ME and Fibro sufferer fighting for awareness, understanding and empathy. Love dogs, Cornwall & Christmas. Despise the Tories. A bit sweary so be warned! #COYS⚽️
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Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
Why do people with mental (or physical) health vulnerabilities need call essential firm after firm and govt departments too to declare it, needing repeat the same painful, possibly embarrassing explanations. Today @MMHPI is calling for a 'tell us once' system. Here's my quote on why.....
"The government has a Tell Us Once system for when someone dies, yet we lack the same for those who are alive and struggling. That makes no sense. We need a single simple system that can work across essential services like banks, energy and water firms, and government systems too – whichever people choose.
“Right now, a vulnerable person in the middle of a mental (or physical) health crisis may have to call firm after firm, and government agencies on top, repeating the same painful, possibly embarrassing or triggering explanation again and again. In a digital age where data sharing is simple, that feels almost cruel.
“Of course safeguards and informed consent are essential, people must have control of their data. But it is time we stopped focusing on using data to just drive profit and started using it to drive compassion.”
Read full info and get details about the underlying research here... moneyandmentalhealth.org/pre…
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
🔥 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT MOTABILITY, SINCE SOME OF YOU ARE COMMITTED TO BEING LOUD AND WRONG 🔥
The ignorance about Motability could power the national grid.
Some of you are out here spewing BS.
💥 No, disabled people do NOT get “free cars.”
You don’t wake up one morning, sneeze, and materialise a shiny SUV from the government fairy. You exchange your Higher Rate Mobility or Enhanced PIP mobility entitlement - and that payment goes directly to Motability. It’s a lease, not a gift.
💥 No, you cannot just pick a “luxury car.”
You don’t stroll into a dealership and order a BMW for fun. You get a short list of sensible, usually basic models. And if you want anything even remotely bigger, you pay thousands in an upfront “Advance Payment.” From your own pocket.
Disabled people are literally paying extra for the crime of needing space for mobility aids or adaptations.
💥 Insurance? Servicing? Repairs?
Included - because it’s a lease. Not a magical perk. Just a standard part of the deal. And god forbid someone bumps into a Motability car the way some people act, you’d think the disabled driver was committing murder.
💥 Reality check:
Most disabled people only choose Motability because buying and maintaining a car is financially impossible when your disability already bleeds your wallet dry.
This scheme is a lifeline - not a jackpot.
It gives people independence, work access, medical access, the ability to have a damn life.
🧨 So before you start raging about “free cars” and “scroungers,” try this: learn how the system actually works.
Disabled people aren’t living the high life. They’re just trying to exist.
And if that offends you?
🚗💨 Touch grass. Preferably far away from Motability cars.
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
This #firework petition almost doubled the number of signatures since we posted in on 7th November, it’s one of the fastest growing petitions on the Government website. It must go to 100k, please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
The consumer #firework decibel limit petition is hugely popular too with over 140k signatures, please sign this one too. petition.parliament.uk/petit…
We will send the Government a very STRONG message that the people of the UK have had enough misery from random
#Fireworks, we’ve seen enough stress to pets and wildlife, enough damage to the environment. #fireworklawchange
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
Pumpkins:
Halloween is one night.
Tonight.
If you have to waste a food item (and I strongly suggest you don't), please put it out for one night, then safely dispose of it.
Please DO NOT put it out for the wildlife.
Once you've handled it, cut it, left it out in the open, unrefrigerated, it will not be hygienic or safe for anyone to eat.
Pumpkins are a low-acid vegetable, so once they are cut and left at room temperature, pathogens will rapidly grow on the flesh, producing mould spores.
Our precious wildlife do not have any magical properties that protect them against food poisoning.
Additionally, this time of year there are baby hedgehogs around, born too late to find natural food, desperate to eat anything to stop the pain of starvation.
Pumpkin has a laxative affect so it would be particularly cruel to leave it out for starving wildlife to eat in desperation, causing them to lose precious fluids that may make the difference between life and death.
So no matter what you read elsewhere, please DO NOT put your discarded decoration out for the birds or any other wildlife.
Please DO NOT compost them either, as a composting pumpkin can produce highly toxic tremorgenic mycotoxins, which will be deadly if the compost bin is not properly secured and is accessible to wildlife (or pets).
Many hedgehogs, seeking the warmth of a compost bin, die this way every year.
Once you've used the pumpkin as decoration it's waste, fit only for the bin.
Please help get this vital message spread far and wide, to save precious lives and prevent suffering.
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
I find it utterly bizarre how people are willing to support the super rich who hide their money in offshore accounts, than support disabled. We are a scapegoat for them.
Tax avoidance costs the UK tens of billions. Disabled people are not the issue.
Stop looking the wrong way!
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after.
And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before.
If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from Father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early, you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too.
Saw this & thought I'd repost.
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
Steve Martin & Martin Short singing the way you look tonight to the beautiful #DianeKeaton 🥺💔
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
Spread the word!
Placing shallow dishes of fresh, clean water around your garden can be a lifeline to thirsty creatures like #hedgehogs, birds & bees!
🦔 🐦 🐝 🦋
Add a few pebbles so insects can perch & safely drink too!
#WildlifeWednesday #Sharetomakeaware
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
"During a company event at a Colplay concert I offered my head of HR a Murray Mint which she accepted. Whilst singing along to Yellow she accidentally swallowed the mint, and I was forced to perform the Heimlich maneuver just as the Jumbotron camera focused on us."
Kerryn Groves 💙 retweeted
First claim Winter Fuel Payment SCAM since the announcement. Those of state pension age do NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING to get the Winter Fuel Payment.
