Claire

@PunjabiVillans These have a next day delivery option

Calling all Villa fans where can we source some claret and Blue wigs? Need to dress up for the final! Tried normal places and no joy (Amazon, eBay)

@bushontheradio For my Dad we had the Only Fools and Horses theme tune

Went to my friend Matt's funeral on Friday. The final walk past the coffin song was Jon Secada - Just Another Day. Inspired. What closing song would you have at your funeral?

@MaggieOliverUK @TMOFCharity Well deserved. Congratulations 🥂 👏🏻👏🏻

Not the kind of post I normally share on my X, but this is an important moment in our journey that needs to be marked ….. It’s the first time my charity @TMOFCharity The Maggie Oliver Foundation has ever officially been nominated for an award - and we are over the moon that we ‘’WON’ in the micro organisation category at the @npwawards Northern PoWEr Women Awards 💪 I believe that out of the huge judging panel of 92, the vote was almost unanimously in our favour which is truly incredible! Thankyou 💕 It’s a real testament to all the years of hard work, graft, commitment, passion and compassion of all my wonderful team and it shows just how far we have come in the 7 (often long and painful!!) years since I had the crazy idea to start my own charity. The aim was always to help victims and survivors of sexual abuse to transform their horrendous ‘Pain into Power’ whilst also fighting for systemic change and highlighting all the injustice we see every day. It began because I had seen so much pain amongst the victims of so called ‘grooming gangs’ but now it’s spread so much wider, although we are still centrally involved in this work as my followers will know. Since then though building my charity has consumed much of my own life, but along the way I’ve managed to ‘drag in’ some incredibly caring, committed but wonderful humans to help and join the fight. All of whom I would say are far more than colleagues, they have become friends and people who I admire greatly, who have made this all possible. This journey has been one of the hardest of my life, but along the way we’ve helped/supported/advocated for almost 5000 survivors now, we’ve changed so many lives for the better and we are also still ‘knee deep’ and leading the fight for systemic change of a criminal justice system that is truly broken, and a state that too often turns away from what really matters, whilst covering up corruption and neglect on an industrial scale! In my speech I dedicated this award to my wonderful friend, and the person who runs our life changing emotional support service, who selects and supports every one of our 35 volunteers and is also my confidente (and often my personal therapist!!!) in the toughest of times - Charlene Downey-Warwick . Without you Chaz we just wouldn’t still be here…. And neither would I most likely! Love you to the moon and back! 💕 There’s so many others to thank but you all know who you are - volunteers, staff, trustees, supporters, donors, trusted media contacts, documentary makes - the list goes on and on! We could not do this without everyone playing their part, and we are eternally grateful to you all. ThAnkyou 💕 It’s been tough, it still is, and I sometimes wonder if it’s worth the sacrifices, the stress, the trauma. Then we receive a note from someone we’ve helped, who we’ve supported, and I know we can’t give in and just walk away!! 💕 Thankyou Simone Roche MBE Northern PoWEr Women Awards #NPWAwards for this wonderful award. It means the world to us as we forge ahead fighting for victims, survivors, change, transparency and accountability, it gives us encouragement, and hope that what we do is recognised. There’s still a long way to go, but we can, and we WILL, bring change!!! With your help…..

@benonwine I saw him in Birmingham in 2024. He’s brilliant especially with the crowd work 🤣

This guy is literally one of my Favourite Comedians at the moment, he’s absolutely Hilarious. 👏👌 The Molly jokes is brilliant 😭😭😭😂

Up the Villa: Prince William talks ‘Reluctant Traveler’ Eugene Levy @realeugenelevy into supporting @AVFCOfficial.

@officialsammyuk Me too 💙

Friday night sleepover with my grandson. Perfect way to start the weekend!

@LeilaniDowding @MontgomeryToms @charliekirk11 @MartinDaubney @GBNEWS Charlie’s view on the death penalty

It’s unforgivable. THIS is how we got here. Not punishing violence, theft, criminal behavior harshly enough. Death penalty for him. Death penalty for the killer of Iryna. Why should we waste a single penny jailing them for the rest of their useless lives. You can forgive him if you wish but he should be punished appropriately …. Are you forgiving the Southport Murderer too? The grooming gangs? Jimmy Saville? Huw Edward’s….

🚨: We must forgive @charliekirk11's killer. I am against the death penalty! Today, I shared my perspective on @MartinDaubney's show on @GBNEWS about the importance of forgiveness and resisting the urge to engage hateful individuals on their terms. We should embody the spirit of Charlie Kirk: promoting debate, embracing forgiveness, and choosing to love even our adversaries. What happened to Charlie Kirk is beyond tragic and justice should be served but we can't play into the hand of our enemies!

@DaisyBlakemore @RupertLowe10 Many years ago a Solihull licensed taxi driver told me that a lot of taxi drivers go to Wolverhampton for their licences because they are easier to get

I met with @RupertLowe10 to talk taxis—and why they matter in safeguarding. Casey Report highlights “taxis…facilitating exploitation,” urging an end to cross-council licensing loopholes . Wolverhampton now issues over 10% of England’s licences—circumventing stricter local vetting in places like Rotherham and Rochdale . Rotherham’s Jay Report found 1,400 children groomed & trafficked—many moved via taxis run by perpetrators . Operation Stovewood recorded 827 rapes by 324 men—often using taxis as part of the grooming cycle .

@LeilaniDowding Sickening to read that. My granddaughter was born at 27 weeks less than 2lb in weight. She’s almost 2 now and thriving. Abortion at 9 months is horrific

I didn’t post anything about this abortion vote coming up . Because as sick as I thought this country, as vile and demonic as it has become was I didn’t for a millisecond thing anyone would vote to legalize abortions right up to birth in the UK …. - 8 Conservatives - ⁠4 Greens - ⁠7 Independents - ⁠291 Labour - ⁠63 Lib Dems

@StanCollymore Phenomenal match. Unbelievable stamina 👏🏻👏🏻 🎾

Modern sport demands every event be called "the best ever", it's all part of the marketing hype. The tennis served up by Sinner and Alcaraz though is worthy of whatever superlatives you can throw at it. Epic sport. Truly epic.

@Naomi_TV Done ✔️

truecrimeawards.co.uk/truecrimeaward… If anyone would be kind enough to vote for ‘Real’ I’d really appreciate it ♥️

@MarkHeath45 This could be me and my Dad in the pic, although there would also be a chicken madras curry that he would be sharing with me too 😂🔥

I JUST fall into the Gen X category, i was born in 1979! Anymore Gen X? What generation category do YOU fall into?

Drake finally responds to Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl show 🏈😢 #kendricklamar #drake

I feel like many people still don’t quite understand the level of depravity inflicted on those little girls — or just how young they were. Think of your sister, daughter, or granddaughter as a child. Picture them. Think of how young and vulnerable they were. Lucy Lowe was 14. Vicky Round was 12. Becky Watson was 11. Charlene Downes was 11 or 12. Sammy Woodhouse was 14. Victoria Agoglia was 13. Sarah Wilson was 11. And there are countless more. They were children. Many barely out of primary school, so young and in no way responsible for the atrocities committed against them. Think about what gangs of Pakistani-Muslim men put those little girls through. Now imagine it was your sister, daughter or granddaughter. Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs plied them with alcohol and drugs, they raped them in graveyards, they put them into the back of taxis and drove them to be gang-raped by 20+ of their friends, they dismembered them and sold them as kebab meat, they inserted a pump into their anal cavity and had multiple men sodomise them at once, they raped them on filthy mattresses above takeaway shops, they forced panties down their throat to muffle the screams, they threatened to murder them if they told anyone, they brutally beat them, they killed them and torched their houses with their family inside, they picked them up from local authority care homes to be raped, they forced them to take crack cocaine and heroin, they convinced them they loved them so they could abuse them, they killed their unborn children, they targeted the most vulnerable and marginalised, they told them no one would believe them, they forced them to get abortions, they passed them round like a piece of meat, they threatened to kill their families, they gaslit and manipulated them. And that is just a fraction of the abuse inflicted by Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs in Telford, Rochdale, Rotherham, Oldham and elsewhere. That is just a tiny percentage of the horror that thousands of little girls faced at the hands of their abusers. Now think about the people that were meant to protect them. Who comes to mind? Police, local councils, social services, sexual health clinics, schools, care homes. But they didn’t. Those in positions of power turned a blind eye for decades while little girls were being raped, tortured, and murdered. They branded them “white slags”, “child prostitutes”, and “paki shaggers”. They walked in on victims naked and drugged with 20+ adult men and only arrested the child, they arrested girls for prostitution and handed them back to the same men that were exploiting them, they added the victims to dockets as co-defendants in their own abuse, they downplayed the scale of abuse, they refused to investigate reports, they paid for the taxi rides the girls got raped during, they silenced whistleblowers (like @MaggieOliverUK), they blamed the girls for their own abuse, they tried to block inquiries, and more. Imagine all of this happened to your sister. Or your daughter. Or your granddaughter. Now think again about how young they were, how vulnerable, how innocent. And understand the true horror of child sexual exploitation and the depravity of Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs.

@AVFCOfficial They all had an amazing time. A day they will never forget ❤️ 👏🏻 👏🏻

This Christmas, Aston Villa and JD Sports have teamed up to make one family’s Christmas wishes come true. The family of two-year-old Taio, who has MLD, were given a special Christmas surprise they will never forget 💜

@daveharte Used to get my chips from there when I worked in Cannon St

It’s got no shops in it anymore but I’d love to see Needless Alley in Birmingham City Centre have its own Christmas light display. Would join a ‘Friends of Needless Alley’ group in a heartbeat.

@sammywoodhouse1 They took money from my granddaughters account too. Looks like they make a lot of money doing this!

Be careful to anyone that is using the UBER app, I’ve had hundreds of pounds taken out of my account by them. They started by taking it first from my personal account which I blocked and they’re now taking from my business account.

Please. Everyone bear with me tonight. I’m holding space. 🙏🫠

@Richard99529365 The chats are fab aren’t they. My Dad used to tell me all the stories about him and my grandparents following Villa around the country. I’ve been taking my son since he was 5 and he’s 23 now so he takes me 😂 I have a box full of old memorabilia that I found after he died

@clairabelle11 @AVFCOfficial Thank you Claire x he was 92. Used to love my Villa chats with him on the phone every Sunday evening. He had some grand stories handed down through the family about the Villa from the 1920s and 30s x

I thought this photo of my Dad was lost after he died, but it reappeared recently. He told me it was taken at Wembley, 1957 FA Cup Final. He’s 14, wearing glasses. I wondered if anyone recognised their family members on there. He lived on Freer Rd as a child #avfc @AVFCOfficial

@Richard99529365 @AVFCOfficial I’m sorry for your loss Richard 💜💙

@clairabelle11 @AVFCOfficial My dad who passed away this summer was there. I have some lovely old photos he took of the players coach going through Birmingham with the cup…