/5cyjzwyp
An exciting competition for ALL Highlands children & young people! Design a unique Month of the Military Child LOGO that’s exclusive to Highland! Reposts welcome, thank you! Click the link for competition info: tinyurl.com/439zt77h @bernadettecairns.bsky.social @highland.gov.uk #MotMC
Bluesky connections/followers, I will now be using LinkedIn as my main social media platform - looking forward to connecting with you there. @highland.gov.uk
This is a quick one page read that will we hope will be useful to Educators and Practitioners and wider organisations in Highland to help ensure support for children and young people in education from Armed Forces families tinyurl.com/yjrcrb9r @highland.gov.uk
Wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas. Read full message here: armedforcesfamilieshighland.wordpress.com/home/
It’s Arrived! The Latest MLG (Education) Newsletter
Delighted to share – packed full as always with news & information for you, our Armed Forces families, educators, and professionals. @highland.gov.uk
Please share widely
Click the link tinyurl.com/439zt77h
Delighted to share with you, "Making Rights Real - A powerful new case study" that shines a spotlight on @highland.gov.uk incredible children and young people from Armed Forces families. Click the link and please feel free to share armedforcesfamilieshighland.wordpress.com/home/
Delighted to share with you the amazing & poignant poppy display created at the AWS Craft Club with families of 3SCOTS serving personnel. It’s truly fantastic work which now adorns the Fort George Kirk. Thank to all the families involved. Click here tinyurl.com/2tmy6x6p @highland.gov.uk
Schools and Early Learning Centres @highland.gov.uk
please share this information with your Armed Forces families - 'MOD Free Christmas Mail Service and Posting Dates for 2025' Click Here: tinyurl.com/bdfhtrfe
New resource from MLG (Education) @HighlandCouncil aimed at staff working within the Further Education/Higher Ed sector who support YP's from Armed Forces families. Click the link here to explore tinyurl.com/439zt77h @bernadettecairns.bsky.social
Schools and ELC's @highland.gov.uk - lots of resources, info and help to get you planning with your children and young people for REMEMBRANCE DAY. Click the link to explore tinyurl.com/3d7ctb8k
We are pleased to announce that our Psychological Services/Children’s Rights and Participation Group are COSLA Excellence Awards Finalists in Cat 4 – Strengthening Communities & Local Democracy. Read More:https://buff.ly/a5wC5lq
Highland's children and young people hit the press again! #proud #participation Read all about it here tinyurl.com/439zt77h @highland.gov.uk @bernadettecairns.bsky.social @jochamberlain.bsky.social
This a a great source of information for tri-service Armed Forces families: 'Discover My Benefits'. Click link to explore and please share to reach out to families who may find it useful tinyurl.com/2w5ax44n @highland.gov.uk
This is exciting - a resource for adults aged 19 to 99yrs: 'Just One More Page'. Well done to our MLG partners Reading Force, we are delighted to promote this fantastic resource and hope this post will be shared widely tinyurl.com/ytdkbtkb
Delighted to share the latest MLG (Education) Newsletter from @highland.gov.uk Packed full of information, resources, news to support our Highland's Armed Forces Community & their families, info for Educators & community organisations. @bernadettecairns.bsky.social Link: tinyurl.com/ntx83knf
Delighted to share the latest MLG (Education) Newsletter from @highland.gov.uk Packed full of information, resources, news to support our Highland's Armed Forces Community & their families, info for Educators & community organisations. @bernadettecairns.bsky.social Link: tinyurl.com/ntx83knf
The Military Liaison Group (Education) Highland looks forward to connecting and working with our Armed Forces Families, CYP and educators in the year ahead - getting it right for CYP from Armed Forces Families, Highland tinyurl.com/mzvby6md @highland.gov.uk @bernadettecairns.bsky.social
Fab to see so many children and families involved in the event today.
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's MLG (Education) group 'Out and About' and having fun with our children and young people. Read all about it here armedforcesfamilieshighland.wordpress.com/home/
What a busy day for @highland.gov.uk Psychological Service at the Vision 26 Family Fun Day today. Thanks to everyone who joined us, played in our cafe, shared their feelings faces and added to our feel good bag. @loukinnear.bsky.social @carrieyavuz.bsky.social
Great fun morning & delighted to be there with the team! Thanks to the CYP & their families for visiting our stand; filling up the Feel Good Bag with great ideas, listening to the imaginative play in the Cafe Tent,being impressed by the amazing facial expressions of different feelings #participation
Delighted to share more of this work a year on from the day that the UNCRC was incorporated into Scots Law. Please read the whole thread to see parts of the resource and a short video!
Participation ROCCS!
But adult myths about capacity get in the way
That’s what children told us, and here’s a resource they helped us to make so adults can reflect on the myths and change their practice
More in the thread – feel free to use as long as you give us feedback!
And here is a short film with more samples
If you’d like to try it out, just get in touch – happy to share in return for feedback!
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And here is some of what the children said about this myth to help create the resource
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The children helped make a reflection tool to help professionals and policy-makers think about capacity
To make it playful & kind, Mythical Mungo and Capacity Callum explore each myth and how it impacts on their practice and on outcomes
Are you more Mungo or Callum?
Here’s an example 2/4
The UNCRC supports children’s rights to give consent, to be consulted & to complain
But often adult myths about their capacity get in the way
@jochamberlain.bsky.social and I researched with children what they think of this and what might help
Some resulting resources - feel free to use! 🧵 1/4
Thanks to our Armed Forces Families Federations: AFF, RAFFF and NFF for their comprehensive information about the Armed Forces Covenant and the recent news about its long awaited expansion. Click link to access tinyurl.com/2yb3fmvt
