Privileged to be at No.10 yesterday with the @labourwomensnet.bsky.social exec, staff & training team. We met some of the most senior women in govt, and promoted our campaigns to #DiffuseAbuse & #KeepTheGoodStuff 🌹 Inspired by such formidable women. 💪 🐈 Added bonus - I got to meet Larry too!

Our wild flower patch doing its thing! #SouthLondonGarden 🌼

It’s been a busy week! Starting with a fundraising dinner for two brilliant Labour women - Natasha Irons MP @ndironsmp.bsky.social and @rowennadavis.bsky.social, Croydon’s Mayoral Candidate for 2026. 🌹

Joseph Brunwin, our UK Policy and Public Affairs Manager, expresses concerns about proposed changes to PIP and the impact it will have on the people who receive it. Read his comment: https://loom.ly/vQZkPig

I’m loving this self-seeded Poppy - a pop of colour in the wildflower patch! #SouthLondonGarden 🌺

📺 BBC Spotlight featured one of 200+ UK ‘Prem Aware’ schools last night. Kingsbridge Primary received The Smallest Things award by taking steps to support pupils born preterm, who are at greater risk of having a learning need compared to peers born at term. www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce39epvkjp5o

Heading into Summer - our wild flower patch is doing its thing! 🐞 🐝 🐛 #SouthLondonGarden

Hanging out, working, with my coffee addicted cat! 🐈‍⬛

📣 After a decade of campaigning - Neonatal Leave and Pay is finally here! 📺 Great to speak about the success of our parent-led campaign and just what this will mean to families of premature and sick babies on @BBCBreakfast last week.

Spring has definitely sprung. Stunning blossom and blue skies at Wisley RSH. 🌺 ☀️ 🍃

Great to see the role of Occupational Therapy and sensory informed interventions as part of a crisis mental health team highlighted in this month’s OTNews. #ValueOfOT 💚

Build it and they will come… Frogs, Toads, and Newts all spotted in our South London pond yesterday. 🍃 #SouthLondonGarden #UrbanPond 🐸

‼️ Breaking News ‼️ We have FROG SPAWN 🎉 We’ve had toad spawn in the pond for the last three years, but now, finally, we have frog spawn too!! 🐸 #SouthLondonGarden 🍃

Yesterday I celebrated International Women’s Day - bringing together Labour women from across Croydon to support one another, lift each other up, and to work together to drive real change. It was a joy! #IWD #AccelerateAction

It was a huge pleasure to welcome Florence Eshalomi MP to Croydon West CLP last night, discussing all things housing, local government, communities and much more. Thank you Flo - our members are already looking forward to having you back! 🌹

A lonesome goose at the Lido this morning, finding unrequited love with its own reflection 😭 #ColdWaterSwimming 🏊‍♀️ #SelfCare 🩵

It’s 10yrs now since I was admitted to hospital extremely poorly with Meningoencephalitis. I’m forever grateful for the quick and expert care I received at Croydon University Hospital, and especially to the receptionist in A&E who realised something was seriously wrong. #WorldEncephalitisDay 🧠

💦 A rather chilly 4°C today! #ColdWaterSwimming 🏊‍♀️ #Lido 🩵 #SelfCare

🌊 Away for some important family time and a bit of self care. Dorset and Devon. 🌥️

Still a long way to go, but this is an encouraging start. #NHS www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Such a buzz across my socials following yesterday’s Jo Cox Women in Leadership training. It’s an amazing opportunity - enjoy and make the most of every minute sisters! 🌹

Happy 4th Birthday to this demanding, always hungry, much loved bundle of fun! 🎊 #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈‍⬛

SUNSHINE! ☀️ A moment of peace in the garden having survived the dark mornings and grey skies of January (with a little help from left over Christmas choccies). Looking forward to the rest of 2025 now with renewed energy 🤗

My GP surgery is trolling me! Sitting in the waiting room for a rheumatology appointment and the GP practice app pushes me a “How healthy are your joints!” notice. 🤦🏼‍♀️ #Arthritis

The Goldfinches are back! Little flashes of gold and black spotted in the garden this morning. A lovely late January surprise. 💛 #SouthLondonGarden

Only just! 😰 Wordle 1,319 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This weeks swim was the chilliest of the year yet! 🥶5°C #ColdWaterSwimming 🏊‍♀️ #SelfCare 🩵

The sun’s come out (finally!) - but she’s stuck in a basket! ☀️ #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday 🐈‍⬛

A hugely successful and fun Croydon West CLP fundraising dinner last night. I was delighted to welcome our guest speaker Liam Conlon MP! Thank you Liam for joining us and contributing to make it such a great evening. 🌹 @liamconlon.bsky.social

It’s hard to put into words how incredibly proud I am of what we’ve achieved. A decade of campaigning, not giving up and keeping the parent voice at the heart everything we do, Neonatal Leave and Pay is on the cusp of becoming a reality for thousands of families every year!

My first swim of 2025! The water was a bit chilly 🥶 #ColdWaterSwimming 🏊‍♀️ #SelfCare 🩵

Back to school and getting into the swing of things for 2025? Find out how your school could be supporting the needs of children born prematurely, who are at greater risk of having special educational needs, and pledge to become #PremAware this year! ✏️ thesmallestthings.org/prem-aware-award

Managed to snap a picture of our daily visitor! #Woodpecker 🐦 #SouthLondonGarden

She’s found a spot of sunlight this morning… which just happened to be on my lap! #Stuck #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday 🐈‍⬛

A frosty morning! ❄️ #SouthLondonGarden

Christmas packed away from another year! 🤶

Sitting in a box, in the sunshine - she’s winning at life today! #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈‍⬛

2025 - so far spent curled up waiting for the rain to pass. 🌧️ #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈‍⬛

My mum has wished us Happy New Year, with a stick of dynamite! 🧨 🤣

2024 has been a phenomenal year for The Smallest Things From meeting the Deputy PM, giving evidence to the House of Lords inquiry, sharing mental health stories, engaging with new MPs, celebrating our 10th B-Day, and campaigning for better support for families after NICU - we’ve been busy!

Last swim of 2024! #ColdWaterSwimming 🏊‍♀️ #SelfCare 🩵 7.5°C

Mental health provision is broken in too many parts of the country. This government has inherited a legacy where poor access to health, bad housing options and drop in career opportunities have gone hand in hand for young people. We need to change that.

A post Christmas stroll - walking off those mince pies! 🥧

Sunshine spotted over the Lido this morning ⛅️ #ColdWaterSwimming 🏊‍♀️ 9°C 🩵 #SelfCare

She’s sulking because I told her she’s not allowed to play with the Christmas lights! #CatsOfBlueSky 🐈‍⬛

Fantastic Labour Women's Network festive event earlier this week. So much to celebrate, not least the largest number of female MPs elected to Parliament this year! 🌹

Joining teachers and parents for a cold water swim challenge this morning! 🥶 #PTA #ColdWaterSwimming

It’s starting to feel Christmassy! 🎄

A great night spent with fabulous Labour Women's Network women at the SME4Labour awards dinner.