Pedalling Solo

Exciting to listen to the opening welcomes at the DDPi Conference in Nottingham - a very thoughtful and thought-provoking opening reminding us that as we all share and learn and come together, we are also so different and have such different platforms and histories. #ddpiwcon24

@carrieprimary Oh lovely. I hope you can find some few moments of space to be and to grieve xxx

Free Mythbusting #DLA sessions here ... please join us if this might be of interest to you (or perhaps on behalf of a friend, relative or colleague who just might want to know more but can't quite find the time to attend themselves! calendly.com/training-thebe…

@professor_dave Ooohhhhhhh that’s very near me.

BBC reporting Rees-Mogg's seat is 50/50. If so, I definitely want to be up for Rees-Mogg.

@carrieprimary Oh lovely, so very sad and hard. Sending all the love and gentleness ❤️

@professor_dave Oh my goodness I love this thread. What an amazing day for you both. I'm utterly delighted.

Today is York's transition day for Year 6s to try out new schools. The 11yo was due to visit his new special school for 1 hour. After 50 min, my phone rang. 'Hello, it's the Deputy Head here'. Sinking feeling. 'He's so settled & happy, could you give him an extra 45 minutes?' 🥰

Do you care for children with early life trauma/attachment issues/care experience/possibly neurodivergent? #DLA #DisabilityLivingAllowance might just be relevant to you. Free Mythbusting sessions: - Friday July 5, 2pm - Monday July 8, 8pm Book here: calendly.com/training-thebe…

@zara_clench_CEP @mrs_wp @sunderlanduni YOU ARE AN UTTER STAR! HUGE congratulations to you in every way. Amazing achievement.

If you have a minute could you please do us a massive favour and nominate The Belay Foundation in this Draw? It’s for a possible 5k grant and the more nominations we have the more hope we have … Thank you very much! #nominateACharity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youth.movementforgood.com/?utm_source=Em…

@Katy__Perry Brilliant! Go "hiking" girl x

Amazing how much further she’ll willingly walk when she’s ‘hiking’ with her squirrel friends #scouts 3 miles after a full day too! 🎉

Please help us get the word out about our new campaign on "So what's DLA?" raising awareness of #DisabilityLivingAllowance #DLA (and about us @The_Belay_Fndn if possible!) - we'd love to reach as many families as we can!

@professor_dave You are a flipping amazing parent. One of my top ambitions is to get to hang out with you and 11 some time x

Tonight, in 'I'm a useless parent part 137', it was 11yo's swimming lesson, but we got to pool with no kit - just my Kindle! Tempted to send him swimming in his pants, I ultimately bought him new trunks from the swim shop, but had to dry him in a picnic blanket from the car boot.

@RBrooksTweets Your commitment is appreciated ;)

Today I went to Westminster to attend an event and deliver a short speech. Shortly after, Sunak called a general election. Coincidence? 🤣

@savororaidh It’s so hard and it’s not like there are endless choices. I’m not an expert but my friend is a very savvy woman so I believe she’ll have made the best choice she can to fit their specific circs :) Good luck!

@savororaidh Friend has just decided on Minerva rather than Kingsinterhigh for her very smart likely ASD teen in case that’s not an option you’ve explored

So pleased to release this FREE resource of 39 cards. Illustrated by the ever talented @imagistical Super excited as there are endless possibilities for their use including to support communication, scaling, expressing needs and much more. Relying less on having to say or use words. Options including brain break, needing movement etc. there are also blank ones to make, tailor, and design one’s own or to recreate current one to people’s preferences. They can be interwoven with so many conversations and tasks including used with my treasure deck of cards. As shown on my training and in online modules. Please cite and acknowledge. They take a lot of time and resource to create. safehandsthinkingminds.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

@dr_treisman @imagistical These look great :) Thank you for your work :) @Tulipcakes @The_Belay_Fndn

Yesterday it was also so fab to see the amazing @DrHelenClose face to face and not just via a screen! So privileged to be sharing these two days with so many great people x

Particular highlight of the last 14 hours has been seeing such a long standing #TwitterPal in person - so good to meet and share a hug with @ClaireLouPsych 👏

So excited to be out and about! Second day in Birmingham sharing the @The_Belay_Fndn mission among families and professionals.