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Please let’s not tear this apart I was 14 years old when a woman who’d never fostered before stepped up to stop siblings being separated. If this merely opens eyes to the current tragic state of affairs is it not a platform well used? #TheBeginner #johnlewischristmasadvert

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This morning I spoke with Nicky on the topic of the care system in the UK. It’s so important for us to discuss the real issues that young children in care face in our society (I speak on this in my segment 1h23m). Please share 🌟 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

This article in the Sunday Express is a poignant read and highlights the importance of foster carers, with my past as an example of how it can help transform a child’s life 🙏🏽

A brutally honest, painfully funny story of resilience & hope in an agonising pursuit to motherhood - pledge here to make What Makes A Mum? a reality! @notafictionalm1 unbound.com/books/what-mak…

from #fostercare to #adopting I have one ask with it being #fostercareawareness fortnight, do you think we could get it to 100% of its pre-order target? I’ve a sudden surge of, ‘damn right this book deserves its place on the bookshelf’ any support is so, very appreciated.

I’ve spent three weeks TO THE DAY following your first draft submission feeling nothing short of vulnerable. I’ve opened my first piece of feedback from the books development editor; I may have some onion in my eye. I want you to know these are my words this is my story 🧵

A really lovely human text me just now telling me to open my front door “Once it’s finished no one can take it off you” I think she might be right 🤍 Pre orders to me mean people care about reading it. Not one has gone unnoticed or appreciated. unbound.com/books/what-mak…

self-doubt creeping in And I’m really very frightened And I’m not academic enough And I’m sat here crying because I’m just hours away now from being able to say; ‘I’ve written a book’ Hours Away. I’m exhausted And I’m happy

I will submit my first draft I’ve been writing late at night, early in the morning and all that’s in-between grabbing time with my beautiful boys. The 62,000 words, go to someone else I will need to let them go And I’m scared And I have so much fear and 🧵

Just found a blue tick under the sofa if anyone’s in the market for one

#WritingCommmunity anyone else finally reached the (almost end)of writing their book, only to discover along this 18 month creative journey there could be multiple ways to end it? What in the creative hell do you do? * I have a first draft deadline*

@sarahjohal1 @markowers73 @kevinhollinrake @RachaelMaskell @EmilyFrith @slomas915 for listening to a request from so many 16,000 signatures and counting In fact

Yesterday saw a room full of MPs, lords, fellow adopters and charities @AdoptionUK @Youcanadopt @homeforgood United in our request for equality. An ask for this not to remain a means tested, postcode lottery, barrier towards perspective adopters coming forward

The @appg_ap mic drop moment seemed to be the realisation of the long term cost for one child in care Opposed to the 10% of self-employed adopters *@AdoptionUK barometer survey in asking for £156.66 a week for 39 weeks. That and the fact a quarter of adopters now come from 🧵

The APPG for Adoption and Permanence met tonight, joined by Minister @kevinhollinrake from The Department for Business and Trade to discuss the findings of our self-employed adopter survey. @RachaelMaskell @SarahGreenLD @LSRPlaid @EmilyFrith @Home4Gd @notafictionalm1

@robertashton1 @cooksferryqueen @MythicalBritain @voinonen @TaylorHelen_M @pigletish 64% funded - @notafictionalm1's What Makes a Mum? Not A Fictional Mum's painfully bizarre journey through a dysfunctional childhood, unanswered questions, infertility and the adoption process. bit.ly/40ngAgm

Every visit provides an opportunity to educate and fight for the recognition every family deserves In 2023

current piece of legislation simply isn’t fair or reflective on our modern day society. As monotonous and frustrating as it feels to keep having to explain WHY the need for something so readily available to the majority of parents, simply isn’t for self-employed adopters 🧵

integral support surrounding the world of infertility such as these guys want to get behind bringing my story into publication. That’s not all though . . . Stay tuned for more @fertilityshow @unbounders updates!

A N N O U N C E M E N T ! Unbelievably proud to announce @fertilityshow have become corporate patrons of my book!!! You will be seeing their name featured in the front of the book and I’m incredibly proud (and emotional if I’m honest) that a company offering the levels of 🧵