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It was an honour to be awarded an Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award by University of Salford this week. Thanks to Lucy Meacock Lord Keith Bradley, all those who worked hard on the event and my tutors & lecturers and my husband Colin & family for their support

Do you work in health or social care in Wales? Dan Burrows & I are hosting an @ExChangeWales webinar on suicide risk in parent carers. Come along to build your knowledge & explore new ways to support disabled children & their families. Register at exchangewales.org/event/understa…

Fantastic intervention by Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) who spoke of widespread concerns that removing learning disability and autism from the MHA "could lead to people being held under DOLS, and we must guard against that happening." Watch from 19:59 parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/99…

What’s in the work White Paper for Unpaid Carers? 🧵 📋Better info & very limited welfare review⚖️ 1. INFO Paragraph 207 Research 2019 – cited as footnote 173: “Identifying as a carer was reported as being an important part of the caring journey.🔎 “This opened the door to...🧵

Winter is here - hold on to your seats, it could be a bumpy ride #getvaccinated

🧑‍🦼Disabled children live in some of the poorest households Parents are losing on average £21,174 of their family income & are left with impossible choices such as turning off their freezer to keep their child's oxygen machine plugged in #RunningOnEmpty🪫 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Big day for me: I’m standing down from Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK). Going to miss this brilliant organisation - the team, our Board, all those we work with. And of course the fantastic campaigners we work with everyday. Here’s to them and SMKs future!

🎉#NewYear Opp 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 'Care Package' is more than a workshop— it’s a welcoming space for unpaid #carers to relax, unwind & connect. A🆕nurturing online journey, where u can reflect, & then amplify unheard voices, through ‘creative journaling’. Book place⤵️ bethmorrisworkshops.co.uk/funded-worksho…

🪡🧵🪡🧵🪡 Stitch by stitch, And thread by thread, Crafting clearly What has not been said. “We had political decision-makers get in touch, & promise help on carers’ issues e.g. a 🆕 National Carers Strategy.” 🤔Will 2025 be THE year, to bring these offers of support to life?

Right folks, this ends on 5th May. I'd really like to see a response from the current govt, if only to compare to the last govt! Can we get sharing as much as poss with anyone who might boost it? #CarersAllowance #SocialCareCrisis petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…

A great episode to start the year, we speak to anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota to discuss how fundamentally human it is to care. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts 👇 player.captivate.fm/episode/607155… We Care Campaign Katy Styles Bridge.Growth PodcastingToday #Podcast

Sending a virtual hug to Laura ⬇️

“When you live with severe illness, life is challenging, more expensive, utterly exhausting. No one expects or wants pity, but the constant vitriolic attacks on our values, on who and what we are, on our very right to existence, make life unbearable.” bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-si…

National Autistic Society Northern Ireland Mencap NI Áine Magee 📋Any transition plans for adult #LD respite? Is there a cross-dept. solution to be sought? Philip McGuigan linda dillon Kellie Armstrong Kate Nicholl Jim Shannon MP Claire Hanna Paul Givan John O' Dowd H. Minister Mike Nesbitt invited to update. Launch x.com/i/status/18491…

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#WelfareNotWarfare Crowds are gathering at Downing Street for action at Downing Street - photos courtesy of We Demand Change

Disabled activists have taken over westminister, show your support on our tiktok #WelfareNotWarfare tiktok.com/@thecanaryuk/l…

Morning all, We're less than 900 signatures away from hitting our first target of 10,000 signatures in just 6 days. We've had an amazing response to the petition but we need to keep going to get 100k. Let's keep going #DisabilityRebellion petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7215…

DWP has responded to the petition and it's just copy and pasted from the green paper which is not unsurprising. This is why it is vital for us to reach 100,000 signatures and to get parliament to debate these horrendous cuts as soon as possible. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7215…

🗳Be 1 of the final 100 Almost 20,000 supporters of this important petition 📋 “❌Halt all planned benefit cuts for disabled people unable to work 👍🏼Raise benefits in line with inflation 👍🏼Support, not hardship & deprivation” Please sign ✍🏻 & share👏🏼 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7215…