Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames *** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *

Last day to join us! There's only 1 day before our fantastic event at St Giles' Church and we can't wait! We're getting the last bits in motion and we're so excited about welcoming everyone tomorrow. If you're looking for a positive event for tomorrow night, we've got you covered: bit.ly/3VJDnlW

I do have a lot of time for @goodlawproject.org

I'd venture politely to suggest that if the EHRC had done its job and written a code that was about the law rather the pursuit of an anti-trans ideological agenda duty bearers would be better able to do what she urges upon them.

Oh dear Just started to listening to @kathyburke.bsky.social new book A Mind of My Own - already hooked - might not get much done today

Very interested to hear what @thercnwales.bsky.social take on the new Mental Health strategy in Wales is. This should be a useful event 👇👇

On #WorldMentalHealthDay this is what The Wales Alliance for Mental Health & young people we work with are asking the next Welsh Government - it’s not just about the mental health system our Govt needs to end child poverty, address inequality & take a social justice approach to mental health

#WorldMentalHealthDay 👇👇👇

Community is a mental health intervention. Which is why we’re exploring trauma informed community development work here at @platfform.org The solutions to our mental health crisis are not within the NHS mental health systems gift to resolve. 💙

The Sun corrects Katie Lam's numerous errors and lies about foreign nationals claiming benefits. archive.ph/vQ7Tn

Exciting- congratulations to everyone who has made as a finalist

Hello Bluesky Friends -Platfform turned six this year - its flown by - so we are taking stock and asking people who know us to tell us a bit about how you experience us - I would really appreciate it if you could take five minutes to complete t a short survey via this link lnkd.in/eAztfcYR

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury. My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer. This thread explains why. 1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power. 🧵

Yet another capitulation to Reform, when all the evidence shows that following the far right agenda is a disaster for centrist parties. Politics 101, which Starmer has once again entirely failed to grasp.

TW: transphobia, hatred * * * Share with your MP. Share with your union rep. If you have any organisational influence, share with your HR team/Board/exec/head of dept. We ALL deserve to feel safe and have dignity: in work, in a pub, in a shop. And this report shows it affects cis people too!

Such sad sad news to hear of Hefin David’s death today. He as a good person and a good politician - we will miss him

Hugely insightful commentary from Dr. Breaux Torres on how traditional charity structures interact with our ability to meaningfully be anti-racist. We’re honoured to be cited as a charity taking a deep-rooted approach. We believe this is how you break the cycle of spiralling poor mental health.

We do indeed need more trans joy! Or any joy, really. My joys from this wkend: -having the best olives I've ever tasted from a fancy deli -walking round Oxford in the sun -beers by the river -making friends with a cool trans guy (love meeting my boys!) -chatting to wonderful friends Share yours!

Yea we do. Trans joy and trans love 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Trans Pride isn't just a celebration, it's about survival. Oscar Sharples reflects on how we all need a bit more trans joy in our lives.

Toe curling and terrifying in equal measure

‘We live on a floating rock - just get on with it’. I couldn’t have said it better - love this woman

Read the BBC Wales article www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We’re hiring for our new UK wide Hope and Healing project. Funded by BiG Lottery - take a look and please share share share

The safeguards meant to protect minoritised ethnic communities from historically unequal treatment in the mental health system are currently still just a recommendation. That’s not enough. The Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework must be made law.

We need to understand the experiences and circumstances that sit at the root of people's distress - not label them as 'disordered' for how they respond to that distress. The diagnosis of personality disorder does not help us understand what has happened to people. Read more: buff.ly/iPHMcOx

The diagnosis of personality disorder carries stigma, and suggests that there is something 'wrong' with someone's personality. It doesn't tell someone's story, or explain the root of their distress. We're collecting together people's stories so that they can be heard: buff.ly/TVrcpC2

If anyone who is arrested wants to get in touch we would love to help.

A lot of very good stuff in this @oxfamcymru.bsky.social @IWA Wellbeing Economy report - one of the many recommendations I can get behind - ring fenced prevention budget increasing year on year - www.iwa.wales/our-work/wor...

Living in poverty has a devastating impact on the mental health of children. New research from @universityofessex.bsky.social has further evidenced the mental health inequalities facing young people in rural and coastal towns, and the links to poverty www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In the place where Wes Streeting's humanity should be there is a black hole.

We’re pleased to be working with Swansea Bay University Health Board, offering counselling as part of their bereavement project. Our joined-up work across Swansea, including schools, helps us reach more people with timely, compassionate support. sbuhb.nhs.wales/news/swansea...

Up to 130 rebels now 👍👍❤️

Like every workplace, it seems Parliament is grappling with the negative consequences of the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC advice on sex and gender. Far from creating ‘clarity’, we are now seeing clearly that they are making day-to-day life difficult and humiliating for trans people. 🧵 ... 1/2

In the world Labour is creating you can be as enthusiastic as you like about genocide but it will be a criminal offence to express support for Palestine Action's attempts to stop it.

Well we did it - between us over 1250km striding for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social we are so so close to having raised £3000. We’d love to get there. So anyone who fancies helping us here’s the link medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/cardiff-w...

@torstenbell.bsky.social this is what I was trying to get across to you when you visited @platfform.org Swansea teams

At the upcoming Spending Review, the Government can deliver a long-term settlement for the Household Support Fund, the largest form of discretionary crisis support in England. Read 'Renew and improve' today, published with support from @nuffieldfoundation.org‬ ⤵️ buff.ly/3YtKvZA

Very happy to be welcoming Ria to @platfform.org as our new Finance Director - looking forward to working with you Ria

When a conservative talking point suddenly becomes a widespread topic of conversation in public life, you can bet it's because loads of money has been poured into promoting it. Another crucial exposure by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social : democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...

Just a reminder - now more than ever

Could you or someone you know be @platfform.org new Head of Policy & Campaigns - interesting, exciting & worrying times -upcoming Welsh election, new MH Strategy, local elections. Much to do to ensure mental health of population of Wales improves & that issues of social justice are solved 👇👇👇👇

We’re looking for a Head of Policy & Campaigns at Platfform - if you connect with our purpose, have a passion for social justice & can show us how you have affected successful change through policy and campaigns work then we’d love to hear from you #PublicAffairs #Politics #Campaigns #SocialJustice

We’re looking for a Head of Policy & Campaigns at Platfform - if you connect with our purpose, have a passion for social justice & can show us how you have affected successful change through policy and campaigns work then we’d love to hear from you #PublicAffairs #Politics #Campaigns #SocialJustice

👍 Cymorth Cymru welcomes groundbreaking new Homelessness Bill 🏡 The Welsh Government has published a new Homelessness and Social Housing Allocations (Wales) Bill, following recommendations from the Expert Review Panel on legislative reform. ➡️ Find out more: www.cymorthcymru.org.uk/cymorth-cymr...