Jon Deakin

Yesterday, my report revealed an estimated 400,000 children in England are seeking support for suspected neurodevelopmental conditions like autism, ADHD, and cerebral palsy. Today, I’m sharing their voices on the challenges they face accessing support. #TheBigConversation

Our social care system for children is in crisis. Today I asked the Prime Minister about his government’s plans to tackle this national scandal, whereby private operators are making fortunes on the backs of vulnerable children and desperate local authorities. 👇

📃 A brief but important moment this week when @JakeBenRichards introduced his Private Members' Bill to help keep children in care close to the people and places that matter to them. 📍 Join Jake in supporting our #GoneTooFar campaign: BecomeCharity.org.uk/GTF

If you ever have to help our children in care or leaving care move places, please don't move them with a bin bag. It doesn't give them a positive message. Get a rucksack, holdall or suitcase. The only thing I was ever moved with in care was a bin bag. I will always remember that.

Don't miss this free event from @smileMediation: 🧑‍🏫 Essential Mediator Skills 📅 Weds 11 January @ 2-3pm Come and learn about how to develop the essential skills that mediators use to achieve positive outcomes from challenging conversations Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Being a teenager is difficult at the best of times. The added stressors of poverty and homelessness can amplify that all the more: invisiblepeople.tv/homelessness-a…

Mark is a disabled homeless veteran in the Westwood Neighborhood of Los Angeles. invisiblepeople.tv/videos/mark-ho…

Australia condemns the execution of protesters in Iran. We call on Iran to immediately cease all executions. Australia opposes the death penalty in all circumstances for all people. We will continue to work domestically, and with partners, to hold Iran to account.

Have you got a housing story for me? Have you encountered something really terrible? Or have you been working on something really good that's improving home for people? I'd love to hear from you.

@WeWhoSki @MertonChamber @SustainableMert @timeandleisure @lucykane @darlingmagazine Congratulations on your hard work and deserved win

And this is what it felt like winning ‘most innovative business’ in #merton and being runner up for the ‘most #sustainable’. Well done to all the fabulous businesses tonight. We are over the moon. #mertonbest

We start with the Champions of Change Award, sponsored by @Merton_Council - and our first winner of the evening is Evolve Housing + Support who have brought cultural change to support and champion diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace. Congratulations! #MertonBest

Winners of champions of change @MertonBest awards was @EvolveLDN . Congratulations to all my colleagues

@MertonBest . And so the evening begins. Good luck to all fellow finalists. And of course @EvolveLDN who are winners either way

Australia - when are we going to start treating Indigenous people with the respect they deserve? A powerful piece about silencing of Indigenous experience and knowledge at so many levels. Loads of parallels with the child protection system. meanjin.com.au/essays/i-catch…

#Homelessness statistics for Northern Ireland between January - June 2022 were published today showing a reduction in the number of people presenting as homeless compared with the same time in 2021 and our team has had a deeper look at the figures. A thread (1/5)

Great to see the latest in this pilot programme between @StartUpCroydon and @BoxparkCroydon! Find out more: bit.ly/3REaCCQ #business #food #hospitality #startup

This year we conducted our first disability pay gap analysis. Given the low representation of people with disabilities across the housing sector, we feel that analysis like this is vital. Here's what we found (and thank you @natfednews for sharing). housing.org.uk/news-and-blogs…

@timeservedapp Happy to come and help

@JonWDeakin Might be asking your advice re planting rose cuttings , all my attempts thus far have been a disastrous. Might try the stripping and potato method next

We're offering a free webinar on The Future of #ASB. Hosted by industry specialist on the subject @JanineGreenASB. Check out more details on the course & book now: tinyurl.com/v9s295zn #communitysafety

@timeservedapp You are like the ferreo rocher ambassador the way you spoil us with so much choice.

@JonWDeakin Both 🙂 it's also #loseyourmindandfinditagainwednesday