Jenny

What a way to start 2025!🎉 Today “Prison of the Mind” went LIVE on @bbcworldservice 🎧 This is my first time presenting anything like this and I’m grateful to have been able to do this with the team at @reducedlisten & @RaySangxoxo 🤍 🔗: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0k…

Truly for me, the one thing I want to unlearn is over extending myself, putting myself in a place of discomfort for the comfort of others. There’s no reward for that thing, except self loath

The theme of this year has been resilience

🧩Progress on neurodiversity in prisons - but not enough. New @HMIPrisonsnews blog shows positive steps, but warns: support is still too patchy 👇hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/four-year…

Just 24 hours left to shape the #MentalHealthBill. Black people are 4x more likely to be detained — yet the Bill still excludes the only anti-racism framework (PCREF). ✉️ Email: scrutiny@parliament.uk 📋 Template: bit.ly/442gn54 #MakePCREFLaw #PCREF #RacialJustice #BlackMentalHealth

How it feels to say “sorry for the background noise, currently in the South of France”

At this level of adulthood, I need at least 3-5 working days to respond.

This week is going to be a "God-did-it" week.

Maghaberry mental health and engagement teams have showcased our collaborative working at 2025 conference for mental health strategy 2021-31 @UlsterUni

'It was surreal working with actors I'd grown up watching' Temisanren Uwawah tells John Byrne (@dearjohnbyrne) about working on his first acting job, for Wall of Comedy production New Skool Life 👇 #Echobox=1746122069" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thestage.co.uk/advice/temisan…

They may not have the skills of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but that doesn’t stop these African grannies from practicing their goal kicks and tackling skills. Meet the football grannies of Africa!

Rapper Santan Dave has helped fund a new scheme that provides recovering elderly patients discharged from St George’s Hospital with essential items to help them settle back at home. The packs are provided by the Juliet O Foundation set up by his mum 👏🏾👏🏾 stgeorges.nhs.uk/newsitem/rappe…

📖 We all need to be on the same page when it comes to children’s mental health! 🧠💙 This Children’s Mental Health Week, we’re spotlighting our Roots to Wings toolkit, designed to bridge the gap in resources for young Black people. Our bodies are capable of incredible things, but the mind is just as important. #RootsToWings provides practical tools for young people, parents, carers, and teachers to support emotional wellbeing and create lasting change. ✨ Prioritise mental health today. Try it for yourself! bit.ly/RootsToWingsTo… #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #RootsToWings #YouthWellbeing #BlackMentalHealth #MindMatters #EmotionalWellbeing #SouthLondon #SupportYoungMinds #BlackThrive

Publication alert🎉. Thank you @Cathy_Creswell @Kadra_A_ @NikkiBiyi @ProfAnnJohn @KSBhui & Zonke for your contribution!! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

@NPorter_ Hi Natasha! Totally agree with prison officers who build therapeutic relationships with prisoners making a huge difference! Would love to chat further. Do check out the recent doc with @BBCWorld Service I did recently that touches on this! bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0k…

This morning I spoke to some prisoners about how the best prison officers make such a big difference to their time in prison. “When they open your cell door and you see it’s a good officer on shift, the whole wing is in a good mood. It’s never an easy day, but it’s a better day”.

On @bbcworldservice Documentary yesterday, Jenny Okolo asked whether global prison systems could benefit from taking a mental-health first approach to justice and rehabilitation. Produced by @RaySangxoxo & @jamestindale and edited by Phil Smith bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

So many people who don’t believe in themselves, projecting their insecurities on to people who do. A lot of ‘how dare you’ energy. I dare me. And I will always dare me. Better face your front and start daring yourself.

Sometimes I don’t realize how good I’m doing because I just keep raising the bar

Here is the cast of Severance making their entrance at the Grand Central pop-up today. Severance season 2 premiers on Friday, January 17 on @AppleTV

May this be a PCNless year for us all.