@carriekellse.bsky.social
Interests social impact / environment.
Eternal optimist.
Works for the Health Service
Eternal optimist.
Works for the Health Service
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My charity @protect.earth is five years old this week.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My charity @protect.earth is five years old this week.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
Some stats. 🧵
- Planted 157,453 trees
- Created 4,985m of hedgerow
- Removed over 15 acres of invasive species (Japanese knotweed, rhododendrons, bamboo and Himalayan balsam)
- Run 5 free hedge-laying courses for Welsh farmers.
EPISODE 47 - The Time I've Got Left
YouTube video by Strangers on a Bench
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August 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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If there were a Nature GCSE when I was growing up it would have been incredible! This is great news for future generations, doing the most important work on earth
Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health
Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If there were a Nature GCSE when I was growing up it would have been incredible! This is great news for future generations, doing the most important work on earth
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Absolute Madness happening across England as many trusts are SLASHING Nurses bank shift rates
Wards run dangerously staffed as it is
This is nonsense!
Wards run dangerously staffed as it is
This is nonsense!
March 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Absolute Madness happening across England as many trusts are SLASHING Nurses bank shift rates
Wards run dangerously staffed as it is
This is nonsense!
Wards run dangerously staffed as it is
This is nonsense!
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Yew Tree Farm documentary screening on Feb 28. Get your free tickets here onelastfarm.eventbrite.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yew Tree Farm documentary screening on Feb 28. Get your free tickets here onelastfarm.eventbrite.com
The fantastic Bristol Seed Swap is on 23rd February at the Trinity Centre.
January 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The fantastic Bristol Seed Swap is on 23rd February at the Trinity Centre.
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Is there really nothing to which the GMC won't stoop to ensure physician associates can work as doctors, despite having no medical degree?
This extraordinary piece reveals how the GMC tried to dilute new royal college rules preventing PAs from seeing patients solo. 🧵
This extraordinary piece reveals how the GMC tried to dilute new royal college rules preventing PAs from seeing patients solo. 🧵
January 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Is there really nothing to which the GMC won't stoop to ensure physician associates can work as doctors, despite having no medical degree?
This extraordinary piece reveals how the GMC tried to dilute new royal college rules preventing PAs from seeing patients solo. 🧵
This extraordinary piece reveals how the GMC tried to dilute new royal college rules preventing PAs from seeing patients solo. 🧵
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Each month I offer ideas of vegetables and herbs to sow.
youtu.be/HyTWrArMsDY
What to sow in JANUARY | 7 Easy To Grow Crops
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What to sow in JANUARY | 7 Easy To Grow Crops
What to sow in JANUARY | 7 Easy To Grow Crops
YouTube video by Liz Zorab - Byther Farm
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December 29, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Each month I offer ideas of vegetables and herbs to sow.
youtu.be/HyTWrArMsDY
What to sow in JANUARY | 7 Easy To Grow Crops
youtu.be/HyTWrArMsDY
What to sow in JANUARY | 7 Easy To Grow Crops
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King Charles who loves killing foxes, birds, and badgers has been made Patron of the RSPCA.
King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.
RT if the RSPCA should remove him.
King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.
RT if the RSPCA should remove him.
December 21, 2024 at 1:05 PM
King Charles who loves killing foxes, birds, and badgers has been made Patron of the RSPCA.
King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.
RT if the RSPCA should remove him.
King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.
RT if the RSPCA should remove him.
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Last month saw the highest volume of handover delays of over 15 minutes per day since they started being measured. 8583 ambulances affected per day with 5542 hours lost AACE calauclate 5000 people potentially suffering severe harm from handover delays with 780 a day waiting more than 2 hrs.
December 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Last month saw the highest volume of handover delays of over 15 minutes per day since they started being measured. 8583 ambulances affected per day with 5542 hours lost AACE calauclate 5000 people potentially suffering severe harm from handover delays with 780 a day waiting more than 2 hrs.
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This is absolutely shocking. It just can’t go on
December 14, 2024 at 9:01 AM
This is absolutely shocking. It just can’t go on
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With the shocking revelation the Health Secretary is using taxpayers money to pay the GMC’s legal costs, @anaesunited.bsky.social need our help more than ever to protect patient safety. You can support them here👇
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-mi...
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-mi...
December 11, 2024 at 8:35 AM
With the shocking revelation the Health Secretary is using taxpayers money to pay the GMC’s legal costs, @anaesunited.bsky.social need our help more than ever to protect patient safety. You can support them here👇
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-mi...
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-mi...
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Bristol's Baby Bank Network is an amazing charity that makes sure new mums & babies can get all the (normally expensive) stuff a new baby needs.
They've launched a Christmas appeal & it would be great if everyone in Bristol got behind it: Read more here👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
They've launched a Christmas appeal & it would be great if everyone in Bristol got behind it: Read more here👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Bristol's new baby charity calls for city's first 'toiletry drive'
The big Christmas Appeal has been launched by the Baby Bank Network - with a twist
www.bristolpost.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Bristol's Baby Bank Network is an amazing charity that makes sure new mums & babies can get all the (normally expensive) stuff a new baby needs.
They've launched a Christmas appeal & it would be great if everyone in Bristol got behind it: Read more here👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
They've launched a Christmas appeal & it would be great if everyone in Bristol got behind it: Read more here👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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"I was shocked to hear the health secretary, Wes Streeting, say that GPs are not formally part of the NHS. What have I been doing for the past two and a half decades?"
@helensalisbury.bsky.social on the ongoing uncertainty caused by the budget
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
@helensalisbury.bsky.social on the ongoing uncertainty caused by the budget
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
November 30, 2024 at 7:45 PM
"I was shocked to hear the health secretary, Wes Streeting, say that GPs are not formally part of the NHS. What have I been doing for the past two and a half decades?"
@helensalisbury.bsky.social on the ongoing uncertainty caused by the budget
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
@helensalisbury.bsky.social on the ongoing uncertainty caused by the budget
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Love the next generation TLC for Kids Ambulance - transporting children in palliative care to their most treasured places to experience that joy for one last time 💙
November 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Love the next generation TLC for Kids Ambulance - transporting children in palliative care to their most treasured places to experience that joy for one last time 💙
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So welcome to see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social focusing on NHS cover-up culture & attacks on whistleblowers.
I urge him to note how doctors (like me) raising sincere safety concerns about replacing doctors with PAs are being smeared & attacked by NHS bodies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
I urge him to note how doctors (like me) raising sincere safety concerns about replacing doctors with PAs are being smeared & attacked by NHS bodies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
NHS bosses who silence whistleblowers face sack under government plans
Ministers to launch public consultation on regulating managers in effort to end ‘culture of cover-up’ in NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:52 PM
So welcome to see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social focusing on NHS cover-up culture & attacks on whistleblowers.
I urge him to note how doctors (like me) raising sincere safety concerns about replacing doctors with PAs are being smeared & attacked by NHS bodies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
I urge him to note how doctors (like me) raising sincere safety concerns about replacing doctors with PAs are being smeared & attacked by NHS bodies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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It was amazing to see the first few sculptures for the new Wallace & Gromit trail in Bristol today. Let's hope there are some more around the south of the city this time round 🤩
The amazing sculptures for Bristol's hotly-anticipated new Wallace & Gromit trail
The first four sculptures for a new Wallace & Gromit trail in Bristol have been revealed.
www.bristolworld.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:24 PM
It was amazing to see the first few sculptures for the new Wallace & Gromit trail in Bristol today. Let's hope there are some more around the south of the city this time round 🤩
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Brilliant opportunity alert!!! 👇🏻
The Marine & Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland seeks a PhD student (funded 4 yr position) to research bycatch of #marinemammals & #seabirds in Icelandic fisheries (with some cross over with us here at SLU on EU projects on bycatch of sensitive species). 🐟🧪🦑🌎
www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
We are seeking a PhD student in marine biology
The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in Iceland is seeking a PhD student in Marine Biology for a funded full-time position for 4 years with
www.hafogvatn.is
November 21, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Brilliant opportunity alert!!! 👇🏻
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Great reporting on pension credit delays by @cjayanetti.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears over DWP winter support
Pension credit wait times have doubled in a month, leaving some pensioners at risk of missing the DWP winter fuel payment.
www.bigissue.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Great reporting on pension credit delays by @cjayanetti.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Brilliant!
My favourite so far ‘People called Josh - life is better with Josh around’
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My favourite so far ‘People called Josh - life is better with Josh around’
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All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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November 18, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Brilliant!
My favourite so far ‘People called Josh - life is better with Josh around’
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My favourite so far ‘People called Josh - life is better with Josh around’
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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Important article here by @guardianheather.bsky.social on a too often neglected #socialcare workforce issue:
Here’s my first column as economics editor, on how pay and conditions in social care fit into the wider issue of funding for this neglected sector: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Improving social care is a big task and these talks are a good place to start | Heather Stewart
Productivity and quality in a sector that is its workforce will require even more money after national insurance rises
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Important article here by @guardianheather.bsky.social on a too often neglected #socialcare workforce issue:
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UK base rates have been cut, yet the rate at which you can fix a mortgage at have risen rapidly, my team have done a piece on it here...
www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/11/mortgage-rates-edge-up-fix-now-or-wait
www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/11/mortgage-rates-edge-up-fix-now-or-wait
Mortgage rates increasing again – so do brokers think now is a good time to fix?
Cuts to fixed-rate mortgages have come to a halt and many lenders are now hiking rates following the Budget last month – but will this trend continue? We've spoken to four mortgage brokers to see what...
www.moneysavingexpert.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:55 PM
UK base rates have been cut, yet the rate at which you can fix a mortgage at have risen rapidly, my team have done a piece on it here...
www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/11/mortgage-rates-edge-up-fix-now-or-wait
www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/11/mortgage-rates-edge-up-fix-now-or-wait