OD Programme Manager with the Improvement Service. All views are my own

Joined October 2011
You can read about the closure of @CollectiveScot here. It has been a great privilege to lead this work over many years and I am very grateful to everyone who has been involved and for all that we have managed to achieve together. – at Milngavie, Scotland
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“Things To Keep In Mind” - in recent months being reminded of how precious life is, my learning is to never stop living it 💚 #Kindness #Selfcare
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Amanda Spark retweeted
Very excited to see this new post finally live. Rethinking how we deliver services, with our communities and putting people at the heart of all we do. Creative? Inspiring? Customer focused? Go 👇 myjobscotland.gov.uk/council…
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Left with such impactful accounts from participants in our @CollectiveScot locality based programme yesterday of the changes they are already starting to see in their leadership roles. @clairthomson471 @aes39
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Amanda Spark retweeted
Morning!! Watching this programme might change your life if you’ve been struggling with symptoms of the menopause & not feeling yourself. Its a horrible place to be BUT there is help and you CAN feel better, I promise. ⁦@ThisisDavina⁩ 👏🙏
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Thoughtful today about how powerful the personal stories of small changes we can make can be -taking time for reflection and listening with care to one another creating real differences in @CollectiveScot @brigidrussell51 @ResearchforReal @kristy_docherty @clairthomson471 @aes39
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We can all change the way we talk about it.
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Great opportunity to join a brilliant team 👇 please retweet
You've still got a week to apply for this Communications Officer job. Deadline 11th March. 👇
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Leadership is not an expertise. Leadership is a constant education.
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Food Poverty is on the rise due to #Covid19UK this is a very worthwhile cause - donate what you can today 🙌🏼
Opportunity to support the brilliant @Stirfresh2 & @Andrewstirling9 raise funds to provide hot food for local people 🙌🏼 They provided produce for the Lichties broth and this is a valuable project at this difficult time justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
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This staggering image of Edinburgh Castle wins the internet for today 😲 'Castle in the Cloud' was captured in the misty capital last night by Adam Bulley. facebook.com/adambulleyphoto… If sharing, Adam's FB post said: "Please do not post this image on social media without credit".
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Our contact tracing app – Protect Scotland – is now available to download. It is: 🔹 Simple and easy to use 🔹 Private and anonymous 🔹 An extra tool to support #TestAndProtect Download today to help us stop the spread ⬇

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Superb effort by Scottish Local Government 👏👏👏
Our new weekly infographic illustrates the heroic efforts being undertaken by the Local Government workforce in communities across Scotland during the #Covid19 pandemic #CouncilsCare
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Amanda Spark retweeted
As part of #MentalHealthAwarnessWeek its important to do the following 🙌🏼
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We have published a briefing document on Poverty, Inequality and Covid-19 📄 Read it here: improvementservice.org.uk/__…
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We are pleased to announce that Dr Sarah Gadsden (@GadsdenSarah) has been appointed as the permanent Chief Executive of the Improvement Service after leading the organisation on an interim basis since March 2018. improvementservice.org.uk/ne…
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Are you an Elected Member? Want to know what your roles and responsibilities are at a time like this? Read the thread below 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Delighted to announce that PSIF 2020 has now been published! The standard framework, checklist and newly developed checklist for frontline services can now be downloaded from the PSIF Knowledge Hub Group. Many thanks to the fantastic review group for developing the new framework.
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Trying to capture seeds being shown, sown, the movement and opportunity around @NACWGScot #GenerationEqual conversations today. Alongside just fantastic art and performance from @InterculturalYS
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