ICYMI: In our recent blog, Chelsea McDonagh explores the impossibility of “turning [your] gaze away” after sharing your lived experience, particularly in a system which so often fails to provide adequate support to those whose stories it demands. www.nsun.org.uk/irish-travel...

Every child deserves to feel safe and valued. Marija, a frontline worker, shares insight into the experiences of Roma pupils in education and how the #MishtoCampaign calls for education settings that are fair, inclusive and accessible for all. tinyurl.com/rywjx37s

If you are a charity who wants to make a positive difference to Roma communities in the UK, the Mishto Campaign is the answer for you! Join the campaign and help us spread the word about it! Full details here: lnkd.in/eZxkva7r

This summer, our patient leaders gathered for a weekend of reflection, strategy and connection. We looked back on the year, planned for what’s ahead, and shared games, music and community. To learn more about our work, join our mailing list: justtreatment.org/join

💊✨ JOIN OUR BOARD ✊💊 We’re looking for new Board members to help guide the next chapter of Just Treatment’s fight for health justice. Find out more and apply by 26 October ⬇️ justtreatment.org/news/2025/10...

Musical tour to celebrate impact that Travellers have had on trad A celebration of the enormous contribution Travellers make to traditional Irish music will take place in Ennis next month. Following last year’s two-week musical journey in traditional barrel-top wagons, this year The Long Grazing…

“No patient should have to fight for answers like my son did.” Sue shares the heartbreaking story of her son's death - months of delays, and a diagnosis just six days before he died. Early diagnosis needs funding, staff & urgency. Read & share. justtreatment.org/news/2025/8/...

As #ResidentDoctors begin a 5-day strike for pay restoration, #NHS patients are standing with them ⬇️ Doctors are asking for £22/hr - the same as they earned 2008 in real terms. We know fair pay for doctors is in patients’ interests - share if you agree.

A year since Salvage was published. Thanks to every reader & the amazing @tippermuirbooks.bsky.social @rickhendry.bsky.social @romanistanpodcast.bsky.social @chelsmacdonn.bsky.social - to think one bit of advice I got while writing it was: it wasn't a story anyone would want to read!

I was cycling through London early this evening and a bunch of kids were lined up near a cycle lane with water guns. I fully expected to be drenched but it was the politest soaking I’ve ever got. They asked for permission and I decided to indulge but honestly, very wholesome

Don’t use Travellers as a prop to attack Diane Abbott. If you’re not fighting with us the rest of the time - against police powers, evictions, and discrimination - then keep us out of your mouth. Re-sharing this resource I made for Shado_mag. Start there. 🔗 Link in bio

“Too complicated to treat.” That’s what Mary was told by a private provider after being referred by the #NHS. Privatisation is wrecking our health service. Read Mary’s story 👇 justtreatment.org/news/2025/7/...

🚨‪ Wes Streeting - did you see our memorial bench outside Labour HQ? A year ago, it stood outside Tory HQ. Despite a new govt, the #NHScrisis continues. Hundreds of people a week suffer severe harm or death due to urgent care delays. Will you invest in the NHS to stop this?

MPs have taken over £2.3m from private healthcare, exposed by Every Doctor campaign. Meanwhile at Epsom Hospital, porters & cleaners are told there’s no money for basic NHS pay. Let's make sure we've got the basics covered and defend our NHS.

🚨 BREAKING: Bereaved families unveil memorial bench outside Labour HQ to honour lives lost to NHS urgent care delays. 1 year ago, it stood outside Tory HQ. Despite a change in govt, the crisis continues. The #NHS Long-Term Plan can't fix this without real investment.

"The government must end the cruel and harmful needs-based practice and replace it with a rights-based approach to Inclusive Education." Read ALLFIE's response to the suggested government reforms to the SEND system and scrapping of EHCPs: www.allfie.org.uk/news/briefin...

“We’re not willing to throw young disabled people under the bus.” - Eli on @novaramedia ⬇️ Even after concessions, Labour's welfare bill will push 150,000+ people into poverty & cost lives. MPs must vote it down. #DisabilityCuts #WelfareReformBill #TakingThePIP

🗓 Recent stories on Race, Migration & the Far-Right ⤵️ irr.org.uk/article/cale...

Final post for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. Progress can feel slow. The challenges feel endless. But from small seeds, mighty oaks grow 🌱 #GRTHM

The British establishment really are trying to make criticising a military force engaged in genocide a hate crime

🚨 No amount of 'concessions' on the disability cuts will make this Bill acceptable. These cuts will harm future generations of disabled people, pushing them into poverty, hardship and worsening health. Every MP must reject these sham concessions and vote the Bill down.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting refuses to meet with patients on the frontline of the #NHS crisis. Yet @everydoctor.org.uk revealed he’s accepted £220k+ from donors linked to private healthcare. Tell Streeting: put patients before private health profits! ⬇️

“The police cannot be allowed to mark their own homework when it comes to using such intrusive powers." Jim Killock, ORG's Exec Director, on powers in the Crime and Policing Bill to extract data from seized devices and any online accounts accessed on it. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666260...

“This isn’t Ireland.” I hear this when racist violence happens in Ireland. But it is Ireland and always has been, for many of us. It’s part of why my family don't call it home.

📢 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 📢 We talk to Dr Tania de St Croix and Louise Doherty about their collaborative research project that sought to address the impact of rising evaluation of youth work and how policy threatens the spirit of youth work. www.kcl.ac.uk/its-just-res...

Brighton babes! I have a last minute market on Saturday! I’ll have a table from 11am til 5pm at the Brighton Book Festival at the Brighthelm centre just down from Brighton station :) #art #makersmarket #bookfestival

My second post for #GRTHM about my great-grandfather Christy ‘Jackdaw’ Joyce. Like many GRT people, he served in the army - a complicated decision. He was one of the only known Travellers to be awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and one of four awarded to the Pioneer Corps in WW2.

In 2019, I marched with the first ever LGBT+ Gypsy, Roma & Traveller group at London Pride. Not because I wanted to, but because I had to. Visibility matters, especially during Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month 🏳️‍🌈 #GRTHM

As organisations working for the rights of migrants and anti-racist groups working in the local community, we stand in solidarity with the people of the North of Ireland/Northern Ireland. Stand in solidarity, and read and sign the statement: buff.ly/GS9Yeep #WordsMatter #MigrantJustice

You won't believe what went down at #ECFC2025... Vertex Pharma SHUT OUT three CF mums from their "community meeting" for wanting to ask critical questions about #Trikafta access. But we didn't stop there... Read full blog to find out what went down ⬇️ www.righttobreathe.net/post/exposin...

Proud to have played a behind-the-scenes role in this powerful moment - supporting patient leaders, helping shape the action, and capturing it on film. Privatisation is putting profits before patients. So, Wes Streeting who do you serve?

#OtD 9 Jun 1973 South London police attending the scene of a stabbing started a small riot after acting aggressively with the gathering crowd. Three young Black boys were arrested and the police behaviour sparked a local campaign for the boys' release stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1091...

🚨 BREAKING: We disrupted Labour minister @darrenpjones.bsky.social's event over his disgraceful comments comparing PIP to 'pocket money'. 300,000 people face poverty from these cuts. Along with @gndrising.bsky.social, we demand @UKGovt make a U-turn on PIP changes - tax the super-rich instead!

🚨 BREAKING: #cysticfibrosis mums stage a powerful intervention at @Vertex Pharma’s stand. Gayle 🇬🇧, Urtė 🇱🇹 & Ajsela 🇦🇱 laid a wreath for children who died waiting for #Trikafta. Backed by clinicians, we demand Vertex act now, access for all! #ECFC2025

June is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month (#GRTHM). While the grouping can be complex, I’m marking it as a moment for celebration, education and recognition. This year, alongside sharing resources from orgs like London Gypsies and Travellers, I’ll be posting personal histories too.

While Vertex Pharma promotes itself at conferences, thousands of CF families are still being denied access to lifesaving meds. We will be here to challenge them at every cystic fibrosis conference, until every patient, everywhere gets access ⬇️. #ECFS #ECFC2025

I have been spending more time with my head down writing, among other very exciting projects and campaigns that I've been working on, but really excited to see my article published in the GRTSB special issue working paper at Leeds Beckett CRED ⬇️ www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/-/media/file...

Abolishing Prevent: A Community Day of Action and Organising 💥📣 🗓️ Sunday 29th June, 10:30am - 5pm 📍 The Advocacy Academy, London Join us for a day of conversation and workshops, as we build a community able to resist the racist Prevent duty ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abolishing...

On Saturday I went to the final showing of Public Interest by @Common_WealthHQ in Bradford. A phenomenal, immersive play exploring joint enterprise laws and their devastating impact on racialised and working-class communities

We are about to add more information to our map, showing the donations that MPs are receiving from people and companies linked to the private healthcare sector. And... we are going to make a lot of noise about what individual politicians are doing. Please could you share this, and follow us? 🚨💙

Last week Hannah from Mad Youth Organise confronted Liz Kendall to say: PIP keeps us alive, not out of work. Kendall walked right past. Cutting #PIP is violent and will affect hundreds of thousands of disabled people. 🔗 Read the full piece: www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

To celebrate Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month in June #GRTHM2025, STEP launches the annual art challenge & digital exhibition. This year’s theme is ‘Home and Belonging’. Visit the art challenge webpages to find out more step.education.ed.ac.uk/home-and-bel...

🚨 200+ Roma evicted from Zaharna Fabrika, Sofia — despite a European Court ruling. Families now live in tents, with no support. This is systemic antigypsyism in action. Read more: ergonetwork.org/2025/05/forc...

It’s wild to me how the police have to say: a 53 year old, white, British man, because we know what happens if they don’t

65kg on the bench PB this morning (luteal phase too) 💪 Honestly the slog to get back up to 60kg after 6 months on spiro and finasteride has been real. It’s done wonders for my pcos symptoms but it really tanked my natural t levels. I reckon I’m close to 67.5kg

Stand Up Speak Out! Let our solidarity unite us. Join us: -Today (Weds, Many 21st), 12pm Good practice for using community interpreters - Tomorrow (Thurs 22nd) Asylum Support 101, 12pm Sign up ➡️https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/suso2025/

Nearly half of young people would prefer a world without the internet. Big Tech has built platforms that surveil us, addict us, profit from our pain. We’re not the problem. The system is. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

📢 Youth activists—this one’s for you! 🟣 Youth Ambassadors of the Decade against Antigypsyism 📍 Budapest, Hungary 📅 21–28 Sept 2025 📝 Deadline: 6 June 2025 ✊ Travel costs? Covered by the Council of Europe. Apply now 👉 forms.gle/s2v3wTTHyM8c... More info: ergonetwork.org/2025/05/yout... @coe.int