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Elena Whitham

@elenawhitham.bsky.social
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Dual national 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 Humanist Former MSP. Privileged to work at River Garden recovery community 💜

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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I love working at River Garden recovery community in Ayrshire & I am so proud it is now the first dog friendly rehab in the UK 🐕❤️ For too long people have had to choose between their beloved pet and residential rehab or homeless accommodation. Love to see barriers broken!
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Scotland's first dog friendly alcohol and drug recovery service launched - TFN
A new partnership in Ayrshire has developed the groundbreaking programme
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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
⁠After the Union Corner fire, we’re a shop down and need your support more than ever to tackle the #HousingEmergency. Until the team finds a new place to call home, you'll find us at the Charity Super.Mkt shop in Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow. Pop in, have a peek, and be part of the fight for home. 🏠
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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
🏠 A coalition of housing orgs including Shelter Scotland, @homelessnetwork.scot, @cihscotland.bsky.social & @homesforscotland.bsky.social are hosting a hustings today to hear how Scotland's political parties will commit to ending the #HousingEmergency. We'll share a summary tomorrow with photos. 👀
A graphic showing the 6 local candidates representing their political party, with "Ending Scotland's housing emergency hustings 2026" text showing to the left of them.
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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today marks my final day as MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley. It has been an honour and a privilege to represent such a wonderful constituency full of amazing folk, organisations and businesses in our Nation's Parliament 🙌
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Kevin Stewart SNP @kevinstewartsnp.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This week my colleague, Elena Whitham & I joined Crisis Scotland to pledge our support to End Homelessness in Scotland by 2040.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/02/2026
Revealed: The true toll of female suicides in UK with domestic abuse at their core
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Revealed: The true toll of female suicides in UK with domestic abuse at their core
Exclusive: Research suggests official statistics could track as few as 10% of the true number of cases The number of women who are driven to suicide by domestic abusers is being under-reported, and their cases overlooked by police, in what has been described by experts as a “national scandal”. Domestic violence suicides are already growing at such a rate that a woman in an abusive relationship is now more likely to take her own life than be killed by a partner. Continue reading...
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The SNP @snp.org · 07/02/2026
Tribute to Jeane Freeman
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The Scottish Parliament @parliament.scot · 02/02/2026
The Health Committee has called for urgent national action to improve ADHD and autism assessment and support pathways across Scotland. They want to see a comprehensive review of assessment processes across all areas, leading to a National Standard. Read their report: ow.ly/Q4wk50Y7zH8
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Alcohol Focus Scotland @alcoholfocus.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We're recruiting! AFS currently has a vacancy for a Senior Co-ordinator (Policy) Full time, £32,000 Find out more and apply below twp.ai/9PZlcZ
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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Excited to join the @shelterscotland.bsky.social Committee & use my lived & worked experience to help take forward the message that Home is Everything...the housing emergency must be a priority that reaches right across all policy areas at local and national level. Housing doesn't sit in a vacuum!
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Sarah Wootton @sarahwootton.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Scotland looks set to move closer to introducing assisted dying. Of 77 MSPs asked 50 say they will back the bill. MSPs will vote on the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2515261...
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Assisted Dying supporters increasingly confident ahead of Holyrood vote
MSPs will vote on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill next week, with supporters increasingly confident they have the numbers to pass…
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Shelter Scotland @shelterscotland.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thanks to @elenawhitham.bsky.social for raising this issue in the chamber today. With 40 families of colour being denied the temporary accommodation they are legally entitled to every week, we need action to ensure a safe, secure and affordable home is available to everyone. #HousingEmergency
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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Great kayaking and SUP session on Loch Lomond this afternoon. Now time to relax with a cuppa under a blanket being soothed by nature ✨️ #VanLife
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
"Holyrood is becoming a hostile environment for women.” Why are so many SNP women stepping down from the Scottish Parliament in 2026? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Almost quarter of SNP’s female MSPs to step down amid ‘hostile environment’
Women at Holyrood cite lack of support from party, abuse in chamber and online, and tolerance of bullying
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The SNP Media @thesnpmedia.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
🚶‍♂️‍➡️Last night, @elenawhitham.bsky.social hosted ‘Walking, Wheeling and Cycling to an Active Nation’ in the Scottish Parliament, celebrating 10 years of Beat the Street, which aims to make active travel the norm for short journeys in Scotland. 🚴‍♂️
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The SNP Media @thesnpmedia.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
🗣️ This afternoon, @elenawhitham.bsky.social will lead a members debate on a report into alcohol use disorder in the justice system. 📺 Watch live after 12:45pm on Scottish Parliament TV: www.scottishparliament.tv
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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Don't miss today's members' debate on how to improve the justice system for people with alcohol problems 👇 @elenawhitham.bsky.social To learn more about the debate: shaap.org.uk/news/442-msp... Watch live this afternoon: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...
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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Thank you to @elenawhitham.bsky.social for highlighting our report on alcohol services in the justice journey 👏 We look forward to hearing this important matter debated in Scottish Parliament on Thursday. ⚖️
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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Fantastic day collaborating with Dr Ingram and her colleagues from the School of Education & Social Sciences. I heard from academics on issues such as PMDD, health inequalities faced by women experiencing homelessness, poverty related stigma & research into pupil experience of new build schools 🙌
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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Post of me from a different era. Way back in 1989 standing in St-Laurent metro station downtown Montréal at the young age of 15. Seems like yesterday!
Me in a leather jacket with a shaved head with my pal with a mohawk
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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We don't have a cat but thought you would all like to meet Mr Mojo Risin our wee jack russell. He is very demure. Very mindful 💗
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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
View from camper out to Ailsa Craig. My favourite place to be ❤️ #Ayrshire
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Elena Whitham @elenawhitham.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hoping this place will be a wee bit kinder. A wee bit more human. I am currently a politician so very ground down by our politics. Very much in need of things to make my heart sing 💜
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