Roli Barker

Having a lot of fun with the family in Granada watching @Kunlebarker new show #keytoafortune! Cakes, cremant and family 😍

Data, opportunity, understanding and realisation of the need to challenge status quo. Can these things help bring equity to boards and exec teams in social housing? Great to hear from fellow Jigsaw board member Tim!

I didn't get the name of the school which the young people go to but they were wearing grey blazers and red (and I think white) stripped ties...if anyone in Manchester knows which school near Trafford that might be...

So...the young people were amazing! 17 and 18, and they totally took control of the situation and responsibility, I just followed what they said. Inspired. Saddened... a 9 hour wait in the cold for an ambulance was the only advice the operator could give us.

We got him to street level but couldn't find a cab to take his mobility scooter which he refused to leave behind. In the end, a neighbour happened to walk past and helped the elderly man home and said that they would call and wait for an ambulance from there.

The operator assessed the elderly man and said that it would be up to a 9 hour wait for an ambulance. We asked a tram driver if there was anything he could do to help and he said no. We had a discussion with the man and decided that we would try and get him into a cab to the MRI

The elderly man said that someone had already called an ambulance and he had been waiting 45mins. Whilst YP 1 spoke with the emergency services a friend- YP 2 came along and said that they had done a 6 month medical course and started to support/advise the elderly person.

Today at Trafford Bar tram I witnessed the most inspiring and saddening situation. An elderly person was on a scooter bleeding from his head. I stopped to see if he was ok. As I spoke to him a young person in their school uniform stopped and said he would call 999.

‘They attacked us. They displaced us’: grieving Sudanese confront Swedish oil giant over their days of slaughter theguardian.com/world/2023/dec…

This is such sad news. May he rest well.

Go on TREAT YO SELF and support @bigissuenorth ! So excited about this new collab with @stan_chow @Stand4Socks

@bdforde13 What a fab night. Thanks Davine!!! It’s been a collective effort

BigLifeAwards2023 - Big congrats to @Roli_B for spearheading the Anti-Racism working group, so we’ll deserved!

Conversation 1 - What’s needed post rehab? The common comments were a home and a person centred approach

The start of the @BigLifeTweets conversation on Drug and Alcohol services in Liverpool. A different way for service users and service providers to meet and collaborate

I'm very excited to have joined the team @The_Lowry as a trustee and looking forward to working with the exec team and trustees to support the ongoing amazing creative work that they do!

Welcome to the the new @BigLifeTweets Mental Health & Wellbeing in prison service. It was a Monday morning treat to meet (and laugh) with our new team. The knowledge and skills in the room was amazing. I’m looking forward to working with, and learning from them all.

…as they possibly sit there qualifying why they are speaking on this topic. Of course you can have empathy instead of lived experience but power nearly always sits with those who aren’t marginalised and therefore don’t have lived experience.

At #Housing2023 #keynotetheatre listening to the panel discuss the value of lived experience in government and decision making on housing policy. Can’t help but think the panel has misunderstood the call for lived experience in decision making…

In this week's magazine: - How Wham! hit the high - Prince William’s plan to end homelessness - Manchester's innovative way to tackle begging? - A feminist history of marriage and more Buy a magazine today from your local Big Issue North vendor: bigissuenorth.com/find-a-vendor/

Loving Craig Charles lighting up the stage at #WeInventedTheWeekend. Good music, good times and a spot of shopping @CharityMkt