Kate Collins
@katecollinsuk.bsky.social
Chief Exec @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social ex-Chair Children & Young People’s Cancer Coalition, Trustee of CAST. Big fan of the things people do for causes they love. Fast talker. Slow runner. To be found in Staffs, North Wales or London…or on a train
This thread has made me chuckle, I especially love the suggestion to call it the Tipping Forecast…
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This thread has made me chuckle, I especially love the suggestion to call it the Tipping Forecast…
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@katecollinsuk.bsky.social, Chief Executive at Teenage Cancer Trust, says: “Today’s announcement by the Chancellor, of a £29bn funding boost for the NHS is a welcome step towards improving NHS Services. However, this must not result in a wasted opportunity for young people with cancer. (1/5)
June 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@katecollinsuk.bsky.social, Chief Executive at Teenage Cancer Trust, says: “Today’s announcement by the Chancellor, of a £29bn funding boost for the NHS is a welcome step towards improving NHS Services. However, this must not result in a wasted opportunity for young people with cancer. (1/5)
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Great first meeting of the CYP Cancer Taskforce charities sub-group, exploring how we can inform and support the work of the Taskforce and cancer plan. Lots of enthusiasm for how we move forward, ideas for next steps, and shared priorities across both children and teenagers and young adults 1/2
March 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Great first meeting of the CYP Cancer Taskforce charities sub-group, exploring how we can inform and support the work of the Taskforce and cancer plan. Lots of enthusiasm for how we move forward, ideas for next steps, and shared priorities across both children and teenagers and young adults 1/2
Huge thanks to everyone - artists, managers, producers, promoters and…from Friday ticket buyers….making the 2025 #TeenageCancerGigs possible, making sure
@TeenageCancerTrust.bsky.social can raise the funds we need so young people and their families don’t face cancer alone.
@TeenageCancerTrust.bsky.social can raise the funds we need so young people and their families don’t face cancer alone.
January 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Huge thanks to everyone - artists, managers, producers, promoters and…from Friday ticket buyers….making the 2025 #TeenageCancerGigs possible, making sure
@TeenageCancerTrust.bsky.social can raise the funds we need so young people and their families don’t face cancer alone.
@TeenageCancerTrust.bsky.social can raise the funds we need so young people and their families don’t face cancer alone.
Smashing start to 2025, seeing the terrific Newsquest and @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social partnership launch 👌
Newsquest announces £2.5mn partnership with @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social.
@katecollinsuk.bsky.social
@katecollinsuk.bsky.social
Newsquest announces £2.5mn partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust
Starting in January and running throughout the whole of 2025, the partnership will see Newsquest gift £2.5million of advertising to Teenage Cancer Trust across its portfolio of titles, online and in p...
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January 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Smashing start to 2025, seeing the terrific Newsquest and @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social partnership launch 👌
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December 2, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Wow. What a sky this morning here in Staffordshire. Beautiful.
November 29, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Wow. What a sky this morning here in Staffordshire. Beautiful.
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100% this. As the mother of a young child with SEND the extra labour is intense. Thanks for highlighting @hannahfearn.bsky.social
I wrote about the way the SEND crisis is quietly unpicking women's lives - destroying careers, dismantling relationships, damaging physical and mental health.
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
'I quit to fight for my son': how the SEND crisis is wrecking women's careers
Four in 10 parents of children with special educational needs have stopped working, and mothers are hit the hardest
inews.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 2:54 PM
100% this. As the mother of a young child with SEND the extra labour is intense. Thanks for highlighting @hannahfearn.bsky.social
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November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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Today I get to spend time with four of the people I love the most in the whole world. That’s blooming marvellous ❤️
Plus my Mum is bringing homemade cake. 🍰
Wishing everyone a happy - and ideally cake-filled - Saturday 🥰
Plus my Mum is bringing homemade cake. 🍰
Wishing everyone a happy - and ideally cake-filled - Saturday 🥰
November 23, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Today I get to spend time with four of the people I love the most in the whole world. That’s blooming marvellous ❤️
Plus my Mum is bringing homemade cake. 🍰
Wishing everyone a happy - and ideally cake-filled - Saturday 🥰
Plus my Mum is bringing homemade cake. 🍰
Wishing everyone a happy - and ideally cake-filled - Saturday 🥰
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Lovely to be interviewed for this article about the shift to Bluesky.
Charities including @cancerresearchuk.org, @sensecharity.bsky.social & @cstuk.bsky.social and social media expert @madlinsudn.bsky.social speak to Civil Society about why they have signed up to social media platform Bluesky, a rival of Elon Musk’s X www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/growing...
‘Growing space for connection’ – why charities are finally moving to Bluesky
Charities speak to Civil Society about why they have recently signed up to social media platform Bluesky, a rival of Elon Musk’s X...
www.civilsociety.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Lovely to be interviewed for this article about the shift to Bluesky.
This. This is what properly person-centred holistic care looks (and feels) like.
Love this. Thank you @david3012.bsky.social for sharing and thank you @stleonardshospice.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social for all you do.
Love this. Thank you @david3012.bsky.social for sharing and thank you @stleonardshospice.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social for all you do.
An incredible story on many levels. The truly holistic nature of hospice care, the support we have from our communities, the need to care for whole families, the importance of cuddles we take for granted.
@stleonardshospice.bsky.local
@hospiceuk.bsky.local
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@stleonardshospice.bsky.local
@hospiceuk.bsky.local
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Cuddle beds' bring families closer during end-of-life care
Cancer patient Darren Powell says it
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 11:36 AM
This. This is what properly person-centred holistic care looks (and feels) like.
Love this. Thank you @david3012.bsky.social for sharing and thank you @stleonardshospice.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social for all you do.
Love this. Thank you @david3012.bsky.social for sharing and thank you @stleonardshospice.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social for all you do.
Delighted to see this partnership working launch today between the ace @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social team & the team at Marie Curie.
Creating something better than either of us can do alone. Stronger together 💪
What I also love is no-one asked me. The team just knew what made sense 👏
Creating something better than either of us can do alone. Stronger together 💪
What I also love is no-one asked me. The team just knew what made sense 👏
November 21, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Delighted to see this partnership working launch today between the ace @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social team & the team at Marie Curie.
Creating something better than either of us can do alone. Stronger together 💪
What I also love is no-one asked me. The team just knew what made sense 👏
Creating something better than either of us can do alone. Stronger together 💪
What I also love is no-one asked me. The team just knew what made sense 👏
Waves a huge HELLO to @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social - sharing to encourage everyone to give them a follow 😀
November 21, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Waves a huge HELLO to @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social - sharing to encourage everyone to give them a follow 😀
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Gisèle Pelicot is an absolute boss.
There is no end to the respect I have for her.
The strength and dignity she has shown in the face of what must be a devastating and torturous personal trauma, is awe inspiring.
There is no end to the respect I have for her.
The strength and dignity she has shown in the face of what must be a devastating and torturous personal trauma, is awe inspiring.
November 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Gisèle Pelicot is an absolute boss.
There is no end to the respect I have for her.
The strength and dignity she has shown in the face of what must be a devastating and torturous personal trauma, is awe inspiring.
There is no end to the respect I have for her.
The strength and dignity she has shown in the face of what must be a devastating and torturous personal trauma, is awe inspiring.
The ongoing crisis in hospice funding should demand immediate action.
I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.
I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.
Proud to have taken part in ITV's timely investigation into the crisis in hospice funding.
The film airs the night before MPs will vote on the AD bill.
I hope every one of them will watch it to see how appallingly the NHS currently fails dying patients through dire funding of palliative care 😔
The film airs the night before MPs will vote on the AD bill.
I hope every one of them will watch it to see how appallingly the NHS currently fails dying patients through dire funding of palliative care 😔
Really pleased to say I am
presenting an ITV programme on hospice and end of life care.
Since my mum received hospice care a decade ago I’ve been investigating the state of the sector and its lack of funding.
Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? will air on ITV, 8:30pm, Thursday 28th November
presenting an ITV programme on hospice and end of life care.
Since my mum received hospice care a decade ago I’ve been investigating the state of the sector and its lack of funding.
Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? will air on ITV, 8:30pm, Thursday 28th November
November 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The ongoing crisis in hospice funding should demand immediate action.
I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.
I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.
So, I've just created a new group on LinkedIn, to help diversify speaker panels at Charity events, so that we don't see the same faces everywhere on repeat. Please help spread the word: www.linkedin.com/groups/13127...
We are also here on BlueSky: diversespeakers.bsky.social
#DiversityMatters
We are also here on BlueSky: diversespeakers.bsky.social
#DiversityMatters
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Good morning 👋 well that was a truly crummy nights sleep. Hope everyone slept better than me!
Today will be fuelled by coffee, lots and lots of coffee… Oh and the occasional peep out of the window at all the snow ❄️
Today will be fuelled by coffee, lots and lots of coffee… Oh and the occasional peep out of the window at all the snow ❄️
a cup of coffee is being poured from a teapot and the words more coffee are above it
ALT: a cup of coffee is being poured from a teapot and the words more coffee are above it
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Good morning 👋 well that was a truly crummy nights sleep. Hope everyone slept better than me!
Today will be fuelled by coffee, lots and lots of coffee… Oh and the occasional peep out of the window at all the snow ❄️
Today will be fuelled by coffee, lots and lots of coffee… Oh and the occasional peep out of the window at all the snow ❄️
Whooosh! Anyone else's Monday feel like it took off at warp speed?!
han solo and chewbacca are flying through space in a star wars ship
Alt: han solo and chewbacca from Star Wars, flying through space in the Millennium Falcon space ship
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Whooosh! Anyone else's Monday feel like it took off at warp speed?!
#StarterPack for UK Charity Chief Execs, Trustees & Directors here.... many thanks to @howardlake.bsky.social for pulling this together :-)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM
#StarterPack for UK Charity Chief Execs, Trustees & Directors here.... many thanks to @howardlake.bsky.social for pulling this together :-)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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“I’ve noticed I’m not in your starter pack. Any particular reason for that?”
November 17, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’re doing now.
1) Care assistant in a nursing home (loved this)
2) Hotel receptionist (great fun)
3) Pudsey Bear (actual job Marketing Manager but also got to be Pudsey - total joy)
4) Newspaper ad sales (hated this/I was rubbish)
1) Care assistant in a nursing home (loved this)
2) Hotel receptionist (great fun)
3) Pudsey Bear (actual job Marketing Manager but also got to be Pudsey - total joy)
4) Newspaper ad sales (hated this/I was rubbish)
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’re doing now.
1. Rabbit feeder (spoiler, it died)
2. Babysitter
3. Sunday school teacher
4. Newspaper deliverer
5. Late night radio phone-in phone answerer
6. Writer of copy for websites
7. TV producer
1. Rabbit feeder (spoiler, it died)
2. Babysitter
3. Sunday school teacher
4. Newspaper deliverer
5. Late night radio phone-in phone answerer
6. Writer of copy for websites
7. TV producer
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’re doing now.
1. Plant waterer
2. Cigarette packer
3. Waitress
4. Receptionist
5. Office temp
6. Bilingual P.A.
7. Police Officer
1. Plant waterer
2. Cigarette packer
3. Waitress
4. Receptionist
5. Office temp
6. Bilingual P.A.
7. Police Officer
November 17, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’re doing now.
1) Care assistant in a nursing home (loved this)
2) Hotel receptionist (great fun)
3) Pudsey Bear (actual job Marketing Manager but also got to be Pudsey - total joy)
4) Newspaper ad sales (hated this/I was rubbish)
1) Care assistant in a nursing home (loved this)
2) Hotel receptionist (great fun)
3) Pudsey Bear (actual job Marketing Manager but also got to be Pudsey - total joy)
4) Newspaper ad sales (hated this/I was rubbish)
Oooh - starter packs can be converted to lists. Thank you @jennyedwards.bsky.social for sharing 🙏👇
November 17, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Oooh - starter packs can be converted to lists. Thank you @jennyedwards.bsky.social for sharing 🙏👇
Lots of people still heading over from the other place. *waves*
If you’re after a good start point for charity/ngo bods on here then the #CharityStarterPacks @gemabbott.bsky.social has done are helpful 👇
If you’re after a good start point for charity/ngo bods on here then the #CharityStarterPacks @gemabbott.bsky.social has done are helpful 👇
Determined to spend a bit less time on Bluesky today! 😆
So here is a #StarterPack plug before I log off:
#Charity folks: Pack 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk: Pack 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
#CriminalJustice: go.bsky.app/2sQ9xmz
As ever, pls do share & lmk if you’d like to be added 😊
So here is a #StarterPack plug before I log off:
#Charity folks: Pack 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk: Pack 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
#CriminalJustice: go.bsky.app/2sQ9xmz
As ever, pls do share & lmk if you’d like to be added 😊
November 17, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Lots of people still heading over from the other place. *waves*
If you’re after a good start point for charity/ngo bods on here then the #CharityStarterPacks @gemabbott.bsky.social has done are helpful 👇
If you’re after a good start point for charity/ngo bods on here then the #CharityStarterPacks @gemabbott.bsky.social has done are helpful 👇
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