If anyone's still here.... I'm shutting this thing down, gonna try BlueSky. Sad innit, this place was fun once.
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Tom Madders
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Tom Madders
@TomMadders
Campaigns & Communications Director @YoungMindsUK. Interim Chair @Gingerbread. Live in Hastings. Expect mental health, charity and activism stuff. He/him. #BLM
Hastings, England Katılım Nisan 2013
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It’s time to ease the pressures on young people and make the world less heavy. That's the message we're sharing at Kings Cross Station today. Don’t let young people take it on alone
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I’m really looking forward to joining @sensecharity in the new year
I’ll do my best to follow in @RichardKSense ‘s footsteps but I will need lots of help and advice, especially from disabled people, families, staff and volunteers.
Sense@sensecharity
We're delighted to announce that as of February next year our new CEO will be @JWatsonONeill. James, who is deaf, will be joining us from SignHealth where he has been Chief Executive since 2016. James will replace Richard Kramer who has been with Sense for more than a decade.
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Doubt it would happen, obviously, but West Ham getting Moyes back for a third time would be some deeply Serie A behaviour
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@dethink2survive This is incredible. Well done to you and the team for pulling it off.
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Today at CALM we launched our Missed Birthdays installation.
In the last decade, 6,929 young people in the UK have died by suicide. Each balloon represents a young person who took their own life, & a birthday they didn’t get to celebrate.
But together we can end youth suicide
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I’m really excited to be launching a new phase of my career where I'll be taking on shorter-term contract work in the charity sector.
I’ll post more about this later, but in the meantime I’m going to be available from mid-November so do get in touch if you want to talk!
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Some personal news: after eight incredible years I'm leaving @YoungMindsUK!
I've made so many memories and feel lucky to have worked for such a unique and powerful organisation, fighting on this crucial cause.
Thank you to all of you who made my time here so special.
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As if we're having to say this in 2024, but we’ll say it again because stigma has real world consequences:
📢 mental health problems are real
📢 the national mental health crisis is real
Some recent articles have been lacking facts and evidence, so let us share some (1/6)
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Exciting news from @TheMixUK and @GiveUsAShout. We’re coming together to create real impact in youth led mental health support online. Two brilliant teams and one ambitious vision for young people.
The Mix@TheMixUK
We are pleased to announce that The Mix will be merging with Mental Health Innovations, the charity that oversees @GiveUsAShout the 24/7 mental health text service. It has always been our ambition to expand the reach of mental health support we can give to young people across the UK via our digital products and services. This exciting new partnership gives us the opportunity to build on the millions of young people we support each year, no matter what they’re going through💜
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These riots started in Parliament.
Rioters chant “stop the boats” and “we want our country back” - using language from politicians across the political spectrum.
It’s not enough to call out violence, politicians need to stop normalising hate. In policy and practice.
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Poverty casts a shadow over a child’s mental health, and it’s a shadow that can last a lifetime.
We're urging the Government to:
👉Scrap the two-child limit & benefit cap
👉Expand free school meals provision
👉Introduce a uniform price cap
centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/a… #ADualCrisis
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Today's #KingsSpeech contained some long-overdue but promising legislative measures to help preserve and promote the nation's mental health:
📜Reform of the Mental Health Act
✊🏾A new Race Equality Act
🌈A ban conversion therapy
🚭Return of the Tobacco & Vaping Bill
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@FootballCliches Question for the pod: what is the earliest minute in a game that a team can reasonably be said to be 'toiling'? I'd previously thought around the half hour mark but this England team has really stress-tested that theory.
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Also @ThangamDebb - another committed and passionate advocate for autistic people among many others and can be proud of the campaigner she did on behalf of charities like the NAS.
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Farewell also to the mighty @RobertBuckland who is one of the loveliest people I've worked with - intelligent, brave and consensual, he was such a committed champion for autistic people and deserves a lot of credit for the tireless work he did from the back benches.
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As the dust settles on all of this, I wanted to shout out a few great MPs who I was lucky enough to work with but lost their seats yesterday.
Firstly Mark Fletcher, who isn't on Twitter so won't see this, but was an unreal youth mental health campaigner. We'll miss him loads.
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We are also looking for general trustees to join us on the Board. If these aren't for you, please still share with your networks - we want brilliant people!!!
gingerbread.org.uk/about-us/jobs/…
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I've had the honour of leading @Gingerbread's Board of Trustees on an interim basis since Christmas - and am pleased to announce we are now appointing to the permanent position.
It's a great opportunity at a vital and extraordinary charity. Details here:
peridotpartners.co.uk/jobs/chair-of-…
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3 in 5 young people don’t feel listened to by politicians – with the general election happening on the 4th July, now is the time to make them listen. Share your story with your future MP and @YoungMindsUK will deliver it to them. act.youngminds.org.uk/your-voice-has…
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