I strongly believe the smallest act of daily creativity can powerfully reinforce & fuel our trauma recovery. Our bullies & abusers desperately want us forgetting how to make & share music, art, poetry, or anything else. Ask yourself why.

With heavy hearts we release our findings of our annual investigation into the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2024. Read more on our site here: museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...

"Choices" aren't real choices when we've been so heavily conditioned by trauma that we are blind to our options and resources. Questions like "Why didn't you leave?" & "Why did you keep repeating those patterns?" assume agency that we literally don't comprehend when we're down the rabbit hole.

‼️ Today's new report makes for grim reading: There has been no progress on social #inequalities in health in the past decade in the EU, according to @eurohealthnet.bsky.social and CHAIN Centre for Health Equity Analytics eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...

You do not feel bad because you are "disordered." You feel bad because CPTSD has poisoned your beliefs about yourself & your options. Thats not a "disorder," that's an injury-- & injuries can heal w/ the proper care.

Arthritis is more common amongst 55-64 year olds in the North of England (28%) than in the South (23%). Just 51% of people in the North East and Yorkshire are seen for treatment within the national 3 week target, compared to 79% in the South West www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/06/olde...

You're not as bothersome or burdensome as Trauma Brain is trying to convince you you are. Yes, you might bug some people-- but so does every human. Our conditioning tries to tell us we're a huge inconvenience for breathing, that everyone resents-- but that's BS (Belief Systems).

Greater London contains some of the highest poverty rates in the UK. Yet no matter how many times I read the newly-published list of 75 places Angela Rayner considers the country's "most left behind" I see nowhere in Greater London on it: www.gov.uk/government/p... #london #poverty

“Tackling poverty is not just about income – it’s about dignity, opportunity and health." - a piece on regional inequalities in the North East northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

Women aged 65 and over in the North East are predicted to have the highest number of unhealthy years at 23.7 years, compared to 19.4 years in the South East. For men, the number is 20.2 years in the North East, while the South East has 16.6 www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/06/olde...

Cant think of anyone more deserving. Gisèle Pelicot is one of the most brwv3 and powerful women I have ever come across.

A new youth panel is being set up to help advise the Labour government on the Youth Guarantee - ensuring all 18-21yr olds can work or learn. The panel will contain those with experience of being out of education, employment & training. It will discuss the barriers they face & how to overcome them.

Let's apply this to traumatised adults too.

Blaming & shaming pupils parents /caregivers doesn't break intergenerational trauma. Pupils will blame themselves, this is what traumatised kids do.Its never about blame because where does it stop? It's about supporting pupils to heal & do things differently.🧠🌱 #cyclebreakers

Excited to share our most recent publication (co-authored with @profmlhussier.bsky.social detailing the protocol for our study exploring trauma-impaired executive function and its impacts on homeless adults in the UK (see link below). bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...

Trauma informed means that you have a "BASIC" understanding of trauma & what it is. Responsive is where you should be.A responsive school setting is continually evolving,meeting pupils specific needs.Biological underpinnings,developmental difficulties,behavioural difficulties🧠🌱

We were at Museum European Museum of the Year Awards, not nominated but guest speaking, on the theme of solidarity. Next year who knows?! ☺️ museumofhomelessness.org/news/museum-...

MoH fights the overdose crisis: museumofhomelessness.org/news/moh-fig...

This is my default setting.

We don’t “age out” of our vulnerability to complex trauma.

The most wonderful, emotional, powerful, empowering day at work yesterday with Katriona O'Sullivan talking to us about inclusive education. It's going to be ticking over in my mind for a good while this one.

Today I start marking assignments from our very first cohort of students to take our new Creative health module on BSc Health and social care. I am so excited to delve into all the wonderful ways our incredible students have used creativity to improve wellbeing outcomes.

Retraction of RCTs (because they were at best flawed & at worst fraudulent) leads to substantial changes in evidence syntheses (systematic reviews and meta-analyses). How many more crap RCTs are lurking? Time to stop hero-worshipping this design. GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT. www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Our last knowledge exchange event saw all twelve MCA projects get together to share insights & experiences one year into Phase 3. An invigorating moment of collaboration and dialogue captured in an insightful blog by @ncch.bsky.social & stunning illustration by Temujen ncch.org.uk/blog/mobilis...

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Research has found that privatisation of health services reduces quality of care. @franbaum.bsky.social‬ and colleagues look at how the concept of "enshittification" applies to health services and their decline with privatisation www.bmj.com/content/389/...

MoH national visitors portrait. 😊 Yesterday, just at the 2pm sharing we had visitors from Invisible Cities Manchester, Doorway Wiltshire and Pathway Newcastle We love it when we have colleagues from all over the country coming to hear stories from our collection. ❤️ Thank you all for your support ❤️

Aaaaand we are OPEN for the spring summer season! 🤩😍 Thanks to everyone who has visited so far, we've loved meeting you all. It's been good vibes! ❤️ We are running tours of the museum and collection at 1230, 2pm and 345pm again today. FREE but donations welcome.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

I reflect often on big themes in what’s been working for me the best in trauma recovery. One of them is—lean into your temperament. However your body and personality work, let them work that way. Be the person you are. You don’t have to be like everyone else.

Fantastic to take part in this and to see our project represented in this way! #SeeMeNorth

Volunteers needed! Join our legendary crew 🥰 We need people to help us welcome visitors to the museum on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Register your interest at museumofhomelessness.org/volunteering

Exciting news! 🎉 Our lived experience producer, Kiz Manley, and advisory group member, Celeste Ingrams, have been published by @britsciassoc.bsky.social! Their essay explores the lived experience journey in health inequalities research — check it out www.britishscienceassociation.org/essay-1-ucl-...

Severing trauma bonds absolutely comes w/ withdrawal symptoms & reactions. And, like withdrawal from any toxic substance or relationship, the discomfort does NOT mean severing our relationship w/ it was the wrong choice.

A therapist who thinks they're trauma informed "enough," is not trauma informed. *I* am not trauma informed "enough." Being truly trauma informed is being committed to keeping up w/ the research, open to radical shifts in understanding, & consistently deferential to lived experience.

Exciting PhD opportunity. Working with women with experience of incarceration exploring notions of housing and home. Find out more below. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Exciting PhD opportunity. Working with women with experience of incarceration exploring notions of housing and home. Find out more below. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Fantastic couple of days presenting ideas on homelessness, trauma, research, and creativity from our #SeeMeNorth project at the @artshomelessint.bsky.social 3rd International arts and homelessness summit at The Old Diorama Arts Centre, London. Amazing place, amazing people.

We are pleased to see our work cited in this letter from 10 Peers to the Times regarding the full repeal of the Vagrancy Act, which is yet to take place.

At our Future of Evaluation in Health & Social Care Symposium, we were thrilled to collaborate with Sian McArthur & Chris Murray from More than Minutes. Their visual capture of key themes and discussions added a dynamic layer to our event, offering fresh insights and deeper perspective.

The UK has higher rates of health related worklessness than most comparable economies. In tackling this, the government should be careful to not drive people into more poverty, stigma, and ill health, and thereby further away from employment @profbambra.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

We’re thrilled to be part of the One Roof Festival at ODAC! Coinciding with the AHI Summit, this inspiring event welcomes everyone—artists, local residents, and supporters alike. 🗓 Save the Date: 📅 January 22–24, 2025 📍 ODAC, Euston, London

Looking forward to attending and yo sharing my thoughts on the trauma (Thurs) and research (Fri) panels. See you there?

We’re building a youth-led campaigning collective to challenge those in power. The programme will be led by MoH’s Harry Gay and experienced campaigners Matt Bonner (Werbepause, Dog Section Press, Revolt Design) and Tommy Vickerstaff (anti-fracking, fuel poverty, trans liberation)

Education systems have gone a long way towards being more relational in the last decade, but much remains to be done to better support young people... Adolescent health: from individual risk behaviours to wellbeing ecosystems: learning from the paradigm shift www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Getting real about our mistakes & regrets in trauma recovery means being willing to view our past choices through the lens of our vulnerability at the time-- & to remember that explanations are not excuses. Realism, accountability, & grace can coexist. Indeed, they have to.

In my experience, learning the stories of people who recovered from their own trauma-- even if nether they nor their trauma especially resemble mine-- can be a game changer in designing strategies & adapting tools to my own struggles & goals. Read. Listen. Seek models.

Our paper on the impact of living with multiple long-term conditions on everyday life: a qualitative evidence synthesis. The 'work' is not only around medications and healthcare use, it is also emotional & financial with lots of learning & adaptation bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....