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Happy New Year from Pause ✨ Our #NeverMoreThanOnce gallery is live for one more week, showcasing messages from over 100 birth mothers about the changes they want to see. We're looking forward to working with them to achieve some of these changes in 2025: pause.org.uk/never-more-tha…

Let's get 2025 off to the best possible start and create a sense of hope for the year ahead 🌈 Join us for #HappierJanuary and find new ways to boost your wellbeing actionforhappiness.org/happier-january

Pause Practices and the Pause national office will be closed until the new year. If you need support during this time, here are some other services and helplines that you can contact. We wish everyone a restful end to the year and best wishes for the start of 2025 🌻

The holiday period can be extremely difficult for many victims and survivors of #DomesticAbuse But you are not alone, and there is help out there. If you need support you can contact the organisations below, or visit the resources page on my website domesticabusecommissioner.uk/i-need-help/

Today we are feeling gratitude for our partners @HullWomensAid, whose services this year have helped us support a woman who, this time last year, was in the most desperate of circumstances. #ThankYou @PauseOrg @HullCCNews

Congratulations to the women that graduated from the Pause Programme in Southwark this week, who spent time reflecting on their journey and thinking about words associated with Pause 💚

Alongside 100+ other organisations and activists, we're proud to co-sign @WIP_live's open letter calling on the Government to provide support for and end the criminalisation of survivors of domestic abuse. Read the letter and learn more about how you can take action 👇

2024 was another great year for our In a Mother's Mind podcast series. Stay tuned for season three early next year! We'll be exploring domestic abuse, kinship care and court proceedings. You can listen to all of the episodes to date, here: pause.org.uk/our-podcast/

Alongside our #NeverMoreThanOnce gallery, we're sharing the experiences of women who have completed the Pause Programme. In this blog post, Jade writes a letter to other women on the programme, and reflects on her first year of Getting Involved at Pause: lnkd.in/eaXgDycg

In our latest blog, Harpreet and Ellen reflect on using the @BASW_UK anti-racism supervision tool. You can read about their experiences, and access the tool and related training resources, here: pause.org.uk/news/reflectio…

TONIGHT we are screening Mycelial in Newcastle 🧡 Mycelial is available to rent ONLINE until 17th December at part of the UN's #16Days. Book your tickets NOW ⌛ eventbrite.co.uk/e/mycelial-wes…

Birth mothers supported by @ipswich_beam have written a fictional book, 'One Drop Holds the Sun', to try to change the way they are perceived by others. Read more➡️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Hello Monday! Here’s #5Things our small but mighty #Hull team did to make a difference to women’s lives last week. @PauseOrg @HullCCNews

Young mothers face repeated child removals, a lack of support, and impossible odds to keep their families together I wrote about how vulnerable women are being failed for @theleaduk national.thelead.uk/p/taken-and-fo…

Vanessa, a Pause Ambassador, created some resources for professionals supporting birth families and adoptive families who maintain letterbox contact after adoption. Check them out ➡️ tinyurl.com/3hj2x7m5

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄 Our first @PauseOrg tree is up in @sheffcath in time for The Gift - the 2024 Light Show and Christmas tree festival 💫 Showcasing the heartfelt reflections and hopes from women working with Pause Doncaster 💚

For women who no longer have children in their care, this time of year can be especially painful for many reasons💚Our practice teams encourage open conversations about feelings and prepare women for the festive season in different ways. Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/mrdwb2wk

Hello Monday! Here’s #5Things our busy #Hull team did to support women working with Pause last week. @PauseOrg @HullCCNews

Alongside our #NeverMoreThanOnce gallery, we're sharing the experiences of women who have completed the 18-month Pause Programme. In our latest blog post, Anita* reflects on her relationship with her Practitioner and the impact this had on her life 👇 tinyurl.com/mryf7uza

What’s on our radar? Our friends at @PauseOrg have launched the #NeverMoreThanOnce gallery, sharing powerful messages from birth mothers and calling for change in children’s social care. That & more in our Nov newsletter: mailchi.mp/sounddelivery/…