I lasted about 3 minutes #bbcqt

Lovely to listen to the wisdom of @clentonf.bsky.social at the start of Day 2 with @commcats.bsky.social We are with 100+ colleagues and activists at The Catalyst Newcastle University, getting visionary and practical about building neighbourhoods that enable Living Well.

At our @commcats.bsky.social event with the Nat Centre for Ageing at @newcastleuni.bsky.social David Robinson talks about the centrality of relationships to public services and many other areas of life. This led to his cofounding relationshipsproject.org

👉NEW #HLINblog! Ahead of #HLINconf26, Nick Sinclair (Community Catalysts) shares four powerful stories, highlighting the impact of trust, time, strengths-based practice and the “relational buffer” of Local Area Coordination. 🔗Read here: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Alongs...

🏘️Prof Rose Gilroy (@newcastleuni.bsky.social) on older adults & housing landscape in the NE: frontline healthcare infrastructure insights shaping our ageing future, followed by Barbara Douglas (Elders Council NE) on listening to older people’s voices to guide housing & community policy #HLINconf26

🏠 #HLINconf26 – Laura Wood (ProCare) showcases inclusively-designed products fit for the future, highlighting where housing adaptations are currently going wrong and what we can do to fix the problem... it's not funding, it's delivery! #Housing #HeadlineSponsor

Our CEO Katy opened the @housinglin.bsky.social conference in Newcastle today, talking about our SHAPE Exchange partnership. Our Trustee and Chair for the SHAPE Advisory Group @profroseg.bsky.social spoke about the provision of housing for older people in the NE. #HLINconf2026

🌳 #HLINconf26 – Carly Dickson (ARUP) presents the Age-friendly Town & Parish Guide: co-creating strategies with locals for better community outcomes produced in partnership with Housing LIN for the Centre for Ageing Better. Read the full guide at www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...

🤝 #HLINconf26 – Nick Sinclair (Community Catalysts) on relationship-based, community-centred support for those facing housing instability. Read his recent #HLINblog with 4 stories of local area coordination here: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Alongs...

Customer Service (sic). Why oh why oh why is everything so difficult and time consuming. Feel sure companies are saving money with 'press 1' 'do what's app' 'live chat' bots and overseas call centres with scripts. BUT has anyone analysed the actual cost...to people and productivity!!?? 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

Today's news makes me strangely proud to be British

Just watched The Librarians on BBC I player. Really recommend. Affecting. Might be one for you @mrjamesob.bsky.social 😐

I just signed up to @thenerve.news ...drawn by the splendid @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and a promise of light being shone in dark places. In the welcome email I was struck by 'have nerve! Courage is contagious'. Seems so relevant for our work @ WIGO and Social Care Future @mroutled.bsky.social ?

HI @skourkos.bsky.social and welcome to BlueSky 👋 Lots of #PPI people to follow on here: go.bsky.app/PWEAnFR. Let me know if you'd like to be added and/or have suggestions for other people to include 😊

NEW: Trump administration launches direct military strikes on Venezuela. Explosions reported in Caracas. Aircraft reported flying over the city.

Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.

Thank you @london.gov.uk ...a welcome message of hope, unity, positivity and strength in diversity. All that makes our country amazing. We need this right now...loud. London leading the way #newyearlondon

Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved. New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Outdated and ever less fit for purpose’: five takeaways from the carer’s allowance report

Hi folks, We’re Cut From The Land, a husband and wife team from Banff. Kirsty’s the artist and she makes linocut prints, inspired by nature, wildlife and the Scottish countryside. I can usually be found at markets and fairs all over the country. www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products

Personal Health Budgets (PHB) change people’s lives & offer value for ££. New @commcats.bsky.social report packed with people's stories 👇 @tlap.bsky.social @martinwalkersds.bsky.social @juestanny.bsky.social @mroutled.bsky.social @clentonf.bsky.social www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/publications...

Today we publish a report that provides evidence that Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) change people’s lives, offer value for money and make care more personalised and sustainable! 📣Read the report www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/publications... @angelacat.bsky.social

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down. He’s struggling to find any work at the moment. He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more… If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost. www.mathew-owen.co.uk Thank you

After lots of initial enthusiasm about this place I am struggling to connect with many people...in my country...sector...or tribe...or with ideas and challenges that stretch me. So sad. I really really miss old twitter. A big gap there...surely not just for me #musesintothevoid !

They lie about the ECHR. Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved… It’s NOT TRUE. We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING. For liars. Again.

The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇 🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com “It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.” #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

An angry, important thread.

This is an excellent point. 👇

Utterly heartbreakingly perfect writing as ever from Andreou. As an immigrant myself it hits hard.

Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons. Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

Listening to @wesstreeting.bsky.social on radio 4. New Martha's law gives people in acute hospitals the right to an urgent second opinion. A ☎️ to call. 👏👏👏 Struck me that people with a learning disability locked up by the system could do with something similar @learningdiseng.bsky.social

Feeling really angry about the current narrative on refugees & asylum seekers. Asked a friend for advice on what I could do to help/dissent. They sent me this - Leeds specific - but so many transferable tips I thought i would share lassn.org.uk/standing-tog... #hope #humanity #ACT

@evanhd.bsky.social sorry this goes against the grain but I cannot stand one more minute of this wipped up furore. Switching off. #BBCToday #BBCRadio4

Am feeling like I should join a political party. Don't really want to & have no idea which one to join BUT it all feels a bit 'nail your blinking colours' Like I have to somehow find a way to say loudly & proudly that this nonsense currently getting so so so much airtime does not represent me AT ALL

I see this every time I work with community groups. Women stepping in to fill gaps left by LAs and government, only to find the more they step in, the more gaps appear, as government sees this free labour as a solution that their funding crises. It is not. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Highlight of a recent trip to Lille was an exhibition of mind bending art from Felice Varini...loved it!

goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/where-labo... just read this @jonglue.bsky.social and it put me totally in mind if your little thread

Where is the LeDeR report? People are dying up to 30 years younger, and these deaths could be preventable. Share the report to help create positive change! #LeDeRReport #Inequality #Inequity @NHSEngland @WesStreeting @AliveLeder #SelfAdvocacyWorks

Is the care on offer the care that we want? – REPORT LAUNCH. We're all getting older. When we need help a care home or homecare ‘calls’ can be the only option. Is this what we want? Using @gobbyio.bsky.social we survey asked people about their experience and aspirations for care.

go.bsky.app/25nDNdz let me know if you fancy joining the list/gang

Feeling quite emotional catching up with Alanis Morrisette at Glastonbury

@bethrigby.bsky.social great show on Friday. Just to say though...PIP is not an out of work benefit. Lots of disabled people work...and use their PIP to make that possible. Most media is misrepresenting this.

@samjlenny.bsky.social go.bsky.app/4JubDE9