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Be part of the digital campaign

Show your support for Parents and Carers

If you're on social media, there are lots of ways you can help spread the campaign message.
 

Pledge your support

Visit and share our #SPC2020 pledge page.


Complete our short survey

Usdaw wants to find out more about attitudes towards how much time off working parents should have to care for a new baby/child once it is born or placed with them in the case of adoption. Could you spare us a few minutes? Take the survey.


Show your support on Facebook

Download our #SPC2020 images:
  Or update your status to tell people why you’re taking part in the #SPC2020 campaign.


Show your support on Instagram

Download our sharable image #SPC2020.


Show your support on Twitter

Download our #SPC2020 images:
 
Use one of our Tweet suggestions:
 
  • I support Usdaw's campaign to urge the Government to increase the flat rate of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay to at least the Real Living Wage #SPC2020 #CutShort https://usd.aw/2VsgW6P - tweet this
  • Financial worries shouldn’t mean that parents have to #cutshort the time they spend with their new babies #SPC2020 usd.aw/spcpledge - tweet this

or tweet:
 
  • about why you’re taking part in Parents and Carers Spotlight Day, using #SPC2020
  • a photo of you and a friend taking part in the #SPC2020 campaign and we’ll retweet the best ones.
 

Get involved on Instagram

Whether it's a photo, a selfie or a quick video – tell us why you’re taking part in #SPC2020 campaign. The best will be reposted on the @UsdawUnion Instagram account.
 

Write a blog

Share your experiences and tell us why you’re taking part in #SPC2020 by writing a blog. Share it via Tumblr, Wordpress, Blogger, or the #SPC2020 hashtag on Twitter.

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