Eileen Shepherd

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online, you could be raising money for Emmanuel House with #easyfundraising? Support Emmanuel House with your online shopping at no extra cost to you or us with @easyuk 💰 easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/emmanue… #OnlineShopping #Charity

In all the years of covering rough sleeping, I’ve never seen anything like I saw last week. #homeless ⁦@BBCNews⁩

📢The Support Centre is running low on instant coffee & granulated sugar, can you help us by donating? You can either: 🌟 Drop off your #donation at our Support Centre at 53-61 Goose Gate in Hockley, NG1 1FE 🌟 Order these items from our Amazon Wishlist: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls…

If you are a homeless adult in Nottingham or at risk of becoming homeless, you can call us (9:30-4:30) on 0115 9507140 or email support@emmanuelhouse.org.uk In an emergency please contact the Framework Street Outreach Team on 0800 066 5356 or email streetoutreach@frameworkha.org

Our first annual charity lunch at @nottinghamarena's Spotlight is just over a month away, on Tuesday 12 September from 1pm! Join us for lunch and help us tackle homelessness in Nottingham. Please book your tickets now to avoid disappointment: eventbrite.co.uk/e/emmanuel-hou…

We wanted to take a moment to thank @ncitycare for donating this giant trolley's worth of pre-loved clothes and accessories! These #donations were collected using our new donation bins! If your company would like one for your office, email rosie.needhamsmith@emmanuelhouse.org.uk

Sat down for a rest opposite the 7 panels of 133 women @Holburne in Bath only to see the fabulous @EAnionwu peeping out at me! 💙 #HistNursing

Even if the weather is dreary, your wardrobe can still be lovely and warm! We recently spotted these brightly coloured garments in our charity shop. So why not come along? We have lots of pre-loved clothes at affordable prices 🌟 #CharityShopFinds #CharityShop #Nottingham

Just tripped over this great #HistNursing image of @TheRCN co-founder Sarah Swift today, from @NursingTimes 1929 visit to Ypres #WW1 memorial. Her small stature but dynamic presence shows why she was called the 'Mighty Atom'

One month left to get your papers submitted for the latest issue of The Bulletin. See bulletin.ukahn.org for details #callforpapers

This months CLHCG theme is all things hats & headwear: In her oral history interview in our collection, Baroness Jean McFarlane, described the 1950s as "a very hatty time". RCN members would make their own hats, and wear their best hats to meetings. #CLHCGHats #CLHCG #RCN

DIARY DATE Annual medical update "Am I taking the right medicine for my osteoporosis?" 6th Sept 6.45pm @ Medical School, Queens Medical Centre Derby Road Notts. Open to health professionals and public. Free to attend and free parking

You're invited to attend a unique performance from #Nottingham based Belters Choir in an amazing acoustic space in the city! Sat 9th Sept 2023 @ The Park Tunnel off Derby Road "Doors" 5:30pm Performance 6pm £7 entry on arrival Raising money for Emmanuel House! 💚

Irish Family Eating a Meal of Potatoes and Milk, 1917. The "Irish" potato is not originally from Ireland but from South America (specifically Peru and Bolivia), where the Indigenous people have been growing it for thousands of years. After the Spanish conquistadors invaded the region during the 16th century, they brought the potato back to Europe where it eventually became a popular food crop by the 19th century. During the 1840s, a potato blight began to infect all the potatoes throughout Europe. The Irish were hit particularly hard because they almost solely subsisted on potatoes. They were mostly tenant farmers who were allocated a small plot of land in return for working on the lands of their landlords. Potatoes were easy to grow in a small area and were cheap, filling, and less prone to spoilage, so it became the perfect food source for the poor. At the height of the Irish famine in 1847, the British landowners continued the exportation of food from Ireland to England and Scotland, which only exacerbated the situation. England refused to enact any sort of export ban. Approximately 1 million Irish people died due to starvation. In the same year, the Choctaw people managed to scrape together $170 (worth $4,800 today) to send to Ireland for famine relief. Just 16 years prior, the Choctaw had been removed from their lands and made to walk the "Trail of Tears" in which as many as 4,000 men, women, and children died due to starvation, disease, and exposure. The Ottoman Empire also sent ships stocked with food but were turned away by the British. They had to covertly transport their supplies into a small town, 70 miles north of Dublin, in order to feed the starving Irish. Sultan Abdulmeiid I also offered to donate 10,000 British pounds (worth $1.3 million today), but Queen Victoria refused to accept as she had already donated 2,000 British pounds and did not want to lose face. The sultan begrudgingly lowered his offer to 1,000 British pounds.

@DreweryRachael Hello, I had a look at a couple of oral histories from 20s and 30s and they do not mention documentation. Important to consider the literacy level of nurses in 1930s. The aim was to recruit probationers with a secondary education but this was a challenge.

@NottinghamsPast Great picture. You might be interested in this article about the nurses strike in Saxondale in 1922 nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com/2022/04/12/str…

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

Thank you to Teacher Active for your very generous donation of £1250! This #donation will help make a huge difference in our work to support people out of homelessness in #Nottingham. It was lovely to meet you all yesterday, and we are very excited to start working with you 💚

🌟 Showing our appreciation for @CapitalOne, who volunteered in the kitchen at the Support Centre, cooking food for those experiencing homelessness 💚 If your business wants to help us, please email rosie.needhamsmith@emmanuelhouse.org.uk or call 0115 950 7140 #Volunteering

@emmanuel_house_ @CapitalOne It was great fun on Tuesday! Really positive kitchen