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CEO of a Not For Profit organisation providing high quality support to fostering families: FosterSupport Ltd Here to raise awareness of fostering and disability issues. https://www.fostersupport.co.uk/
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Concessions to private equity executives from Rachel Reeves Maybe disabled people need to club together and buy her some concert tickets? www.ft.com/content/2a51...

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

👀 “More than a third of council meetings have already been cancelled this month, where vitally important decisions are made for our county, and two of the five members of ‘DOGE for Kent’ have quit after less than a week. Reform needs to get a grip and bring an end to this unprecedented chaos.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Food for thought. Did you know that the failure to share relevant information with foster carers as detailed in this inquest is very common? Now add to that the fact there is no legal duty of care owed to foster carers. Imagine that. You can legally be killed or seriously injured in your own home

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

This is the right outcome. There is no place for this type of language and blatant discrimination in local government committees. He would not act in the best interests of children in care with his views. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Nat West banking app is down. Anyone else having problems?

submitted 13 hours ago • 3 comments

Rapid scheduled disassembly this time. Next level chucking your teddies out of your pram stuff. Anyone got shares in Butterkist?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

NEW: Tens of thousands of disabled households could face a “triple hit” of benefit cuts due to the impact on Carer’s Allowance DWP figures show 95,000 unpaid carers stand to lose PIP - and for some the impact could be even worse By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Social workers raise concerns over Reform lead members for children's and adult services at Leicestershire County Council #Reform #Burka #LeicsLatest new.basw.co.uk/about-social...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

a friend of mine shared this ai-generated "emotion wheel" and unfortunately i have been laughing my ass off at it for like 15 minutes now. today i am feeling Fnliinneon

submitted 1 day ago • 250 comments

"Comments by a Reform councillor in Cambridgeshire that children in care are 'evil' are unacceptable. Children in care shouldn't have to hear this. It's discrimination and needs to be challenged." - @katharinesj.bsky.social, our Chief Exec.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I’d like the parent/carers/politicians/councillors/teachers of non disabled or neurodivergent kids could spend a week in our shoes. Their loved one being so badly let down it’s causing harm. Things would be different.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This is beyond despicable. Reform councillor calls children in care "downright evil". www.huntspost.co.uk/news/2521469...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Our members contact us on a regular basis with concerns about delays obtaining passports for the children in their care. We're supporting the Care Leavers Association in their work with government departments on this issue. Please complete the survey below. Thanks! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Spot on thread from Sue. We have an attendance crisis and more young people are not attending schools. If the school’s themselves don’t reflect on what they are doing and the impact of this then it will only get worse. Sadly many schools have moved to a simplistic view of behaviour management

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Hi, I'm currently looking into the impact of the PIP cuts on carers for the Big Issue: I'm interested in speaking to anyone receives PIP *and* Carer's Allowance, and who is potentially at risk from the new "four point rule" please repost for circulation

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

'There are so many hidden costs to raising a disabled child' - BBC News "If you take him to a body of water, he will want to go in that. If we go to a soft play, he will pull on hair. The isolation is the hardest thing. (Thoughts of most carers!) 💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This is how much caring for a disabled child really costs bigissue.com/opinion/real-c… And they’re still cutting the benefits that barely keep our families afloat! #BenefitCutswww.bigissue.com/opinion/real...d/

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Is the real? Are they aware that local authorities hold highly confidential data on family court cases and children in care?

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

📚 No child should miss school because their family can't afford school meals or a clean uniform. But across the UK, it's happening every day. #FreeSchoolMealsForAll is one way to alleviate the burden of childhood poverty. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/nationa... @nochildbehinduk.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone saying ‘DEI’ here in the UK is telling you very directly where their hate is imported from.

submitted 4 days ago • 70 comments

It was sobering to catch up with Debbie from St Ann's Advice Centre last week. We discussed the devasting impact that disability benefit cuts would have on our community. Hearing the harrowing stories of disabled service users underlined why these cuts must be opposed.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

🏠 Hundreds of children in care are being placed in illegal, unregistered homes with no oversight, no regulation and no guarantee of safety. 🚫 This is a clear breach of their rights and must end. 📢 Learn more about the issue and email your MP to demand change. bit.ly/4mJ8NF1 #NoIllegalHomes

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

If you are a reasonable person and still supporting the Labour Party at this point, it's really hard to understand why. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Liz Truss is in Hungary. And she tweeted this without a shred of apparent irony. It's her friends and family I feel sorry for.

submitted 5 days ago • 504 comments