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Youth Work | Education | CJS | Equality. Work @hackneyquest & @ESRC_PHYVR; Trustee & Volunteer @haven_distrib; Volunteer @new_bridge & @longfordtrust.
London, England
Joined January 2011
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Luke Billingham retweeted
📢 Stigma around people in poverty, benefits and welfare is key to understanding why poverty is still deemed acceptable in a country as wealthy as the UK.
Read our recent report on stigma below:
jrf.org.uk/stigma-power-and-…
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When we approach young people with compassion, we are not just teaching them; we are showing them what it means to be fully human, with kindness and understanding…
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A healed community is one where love, trust, and mutual care replace fear, division, and pain…
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After 10 years of thinking...5 years of research...1 year of writing, I have FINALLY completed the draft manuscript of my book on the gentrification of Hackney.
"From Hackney, With Love: An Intimate History of Gentrification" will be out in May 2025
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE TO START THE NEW YEAR⁉️
🚨Partisan are looking for a new team member🚨
NEW ROLE: (Lead) Clinical Community Psychologist/ Psychotherapist
Salary: £46K - £58K (4 day working week)
Closing Date: 19th January 2025
partisanuk.org/join-our-team
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CareTech is the biggest private provider of children’s homes and foster care. Every year councils pay CareTech £600 million to care for vulnerable young people. Every day CareTech fails young people. 🧵
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If you can spare anything to help save @OasisPlay please donate today. It is not 'just a playground' it is a lifeline for children and families, many of whom are living in challenging circumstances. Donate, share and speak up for play! #adventureplay #playmatters
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Job alert 📣
Two senior policy roles on housing and work.
Location: York/London/Hybrid.
Join us tomorrow at 12pm - we'll set out the key responsibilities of the roles and how they fit within the broader strategy of the team and wider organisation: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi….
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I've interviewed dozens of nurses and doctors. They all tell me the same story: Working above contracted hours due to unsafe staffing and coming home exhausted. They end up leaving and the staffing crisis worsens.
This is an insult to those who form the very backbone of our NHS.
Public sector workers will only get above inflation pay increases if they improve productivity, Downing Street says
bbc.in/49BHExF
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Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) were introduced in 2022 to tackle knife crime, but the Home Office's lack of transparency means what happened next has been shrouded in secrecy.
A short thread🧵
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“We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty”
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without
the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it.
centreforyounglives.org.uk/n….
The Crib is a brilliant and vital place supporting Hackney's young people - share and support if you can
justgiving.com/campaign/crib…
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This today from @ONS: “In London, the average home was not affordable for any household income decile; in three other regions, the average home was only affordable to the top decile.” This in a nutshell is the UK housing crisis for younger people
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“Let’s build housing on a scale not seen since the Second World War”
newstatesman.com/spotlight/e…
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Poverty is preventing some children from attending school amid big rises in absence among children receiving free school meals, warns a new report from
@cfyounglives
Some children are missing school because their families can’t afford travel or the cost of correct uniform 1/4
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1/12 Our book, ‘Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK’, by David Walsh and I, is out today. It details how mortality stopped improving in the UK and other countries as a result of austerity policies damaging the building blocks of health. Here’s a brief summary:
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‘Right now, grassroots orgs play an important, immediate, yet undervalued role in supporting/improving the mental health and well-being of children and youth.’
GFC's President and CEO, @jhecklinger, shared with Philanthropy News Digest, how #grassroots leaders use creative solutions to engage #children who might not be willing or able to access traditional mental health services.
Learn more: bit.ly/45Gg6Uh
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Attacking people who rely on benefits is abusive and demoralising. It damages lives. It doesn't save any money.
True then, and true now.
theguardian.com/politics/201…
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March with us at Forest Road Youth Hub this Monday 25 November at 9am for #16DaysOfActivism against gender-based violence.
Young people, community leaders, businesses and individuals all welcome!