𝗔𝘆𝘂𝗽, 𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗸! 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘆𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 🦆 From the top of Derby Cathedral in 2021. The moment my professional career peaked. Nothing will beat this.

Went all the way to Warwick and the only photos I took was of a church, obviously.

Happy #NottinghamshireDay from a sun-drenched Newark 🏰🌳

It's just dawned on me that it's 20 years (TWENTY) since I picked up my GCSE results, which is impossible because I'm still only 26 👀 Whatever’s in that envelope doesn’t define your future. The best is yet come.

A real red-letter day at work, today. Over 900 healthcare workers went on strike for 28 days and won! A pay rise and back pay of up to £2500. Huge congratulations to those workers who braved the picket line and my colleagues who struck the deal 🙌🏻

☀️ 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵

The ‘annual whistle’ at Cromford Steam Rally. Coming to this every year is a Derbyshire tradition. Like getting your local passport stamped.

Sunshine, sequins and solidarity @prideinbelper.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

Next week, I'm leading 52 teenagers at a Christian summer school. More signups than ever before. They're searching for something bigger than themselves, something that can provide stability in an unstable world.

SWEEEET CAROLINNNEEE! 🦁⚽️

📍Costa del Cleethorpes

The Lost Boys Taskforce is urgently needed. Too many young men feel isolated, angry and unheard. But tackling this crisis means more than mentors. Let’s reopen youth centres, get more men into primary teaching and recognise the role women can play too.

The centre where I started my youth work career is now a long-forgotten prefab building covered in graffiti. The young people who valued a safe space to be themselves and ask difficult questions were turfed back onto the streets. Future generations deserve better.

That’s #undc2025 wrapped for me. My first @unison.org.uk conference and hopefully not my last. Getting to speak with so many dedicated members and spend time with colleagues who only usually exist on Teams, has been great. Also, Liverpool is still properly ace.

Good day to ewe!

Castle’s glowing, boat’s flowing 🛥️

I’m up a windmill

After our Spanish holiday last year, I was determined to make more of an effort for our next visit. So, if you need to buy a jacket or directions to the dentist, soy tu hombre 🇪🇸

The Australian election coverage is wild

Votes cast = 2 ✅✅ Dogs seen = 0 🦮❌ #dogsatpollingstations

I know everyone's going to love this and I don't want to spoil the fun but it's illiberal. I'm sorry. I know. But it is. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

GET IN THERE, OSCAR! 🧡 Which member of the McLaren F1 comms team will be brave enough to suggest getting the World Champion merch on order after four races?

“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!” (Luke 24:5-6) ✝️ Easter is a reminder that love wins, hope lives, and new life is always possible. Wishing you a joyful, hope-filled Easter!

🌳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱 A trek up to the highest point in Nottinghamshire on a gloriously sunny day. A beautiful spot with some great history too.

When governments cut support for the poorest, it’s our churches and local voluntary groups that step in. We can’t let these beautiful buildings fall into ruin—for congregations, communities, and the generations before us who built them.

Eurovision has gone down hill

☀️ Lunch break with views for days

Putting this together is both a challenge and a privilege. I never get tired of telling the stories of our incredible activists and how they’re positively changing the lives of working people.

RACE WINNER LANDO NORRIS EVERYBODY!!!!! | #F1 #MCLAREN

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 🏊‍♂️ Today was the day! A group of us all swam 20 lengths each (some faster than others) to raise money for the amazing John Eastwood Hospice. So far, I’ve raised just over £350 with more still to count. Thank you so much if you’ve donated ❤️

Labour’s reported disability benefit cuts are not just about budgeting but a belief: paid work is a virtue (and people who don’t perform it deserve a worse life than everyone else). My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 🔔 A leg-stretch around @southwellminster.bsky.social, along Potwell Dyke, and through the park. May have also stopped at the sweet shop too!

Last year, I had a good chat with Nottingham Playhouse’s CEO about this very issue. How do we make theatre and jobs in the arts more accessible to people from working class backgrounds? Take a listen: podfollow.com/together-in-unison 🎧

𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗯𝘆 🌊 We’re on our annual half-term pilgrimage to North Yorkshire. Today, it was all about Whitby 🧛🏻 ✅ 199 steps climbed ✅ Body weight in 2p coins spent ✅ Fish and chips for tea

Happy *checks phone* New Year’s Eve! 🐣

…and with that, the 2024 season comes to an end. My time with Mayor Claire is up. My political bucket list has been well-ticked. This role has pushed me beyond what I thought I was capable of whilst working alongside passionate and dedicated public servants. It’s been an absolute privilege ❤️

Strong work as always from Notts Young Farmers! 🚜🎅🏼

A very welcome statement from the magnificent @chrleft.bsky.social. Many who share my politics have described the #AssistedDyingBill as “progressive”. There’s nothing progressive about opting for death over a well funded social care service providing the best palliative treatment.

A real treat of a day supporting the Mayor of the East Midlands. We toured the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage sites including Cromford, Belper and here at Darley Abbey. However, I still can’t feel my frozen toes.

Icy workplace conditions? Frosty conversations with your boss over pay? Don’t be left out in the cold ❄️ Join a union: tuc.org.uk/join-a-union @unisontheunion.bsky.social @unisonem.bsky.social @the-tuc.bsky.social