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Carolyn Moody MBE
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Driving Change for Children, Adults, and Foster Carers | FosterWiki Ambassador | FosterCare & Beyond Because every child deserves the very best care and ongoing support in foster care and beyond from someone who truly cares.
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Carolyn Moody MBE @carolynmoodymbe.bsky.social · Nov 30
#MoreThanASpareRoom Foster care is about much more than providing a bedroom—social media adverts can be misleading. Children deserve better.
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Shadows of Control @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social · 5d
Isolation, dependence, and total control—this is how coercive control erodes your identity piece by piece.
#domesticabuseawareness #emotionalabuse
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miked1977.bsky.social @miked1977.bsky.social · 6d
Max Murray is doing a phenomenal job of portraying Joel in #Eastenders ... The guy is 18 years old, remember that and he's making this character so universally hated with the storyline.

What a great job from someone so young, he's going to get some really good roles as he matures
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Carolyn Moody MBE @carolynmoodymbe.bsky.social · 20h
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Transport users in London are being urged to step in if they see fellow passengers falling victim to hate crimes or harassment.
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TfL users urged to 'act like a friend' to harassment victims
TfL is encouraging passengers to be active bystanders and to deter perpetrators of crime.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Contact, for families with disabled children @contactfamilies.bsky.social · 2d
A child can only be legally excluded from school for disciplinary reasons. A head teacher must formally tell parents that their child will be excluded by giving them details in writing. Any other exclusions are illegal, and we want them to stop.
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NDTi @ndtihello.bsky.social · 2d
@gail-ndti.bsky.social explores why advocacy is a vital part of our health and social care landscape for #AdvocacyAwarenessWeek 2025.
#AAW25 #AdvocacyWorks #SelfAdvocacyWorks
www.ndti.org.uk/resource/aaw...
AAW25: Why advocacy | NDTi
Gail Petty explores why advocacy is a vital part of our health and social care landscape for Advocacy Awareness Week 2025.
www.ndti.org.uk
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NDTi @ndtihello.bsky.social · 2d
Advocacy = speaking up, knowing your rights, making decisions, and asking for what you want.
Advocates help your voice be heard. This week let’s raise awareness and celebrate the power of advocacy!

#AAW25 #AdvocacyWorks #SelfAdvocacyWorks

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Advocates help your voice be heard Advocacy helps you to: Speak up, know your rights, make decisions, ask for what you want #AdvocacyWorks #SelfAdvocacyWorks #AdvocacyAwarenessWeek Photo of an advocate at a table pointing to something on a piece of paper. Another person is looking closely and listening.
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Carolyn Moody MBE @carolynmoodymbe.bsky.social · 2d
www.homelessnessimpact.org/publication/...
An independent study from King’s College London and the Centre for Homelessness Impact has found that Mockingbird isn’t reducing homelessness for care leavers, and may even be increasing it.👇
Mockingbird: The Family Model for Young People Leaving Care
The Mockingbird Family Model (MFM) is delivered in the UK. The model aims to change the structure of fostering services, by creating a ‘hub and spoke’ model of foster carers, where a hub foster carer ...
www.homelessnessimpact.org
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Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social · 4d
Children harmed by decision to redeploy health visitors, Covid inquiry hears - True—my grandson was born in August 2020. they had one virtual health visitor chat for quite young, neurodivergent first time parents.
Children harmed by decision to redeploy health visitors, Covid inquiry hears
Some children paid "the highest price" of death because of redeployments, says health visiting charity head.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 7d
With heavy hearts we release our findings of our annual investigation into the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2024.
Read more on our site here:

museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...
Our investigation finds that 1611 people experiencing homelessness died in 2024 - a 9% increase on the previous year. — Museum of Homelessness
We are devastated to share our latest research into the deaths of those who die. It has revealed the continued impact at the sharpest edge of the homelessness crisis, as the Labour Government has fail...
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Dr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social · Jul 11
Bridget Phillipson, the image may look playful, but the message is serious.

You’re being ill-advised on early learning.

Play isn’t soft. It is learning. Children show writing, maths & thinking skills through play.

So don’t take play away. Come & observe it.

#PlayMatters
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Dr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social · 8d
🎙️ New on #PlayTalkRadio!
We’re joined by the brilliant Tamsin Grimmer to explore Play, Love & Nurture ❤️

A powerful conversation on why relationships + play are at the heart of early childhood.

👉 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/285X...
#PlayMatters #EarlyYears #EYFS
Play Talk Radio: Play Love & Nurture with Tamsin Grimmer
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Alison Vaughan @alisonvaughan2025.bsky.social · 12d
While we’re waiting for RISE to help improve things, have you seen Barriers to Education’s new resources? barrierstoeducation.co.uk I’ve been really impressed by their evidence-based strategies and practical tools.
Welcome to Barriers to Education
Practical resources and the WARMTH framework to help young people overcome barriers to school and thrive academically and emotionally.
barrierstoeducation.co.uk
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Isabelle Finn-Kelcey @isabellefk.bsky.social · 6d
Another brilliant resource ✨
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Stickman Communications @stickmancomms.bsky.social · 6d
There are SO many conditions that can affect our ability to speak and make it harder - from conditions like TMJD which make moving the mouth painful, to strokes, to fatigue, to neurodivergence. But often what we need is similar: people to give us time to find our words - and listen to them.
difficulty speaking card with striped border and 2 stickmen having a chat, with text "I find speaking difficult. Please give me time to say what I want to say. I'll let you know if I need help with it."
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NIHR School for Social Care Research @nihrsscr.bsky.social · May 26
PUBLICATION: Safer Online Lives: Internet Use and Online Experiences of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities—A Survey Study buff.ly/vZvD5CT

Find out more about this SSCR-funded study: buff.ly/a4dJ4fm
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 12d
New in the #Homelessness series
Homeless applications: barriers to in-person help & impact on hospitals
11 December 2025 10:00 to 11:00
Online. All welcome!
with Jo Underwood of @kcllaw.bsky.social & Hannah Piggott of @policyatkings.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/homel...
Homeless applications: barriers to in-person help & impact on hospitals | King's College London
Jo Underwood; Hannah Piggott
www.kcl.ac.uk
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National Network For the Education of Care Leavers @nnecl.bsky.social · 6d
We are seeking a videographer to help us capture the energy and insights our Annual Conference in London on 10 November. Our event brings together educators, policymakers and care experienced students to transform care leavers education.
Please share - reachvolunteering.org.uk/org/national...
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 6d
Nine in 10 of parents of children with SEND in a survey say lack of support is an issue, with less than 4% feeling the government provides sufficient levels of provision for their child. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/new...
Nine out of 10 parents of children with SEND raise concerns over lack of support - CYP Now
A significant majority of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being put at a disadvantage due to a lack of support, according to a poll.
www.cypnow.co.uk
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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · 7d
Do you work in the early years?

Then join us at our early years conference on Saturday, 11 October, 10am-4pm, at NEU HQ, Hamilton House, London.

✍️ Apply for your free place here👉 bit.ly/4nkb6Of

Open to non-members

#NEUEarlyYears
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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · 5d
Do you work in a maintained nursery school?

Tell the Education Select Committee about the important work you do here.👇
https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3742/
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Early Years: Improving support for children and parents
committees.parliament.uk
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Speech and Language UK @speechandlanguk.bsky.social · 5d
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, help every child thrive. 🌱

Our new course for primary educators explores how speech and language challenges link with mental health and wellbeing, with practical classroom strategies.

Start learning today: https://bit.ly/3F83Rc5
Image of a promotional graphic for a new course aimed at primary educators, discussing speech and language challenges and their relationship with mental health and wellbeing. The left side features a statistic in a speech bubble, stating "45% of young people referred to mental health services have language difficulties," depicted with a small cloud raining on the bubble. The right side emphasizes the course title in bold text against a red background.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 5d
Rum stuff about SEND from two insiders here. "There's a lot of worry in the system," says one. No, there are a lot of worried parents. Who, as per the screenshot, know that targeted provision based on assessment is what SEND is (or was?). Which is why we're worried schoolsweek.co.uk/send-adviser...
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Jane Harris @janeharrislondon.bsky.social · 5d
Thank you so so much to Izzy Judd for talking publicly about being a parent to a kid with PDA. These kids’ parents are some of the hardest-working in the country and need empathy, not judgement. 👏👏👏
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Netmums @netmums.bsky.social · 5d
Izzy Judd on parenting her misunderstood child 🌟 👉 https://l.netmums.com/cPQ
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Matt Keer @captaink77.bsky.social · 5d
SEND system review has been going on for more than six years, all told - and the current rope-a-dope phase has lasted nearly a year

Is it any wonder that people doubt their commitment to early intervention?
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 19d
At least 50,000 disabled people could lose access to financial employment support if the government goes ahead with plans to scrap the WCA benefit assessment, according to a new report from Citizens Advice

The true figure is likely to be higher

By me, for Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
DWP plans will see more than 50,000 disabled people lose job support
DWP plans mean large numbers of disabled people will no longer qualify for a work allowance to support people looking for employment.
www.bigissue.com
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 5d
Schools have been forced to act after children’s books were found to contain accidental links to an adult-content website
Schools contact parents after book links lead to adult website
Schools were forced to send out warnings today after children’s books contained hijacked links to pornographic material
www.tes.com
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