Love volunteering. Love Rethink Mental Illness. Love GirlGuiding. Love Young Carers. MH patient. Views my own.
Nuneaton
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Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
As a former psychiatric nurse who often worked in group therapy sessions with anxious or depressed patients, there is no 'low level' of anxiety or depression, & any level of it could, without skilled support, eventually lead to acute psychiatric illness. Preventive care is vital.
Very excited to be involved in this. Mental Health Research is an area with such potential
⭐New Episode of MQ Open Mind⭐
@SuicideResearch talks with @briancdow, @ATulip and @bolirod to discuss the
new joint report from MQ and @Rethink_ outlining ten key changes needed to transform mental health research in the UK
🎧linktr.ee/MQopenmind
📺youtu.be/WTSQif_ONkI
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
All children have the right to thrive, no matter their start in life.
Governments cuts to a lifeline fund have had a devastating impact on some of the most vulnerable children and young adults in England.
Join us and Anna Maxwell Martin in calling for the government to reverse all cuts made to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
We are still waiting for a date to meet with The Minister for Children and Families, @JoshMacAlister
We have a date to meet with the @educationgovuk (DfE) team managing the ASGSF.
In the meantime we have written this open letter, link below:
asgsfprotest.com/add-your-si…
Please sign our open letter to Josh MacAlister, share this post and encourage others to sign and share.
Parliament is back in session tomorrow, 13th October, let’s remind the government we aren’t going anywhere.
We are stronger together.
The government must listen.
#fundnoworpaylater #ACutTooFar #asgsf #adoptionsupport #carenotcuts
If anyone is horrified by this weather and wants to give nature a hand then its not too late to join Ecologi ecologi.com/aphratulipbriggs…
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
independent.co.uk/news/uk/po… This is a powerful read and clearly sets out why women will be put at risk should these changes to social security go ahead. It is chilling.
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
Labour MP Rachel Maskell is asking MPs to sign a new *reasoned amendment* to block the welfare reform bill
Maskell's new amendment rejects the bill because:
— No consultation with disabled groups
— OBR will not analyse impact of reforms until late 2025
— Employment funding will not be ready until end of decade
— No government impact assessment
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
🚨 Joint statement: Unacceptable “concessions” on the disability cuts MUST be rejected.
It is not a concession for future generations to receive even less support than Disabled people today.
Read it in full on our website👇 disabilityrightsuk.org/news/…
ALT As disability rights organisations and grassroots campaigns, we are voicing our united and absolute opposition to the apparent concessions offered by the government on their proposed disability cuts. We know that for many, including the MPs who took a principled stand by supporting the reasoned amendment that would have killed this bill, the government's offer looks like a win. But we have been dealing with the benefits system for years and we know the potentially lethal effects the concessions being reported will have. As Disabled people, we will not accept a Bill that condemns future generations of Disabled people to devastating cuts in their vital support in order to avoid that fate ourselves. Rather than fixing this Bill's dangerous attack on Disabled people, these concessions will introduce a new and cruel inequality into our communities. They will condemn young Disabled people, and those yet to be Disabled, to a future of poverty, hardship and worsening health. Full on website
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
Can we stop talking about £5bn a year spending cut. People on benefits spend their money straight away and very locally. It’s £5bn a year being taken off local shops and businesses. It’s £5bn a year less supporting local jobs. It will close shops and businesses and cut jobs.
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
The Government say that 150,000 unpaid carers will lose Carers Allowance as a result of the proposed cuts in their Welfare Bill.
What the heck are we doing here? In what world is this the right thing to do?
Liberal Democrats will be voting against these appalling cuts.
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
PIP makes it possible for disabled people to come closer to enjoying a normal life: eating, dressing, meeting with friends, going to work. Every PIP pound is spent locally, those pounds are spent, lots of taxes are paid. The PIP cuts are inhuman. They are also economic stupidity.
Personal Independence Payment #PIP addresses the extra costs of striving to lead a 'gloriously ordinary life'. Proposed cuts will cause deep harm to many people, with the costs also felt by local councils, the NHS, and other public services. The government should think again 👇
There is a difference between what someone with opportunity is given and someone without can achieve. Many buildings don't even have doors wide enough for wheelchairs or provision of parking spaces. #DisabilityBenefits #NotInMyName
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
Just to be clear PIP is not an out of work benefit. It is fundamental to understand the absolute basics when we reform the welfare system
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
New @mmhpi research warns that government’s planned PIP reforms will have a “catastrophic impact” on people’s finances and mental health, and could drive people out of the workplace.
It says "A system which was already doing a poor job of understanding how mental health problems affect... The planned changes will double down on that failure"
Read the press release here... moneyandmentalhealth.org/pre… and the full detailed report PDF moneyandmentalhealth.org/wp-…
Aphra Tulip-Briggs retweeted
It is currently essentially impossible for some sub specialities of cardiology to be clinical academics due to the impact of GIM training. Let that sink in - by design, without foresight, it’s not possible to be a clinical academic cardiologist. 🫠
"There is a severe shortage of doctors working as clinical academics, which threatens the future of both research and medical education. We encourage government to address inequalities in total remuneration that disincentivise clinical academia as a career path" @BMA_Academics
Last i checked, I was angry about the lack of care, support and dignity in the welfare state. Something I'm sure we could learn more about if we welcomed each other.
