Matthew Hocking
@matthoc.bsky.social
Trying to live more slowly, an occupational therapist amongst other things.
All views shared are strictly my own.
All views shared are strictly my own.
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Hi I'm looking for some participants for my MSC research. It's just a quick 10 min survey. Thank you!!!
#OT #occupationaltherapy #lgtqhealthcare inclusivity
forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
#OT #occupationaltherapy #lgtqhealthcare inclusivity
forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Hi I'm looking for some participants for my MSC research. It's just a quick 10 min survey. Thank you!!!
#OT #occupationaltherapy #lgtqhealthcare inclusivity
forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
#OT #occupationaltherapy #lgtqhealthcare inclusivity
forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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More teams are turning to school-based OT placements - so we’ve created a guide to make it easier.
It’s full of real examples and simple steps for clinicians, educators and learners.
📘 Download your copy https://bit.ly/4akCk4e
It’s full of real examples and simple steps for clinicians, educators and learners.
📘 Download your copy https://bit.ly/4akCk4e
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
More teams are turning to school-based OT placements - so we’ve created a guide to make it easier.
It’s full of real examples and simple steps for clinicians, educators and learners.
📘 Download your copy https://bit.ly/4akCk4e
It’s full of real examples and simple steps for clinicians, educators and learners.
📘 Download your copy https://bit.ly/4akCk4e
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Green Party Deputy Leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social writes for Byline Times about what she learnt from visiting migrant women in Calais and why she belives it's time to move away from the politics of cruelty in 2026 bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...
I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt
It is time to move away from a politics in which cruelty is always portrayed as “toughness” and moral abdication as “realism”, argues Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Green Party Deputy Leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social writes for Byline Times about what she learnt from visiting migrant women in Calais and why she belives it's time to move away from the politics of cruelty in 2026 bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...
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In France they do infrastructure for fun, every decent mid size town has a tram, Paris converts roads to cycle lanes from motor vehicle gridlock "pas de problém"
Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition
UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years
Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition
UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years
Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?
Yeah, as I was saying...
Yeah, as I was saying...
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In France they do infrastructure for fun, every decent mid size town has a tram, Paris converts roads to cycle lanes from motor vehicle gridlock "pas de problém"
Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition
UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years
Netherlands takes national pride in infrastructure. Dams, cyclepath. Roads in tiptop condition
UK: nah, sorry Bruv maybe in 20 years
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All we want for Christmas is for barriers to be removed so that even more people can benefit from cycling!
#InclusiveCycling #AccessibleCycling #ActiveTravel
#InclusiveCycling #AccessibleCycling #ActiveTravel
We should all be able to travel confidently and easily. In 2023, we asked disabled people to rate their experience of different types of transport. How do their scores compare with yours? Let us know what transport you use and how you’d score your journeys.
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
All we want for Christmas is for barriers to be removed so that even more people can benefit from cycling!
#InclusiveCycling #AccessibleCycling #ActiveTravel
#InclusiveCycling #AccessibleCycling #ActiveTravel
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Six years after it was scrapped, Erasmus+ is coming back. As our Campaigns Manager, Richard Kilpatrick, explains, this goes far beyond university exchanges, supporting schools, youth programmes, vocational training and deprived communities across the UK.
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Six years after it was scrapped, Erasmus+ is coming back. As our Campaigns Manager, Richard Kilpatrick, explains, this goes far beyond university exchanges, supporting schools, youth programmes, vocational training and deprived communities across the UK.
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We played Solihull last week at home and around 50 school kids came to the game, I was wondering why when I bumped into their teacher, Kerry - who explained.
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We played Solihull last week at home and around 50 school kids came to the game, I was wondering why when I bumped into their teacher, Kerry - who explained.
I 1st accidentally watched the last 10 minutes of the film ‘Funeral in Berlin’ around 5 years ago, today I turned on the TV and began watching the film at exactly the same point, and the chances are? #movies
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I 1st accidentally watched the last 10 minutes of the film ‘Funeral in Berlin’ around 5 years ago, today I turned on the TV and began watching the film at exactly the same point, and the chances are? #movies
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Nominations are now OPEN for the UK Dementia Awards 2026
There are 15 awards open for nomination, celebrating outstanding individuals, teams, and organisations across care.
Start your nomination here:
buff.ly/HhVpT1q
There are 15 awards open for nomination, celebrating outstanding individuals, teams, and organisations across care.
Start your nomination here:
buff.ly/HhVpT1q
December 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Nominations are now OPEN for the UK Dementia Awards 2026
There are 15 awards open for nomination, celebrating outstanding individuals, teams, and organisations across care.
Start your nomination here:
buff.ly/HhVpT1q
There are 15 awards open for nomination, celebrating outstanding individuals, teams, and organisations across care.
Start your nomination here:
buff.ly/HhVpT1q
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Do read this. It’s by Brian Eno for @thenerve.news & it’s about this generation’s BandAid.
Lullaby is based on a traditional Palestinian melody, all proceeds go to Gaza, it would be amazing for it to be Xmas no 1, but more than that, buying it is a political act 👊
Lullaby is based on a traditional Palestinian melody, all proceeds go to Gaza, it would be amazing for it to be Xmas no 1, but more than that, buying it is a political act 👊
“Let's make Together for Palestine's record this year's Christmas No 1.” Musician and activist Brian Eno explains why one song in particular matters this Christmas.
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Do read this. It’s by Brian Eno for @thenerve.news & it’s about this generation’s BandAid.
Lullaby is based on a traditional Palestinian melody, all proceeds go to Gaza, it would be amazing for it to be Xmas no 1, but more than that, buying it is a political act 👊
Lullaby is based on a traditional Palestinian melody, all proceeds go to Gaza, it would be amazing for it to be Xmas no 1, but more than that, buying it is a political act 👊
Even better that you can activate it even if you’re unsure of your travel dates, but where to go? 😊
Less than 48h left to buy an Interrail pass with 25% discount (I already have!). Buy now, activate any date in next 11 months.
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
About Interrail and how to buy: www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a...
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Even better that you can activate it even if you’re unsure of your travel dates, but where to go? 😊
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www.gatehousetheatre.co.uk/whatson-even...
If you want to see a Lived Experience Recovery Organization bringing an age old story of human endeavour to life with heart and humour, book now!
If you want to see a Lived Experience Recovery Organization bringing an age old story of human endeavour to life with heart and humour, book now!
Wake Up Sammy - Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
A journey of one man’s life told by the people he met, loved and inspired. We celebrate the good times and reflect on how friendship and self belief can overcome life's trials and tribulations. A stor...
www.gatehousetheatre.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
www.gatehousetheatre.co.uk/whatson-even...
If you want to see a Lived Experience Recovery Organization bringing an age old story of human endeavour to life with heart and humour, book now!
If you want to see a Lived Experience Recovery Organization bringing an age old story of human endeavour to life with heart and humour, book now!
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If our cities are shaped by stories, then great books form the foundation of knowledge and inspiration needed to build more liveable, inclusive and prosperous places.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
December 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If our cities are shaped by stories, then great books form the foundation of knowledge and inspiration needed to build more liveable, inclusive and prosperous places.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
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Last open day of the year today, we enjoyed chatting to potential future #OccupationalTherapists and telling them all about our wonderful profession 💚
If you are thinking you might #ChooseOT as a career or just want to know more visit our website or drop us an email:
[email protected]
If you are thinking you might #ChooseOT as a career or just want to know more visit our website or drop us an email:
[email protected]
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Last open day of the year today, we enjoyed chatting to potential future #OccupationalTherapists and telling them all about our wonderful profession 💚
If you are thinking you might #ChooseOT as a career or just want to know more visit our website or drop us an email:
[email protected]
If you are thinking you might #ChooseOT as a career or just want to know more visit our website or drop us an email:
[email protected]
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Just 4 days left on the Interrail sale: 25% off passes. Buy yours here 👉 www.interrail.eu/en
This is our best budget tip for comfort flight-free travel – don't miss it!
And read our guide to Interrail here 👇
This is our best budget tip for comfort flight-free travel – don't miss it!
And read our guide to Interrail here 👇
How to interrail
A guide to using Europe's rail-travel pass, Interrail
flightfree.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Just 4 days left on the Interrail sale: 25% off passes. Buy yours here 👉 www.interrail.eu/en
This is our best budget tip for comfort flight-free travel – don't miss it!
And read our guide to Interrail here 👇
This is our best budget tip for comfort flight-free travel – don't miss it!
And read our guide to Interrail here 👇
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Dementia care news:
• Dementia Frontiers Fund launched → buff.ly/7bABAEW
• Carers UK State of Caring 2025 → buff.ly/fd0E8V4
• Care Innovation Challenge 2026 → buff.ly/NDv4AbT
• Alzheimer's Society advice for cold weather → buff.ly/FrLdIwH
• Dementia Frontiers Fund launched → buff.ly/7bABAEW
• Carers UK State of Caring 2025 → buff.ly/fd0E8V4
• Care Innovation Challenge 2026 → buff.ly/NDv4AbT
• Alzheimer's Society advice for cold weather → buff.ly/FrLdIwH
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Dementia care news:
• Dementia Frontiers Fund launched → buff.ly/7bABAEW
• Carers UK State of Caring 2025 → buff.ly/fd0E8V4
• Care Innovation Challenge 2026 → buff.ly/NDv4AbT
• Alzheimer's Society advice for cold weather → buff.ly/FrLdIwH
• Dementia Frontiers Fund launched → buff.ly/7bABAEW
• Carers UK State of Caring 2025 → buff.ly/fd0E8V4
• Care Innovation Challenge 2026 → buff.ly/NDv4AbT
• Alzheimer's Society advice for cold weather → buff.ly/FrLdIwH
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💙 Supporting people living with dementia starts with the right knowledge & care. Our accessible, person‑centred resources for the adult social care workforce covers:
✔️ Prevention ✔️Before/after diagnosis ✔️Support ✔️Family carers ✔️End of life care
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pSH6um
✔️ Prevention ✔️Before/after diagnosis ✔️Support ✔️Family carers ✔️End of life care
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pSH6um
December 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
💙 Supporting people living with dementia starts with the right knowledge & care. Our accessible, person‑centred resources for the adult social care workforce covers:
✔️ Prevention ✔️Before/after diagnosis ✔️Support ✔️Family carers ✔️End of life care
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pSH6um
✔️ Prevention ✔️Before/after diagnosis ✔️Support ✔️Family carers ✔️End of life care
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pSH6um
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Great listen on a huge scandal . Worth checking out . . .
New Episode!
❄️🐻❄️❄️
The Secret Trade in Polar Bears
🐻❄️❄️🐻❄️
How do you save an animal everyone thinks is already protected?! David talks with award-winning filmmaker, @abrahamjoffe.bsky.social, who's trying to do just that.
www.treesacrowd.fm/abraham-joff...
❄️🐻❄️❄️
The Secret Trade in Polar Bears
🐻❄️❄️🐻❄️
How do you save an animal everyone thinks is already protected?! David talks with award-winning filmmaker, @abrahamjoffe.bsky.social, who's trying to do just that.
www.treesacrowd.fm/abraham-joff...
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Great listen on a huge scandal . Worth checking out . . .
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NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
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Our next webinar is tomorrow.
Last chance to register. Sign up closes at midnight tonight.
Delirium & Dementia: Recognising, Responding, and Supporting Together
Monday, 8 December, 2 to 3pm (UK time)
Speaker: Alison Keizer
Register:
buff.ly/V0LlEej
Follow us on Eventbrite:
buff.ly/QIDwALo
Last chance to register. Sign up closes at midnight tonight.
Delirium & Dementia: Recognising, Responding, and Supporting Together
Monday, 8 December, 2 to 3pm (UK time)
Speaker: Alison Keizer
Register:
buff.ly/V0LlEej
Follow us on Eventbrite:
buff.ly/QIDwALo
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Our next webinar is tomorrow.
Last chance to register. Sign up closes at midnight tonight.
Delirium & Dementia: Recognising, Responding, and Supporting Together
Monday, 8 December, 2 to 3pm (UK time)
Speaker: Alison Keizer
Register:
buff.ly/V0LlEej
Follow us on Eventbrite:
buff.ly/QIDwALo
Last chance to register. Sign up closes at midnight tonight.
Delirium & Dementia: Recognising, Responding, and Supporting Together
Monday, 8 December, 2 to 3pm (UK time)
Speaker: Alison Keizer
Register:
buff.ly/V0LlEej
Follow us on Eventbrite:
buff.ly/QIDwALo
Sustainability in sport, FGR leading the way.
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sustainability in sport, FGR leading the way.
I’m English by birth/residence but have for most of my adult life unconsciously developed and enjoyed a strong identity as a #european .
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’m English by birth/residence but have for most of my adult life unconsciously developed and enjoyed a strong identity as a #european .
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This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Tried this cashew cheeze, made with live cultures and remarkably it has wonderful texture and is creamy whilst being #dairyfree
I’m dipping a toe into artisan nut cheeses, I’d previously declined to try them but am pleasantly surprised.
I’m dipping a toe into artisan nut cheeses, I’d previously declined to try them but am pleasantly surprised.
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Tried this cashew cheeze, made with live cultures and remarkably it has wonderful texture and is creamy whilst being #dairyfree
I’m dipping a toe into artisan nut cheeses, I’d previously declined to try them but am pleasantly surprised.
I’m dipping a toe into artisan nut cheeses, I’d previously declined to try them but am pleasantly surprised.