Today is #WorldAIDSDay - a day where we show solidarity and strength against HIV stigma and remember the many members of our community who we've lost over the years.

Great 🧵 below, I am very proud to have led on the delivery of the @respectuk.bsky.social Silver Anniversary event, supported by a wonderful team 🙌🏾

I can only manage one episode at a time, it's a tough watch.Thank you @davidolusoga.bsky.social for presenting this - important that we have these conversations #Empire

I never watched the #PrinceAndrew (as he was then) interview, the clips were just too nauseating. This is clearly good news but it shouldn't be the end - despite his minimising and denials, he and all the other perpetrators need to be held to account.

Exciting News 📣 Our Make a Change programme will be on Hits Radio during the news hour today from 11am-1pm.📻 This first segment will cover the impact of their delivery partner Relationships Coventry & Warwickshire's work with people causing harm. Tune in here ⬇️ hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/c...

Thinking of all those affected, in Jamaica and beyond #HurricaneMelissa 🙏🏾

Great 🧵👇🏾to round off the #VAWGTakeover at #LabourConference - we we ended with power and emotion. Now we anticipate the #VAWGStrategy - we hope that the government has taken the concerns of the whole sector on board, especially from our sisters in by and for organisations.

Wow - I am a very distant Anglican these days, but this has to be good news #ArchbishopOfCanterbury

I couldn't bring myself to watch #Panorama on Wednesday night, but I caught up with the wise words of Mina Smallman on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social - I remember seeing her at the Women's Aid conference a few years ago - an inspiration.

If you are staying at #LabourConference for one more night, do join us at our panel at 18:15, it will be an important conversation #postseparationabuse

Today is another busy day at #LabourPartyConference. We’ve attended the White Ribbon breakfast event on preventing men’s VAWG, before a collaboration meeting with @foundationsww.bsky.social, ahead of the third fringe event of the #VAWGTakeover, where @jotodd.bsky.social will be speaking on a panel.

Sunday saw the first event of the #VAWGTakeover at the #LabourPartyConference - a reception which heard from some of the CEOs from the charity coalition. Speakers called for clarity on the delayed VAWG Strategy, parity on funding & the need to ensure meaningful inclusion of by & for organisations.

Going to #LabourPartyConference? See 🧵 below on the #VAWGTakeover!

I usually listen to The News Agents last thing at night before reading but this interview is doing my head in - switching off before the end to enjoy Attica Locke…

🧵1/4 The Make a Change Team at Respect led an innovative one-year national pilot in collaboration with 3 pioneering NHS Trusts – Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

SBS’ prolific campaigning has continually challenged barriers rooted in racism, sexism, and socio-economic inequalities and shaped government policy on safety and protections for Black, minoritised and migrant women. Read more: www.respect.org.uk/articles/Sou...

I'll be honest, I wasn't sure we would do it, oh me of little faith! #Lionesses

This is absolutely heartbreaking - and unacceptable.

Sad news. Society Guardian was my go to during my studies! Malcolm was very supportive to me when he was a trustee of Counsel and Care, as I developed our Older People in the Media awards back in 2009-10. A great guy, my thoughts are with his family and friends 🙏🏾

Good to see this extensive @channel4news.bsky.social report with my colleagues and @safelives.bsky.social Pioneer Shana Begum, following the @drivepartnership.bsky.social new multi-year funding announcement today #StoppingDomesticAbuse

Chiropractors and osteopaths must do so much business after #Glastonbury 😂 #crickintheneck

Had a wonderful night celebrating with my sistahs at @sbsisters.bsky.social to mark more than 45 years of incredible work supporting Black, minoritised, and migrant women! ❤️ 🙏🏾 #StillWeRise

🧵 👇🏾- Congratulations to my colleagues at @safelives.bsky.social on the publication of their new strategy! #FindWhatWorksHelpIthappen

Heart going out to my Indian friends and colleagues #AirIndia 🙏🏾🙏🏾 🥺

I will be BlueSkying from the @respectuk.bsky.social account today at the @vision-research.bsky.social annual conference - let's catch up if you are there 😊

> 90 organisations inc @womensaid.bsky.social @sbsisters.bsky.social and @refugecharity.bsky.social fugecharity.bsky.social working across #vawg #domesticabuse and #mentalhealth joined our call to ministers to fund specialist counselling and #GiveSurvivorsHope womanstrust.org.uk/give-survivo...

I'm looking forward to guesting on this fireside chat tonight with the Women's Resource Centre, I am proud to be in the current cohort of mentors on their Network for Black Women's Leaders programme - there is still time to sign up! www.wrc.org.uk/Event/nbwl-f...

Respect is extremely pleased that the Home Office has recognised the need to fund a wide range of support for victims of domestic abuse, including helplines, which are often the first port of call when seeking advice. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Another footballer perpetrator - sad for Keisha but all power to her #coercivecontrol #domesticabuse www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/s...

Great 🧵 below from my wonderful comms team @respectuk.bsky.social - thanks to the @commissionerda.bsky.social team for including S&T in their report's recommendations #VictimsInTheirOwnRight

I'm reflecting on yesterday's launch of @commissionerda.bsky.social 's latest report into the experiences of babies, children and young people affected by #domesticabuse. Everyone in the room was deeply moved by what we heard - we need to ensure the next generation are protected from further harm.

I will be representing @respectuk.bsky.social at the launch of this important report tomorrow morning #DomesticAbuse #ChildSurvivors #ChildVictims

Another year investing in @cipr.co.uk #CPD - third year in a row. One of the main activities I did last year was supporting early-mid career professionals with mentoring, and I aim to do more of the same this coming year!

Dr James Rowlands’ new book, out 28 March, explores domestic abuse-related deaths and how reviews can drive change. It’s the first full-length study of Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews in England and Wales. An urgent and vital contribution. ➡️ www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

I will have what Dame Mary is having! #90yearsyoung

Just watched this powerful conversation on the Reclaiming podcast with Monica Lewinsky and guest Tarana Burke, I highly recommend Tarana’s memoir Unbound and her anthology You Are Your Best Thing with Brene Brown #trauma #violenceandabuse youtu.be/KBOUM0I3Xwg?...

Have you seen the @respectuk.bsky.social Starter Pack yet? Here are the accounts to follow around stopping #domesticabuse perpetrators, we will be keeping it updated go.bsky.app/UTPh76U

First time I have picked up a Stylist since before lockdown 😄 - just sat down to read it, and the cover and theme is making me 😞 Props to them for covering this issue #VAWG #onlineharm #misogyny

Live now - oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee's VAWG inquiry www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Happy International Women's Day to all the unsung she-roes - I see you! #IWD25

Delighted with this coverage in today's Guardian, thanks to Moya Crockett for working with the team, and for including quotes from @justinedodds.bsky.social You can both read our report and catch up with the launch event here #CAPVA www.respect.org.uk/articles/uns...

On the government's mission to halve #VAWG - it is ambitious, and we need to do more with young people around attitudes and healthy relationships #BridgetPhillipsonIWD

Good to have nabbed an in person spot at the annual @giwlkings.bsky.social #IWD2025 event in conversation #BridgetPhillipsonIWD #AccelerateAction

This was very upsetting to watch - she was literally hiding behind the umpire's chair to get away from him. 😱Unacceptable and indeed, terrifying #Stalking

‘Prison will never be a safe place to be pregnant’ – campaigner www.channel4.com/news/prison-...

Great 🧵 from @respectuk.bsky.social on the impact of the H.O.P.E. Leadership Programme on graduates past and present I am looking forward to celebrating the next cohort! #diverseleaders #domesticabuse

Love this from @marshajdavid.bsky.social #ValentinesDay is about love in all its forms, child to parent, sibling to sibling, etc. I learned this many years ago when I spent 14 February in Cuba! #HappyValentinesDay

‘Roses are red, violets are blue, I just sent a message, WHERE ARE YOU?’ 🌹💙 It’s Valentine’s Day. Are you thinking about young people and risks in their intimate relationships as well as adults today?

Congratulations to the @drivepartnership.bsky.social on their Stakeholder recognition award at the RISE Mutual 10th Anniversary event - a complete surprise!

One of the great things about the "ripple effect" is where #domesticabuse touches other sectors - good to hear from Mark Simms OBE, Chief Exec of #homelessness org P3 at the RISE anniversary event