Angela Catley
@angelacat.bsky.social
Overly enthusiastic & talkative doer
Believer in citizens & community
Finding creative, quirky ways to think about care & wellbeing. Co founder When I Get Old www.WIGO.org.uk. Roles @TLAP.bsky.social @Commcats.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
Believer in citizens & community
Finding creative, quirky ways to think about care & wellbeing. Co founder When I Get Old www.WIGO.org.uk. Roles @TLAP.bsky.social @Commcats.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
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Angela Catley
@angelacat.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Home - When I get old
www.wigo.org.uk
We're all getting older & may need care in later life. BUT our options in the UK are limited & can be disrespectful. Many of us will pay for care we don't actually want! With allies, Sian Lockwood & I are creating a movement for conversations, challenge, change & CHOICE www.wigo.org.uk . Join us
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‘Outdated and ever less fit for purpose’: five takeaways from the carer’s allowance report
‘Outdated and ever less fit for purpose’: five takeaways from the carer’s allowance report
Dysfunctional DWP failed to notify some carers that they were accruing enormous debt for years, Liz Sayce’s damning report reveals
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
‘Outdated and ever less fit for purpose’: five takeaways from the carer’s allowance report
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Hi folks,
We’re Cut From The Land, a husband and wife team from Banff.
Kirsty’s the artist and she makes linocut prints, inspired by nature, wildlife and the Scottish countryside.
I can usually be found at markets and fairs all over the country.
www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products
We’re Cut From The Land, a husband and wife team from Banff.
Kirsty’s the artist and she makes linocut prints, inspired by nature, wildlife and the Scottish countryside.
I can usually be found at markets and fairs all over the country.
www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products
Products
Browse all products from Cut From The Land.
www.cutfromtheland.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hi folks,
We’re Cut From The Land, a husband and wife team from Banff.
Kirsty’s the artist and she makes linocut prints, inspired by nature, wildlife and the Scottish countryside.
I can usually be found at markets and fairs all over the country.
www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products
We’re Cut From The Land, a husband and wife team from Banff.
Kirsty’s the artist and she makes linocut prints, inspired by nature, wildlife and the Scottish countryside.
I can usually be found at markets and fairs all over the country.
www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products
Personal Health Budgets (PHB) change people’s lives & offer value for ££. New @commcats.bsky.social report packed with people's stories 👇 @tlap.bsky.social @martinwalkersds.bsky.social @juestanny.bsky.social @mroutled.bsky.social @clentonf.bsky.social www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/publications...
Publications | Community Catalysts
www.communitycatalysts.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Personal Health Budgets (PHB) change people’s lives & offer value for ££. New @commcats.bsky.social report packed with people's stories 👇 @tlap.bsky.social @martinwalkersds.bsky.social @juestanny.bsky.social @mroutled.bsky.social @clentonf.bsky.social www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/publications...
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Today we publish a report that provides evidence that Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) change people’s lives, offer value for money and make care more personalised and sustainable! 📣Read the report www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/publications... @angelacat.bsky.social
Growing personal health budget take up and impact | Community Catalysts
A report that evidences how personal health budgets change people's lives, are good value for money and help NHS targets.
www.communitycatalysts.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today we publish a report that provides evidence that Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) change people’s lives, offer value for money and make care more personalised and sustainable! 📣Read the report www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/publications... @angelacat.bsky.social
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My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
After lots of initial enthusiasm about this place I am struggling to connect with many people...in my country...sector...or tribe...or with ideas and challenges that stretch me. So sad. I really really miss old twitter. A big gap there...surely not just for me #musesintothevoid !
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
After lots of initial enthusiasm about this place I am struggling to connect with many people...in my country...sector...or tribe...or with ideas and challenges that stretch me. So sad. I really really miss old twitter. A big gap there...surely not just for me #musesintothevoid !
Extraordinary story @patrickmaguire.bsky.social & G Pogrund
- No 10 briefing against PM’s own recent pick of Cab Sec
- floating replacing with limelight-drawing Louise Casey
If no longer a career civil service job, who would Farage go for?!
www.thetimes.com/article/fa96...
- No 10 briefing against PM’s own recent pick of Cab Sec
- floating replacing with limelight-drawing Louise Casey
If no longer a career civil service job, who would Farage go for?!
www.thetimes.com/article/fa96...
October 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
Reposted by Angela Catley
The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
October 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
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Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.
Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show
Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.
www.ok.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
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An angry, important thread.
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
An angry, important thread.
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This is an excellent point. 👇
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is an excellent point. 👇
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Utterly heartbreakingly perfect writing as ever from Andreou. As an immigrant myself it hits hard.
I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home.
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you
By Alex Andreou
bestforbritain.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Utterly heartbreakingly perfect writing as ever from Andreou. As an immigrant myself it hits hard.
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Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
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I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
Listening to @wesstreeting.bsky.social on radio 4. New Martha's law gives people in acute hospitals the right to an urgent second opinion. A ☎️ to call. 👏👏👏 Struck me that people with a learning disability locked up by the system could do with something similar @learningdiseng.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Listening to @wesstreeting.bsky.social on radio 4. New Martha's law gives people in acute hospitals the right to an urgent second opinion. A ☎️ to call. 👏👏👏 Struck me that people with a learning disability locked up by the system could do with something similar @learningdiseng.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The LeDeR report is finally out.
Do note the changes in reporting as they have included stats from 2021-2023. #LearningDisability
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/leder
Do note the changes in reporting as they have included stats from 2021-2023. #LearningDisability
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/leder
Learning from Lives and Deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR)
The latest annual LeDeR report in collaboration with our academic partners on behalf of NHS England.
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Feeling really angry about the current narrative on refugees & asylum seekers. Asked a friend for advice on what I could do to help/dissent. They sent me this - Leeds specific - but so many transferable tips I thought i would share lassn.org.uk/standing-tog... #hope #humanity #ACT
Standing Together in Leeds - Practical Ways to Show Solidarity - Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network
lassn.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Feeling really angry about the current narrative on refugees & asylum seekers. Asked a friend for advice on what I could do to help/dissent. They sent me this - Leeds specific - but so many transferable tips I thought i would share lassn.org.uk/standing-tog... #hope #humanity #ACT
@evanhd.bsky.social sorry this goes against the grain but I cannot stand one more minute of this wipped up furore. Switching off. #BBCToday #BBCRadio4
August 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@evanhd.bsky.social sorry this goes against the grain but I cannot stand one more minute of this wipped up furore. Switching off. #BBCToday #BBCRadio4
Am feeling like I should join a political party. Don't really want to & have no idea which one to join BUT it all feels a bit 'nail your blinking colours' Like I have to somehow find a way to say loudly & proudly that this nonsense currently getting so so so much airtime does not represent me AT ALL
August 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Am feeling like I should join a political party. Don't really want to & have no idea which one to join BUT it all feels a bit 'nail your blinking colours' Like I have to somehow find a way to say loudly & proudly that this nonsense currently getting so so so much airtime does not represent me AT ALL
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I see this every time I work with community groups. Women stepping in to fill gaps left by LAs and government, only to find the more they step in, the more gaps appear, as government sees this free labour as a solution that their funding crises. It is not. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips
Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I see this every time I work with community groups. Women stepping in to fill gaps left by LAs and government, only to find the more they step in, the more gaps appear, as government sees this free labour as a solution that their funding crises. It is not. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Highlight of a recent trip to Lille was an exhibition of mind bending art from Felice Varini...loved it!
July 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Highlight of a recent trip to Lille was an exhibition of mind bending art from Felice Varini...loved it!
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/where-labo... just read this @jonglue.bsky.social and it put me totally in mind if your little thread
Where Labour has gone wrong and what to do about it.
They can learn from Zohran Mamdani and...Robert Jenrick
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/where-labo... just read this @jonglue.bsky.social and it put me totally in mind if your little thread