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• Tear down sunday

  By maggiemellon on April 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I woke up Sunday morning with fixed purpose of getting to the allotment and starting to organise all the plastic, wood, metal, paper and other stuff ready to get taken off site. After all sorts of delays, with friends popping… Read More ›

• Maggie Mellon: Why the Named Person legislation is not a progressive measure

  By maggiemellon on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

     Feminist campaigner and  social worker Maggie Mellon makes the case against the Scottish Government’s ‘Named Person’ scheme SCOTLAND, like the rest of the UK and much of Europe, is an increasingly unequal society. Poverty and inequality are what stunt… Read More ›

• Glasgow Flourishing A story of a possible Glasgow By Maggie Mellon

  By maggiemellon on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The Clyde rolls into Glasgow from its source in the hills to the south east, tracing lazy loops as it flows under road, rail and foot bridges and motorway flyovers, through into the dense heart of the city, then broadening… Read More ›

• Maggie Mellon: Why Scottish Women’s Aid should change course on its prisons position

  By maggiemellon on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

   Feminist campaigner Maggie Mellon explains why she believes short term prison sentences are unhelpful – even in domestic abuse cases SCOTLAND may be poised to take a big step away from having one of the highest rates of imprisonment in Europe. … Read More ›

• Women for Indy Justice Watch Blog august 2016

  By maggiemellon on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  In this blog, I am going to write about not just my own experience and views but also cover some of the issues that we all have encountered and the experiences of women in a number of courts. A fair… Read More ›

• How the Named Person crusade could damage the case for Scottish independence

  By maggiemellon on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

    First publish by Common Space in August 2016 Feminist campaigner and former social worker Maggie Mellon explains why she’s welcoming a recent decision from the Supreme Court on the controversial Named Person law WHY has the Scottish Government allowed… Read More ›

• The Children and Young People Act 2014

  By maggiemellon on November 9, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Why with the Children and Young People Act 2014 we are in danger of creating a surveillance and not a support system for children and families Debate with Jackie Brock of Children in Scotland – this debate took place on Thursday… Read More ›