Researcher, Newcastle University | Ageing, inequalities, access to care | Crochet, prints and pottering in the garden. She/her. Views my own 🌿 🎨 🧶
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined March 2014
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🎉 It’s official! People juggling paid employment and unpaid care will have a #RightToCarersLeave for the very first time.
The Carer’s Leave Bill has received Royal Assent, meaning it will be the law for all employers in England, Scotland and Wales to provide carer’s leave. 🧵
ALT Graphic of a person digging. Text reads: 2.4 million working carers will benefit from the Carer’s Leave Act #RightToCarersLeave
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Thrilled to hear that not content to wreck my plans for living in a house & eating during retirement, #USS has distributed my name, date of birth, and national insurance number to various & sundry on the dark web.
Winter cheer from the #garden healthy, happy buds on the Weigela, whilst the viburnum is still sprinkling pink delight
A quick nip round the garden to pull out weeds, and I was delighted to see some buds on the hellebores
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Don’t miss you chance to have your say in the Leisure Services Review in Gateshead Council!
The consultation period closes tomorrow and it is crucial that as many people as possible have had their say.
Crocheted this shawl. I love it. The colours remind me of spring forests. Shame I won't get to wear it for another 4 months 🙄🧶❄️ #crochet
Even though it's freezing 🥶 and my gas bill will flatten me, I can still appreciate beauty in winter
