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Carolyn Moody MBE

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Driving Change for Children, Adults, and Foster Carers | FosterWiki Ambassador | FosterCare & Beyond Because every child deserves the very best care and ongoing support in foster care and beyond from someone who truly cares.

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Carolyn Moody MBE @carolynmoodymbe.bsky.social · Nov 30

#MoreThanASpareRoom Foster care is about much more than providing a bedroom—social media adverts can be misleading. Children deserve better.

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 20d

How will Martyn’s Law affect schools? @michaelsgreen.bsky.social outlines the key requirements – and explains why it’s worth school leadership taking action early

How Martyn’s Law will affect schools - and why leaders should act now

Schools will already fulfil many of the requirements of new anti-terrorism legislation for public premises but there are still important new duties to consider, says Professor Michael Green

www.tes.com

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 19d

NEW POST: The Government must acknowledge and act on the devastating “double disadvantage” impact of poverty and SEND policies says a new report from @suttontrust.bsky.social www.specialneedsjungle.com/g...

image shows the report cover plus a colourised image of three school children

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Down's Syndrome Association @dsa-uk.bsky.social · 19d

The charity 'Family Fund' has grants available to support families in Wales, raising a disabled or seriously ill child aged under 18, and who are living on a low income.

This grant programme will only be open until Monday 3 November 2025.

Click here for more details 👉 https://loom.ly/cuxnh3g

Young boy who has Down's syndrome is smiling whilst he plays on a piano.

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Shadows of Control @shadowsofcontrol.bsky.social · 24d

Isolation, dependence, and total control—this is how coercive control erodes your identity piece by piece.
#domesticabuseawareness #emotionalabuse

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miked1977.bsky.social @miked1977.bsky.social · 25d

Max Murray is doing a phenomenal job of portraying Joel in #Eastenders ... The guy is 18 years old, remember that and he's making this character so universally hated with the storyline.

What a great job from someone so young, he's going to get some really good roles as he matures

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Carolyn Moody MBE @carolynmoodymbe.bsky.social · 20d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Transport users in London are being urged to step in if they see fellow passengers falling victim to hate crimes or harassment.
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TfL users urged to 'act like a friend' to harassment victims

TfL is encouraging passengers to be active bystanders and to deter perpetrators of crime.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Contact, for families with disabled children @contactfamilies.bsky.social · 22d

A child can only be legally excluded from school for disciplinary reasons. A head teacher must formally tell parents that their child will be excluded by giving them details in writing. Any other exclusions are illegal, and we want them to stop.

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NDTi @ndtihello.bsky.social · 22d

@gail-ndti.bsky.social explores why advocacy is a vital part of our health and social care landscape for #AdvocacyAwarenessWeek 2025.
#AAW25 #AdvocacyWorks #SelfAdvocacyWorks
www.ndti.org.uk/resource/aaw...

AAW25: Why advocacy | NDTi

Gail Petty explores why advocacy is a vital part of our health and social care landscape for Advocacy Awareness Week 2025.

www.ndti.org.uk

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NDTi @ndtihello.bsky.social · 21d

Advocacy = speaking up, knowing your rights, making decisions, and asking for what you want.
Advocates help your voice be heard. This week let’s raise awareness and celebrate the power of advocacy!

#AAW25 #AdvocacyWorks #SelfAdvocacyWorks

www.ndti.org.uk/collection/a...

Advocates help your voice be heard
Advocacy helps you to:
Speak up, know your rights, make decisions, ask for what you want
#AdvocacyWorks #SelfAdvocacyWorks #AdvocacyAwarenessWeek
Photo of an advocate at a table pointing to something on a piece of paper. Another person is looking closely and listening.

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Carolyn Moody MBE @carolynmoodymbe.bsky.social · 21d

www.homelessnessimpact.org/publication/...
An independent study from King’s College London and the Centre for Homelessness Impact has found that Mockingbird isn’t reducing homelessness for care leavers, and may even be increasing it.👇

Mockingbird: The Family Model for Young People Leaving Care

The Mockingbird Family Model (MFM) is delivered in the UK. The model aims to change the structure of fostering services, by creating a ‘hub and spoke’ model of foster carers, where a hub foster carer ...

www.homelessnessimpact.org

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Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social · 24d

Children harmed by decision to redeploy health visitors, Covid inquiry hears - True—my grandson was born in August 2020. they had one virtual health visitor chat for quite young, neurodivergent first time parents.

Children harmed by decision to redeploy health visitors, Covid inquiry hears

Some children paid "the highest price" of death because of redeployments, says health visiting charity head.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 27d

With heavy hearts we release our findings of our annual investigation into the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2024.
Read more on our site here:

museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...

Our investigation finds that 1611 people experiencing homelessness died in 2024 - a 9% increase on the previous year. — Museum of Homelessness

We are devastated to share our latest research into the deaths of those who die. It has revealed the continued impact at the sharpest edge of the homelessness crisis, as the Labour Government has fail...

museumofhomelessness.org

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Dr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social · Jul 11

Bridget Phillipson, the image may look playful, but the message is serious.

You’re being ill-advised on early learning.

Play isn’t soft. It is learning. Children show writing, maths & thinking skills through play.

So don’t take play away. Come & observe it.

#PlayMatters

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Dr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social · 27d

🎙️ New on #PlayTalkRadio!
We’re joined by the brilliant Tamsin Grimmer to explore Play, Love & Nurture ❤️

A powerful conversation on why relationships + play are at the heart of early childhood.

👉 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/285X...
#PlayMatters #EarlyYears #EYFS

Play Talk Radio: Play Love & Nurture with Tamsin Grimmer

open.spotify.com

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Alison Vaughan @alisonvaughan2025.bsky.social · Oct 3

While we’re waiting for RISE to help improve things, have you seen Barriers to Education’s new resources? barrierstoeducation.co.uk I’ve been really impressed by their evidence-based strategies and practical tools.

Welcome to Barriers to Education

Practical resources and the WARMTH framework to help young people overcome barriers to school and thrive academically and emotionally.

barrierstoeducation.co.uk

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Isabelle Finn-Kelcey @isabellefk.bsky.social · 26d

Another brilliant resource ✨

Stickman Communications @stickmancomms.bsky.social · 26d

There are SO many conditions that can affect our ability to speak and make it harder - from conditions like TMJD which make moving the mouth painful, to strokes, to fatigue, to neurodivergence. But often what we need is similar: people to give us time to find our words - and listen to them.

difficulty speaking card with striped border and 2 stickmen having a chat, with text "I find speaking difficult. Please give me time to say what I want to say. I'll let you know if I need help with it."

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NIHR School for Social Care Research @nihrsscr.bsky.social · May 26

PUBLICATION: Safer Online Lives: Internet Use and Online Experiences of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities—A Survey Study buff.ly/vZvD5CT

Find out more about this SSCR-funded study: buff.ly/a4dJ4fm

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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Oct 3

New in the #Homelessness series
Homeless applications: barriers to in-person help & impact on hospitals
11 December 2025 10:00 to 11:00
Online. All welcome!
with Jo Underwood of @kcllaw.bsky.social & Hannah Piggott of @policyatkings.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/homel...

Homeless applications: barriers to in-person help & impact on hospitals | King's College London

Jo Underwood; Hannah Piggott

www.kcl.ac.uk

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National Network For the Education of Care Leavers @nnecl.bsky.social · 26d

We are seeking a videographer to help us capture the energy and insights our Annual Conference in London on 10 November. Our event brings together educators, policymakers and care experienced students to transform care leavers education.
Please share - reachvolunteering.org.uk/org/national...

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 26d

Nine in 10 of parents of children with SEND in a survey say lack of support is an issue, with less than 4% feeling the government provides sufficient levels of provision for their child. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/new...

Nine out of 10 parents of children with SEND raise concerns over lack of support - CYP Now

A significant majority of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being put at a disadvantage due to a lack of support, according to a poll.

www.cypnow.co.uk

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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · 26d

Do you work in the early years?

Then join us at our early years conference on Saturday, 11 October, 10am-4pm, at NEU HQ, Hamilton House, London.

✍️ Apply for your free place here👉 bit.ly/4nkb6Of

Open to non-members

#NEUEarlyYears

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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · 24d

Do you work in a maintained nursery school?

Tell the Education Select Committee about the important work you do here.👇
https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3742/

Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

Early Years: Improving support for children and parents

committees.parliament.uk

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Speech and Language UK @speechandlanguk.bsky.social · 24d

This #WorldMentalHealthDay, help every child thrive. 🌱

Our new course for primary educators explores how speech and language challenges link with mental health and wellbeing, with practical classroom strategies.

Start learning today: https://bit.ly/3F83Rc5

Image of a promotional graphic for a new course aimed at primary educators, discussing speech and language challenges and their relationship with mental health and wellbeing. The left side features a statistic in a speech bubble, stating "45% of young people referred to mental health services have language difficulties," depicted with a small cloud raining on the bubble. The right side emphasizes the course title in bold text against a red background.

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 24d

Rum stuff about SEND from two insiders here. "There's a lot of worry in the system," says one. No, there are a lot of worried parents. Who, as per the screenshot, know that targeted provision based on assessment is what SEND is (or was?). Which is why we're worried schoolsweek.co.uk/send-adviser...

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Jane Harris @janeharrislondon.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you so so much to Izzy Judd for talking publicly about being a parent to a kid with PDA. These kids’ parents are some of the hardest-working in the country and need empathy, not judgement. 👏👏👏

Netmums @netmums.bsky.social · 24d

Izzy Judd on parenting her misunderstood child 🌟 👉 https://l.netmums.com/cPQ

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