Nicola Sansom
@nicolasansom.bsky.social
Loves education, equality, nature, mountains, running (slowly), cups of tea and tortoises.
Co-founder and trustee of S.A.L.V.E. International - supporting street connected children and their families
www.salveinternational.org
Co-founder and trustee of S.A.L.V.E. International - supporting street connected children and their families
www.salveinternational.org
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The social purpose private rented sector is a growing movement looking to leverage good landlords to tackle homelessness.
How good landlords can play a crucial role in tackling homelessness
www.bigissue.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The social purpose private rented sector is a growing movement looking to leverage good landlords to tackle homelessness.
The 201 year old Vagrancy act in the UK will finally be got rid of next year. 🥳
Criminalising people for living on the streets never helped to address the issues that led them to be there in the first place. So this is a positive step forwards.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Criminalising people for living on the streets never helped to address the issues that led them to be there in the first place. So this is a positive step forwards.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales
The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The 201 year old Vagrancy act in the UK will finally be got rid of next year. 🥳
Criminalising people for living on the streets never helped to address the issues that led them to be there in the first place. So this is a positive step forwards.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Criminalising people for living on the streets never helped to address the issues that led them to be there in the first place. So this is a positive step forwards.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not the news I wanted to see this morning - Reform winning the Helsby by-election by just 6 votes...
Politics are on a knife edge right now and it's a time we need to see more caring policies and practices to help solve our big societal issues shining through!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Politics are on a knife edge right now and it's a time we need to see more caring policies and practices to help solve our big societal issues shining through!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
English local elections: Reform UK wins Runcorn byelection by six votes as Labour says result means it must ‘move faster’ with plans – UK politics live
New Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin pays tribute to Farage as ‘great leader’; Labour wins North Tyneside and Doncaster mayoral races
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Not the news I wanted to see this morning - Reform winning the Helsby by-election by just 6 votes...
Politics are on a knife edge right now and it's a time we need to see more caring policies and practices to help solve our big societal issues shining through!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Politics are on a knife edge right now and it's a time we need to see more caring policies and practices to help solve our big societal issues shining through!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Happy Earth Day. Here are a few pics from the Brecon Beacons this Easter weekend.
We are lucky to get to live in a world with so much natural beauty to explore and a duty to care for it to the best of our ability.
We are lucky to get to live in a world with so much natural beauty to explore and a duty to care for it to the best of our ability.
April 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy Earth Day. Here are a few pics from the Brecon Beacons this Easter weekend.
We are lucky to get to live in a world with so much natural beauty to explore and a duty to care for it to the best of our ability.
We are lucky to get to live in a world with so much natural beauty to explore and a duty to care for it to the best of our ability.
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1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just had a wonderful afternoon where some of the amazing children from St. Margarets Primary School were presenting what they learnt about SALVE International to the community, MP Afzal Khan and Mayor Andy Burnham.
The children went on to fundraise for us making cupcakes too!
The children went on to fundraise for us making cupcakes too!
April 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just had a wonderful afternoon where some of the amazing children from St. Margarets Primary School were presenting what they learnt about SALVE International to the community, MP Afzal Khan and Mayor Andy Burnham.
The children went on to fundraise for us making cupcakes too!
The children went on to fundraise for us making cupcakes too!
Sewage spilled into England's rivers and seas for record 3.6m hours last year - we need more innovation, investment and care to fix our broken water system and protect our waterways.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sewage spilled into England's rivers and seas for record 3.6m hours last year
Sewage spilled into England's waterways for a record number of hours last year, the Environmental Agency says.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Sewage spilled into England's rivers and seas for record 3.6m hours last year - we need more innovation, investment and care to fix our broken water system and protect our waterways.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Government officials, health professionals, and more are gathering at the second global conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia.
This is a crucial opportunity for policymakers to make progress on tackling air pollution globally.
This is a crucial opportunity for policymakers to make progress on tackling air pollution globally.
Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution
The WHO has identified air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health globally. Each year, an estimated seven million people around the world are killed by effects from air pollutio...
www.hrw.org
March 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Government officials, health professionals, and more are gathering at the second global conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia.
This is a crucial opportunity for policymakers to make progress on tackling air pollution globally.
This is a crucial opportunity for policymakers to make progress on tackling air pollution globally.
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Yesterday marked #WorldWaterDay, and we're celebrating what happens when you give rivers the room to do what they do best.
Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.
Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.
March 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yesterday marked #WorldWaterDay, and we're celebrating what happens when you give rivers the room to do what they do best.
Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.
Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.
There are some really beautiful old trees in the world. It's tree-rific to see them being celebrated.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
300 year-old Polish beech wins Tree of the Year contest
The win by Poland’s Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills tree marks Poland’s fourth victory in a row.
www.bbc.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
There are some really beautiful old trees in the world. It's tree-rific to see them being celebrated.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A friend was recently teaching me about the Japanese concept of Kintsugi - where you repair broken things using gold to make a feature of the repair and celebrate the imperfection.
I think this is a beautiful idea.
I think this is a beautiful idea.
March 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A friend was recently teaching me about the Japanese concept of Kintsugi - where you repair broken things using gold to make a feature of the repair and celebrate the imperfection.
I think this is a beautiful idea.
I think this is a beautiful idea.
Happy International Women's day. Thank you to all the amazing women in my life who inspire me, walk beside me and help me to learn, grow and remain hopeful despite the challenges life throws at us. I am very grateful for you all.
a group of women 's hands making a heart shape with the words women 's day below it
ALT: a group of women 's hands making a heart shape with the words women 's day below it
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March 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Happy International Women's day. Thank you to all the amazing women in my life who inspire me, walk beside me and help me to learn, grow and remain hopeful despite the challenges life throws at us. I am very grateful for you all.
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. Taking money from the world's poorest people to increase defence spending is counter intuitive and will lead to more insecurity long term. 😪
BBC News - Starmer and Badenoch clash over defence spending at PMQs - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Starmer and Badenoch clash over defence spending at PMQs - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer and Badenoch clash over defence spending at PMQs
The prime minister announced the UK will reallocate aid funds to boost military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. Taking money from the world's poorest people to increase defence spending is counter intuitive and will lead to more insecurity long term. 😪
BBC News - Starmer and Badenoch clash over defence spending at PMQs - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Starmer and Badenoch clash over defence spending at PMQs - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Found my new dream house...
February 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Found my new dream house...
We need to be able to have reasonable discussions and accept that disagreement and compromise can be good to help ensure we are considering multiple angles to our actions and listening to others concerns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Activist hits back at Starmer for ‘demonising’ him as green ‘zealot’
Former councillor Andrew Boswell accuses PM of wanting to lock people out of planning process
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We need to be able to have reasonable discussions and accept that disagreement and compromise can be good to help ensure we are considering multiple angles to our actions and listening to others concerns.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We need to become more accountable about our progress in tackling the climate and nature crisis... hopefully enough MPs will believe that and back the CAN bill tomorrow!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill
Exclusive: Supporters of bill say Labour has already insisted on removal of clauses requiring UK to meet targets agreed at Cop and other summits
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We need to become more accountable about our progress in tackling the climate and nature crisis... hopefully enough MPs will believe that and back the CAN bill tomorrow!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I vote to add the festive dinosaur anyway - no matter how your gingerbread house comes out a dinosaur can only make it better!
December 24, 2024 at 10:11 PM
I vote to add the festive dinosaur anyway - no matter how your gingerbread house comes out a dinosaur can only make it better!
SALVE's life changing drug rehab programme has an amazing opportunity of matched funding - which runs out midday Tuesday and any money not yet doubled will be lost.
So please consider making a donation. It will have double the impact and we will be very grateful! www.tinyurl.com/SALVEBigGive...
So please consider making a donation. It will have double the impact and we will be very grateful! www.tinyurl.com/SALVEBigGive...
December 8, 2024 at 7:59 PM
SALVE's life changing drug rehab programme has an amazing opportunity of matched funding - which runs out midday Tuesday and any money not yet doubled will be lost.
So please consider making a donation. It will have double the impact and we will be very grateful! www.tinyurl.com/SALVEBigGive...
So please consider making a donation. It will have double the impact and we will be very grateful! www.tinyurl.com/SALVEBigGive...
Any top tips for a Blue Sky newbie?
Any great accounts to follow or starter packs you recommend?
I'm especially interested in things related to UK politics, climate change, homelessness, tortoises, mountains, nature, education and social justice. Thanks
Any great accounts to follow or starter packs you recommend?
I'm especially interested in things related to UK politics, climate change, homelessness, tortoises, mountains, nature, education and social justice. Thanks
December 8, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Any top tips for a Blue Sky newbie?
Any great accounts to follow or starter packs you recommend?
I'm especially interested in things related to UK politics, climate change, homelessness, tortoises, mountains, nature, education and social justice. Thanks
Any great accounts to follow or starter packs you recommend?
I'm especially interested in things related to UK politics, climate change, homelessness, tortoises, mountains, nature, education and social justice. Thanks
Couldn't recommend going to Donna Nook to admire hundreds of baby seals more highly - they are just a bit too cute!
December 7, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Couldn't recommend going to Donna Nook to admire hundreds of baby seals more highly - they are just a bit too cute!
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Wow! The Fruit Moot gets better (and bigger) every year. The next one is in Manchester on Fri 14 February in Manchester: bit.ly/gnfm2025_tic.... Grab your early bird tickets before the end of this month.
Great Northern Fruit Moot 2025 - Open Collective
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December 5, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Wow! The Fruit Moot gets better (and bigger) every year. The next one is in Manchester on Fri 14 February in Manchester: bit.ly/gnfm2025_tic.... Grab your early bird tickets before the end of this month.