This thread has made me chuckle, I especially love the suggestion to call it the Tipping Forecast…

@katecollinsuk.bsky.social, Chief Executive at Teenage Cancer Trust, says: “Today’s announcement by the Chancellor, of a £29bn funding boost for the NHS is a welcome step towards improving NHS Services. However, this must not result in a wasted opportunity for young people with cancer. (1/5)

Great first meeting of the CYP Cancer Taskforce charities sub-group, exploring how we can inform and support the work of the Taskforce and cancer plan. Lots of enthusiasm for how we move forward, ideas for next steps, and shared priorities across both children and teenagers and young adults 1/2

Huge thanks to everyone - artists, managers, producers, promoters and…from Friday ticket buyers….making the 2025 #TeenageCancerGigs possible, making sure @TeenageCancerTrust.bsky.social can raise the funds we need so young people and their families don’t face cancer alone.

Smashing start to 2025, seeing the terrific Newsquest and @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social partnership launch 👌

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Wow. What a sky this morning here in Staffordshire. Beautiful.

100% this. As the mother of a young child with SEND the extra labour is intense. Thanks for highlighting @hannahfearn.bsky.social

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Today I get to spend time with four of the people I love the most in the whole world. That’s blooming marvellous ❤️ Plus my Mum is bringing homemade cake. 🍰 Wishing everyone a happy - and ideally cake-filled - Saturday 🥰

Lovely to be interviewed for this article about the shift to Bluesky.

This. This is what properly person-centred holistic care looks (and feels) like. Love this. Thank you @david3012.bsky.social for sharing and thank you @stleonardshospice.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social for all you do.

Delighted to see this partnership working launch today between the ace @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social team & the team at Marie Curie. Creating something better than either of us can do alone. Stronger together 💪 What I also love is no-one asked me. The team just knew what made sense 👏

Waves a huge HELLO to @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social - sharing to encourage everyone to give them a follow 😀

Gisèle Pelicot is an absolute boss. There is no end to the respect I have for her. The strength and dignity she has shown in the face of what must be a devastating and torturous personal trauma, is awe inspiring.

The ongoing crisis in hospice funding should demand immediate action. I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.

Good morning 👋 well that was a truly crummy nights sleep. Hope everyone slept better than me! Today will be fuelled by coffee, lots and lots of coffee… Oh and the occasional peep out of the window at all the snow ❄️

Whooosh! Anyone else's Monday feel like it took off at warp speed?!

#StarterPack for UK Charity Chief Execs, Trustees & Directors here.... many thanks to @howardlake.bsky.social for pulling this together :-) bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’re doing now. 1) Care assistant in a nursing home (loved this) 2) Hotel receptionist (great fun) 3) Pudsey Bear (actual job Marketing Manager but also got to be Pudsey - total joy) 4) Newspaper ad sales (hated this/I was rubbish)

Oooh - starter packs can be converted to lists. Thank you @jennyedwards.bsky.social for sharing 🙏👇

Lots of people still heading over from the other place. *waves* If you’re after a good start point for charity/ngo bods on here then the #CharityStarterPacks @gemabbott.bsky.social has done are helpful 👇

We're rolling out an update shortly to email verification to prevent harassment and trolling from throwaway accounts. New users may need to verify their account email before they can create a post. Thanks for your understanding!

It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners. I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette. Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...

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Waving hello to new followers and Blue Sky pals, lovely to see people joining and joining in. Not sure I’m keeping up with following back but am doing my best! Here’s to the weekend, Happy Friday all 🎉

📣 Charity folks #StarterPack Part 2 is here! We ran out of room in Part 1 - which is here go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ - so I’ve started a second instalment As always, pls do share and lmk if you’d like to be included! ❤️ go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe

Thanks for this @gemabbott.bsky.social 🙏 sharing in case there are any folk following me who would appreciate these two #StarterPacks

Do you work in COMMUNICATIONS in a THINK TANK, POLICY INSTITUTE or similar? Are you on BlueSky? Want to be added to this starter pack? Just comment here and we'll do it. Also, if your network includes others who might want in, can you share this post? go.bsky.app/PW3rfE2

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What the husband @mjowen174.bsky.social says is true. It’s been a bit quiet in my shop lately. If you’re looking for #Christmas cards and gifts please have a look at my website. gailmyerscough.co.uk A repost would be lovely too.

New to @bsky.app? We’ve got some etiquette just for you! Turn on the little feature that reminds you to post alt text with your images. Alt text allows blind and partially sighted people to understand what's in your images using screen readers. Without alt text, it just says "image".

An unusual afternoon yesterday, representing @TeenageCancer at 10 Downing Street to mark the start of the consultation on a Civil Society Covenant. So struck by the many remarkable leaders there from orgs big & small (while keeping grounded by Larry the cat having any interest in any of us!).

It's been a hectic week for Bluesky Trust & Safety. With the Brazilian wave, reports have skyrocketed, bad actors targeted the site, systems needed adaptation, and new harms emerged. 1/7

WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds or at goodfeeds.co

This is a great tip 👇

Wait, so my feed is made up of people I actually follow, roughly organised chronologically so I can stay up to date, rather than being full of random outrage-inducing videos and crypto scams? Wild.

If you want to see which of your Twitter followers are on Bluesky, I found Sky Follower Bridge a great help: • Chrome extension • Worked on my PC • Free chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f... Obviously, if you’re making a fresh break, ignore this message!

Big shout out to everyone getting A-level, T-level and BTEC results today….young people (obviously!) but also all the somewhat older people around them quietly losing sleep ahead of today…you got this!