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salyou.bsky.social
Feminist. Social activist. Socialist. Geordie. Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother and partner.
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‘Memory hurts, memory guides’: Auschwitz’s survivors gather for 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation

submitted 99 days ago • 7 comments

“Most of the expansion of housing supply in the UK since the 1980s has created extra space for wealthy people, rather than new homes for those who need them”.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

So true

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Shocked but not surprised to see only @theguardian.com covered this seriously

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

I still think this could be challenged under Equality legislation. A complete waste of resources.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

submitted 104 days ago • 287 comments

Women of the North East of England - this is your chance to influence local transport Have your say www.eventbrite.com/e/mayors-tra...

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

No-one gets the problems around childcare until they have children. Increasing income whether wages or benefits is clearly a route out of poverty. Increasing the income of mothers massively tackles child poverty #womensbudgetgroup

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

The importance of social infrastructure can’t be overstated. Health, education, and care services not only support communities but also deliver long-term benefits. Prioritising social infrastructure should be at the heart of economic policies that aim to promote gender equality. 💜

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

Just an ordinary guy on Boxing Day. Will he get smeared with blood? A Clacton Blooding?

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you for this @jonathanfreedland This seems the darkest of my 68 years and I’m usually an optimist. Maybe #reasonstobecheerful should be replaced by #reasonstobemorehopeful

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

Everyday Enchantment in Newcastle. Yes really.

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments

Merci, bravo This is what true courage looks like search.app/HvjP6qRg6S2y...

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

This is what a hero/ heroine looks like. A truly inspirational and brave woman.

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The Elders Council of Newcastle are #Recruiting for a full time Executive Officer. £38-42,000 per annum Apply before 20/01/2025 Details: connectedvoice.org.uk/jobs/executi... #charity #careers #opportunity

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

This is a great opportunity for funding women-only projects in Tyne, Wear and Northumberland

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

Come and join the Comms team at NEON! It is a really special role in an amazing team - with a budget to commission messaging research, a training component, rapid response work and working with the Spokes Network & Worker-led Transition programmes. www.neweconomyorganisers.org/about-jobs/h...

submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

Where do I start on how wrong this is?

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

This is brilliant. Every child should have the right to read - & be read to. Literacy is a key to the world & integration. A trial of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library scheme will make every newborn child in Newcastle eligible to be sent a free book every month until they are fiv…

submitted 142 days ago • 0 comments

Great news for the North East

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

So basically, those that need childcare the most, get the poorest access. The Inverse Care Law triumphs again. Sigh.

submitted 149 days ago • 0 comments

What a “surprise”

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

What. A. Night. Together we marched to #ReclaimTheNight and show- we will never accept violence and harassment and we will not stop until every woman is safe: Safe on our streets Safe in our homes Safe our workplaces Safe everywhere. Not just one night, but every night.

submitted 156 days ago • 1 comment

A list you don’t want to be on

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments

Please don’t forget

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments

I’m thinking of changing my BlueSky profile to a #middleclasswomanofacertainage Views please?

submitted 156 days ago • 1 comment

Women of the North East- tonight we reclaim the night. Together we will take a stand against violence and harassment- we won’t accept it! Because we all deserve to be safe and all deserve to feel safe. Join us tonight. Bigg Market, Newcastle- 6pm.

submitted 157 days ago • 2 comments