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Mental health campaign

Time to Talk Day

1 February 2018

The First Minister is backing Time to Talk Day – a campaign by See Me, Scotland’s national programme to tackle the stigma of mental health.

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First Minister meets the new Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership

Ambition on human rights

18 January 2018

The First Minister attended the inaugural meeting of the Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership, and urged them to challenge public bodies to do more

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FM visits food bank to highlight concerns over Universal Credit

17 January 2018

Nicola Sturgeon has today called on the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to make urgent changes to Universal Credit (UC). She made

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Quickening the pace of gender equality

12 January 2018

First Minister addresses business leaders. Businesses must ‘inject new momentum’ into improving women’s representation, according to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, or the progress already made

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is given an HIV test by George Valiotis, chief executive of HIV Scotland, at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, ahead of World AIDs Day on Friday December 1, 2017. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday November 29, 2017. See PA story SCOTLAND HIV. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

First Minister supports Scotland’s HIV Anti-Stigma campaign

30 November 2017

Ahead of World AIDS Day 2017, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon backed Scotland’s HIV Anti-Stigma campaign by taking an instant result HIV self-test. Supported by George

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FM visits Streetwork

Tackling rough sleeping this winter

29 November 2017

First Minister visited homelessness charity Streetwork to announce actions to tackle rough sleeping this winter.

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Equalities and Human Rights Commission

31 October 2017

The First Minister met with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission Board and Scotland Committee to discuss the implications of Brexit and devolution of powers

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First Minister announces an extension of the Family Nurse Partnership

Support for first-time mums

31 October 2017

The First Minister visited Dundee to announce a significant expansion to the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme. The extension will mean up to 60 additional

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FM @NicolaSturgeon kicked off this year's @GraniteNoirFest with a Q and A with @radiomukhers discussing history, identity and the inspiration behind his Sam Wyndham novels#GN2019 📚📚Check out the full festival programme 👉 granitenoir.com pic.twitter.com/LSgAkzQGkI

“Proud to support @LEAPsports Youth Activist Academy. We should be proud of our inspirational young people working on breaking down barriers through community sport activism projects across Scotland. Good luck to everyone involved” - FM @NicolaSturgeon leapsports.org/news/the-youth…

FM @NicolaSturgeon opened the International Marine Conference in Glasgow and set out how Scotland is leading the way in tackling marine litter: gov.scot/news/reducing-… #SeasTheFuture pic.twitter.com/tcc58exKm0

You can read the full text of the First Minister's speech at #scvogathering here: news.gov.scot/speeches-and-b… twitter.com/ThirdForceNews…

Next stop @NicolaSturgeon discussing climate change and gender equality with Paris Mayor @Anne_Hidalgo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/CDLnVcj8yf

This afternoon FM @NicolaSturgeon met with New Zealand & Iceland ambassadors, OECD chief statistician & representatives from France & Sweden for a discussion on wellbeing economy governments & forging closer links & partnerships 🇫🇷 🇳🇿 🇸🇪 🇮🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pic.twitter.com/XLgXQHTLej

FM @NicolaSturgeon met @BayleLaurent & @FergusLinehan at @philharmonie to announce the new concerts 🎼 for @edintfest she said it’s ‘the perfect example of the strong cultural links that exist between Scotland & France’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 twitter.com/edintfest/stat…

At 16:30 GMT tune in for @NicolaSturgeon setting out @scotgov views on Brexit and support for EU Nationals at @AssembleeNat 📹📺 👇 details here 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 bit.ly/FMscotgovfrance pic.twitter.com/OfChJavpuO

Day two in #paris @NicolaSturgeon kicking off busy day by meeting @Accorhotels at headquarters to discuss tourism and the company’s growth in Scotland. Accor has 24 hotels in Scotland & around 1000 employees working for Accor brands 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pic.twitter.com/tjhWdmBGWZ

‘The @scotgov wants to strengthen our partnership - not just on the basis of our historic ties but our modern connections: friendships; cultural links, business ties; shared appetite for innovation & most of all, our shared values’ @NicolaSturgeon at @ScotGovFrance launch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/nlPummtYWu

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