‘Feckless emu’ - crisis comms, tech, disability, family, mountains, ITFC. Author of Two for Joy and ambassador for Scope
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Thank you for sharing your story and for taking the plight of carers seriously. Someone needs to.
Caring isn’t just my family's story, it is the story of millions, caring for each other, dealing with tough times, and keeping going with love.
Sharing our story hasn't been easy, but it's important. It's time to bring carers' experiences into the light.
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Well said, Lindsay Burrow
'These carers are basically keeping the country going, it can be quite a lonely and dark place at times'
Lindsey Burrow, whose husband Rob is living with MND, told #BBCBreakfast about her plans for a book highlighting the role of unpaid carers called 'Take Care: A Memoir of Love, Family & Never Giving Up'
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Kieran McKenna 🙌 sustained good decision-making over two seasons. Building squad, preparing team and in-game decisions. Calm and determined. Now a point away from @premierleague. Good board and chief exec, too, all working as one to drive #ITFC on and up.
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This is lovely ❤️
Dan Burn aims a BSL celebration towards the deaf fans wearing special sensory shirts for today's game! 🙌
Outstanding work 🍀 🚜
The ‘Ipswich are so lucky/efl scripted’ narrative every week from ex-premier teams has been quite grating😒, so I thought it was time for my 1st X thread!
Rather than looking ONLY at times we’ve benefited, here’s a tale of true stats, with a few of our ‘unlucky’ decisions. #itfc
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YES.
The most powerful and important thing you’ll see today!
✅✅✅ – at Brent, London
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“There are no shortage of reasons for this wretched government to call it a day, but this may be the most damning of all”.
The great @johnharris1969 on excoriating form on the endless scapegoating of parents of disabled and vulnerable children. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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We started the new year by highlighting the intolerable pressure unpaid carers are under on @BBCBreakfast
Unpaid carers desperately need more support to look after their own health and wellbeing.
This and future Governments need to do much more.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b…
ALT Man pointing at a large screen showing that 79% of carers felt stressed or anxious from a survey by Carers UK.
ALT Emily Holzhausen from carers UK being interviewed by BBC Breakfast.
ALT Dorothy Cook being interviewed by BBC Breakfast
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Being a carer, quite often means giving up your career, your pension, your career progression. Being a carer goes beyond the normal "mum or dad" hours, or the normal "mum or dad" years of taking care of their child. A parent will always help their child regardless of their age 🧵
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2024 must be the year that social care is fixed. Politicians must break the habit of a lifetime snd see social care as skilled work & make investment a high priority. Social care delivers social inclusion to the most marginalised. It’s time for recognition, investment and reform.
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Sometimes shouting works! A welcome u-turn from the government and we have a Minister for Disabled People.
We're delighted @MimsDavies has been appointed as the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work @DWPgovuk, taking forward our next generation of welfare reforms to tear down barriers to work for disabled people across the UK and continuing to protect those most in need.
Minister for Common Sense ✅
Minister for Disabled People ❌
Brilliant. Thanks a lot.
'Minister for disabled people' role scrapped by government, Number 10 confirms
itv.com/news/2023-12-14/gove…
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Ipswich Town’s goal collection this season is INSANE 🤯🤯
If you’re a neutral and don’t follow them, you should, and here’s why…
First off, here’s this ridiculous goal by Wes Burns at the weekend👇
THREAD🧵
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Rosalyn Carter was an extraordinary woman. Her commitment to seeing and recognising the contribution and experience of caregivers across the US and around the world was extraordinary. Her legacy in @RCICaregiving continues to give hope for #unpaidcarers everywhere.
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'Being a carer has left me at breaking point' metro.co.uk/2023/10/02/being…
