Olivia Ferrara - Pennine Care NHS FT

🎄Christmas can be a difficult and chaotic time - here's a thread of mental health services that are open across the bank holidays including Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day:

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It’s cool that everyone seems to be against the free, universally available alternative to this as well

In 2015 I ran against Peter Mandelson for Chancellorship of The University of Manchester. The votes came from three areas: The Board, The Alumni and The lecturers. I am not afraid to say that when the registrar read out the voting numbers on the phone I shed a tear. Lord Peter Mandelson: 5,269 votes Lemn Sissay: 7,131 votes. I served my full tenure as Chancellor from 2015 to 2022. Peter Mandelson pivoted and almost immediately aligned himself as chancellor at Manchester Metropolitan University which had no such system of voting. One of the greatest honours of my life is to give service. I loved being chancellor. I haven't commented on this particular matter up until now. I just want to say thank you to the people who voted for me. You made the right decision. @RussellGroup @alumniUoM @uomhums @ManchesterSU @ManMetUni

Only two days to go until Proud To Be Me autism information event!⭐ Join us at Oxford Park Sports Centre, Ashton-under-Lyne this Thursday (23 April) from 12-7pm. Find out more👉 public.tameside.gov.uk/pressreleases/…

HAPPY EARTH DAY i love it here 🌍

"People say they appreciate unpaid carers, but we don't feel appreciated, we feel used." This quote from carer Michelle, from Neath Port Talbot, will resonate with many of us 💔 Carers from our local carer services were interviewed for this article⬇️ bbc.in/4tSm7JZ.

jamie oliver tried this already and all he achieved was pricing kids out of school lunches so we all went to tesco and bought sweets for lunch instead and got very fat and began our lifelong issues with disordered eating

Hi, Mental Health nurse here 👋 Please don’t publish pieces on mental health from non qualified people who have no idea what they are talking about. It’s dangerous and stigmatising. Thanks, Harry

this means that if you can’t meet the repayment threshold, an average graduate owning £53,000 will owe, after 30 years (when the repayment window closes), just £304,405 😍

"Imagine your sister" No.... Develop empathy without imagining her to be your sister or mom.... Develop basic humanity.....

Two people died. People.

"It's a slap in the face really" Young adult carer Albie explains the financial support that he needs, but can't access🛑 The government should abolish the 21 hour rule that prevents young adult carers in full time education from getting Carer’s Allowance.

just had a recruitment company cold-email me (to my NHS email!) asking if i'm interested in conducting private ADOS assessments with an AI tool...

@BDA_Deaf in Stockport, we have the wonderful @WalthewHouse who support local people with sight and/or hearing loss 💙 i've seen first-hand the vast array of work they do - they transform lives and bring so much awareness, including Signature-accredited BSL courses! #SignLanguageWeek

@BDA_Deaf i hope to see, in the very near future, a robust British Sign Language GSCE available to all young people - until then: 👋 learn some basic BSL! 📄 learn about d/Deaf culture and experiences 🫂 find out about communities and support in your area #SignLanguageWeek #SLW2026

it's #SignLanguageWeek! 👋 #SLW2026 i'll tag my thread from 2024 below - this year's theme is 'United in Sign’, a celebration of unity, pride, and collective action around sign languages and Deaf culture - see more on signlanguageweek.org.uk