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Director of Children’s Services, Brighter Futures for Children, Reading. Mum, trustee for Pause. Looking for a space to share learning & spread a bit of joy 😊views my own

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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.

‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

31.12.2024 19:12 👍 9999 🔁 2671 💬 203 📌 169
A female food bank staff member stacks a box of food on  shelf. A headline from the Express is pasted on the top. It reads: Food banks in UK pushed to breaking point as families seek essential support.

A female food bank staff member stacks a box of food on shelf. A headline from the Express is pasted on the top. It reads: Food banks in UK pushed to breaking point as families seek essential support.

No one expects to need a food bank, especially at Christmas. 💚

We urgently need your help to provide emergency food, support and hope to people this winter.

Donate now 👉 bit.ly/4eOtESj #GivingTuesday

03.12.2024 08:46 👍 89 🔁 47 💬 1 📌 5
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What a privilege to introduce @drlisacherry.bsky.social today keynote speaker at our Brighter Futures for Children’s staff wellbeing conference. Set the tone perfectly with a focus on belonging, relationships, self & collective care. Soundtracked by @ricflomusic 🤩 Thank you! 💕

26.11.2024 22:31 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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What Jim said 🎁 🎄Free Loaves on Fridays is the gift that keeps on giving long beyond Christmas Day, containing stories, poems & letters from 100 care-experienced children and adults.

Proceeds to Article 39 & The Together Trust.

unbound.com/books/free-loa…

21.11.2024 20:48 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."

19.11.2024 09:21 👍 6680 🔁 1310 💬 145 📌 59