@mandylou26.bsky.social
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Today is #WorldTourismDay. You can help by avoiding Orphanage Tourism, and by supporting our work in closing these institutions down for good. https://www.hopeandhomes.org/blog/why-i-will-never-volunteer-at-an-orphanage-again/
#WorldTourismDay #EndOrphanageTourism
#WorldTourismDay #EndOrphanageTourism
September 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is #WorldTourismDay. You can help by avoiding Orphanage Tourism, and by supporting our work in closing these institutions down for good. https://www.hopeandhomes.org/blog/why-i-will-never-volunteer-at-an-orphanage-again/
#WorldTourismDay #EndOrphanageTourism
#WorldTourismDay #EndOrphanageTourism
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Big news! Our new free, online vision impairment training for non-specialist staff launches today, 29 July. If you’re interested in learning about vision impairment and how to support blind and partially sighted young people, this introductory course is for you.
Sign up: tinyurl.com/mrx33jhs
Sign up: tinyurl.com/mrx33jhs
July 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Big news! Our new free, online vision impairment training for non-specialist staff launches today, 29 July. If you’re interested in learning about vision impairment and how to support blind and partially sighted young people, this introductory course is for you.
Sign up: tinyurl.com/mrx33jhs
Sign up: tinyurl.com/mrx33jhs
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Icelandic photographer Sigga Ella, series of portraits of people with Down's Syndrome called-
'First and foremost I am' #womensart
'First and foremost I am' #womensart
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Icelandic photographer Sigga Ella, series of portraits of people with Down's Syndrome called-
'First and foremost I am' #womensart
'First and foremost I am' #womensart
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If you're a disabled person living in the Solent, we'd love you to take part in our paid research with @unisouthampton.bsky.social, exploring how travel apps could help disabled people plan journeys, find accessibility info, and make bookings. Sign up: www.transportforall.org.uk/news/researc...
July 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you're a disabled person living in the Solent, we'd love you to take part in our paid research with @unisouthampton.bsky.social, exploring how travel apps could help disabled people plan journeys, find accessibility info, and make bookings. Sign up: www.transportforall.org.uk/news/researc...
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We’re working with University of Southampton to see how travel apps could support us, as disabled people, with journey planning, booking, and accessibility info.
Live in the Solent? You can take part - all opportunities fully paid
More info: www.transportforall.org.uk/news/researc...
Live in the Solent? You can take part - all opportunities fully paid
More info: www.transportforall.org.uk/news/researc...
Have your say!
Make sure your voice is heard when it comes to accessible transport.
www.transportforall.org.uk
July 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
We’re working with University of Southampton to see how travel apps could support us, as disabled people, with journey planning, booking, and accessibility info.
Live in the Solent? You can take part - all opportunities fully paid
More info: www.transportforall.org.uk/news/researc...
Live in the Solent? You can take part - all opportunities fully paid
More info: www.transportforall.org.uk/news/researc...
It was a great event in Southampton and proud to take part! #RefugeeWeek
That’s a wrap on this year’s #RefugeeWeek 🧡
We’re thrilled to have been involved in so many events, and grateful to everyone to organised, took part, and spread the word.
We’re thrilled to have been involved in so many events, and grateful to everyone to organised, took part, and spread the word.
June 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It was a great event in Southampton and proud to take part! #RefugeeWeek
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That’s a wrap on this year’s #RefugeeWeek 🧡
We’re thrilled to have been involved in so many events, and grateful to everyone to organised, took part, and spread the word.
We’re thrilled to have been involved in so many events, and grateful to everyone to organised, took part, and spread the word.
June 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
That’s a wrap on this year’s #RefugeeWeek 🧡
We’re thrilled to have been involved in so many events, and grateful to everyone to organised, took part, and spread the word.
We’re thrilled to have been involved in so many events, and grateful to everyone to organised, took part, and spread the word.
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Fancy sailing this summer? VISA-GB invites blind or partially sighted 18–25s on a yacht adventure from Southampton this August. Two trips: 4–10 & 28–31 August. £25 for all the fun, including food. No sailing experience needed. Contact Dee: 07920 144614, or [email protected].
June 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Fancy sailing this summer? VISA-GB invites blind or partially sighted 18–25s on a yacht adventure from Southampton this August. Two trips: 4–10 & 28–31 August. £25 for all the fun, including food. No sailing experience needed. Contact Dee: 07920 144614, or [email protected].
@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social who else is spotting all the @oasisuk.bsky.social song titles that @chrisgpackham.bsky.social is dropping in this year?! 🤩🎶
May 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social who else is spotting all the @oasisuk.bsky.social song titles that @chrisgpackham.bsky.social is dropping in this year?! 🤩🎶
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On SNJ Today: The parliamentary petition to #ProtectSENDRights is gaining lots of signatures - @rachel.stopsafetyvalve.uk about why we need 100,000 people to sign—If you haven’t already, please SIGN and SHARE this post and petition! www.specialneedsjungle.com/a... Please Share!
May 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On SNJ Today: The parliamentary petition to #ProtectSENDRights is gaining lots of signatures - @rachel.stopsafetyvalve.uk about why we need 100,000 people to sign—If you haven’t already, please SIGN and SHARE this post and petition! www.specialneedsjungle.com/a... Please Share!
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If a loved one ends up in care then you want them to receive the best available... the one thing you do not lie awake at night worrying about is where those care workers were born.
Why the Labour Party is targeting these vital members of our community is genuinely beyond my understanding.
Why the Labour Party is targeting these vital members of our community is genuinely beyond my understanding.
May 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
If a loved one ends up in care then you want them to receive the best available... the one thing you do not lie awake at night worrying about is where those care workers were born.
Why the Labour Party is targeting these vital members of our community is genuinely beyond my understanding.
Why the Labour Party is targeting these vital members of our community is genuinely beyond my understanding.
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Monday 9 JUNE 2025| 10am – 3pm | FREE | IN PERSON | Central London
We are excited to be facilitating an in-person, complex needs support meeting in Central London.
Please follow the link to sign up: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/our-work/ser...
We are excited to be facilitating an in-person, complex needs support meeting in Central London.
Please follow the link to sign up: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/our-work/ser...
May 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Monday 9 JUNE 2025| 10am – 3pm | FREE | IN PERSON | Central London
We are excited to be facilitating an in-person, complex needs support meeting in Central London.
Please follow the link to sign up: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/our-work/ser...
We are excited to be facilitating an in-person, complex needs support meeting in Central London.
Please follow the link to sign up: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/our-work/ser...
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Rachel Heller, UK artist with Down's Syndrome, who creates figurative and abstract works mostly in pastel #WomensArt
April 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Rachel Heller, UK artist with Down's Syndrome, who creates figurative and abstract works mostly in pastel #WomensArt
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Having a brother with a disability undoubtedly influenced my approach to working as a doctor.
Here’s my @bmj.com piece on scary hospitals, who aren’t good at looking after people with this sort of issue.
#NationalSiblingsDay
#DuchenneMuscularDystrophy
#MedSky
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/...
Here’s my @bmj.com piece on scary hospitals, who aren’t good at looking after people with this sort of issue.
#NationalSiblingsDay
#DuchenneMuscularDystrophy
#MedSky
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/...
Patricia Cantley: We must remember how scary hospitals can be for our patients - The BMJ
We need to do everything we can to redress the imbalance between patients in hospital and healthcare professionals My Mum always told me to be wary of doctors, a statement [...]More...
blogs.bmj.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Having a brother with a disability undoubtedly influenced my approach to working as a doctor.
Here’s my @bmj.com piece on scary hospitals, who aren’t good at looking after people with this sort of issue.
#NationalSiblingsDay
#DuchenneMuscularDystrophy
#MedSky
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/...
Here’s my @bmj.com piece on scary hospitals, who aren’t good at looking after people with this sort of issue.
#NationalSiblingsDay
#DuchenneMuscularDystrophy
#MedSky
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/03/...
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Live in London and want to know more about hosting?
Come along to next week's information session to hear from some of our experienced hosts, ask any questions you might have, and find out how you can get involved!
Register your place at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Come along to next week's information session to hear from some of our experienced hosts, ask any questions you might have, and find out how you can get involved!
Register your place at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Live in London and want to know more about hosting?
Come along to next week's information session to hear from some of our experienced hosts, ask any questions you might have, and find out how you can get involved!
Register your place at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Come along to next week's information session to hear from some of our experienced hosts, ask any questions you might have, and find out how you can get involved!
Register your place at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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US artist Nikki Root recycles vintage and modern bottles and glassware to create stained glass windows #WomensArt
April 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
US artist Nikki Root recycles vintage and modern bottles and glassware to create stained glass windows #WomensArt
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Being a one woman creative business isn’t easy at the moment.
Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop.
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop.
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Being a one woman creative business isn’t easy at the moment.
Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop.
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop.
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Two heroic stray dogs rescued an injured dog from the middle of the road by dragging him to safety. The dog had been hit by a car and was stranded. Many cars passed by, but it was two stray dogs who pulled him off the road. The injured dog survived, and the stray dogs were rescued. 15/10 for both
April 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Two heroic stray dogs rescued an injured dog from the middle of the road by dragging him to safety. The dog had been hit by a car and was stranded. Many cars passed by, but it was two stray dogs who pulled him off the road. The injured dog survived, and the stray dogs were rescued. 15/10 for both
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So given the lack of appropriate long term planning, it is not surprising the government is fast tracking assisted suicide while expanding it and removing safeguards, like expanding it to children, or removing having capacity, or anything from this list of safeguards which were voted down:
March 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
So given the lack of appropriate long term planning, it is not surprising the government is fast tracking assisted suicide while expanding it and removing safeguards, like expanding it to children, or removing having capacity, or anything from this list of safeguards which were voted down:
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We currently have five young potential guests all at risk of imminent street homelessness.
With the cold snap set to return over the next week, we’re urgently looking for hosts to come forward and help them get a warm roof over their heads.
You can message us here or email [email protected]
With the cold snap set to return over the next week, we’re urgently looking for hosts to come forward and help them get a warm roof over their heads.
You can message us here or email [email protected]
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We currently have five young potential guests all at risk of imminent street homelessness.
With the cold snap set to return over the next week, we’re urgently looking for hosts to come forward and help them get a warm roof over their heads.
You can message us here or email [email protected]
With the cold snap set to return over the next week, we’re urgently looking for hosts to come forward and help them get a warm roof over their heads.
You can message us here or email [email protected]
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News. The National Down Syndrome Policy Group and over 61 organisations representing the interests of disabled people across the UK have written an open letter raising concerns about the potential impact of legalising assisted dying.
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/nationa...
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/nationa...
National Down Syndrome Policy Group raises concerns over assisted dying
Disability organisations, including the National Down Syndrome Policy Group, have written an open letter raising concerns about the potential impact of legalising assisted dying.
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
News. The National Down Syndrome Policy Group and over 61 organisations representing the interests of disabled people across the UK have written an open letter raising concerns about the potential impact of legalising assisted dying.
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/nationa...
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/nationa...