Helen
@helenmew.bsky.social
Juggle: books, chocolate, family & friends, sanity
Work: @thebelayfoundation.org.uk
Volunteer: ITAV/AUK
Vegetarian, leftie, trade unionist, feminist.
Aim for wisdom, settle for witchery.
#Belay2025in2025
https://www.justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
Work: @thebelayfoundation.org.uk
Volunteer: ITAV/AUK
Vegetarian, leftie, trade unionist, feminist.
Aim for wisdom, settle for witchery.
#Belay2025in2025
https://www.justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
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Helen
@helenmew.bsky.social
· Jun 9
#Belay2025in2025
Help Helen Willis raise money to support The Belay Foundation
justgiving.com
So please: if you are able to help me celebrate either my 1000-miles-in-2025 excitement OR that 1012.5-Halfway-To-Target joy (while also, far more importantly, helping struggling families and children): all donations will be so very welcome.
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
#Belay2025in2025
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
#Belay2025in2025
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Wishing moments of calm and joy and love to all our families, Specialist Support Workers, supporters and community as the Christmas rollercoaster takes over all our lives!
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wishing moments of calm and joy and love to all our families, Specialist Support Workers, supporters and community as the Christmas rollercoaster takes over all our lives!
Quite excited by my latest #Belay2025in2025 milestone.
That’ll be *2000 miles done*, leaving just *25 miles to go*!
Eeeeeeekkkk!
Deep breath for the last stretch >>>
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
That’ll be *2000 miles done*, leaving just *25 miles to go*!
Eeeeeeekkkk!
Deep breath for the last stretch >>>
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
#Belay2025in2025
Help Helen Willis raise money to support The Belay Foundation
www.justgiving.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Quite excited by my latest #Belay2025in2025 milestone.
That’ll be *2000 miles done*, leaving just *25 miles to go*!
Eeeeeeekkkk!
Deep breath for the last stretch >>>
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
That’ll be *2000 miles done*, leaving just *25 miles to go*!
Eeeeeeekkkk!
Deep breath for the last stretch >>>
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
So pleased to have been enticed out this morning for a few chilly but gorgeous December miles ...
The #Belay2025in2025 challenge really is now into #TheFinalCountdown!
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
The #Belay2025in2025 challenge really is now into #TheFinalCountdown!
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
December 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So pleased to have been enticed out this morning for a few chilly but gorgeous December miles ...
The #Belay2025in2025 challenge really is now into #TheFinalCountdown!
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
The #Belay2025in2025 challenge really is now into #TheFinalCountdown!
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
75 miles to go! #Belay2025in2025 ... I WILL DO THIS!
(And just in case it was anyone from here - thank you SO MUCH to this evening's anonymous donor! Yes my fundraising is lagging but at least now slightly less severely!)
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
(And just in case it was anyone from here - thank you SO MUCH to this evening's anonymous donor! Yes my fundraising is lagging but at least now slightly less severely!)
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
#Belay2025in2025
Help Helen Willis raise money to support The Belay Foundation
www.justgiving.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
75 miles to go! #Belay2025in2025 ... I WILL DO THIS!
(And just in case it was anyone from here - thank you SO MUCH to this evening's anonymous donor! Yes my fundraising is lagging but at least now slightly less severely!)
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
(And just in case it was anyone from here - thank you SO MUCH to this evening's anonymous donor! Yes my fundraising is lagging but at least now slightly less severely!)
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
Quick #Belay2025in2025 update ...
84 miles to go!!!! #TheFinalCountdown is on :)
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
84 miles to go!!!! #TheFinalCountdown is on :)
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
#Belay2025in2025
Help Helen Willis raise money to support The Belay Foundation
www.justgiving.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Quick #Belay2025in2025 update ...
84 miles to go!!!! #TheFinalCountdown is on :)
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
84 miles to go!!!! #TheFinalCountdown is on :)
www.justgiving.com/page/belay20...
Gorgeousness wandering in Oxford last night - feeling very privileged to have had an evening with the most amazing, accepting and dearest of friends.
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Gorgeousness wandering in Oxford last night - feeling very privileged to have had an evening with the most amazing, accepting and dearest of friends.
I might not understand much about my son's beloved #Fortnite but I do know that when you are doing well you "level up".
I hit the 100 miles to go target today! That surely counts as levelling up!
#Belay2025in2025 #TheFinalCountdown #FundraisingStress
I hit the 100 miles to go target today! That surely counts as levelling up!
#Belay2025in2025 #TheFinalCountdown #FundraisingStress
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I might not understand much about my son's beloved #Fortnite but I do know that when you are doing well you "level up".
I hit the 100 miles to go target today! That surely counts as levelling up!
#Belay2025in2025 #TheFinalCountdown #FundraisingStress
I hit the 100 miles to go target today! That surely counts as levelling up!
#Belay2025in2025 #TheFinalCountdown #FundraisingStress
Lovely @adoptionuk.bsky.social solos session this evening - thanks to all who came along, lovely folk to meet!
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Lovely @adoptionuk.bsky.social solos session this evening - thanks to all who came along, lovely folk to meet!
103.5 miles to go ... #TheFinalCountdown is progressing courtesy of a few cold, dark miles this evening. Getting the miles there slowly (even if the fundraising is still somewhat behind)!
#Belay2025in2025
#Belay2025in2025
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
103.5 miles to go ... #TheFinalCountdown is progressing courtesy of a few cold, dark miles this evening. Getting the miles there slowly (even if the fundraising is still somewhat behind)!
#Belay2025in2025
#Belay2025in2025
#FinalCountdown update for #Belay2025in2025 ... 110 miles to go to target!
Unfortunately still £425 pounds to go to target on the money front. Anyone got any bright ideas how I nudge it along?
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
Unfortunately still £425 pounds to go to target on the money front. Anyone got any bright ideas how I nudge it along?
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#FinalCountdown update for #Belay2025in2025 ... 110 miles to go to target!
Unfortunately still £425 pounds to go to target on the money front. Anyone got any bright ideas how I nudge it along?
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
Unfortunately still £425 pounds to go to target on the money front. Anyone got any bright ideas how I nudge it along?
justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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David Zinn at 3:32 am. Good start
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
David Zinn at 3:32 am. Good start
Sometimes, parenting our amazing, wonderful, fabulous children who nonetheless struggle more than the average? It is utterly exhausting.
I am so tired.
I am so tired.
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Sometimes, parenting our amazing, wonderful, fabulous children who nonetheless struggle more than the average? It is utterly exhausting.
I am so tired.
I am so tired.
Thank you lovely x Anyone able to help me keep moving despite the dark, the rain, the cold ... Always super grateful! Thank you!
My lovely friend Helen is raising money for the Belay Foundation who help children who have suffered early life trauma.
Please help if you can. Many thanks.
Please help if you can. Many thanks.
With exactly one month to go I have 120 miles still to traverse: slow progress but getting there nonetheless! #Belay2025in2025
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thank you lovely x Anyone able to help me keep moving despite the dark, the rain, the cold ... Always super grateful! Thank you!
Today we splashed out on Meal Deals after a bit of a stressful morning.
We tried the drink shown but, while we like this kind of thing often, both decided this wasn’t our favourite.
So no win for this particular beverage: but a win for a lovely moment of connection nevertheless. We’ll take that!
We tried the drink shown but, while we like this kind of thing often, both decided this wasn’t our favourite.
So no win for this particular beverage: but a win for a lovely moment of connection nevertheless. We’ll take that!
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today we splashed out on Meal Deals after a bit of a stressful morning.
We tried the drink shown but, while we like this kind of thing often, both decided this wasn’t our favourite.
So no win for this particular beverage: but a win for a lovely moment of connection nevertheless. We’ll take that!
We tried the drink shown but, while we like this kind of thing often, both decided this wasn’t our favourite.
So no win for this particular beverage: but a win for a lovely moment of connection nevertheless. We’ll take that!
The teen wanted to go into Bath today. So we went. We parked then walked into the middle in the drizzle. We avoided the #ChristmasMarket, as pretty as it may be; we visited not only one shop but two; then we came home again.
This is what we call a #BigAdventure round here.
This is what we call a #BigAdventure round here.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The teen wanted to go into Bath today. So we went. We parked then walked into the middle in the drizzle. We avoided the #ChristmasMarket, as pretty as it may be; we visited not only one shop but two; then we came home again.
This is what we call a #BigAdventure round here.
This is what we call a #BigAdventure round here.
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To celebrate my book of simple 'Bluesky Recipes' and survival tips for 'Difficult Days' winning the Gourmand Award for 'Food & Mental Health', I'm basically giving it away.
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWLYCR96 (99p)
USA www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWLYCR96 ($1.99)
#Cookbook #FoodSky #BookSky #Recipes #Foodie
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWLYCR96 (99p)
USA www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWLYCR96 ($1.99)
#Cookbook #FoodSky #BookSky #Recipes #Foodie
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
To celebrate my book of simple 'Bluesky Recipes' and survival tips for 'Difficult Days' winning the Gourmand Award for 'Food & Mental Health', I'm basically giving it away.
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWLYCR96 (99p)
USA www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWLYCR96 ($1.99)
#Cookbook #FoodSky #BookSky #Recipes #Foodie
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWLYCR96 (99p)
USA www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWLYCR96 ($1.99)
#Cookbook #FoodSky #BookSky #Recipes #Foodie
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Could you donate a few seconds to help us with a nomination into the Movement for Good 12 Days Christmas Draw? And then maybe even share as well? Thank you!
movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards
We could receive a £1,000 donation with your help throught the Movement for Good 12 Days Christmas Draw.
movementforgood.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Could you donate a few seconds to help us with a nomination into the Movement for Good 12 Days Christmas Draw? And then maybe even share as well? Thank you!
movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...
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An interesting way to get the meaning of consent across
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Starting Monday morning and my first 2025 @pactcoffee.bsky.social #adventcoffee beverage is in the making 🤞
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Starting Monday morning and my first 2025 @pactcoffee.bsky.social #adventcoffee beverage is in the making 🤞
With exactly one month to go I have 120 miles still to traverse: slow progress but getting there nonetheless! #Belay2025in2025
#Belay2025in2025
Help Helen Willis raise money to support The Belay Foundation
justgiving.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
With exactly one month to go I have 120 miles still to traverse: slow progress but getting there nonetheless! #Belay2025in2025
This. So much this.
Also, I don’t wish to turn on the sound on my phone so I can listen to 2 minutes of waffle to then find out that actually this particular video won’t in fact be answering the question I had in the first place.
Simple, written instructions please.
Also, I don’t wish to turn on the sound on my phone so I can listen to 2 minutes of waffle to then find out that actually this particular video won’t in fact be answering the question I had in the first place.
Simple, written instructions please.
Where have written instructions gone? Everything is a video now.
I want to be able to glance at a page or two of text and pick out what is salient to me in seconds, rather than watching something several minutes long and having to re-view it and skip around trying to re-find the relevant bit.
I want to be able to glance at a page or two of text and pick out what is salient to me in seconds, rather than watching something several minutes long and having to re-view it and skip around trying to re-find the relevant bit.
August 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This. So much this.
Also, I don’t wish to turn on the sound on my phone so I can listen to 2 minutes of waffle to then find out that actually this particular video won’t in fact be answering the question I had in the first place.
Simple, written instructions please.
Also, I don’t wish to turn on the sound on my phone so I can listen to 2 minutes of waffle to then find out that actually this particular video won’t in fact be answering the question I had in the first place.
Simple, written instructions please.
12 miles this evening to contribute to #Belay2025in2025 along with some gorgeous sunset views :)
July 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
12 miles this evening to contribute to #Belay2025in2025 along with some gorgeous sunset views :)
Top #MiddleAgedWomanWin (of the tmi sort for some, be warned):
I have been on #HRT. After some minor breakthrough bleeding the meds were adjusted. And … now yep, we have a period type bleed with actual period pains for added veracity.
What a privilege it is being a woman at each and every stage.
I have been on #HRT. After some minor breakthrough bleeding the meds were adjusted. And … now yep, we have a period type bleed with actual period pains for added veracity.
What a privilege it is being a woman at each and every stage.
July 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Top #MiddleAgedWomanWin (of the tmi sort for some, be warned):
I have been on #HRT. After some minor breakthrough bleeding the meds were adjusted. And … now yep, we have a period type bleed with actual period pains for added veracity.
What a privilege it is being a woman at each and every stage.
I have been on #HRT. After some minor breakthrough bleeding the meds were adjusted. And … now yep, we have a period type bleed with actual period pains for added veracity.
What a privilege it is being a woman at each and every stage.
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Out on Saturday as a podcast!
A great conversation and what @thebelayfoundation.org.uk do is quite simple but very well thought thru and managed.
Have a listen when it drops on Saturday. 🎧
A great conversation and what @thebelayfoundation.org.uk do is quite simple but very well thought thru and managed.
Have a listen when it drops on Saturday. 🎧
Interested in finding out more about what we do at #Belay, and thinking about what practical support for Special Guardian, Kinship and Adoptive families actually looks like? Join us as we chat live to @gayadoptiondad.bsky.social and @alcoates.bsky.social on the A&F Podcast tonight at 7pm!
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Out on Saturday as a podcast!
A great conversation and what @thebelayfoundation.org.uk do is quite simple but very well thought thru and managed.
Have a listen when it drops on Saturday. 🎧
A great conversation and what @thebelayfoundation.org.uk do is quite simple but very well thought thru and managed.
Have a listen when it drops on Saturday. 🎧