Director of Influence @RespectUK. trustee @Enfield_Carers. Paused posting here - find me at https://xitter.cf/t.co/XD81B44NQz
Enfield, London
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🧵coming up - thoughts from our CEO @JoTodd4 on today's PM launch of his Plan for Change
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I’ve had some great times here, made new connections, learned loads and, I hope, offered insight on HIV and LGBTQ issues.
I’m going to take a break from X for a while. I will be on 🧵 and 🦋.
If you’ve enjoyed me, I’d be grateful if you shared this so others can find me.
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So sad that the East/West divide in #Enfield has even impacted Halloween - v clear on Nextdoor last night that the more affluent side of the borough were trick or treating in force, almost zero on the other😧 @EnfieldDispatch
This is why we need a national prostate cancer screening programme alongside breast cancer screening. It didn’t have to be this way and I’m sad at this news #ChrisHoy theguardian.com/sport/2024/o…
Speaking with my @Enfield_Carers hat on, this is such an important win - congratulations to @CarersUK for keeping up the pressure 💪🏾
📣Success! After our months-long campaign on the Carer’s Allowance overpayments scandal, we're pleased the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions @leicesterliz has commissioned an independent review to assess how overpayments accrued on such a vast scale
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For #CPAAwarenessDay, we're sharing early findings from our upcoming report, Nowhere to Turn: Lessons from Families Affected by CAPVA. Even at this stage, the difficulties, stigma & discrimination families face is clear.
Read the themes & recommendations: respect.org.uk/articles/prel…
Many thanks to @SELMATAHA8 and the team at @SBSisters for your insights this first week of #BlackHistoryMonth2024 - you are true Changemakers 💪🏾✊🏾
Though Black people, their stories & cultures, should be celebrated daily, #BlackHistoryMonth is an opportunity to acknowledge legacies of structural inequality & to reflect on reform.
Our Director @SELMATAHA8 speaks to @RespectUK @Drive_Partners about #ReclaimingNarratives 👇
Having attended the same event last week at Labour, good to hear reflected concerns about DA and the family court backlog at this fringe #CPC24
ALT Panel table with six people, four white men, one South Asian woman and one Black woman
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2024 CONFERENCE EVENT:
HOW BEST TO DELIVER ACCESS TO JUSTICE? We are co-hosting a fringe event with @thebarcouncil, @TheLawSociety, and @WeAreLAPG on Monday, 30 Sep 2024 1-2.30pm Scherzo Room, Hyatt Regency B1 2JZ with our exec chair Lord Sandhurst KC Chairing
Dame @Rachel_deSouza talked about the need for health and education to work together as a response to youth criminal activity - we’ve stopped talking about the riots. There is an anxiety crisis as well as a mental health crisis #CPC24
Then, we heard from Dame @Rachel_deSouza, the Children’s Commissioner for England.
She opened by noting that COVID was a negative turning point for mental health among children, especially those who were disadvantaged.
At this @SMFthinktank fringe - “If only I had met this person when they were 3” @DrLadeSmith on the importance of early intervention to address mental ill health in children before it is too late #CPC24
📣STARTING NOW - Learning to live well: how can education policy support children’s wellbeing and mental health?
🗣️@DamianHinds, @Rachel_deSouza, @DrLadeSmith, Dr @_CBagnall and SMF’s @aveek18
📺WATCH: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqihu6…
+ follow the live thread 🧵
I would like people who talk about how idyllic lockdown was for them to have a listen to this harrowing testimony. We must never forget and the workforce suffering from PTSD must be supported.
I really do worry people have forgotten what Covid-19 was like for NHS staff. I went onto ICU wards and saw it myself. I spoke to staff broken by relentless death.
@Kevin_Fong testimony @covidinquiryuk needs to be heard:
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We're pleased @Keir_Starmer has promised security and 'a roof over their head' for domestic abuse survivors.
The government must put tackling economic abuse at heart of its mission to halve Violence Against Women and Girls in a decade - working with us to drive systems change.
One of the biggest claps so far for the promise that victims of domestic abuse "will have the security they deserve, they will have a roof over their head"
#LabourConference2024
"Our daughters deserve better" - good to hear the Home Secretary recognise the urgency of halving #VAWG and describe it as a "national emergency" - now let's make a plan to achieve the mission #LabourConference2024
It’s day 3 at #LabourConference2024 for the @RespectUK @Drive_Partners team - we’ll be attending plenary and fringe sessions on the #SaferStreets mission and joining the #VAWG rally later, we’ve had some good formal and informal conversations so far #StoppingDomesticAbuse
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Very concerning findings in this new report from @centreWJ, drawing on the experiences of 200+ women.
The report identifies key steps that must be taken, including urgently addressing significant gaps in the collection and recording of data on perpetrators.
Summary in thread⬇️
🧵Our new report – published today - reveals shocking levels of domestic abuse by police officers continues and police forces are struggling to tackle the abuse of power or recognise that abuse off duty must be addressed.
centreforwomensjustice.org.u…
📢Delighted to see the Safe Spaces Wheel by my colleagues Olumide Adisa and Meena Kumari @Hopetraining out in the world! 🙌🏿
I was honoured to comment on the draft of the accompanying briefing.
📢Please support and share📢
The "Safe Spaces Wheel" by Adisa and Kumari is a groundbreaking framework for Black & Racialised leaders.
Based on H.O.P.E Leadership programme insights, it provides a comprehensive approach to creating environments, drawing from lived experiences.
hopetraining.co.uk/safe-spac…
Sad news... Rest in Peace #TitoJackson and thoughts going out to 3T and the wider family🙏🏿
We are shocked, saddened and heartbroken. Our father Tito Jackson @titojackson5 was an incredible man who cared about everyone and their well-being. Please remember to do what our father always preached, “Love One Another.” We love you Pops and will forever miss you.
I am not going to deactivate my account just yet, but I will be doing my engagement elsewhere for now. I still need to use X for work, but the sudden drop in my own followers after 16 years is telling me all I need to know. Take care on here, people.
Preserving my well-being, all I want to read today are things that will nourish my soul, widen my horizon and lift my spirit! We in the St.Lucia diaspora are feeling the pride today 🩵💛🖤 #JamesBaldwin100 📚#JulienAlfred🇱🇨🏅
