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📣 It's
#VoterRegistrationWeek
! We’re launching a national movement across civil society to make sure 300,000 people don’t lose out on casting their vote at the next General Election. 💪🏿
Get your organisation involved ⬇️
#VoterRegistrationChampions
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On Monday the House of Lords meets to discuss an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill, ensuring crimes motivated by gender (misogyny hate crimes) are recorded. This is one important way we can change harmful attitudes towards women. Peers can act for the common good next week ♥️
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We were so pleased to welcome
@KensingtonRoyal
to our Parents and Communities Together project
@PACTSouthwark
. The Duchess of Cambridge spoke to mums about the importance of connecting to other parents, mental health and giving children the best start in life.
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Devastated to announce our founder
@NeilJamesonUK
has passed away. Our thoughts are with his loved ones.
Such a great legacy in UK democracy and social justice, Neil often shared this famous quote - “It is not hope that gives rise to action, it is action that inspires hope”
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Other key workers in
#coronavirus
times?
School caterers 👩⚕️
Care workers 👨🏾⚕️
Cleaners 🧹
Gig economy delivery drivers 🚐
We salute you. Every worker deserves a real
#LivingWage
and
#LivingHours
, now more than ever
#CoronaVirusUpdate
#COVID19
#WereInThisTogether
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"We are not helpless...Together, we can help." - Peter Capaldi
Thank you to everyone who has already supported our appeal. We can't do this without you ❤️
You can support too by donating below 👇🇺🇦
#RefugeesWelcome
#Ukraine
@SponsorRefugee
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Today, we publish our
#livingwage
league table. It shows just how far some wealthy football clubs have to go to pay a fair wage to all staff
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We are delighted to gain support from Peter Capaldi for the
@SponsorRefugee
#ChristmasChallenge21
🎄☃️
Your donations will be match funded by the
@BigGive
until Dec 7!
Donate below and watch your impact double! 🎉
#WeAreNotHelpless
#RefugeesWelcome
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"A boy wrote in his exercise book that his mother was dead…The mother wasn’t dead. But to him she was because she was so desperate to make ends meet. She was holding down 3 jobs.”
We don’t all have the same
#24hours
of the day when we are paid below the
#LivingWage
.
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After yrs of organising, all children who are eligible, regardless of parents' immigration status, can claim
#FreeSchoolMeals
! 🎉
Schools will also be able to claim more
#PupilPremium
by recording this in the census (Feb 15)!
How we got here ⬇️
@IMIX_UK
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8 in 10 UK universities don't pay their cleaners, security guards and other workers the real
#LivingWage
Here are the ones who've done the right thing & committed to paying wages that workers can live on. Vital that more universities follow their example!
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You’re looking at footage of Afghanistan and feeling helpless. We are not helpless. We’ve just had 100 Leaders on a call with 6 hours notice showing the readiness of communities to step up. We've stepped up before to create a movement for welcome and we’re going to do it again.
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Big turnout to welcome
#ChildrenOfCalais
as they arrived at Lunar House this afternoon. Well done to all who made this happen.
#calaiskids
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Tonight, show your appreciation for key workers with more than a clap! Write to your MP to ensure care workers get a real Living Wage payrise and proper protection at work👉 👈 Join us and
@BestForBritain
in a
#ThunderclapForCarers
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As Domestic Violence rates soar, we must send a clear message that violence, harassment and abuse of women is unacceptable wherever it occurs. MPs can help by supporting Amendment 84 on the Domestic Violence Bill today. Ask your MP to help make misogyny a hate crime.
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Brendan Cox,The Jo Cox Foundation, Andy Burnham, Mayor of GM & Council Leader Sir Richard Leese invite you to event.
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We are absolutely devastated to read the news about Sabina Nessa. Our thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones. Much more must be done to recognise and protect women against violence.
Sabina Nessa: Murdered teacher's body found hours after attack
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🎉 Campaign Win 🎉
After years of organising, today the government agreed to permanently enable children whose parents have NRPF to access free schools meals
Congratulations
@st_lewisham
@SurreySqSchool
@IOE_London
@TUPLDN
@Praxis_Projects
@RAMPproject
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Dozens hit out at 'Punish a Muslim Day' by forming human chain around mosque.
#BuildBridgesNotWalls
A wonderful demonstration of solidarity and neighbourliness by
@tynewearcitizen
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We're gifting CEOs of 8 large retailers little lego gifts encouraging them to
#BeLikeLego
and review how they advertise
#StopFundingHate
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Amazing news! A testament to years of work in
@NottinghamCitz
@GMCitizens
@tynewearcitizen
with
#communityorganising
! Recording is such a vital step - goes beyond policing. With the data, society & the state can now build on this and take on endemic
#misogyny
in our culture
BREAKING: Police WILL Record Misogyny As Hate Crime In Historic Move To Protect Women
Huge victory for campaigners
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On
#NationalPoetryDay2018
140 children gathered outside the Home Office to perform and deliver a poetry anthology that they‘ve made challenging the £1012 fee for children to apply for British Citizenship.
#ChildrenIntoCitizens
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Thousands of individuals gather to march to say "Refugees are welcome here!"
#WeStandWithYou
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80 children with family in the UK were in the Dunkirk fire -
@AmberRudd_MP
these children should be with their families.
#BringThemHome
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Our petition has past 35k - sign to tell Theresa May to keep the Dubs Scheme alive
#DubsNow
#BritainIsBetter
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We won. The Home Office have begun bringing the 14 children to reunite them with their loved ones in the UK.
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"Mum can't feed a family on claps and rainbows"
School children from
@StAntsE7
are rapping & singing some serious truths about all
#keyworkers
needing a real
#LivingWage
🔥🔥
📱 Watch the full music video NOW
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Many brands are challenging Facebook over hate speech. Our own 5 min search of
@Facebook
found a group filled with racist, Islamophobic and anti-BLM content, as well as fake news. We have paused all advertising on the platform and support
#StopHateForProfit
#NoPlaceForHate
THIS. IS. BIG.
@ProcterGamble
is making moves to avoid outlets and platforms that don’t take action on hate.
It’s hard not to read into this that they’re in favor of the
#StopHateForProfit
campaign and might possibly be avoiding Facebook soon.
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Tabloid hate is damaging our society. The Sun’s advertisers must help stop it via
@StopFundingHate
ft
@SUSO_LDN
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“My family was part of a group who helped welcome a Syrian family into our community, helping change their lives and our lives too.” - Peter Capaldi
If you can’t join a group, donate below to
@SponsorRefugee
& help a family resettle 🎄👇
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Fantastic news to hear that the High Court has ruled sky high child citizenship fees unlawful after fantastic work by
@PRCBC1
@AmnestyUK
@Mishcon_de_Reya
The fight goes on but we are now closer than ever to ending this injustice.
#ChildrenIntoCitizens
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We’ve launched a national campaign at 👉 with a powerful petition from Care Worker Tabitha, calling for a real
#LivingWage
in social care.
#Keyworkers
are keeping Britain going during lockdown - they deserve more than a clap. Please sign and share now
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.
@BootsUK
will you meet with us to discuss your advertising?
#BeLikeLego
and join us to say there's
#NoPlaceForHate
@StopFundingHate
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Citizens gather in front of the Home Office to ask the gov't to act as quickly as possible to bring
#ChildrenOfCalais
#DubsNow
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We are heart broken to hear
@ukhomeoffice
will reinstate
#ChildDetention
, imprisoning toddlers, babies, & young children seeking safety🧸
Our commitment to organising for a more welcoming and compassionate UK will not subside.
#ProtectChildren
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We're inside Parliament right now, queuing up to ask our MPs to get on right side of history and help child refugees
#DubsNow
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“There is concern among my brother and sister bishops about the state of the nation’s soul if we tread so easily down this path”
Important call from
@BishopSouthwark
for the government to change course on reintroduction of child detention
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Amazing that Dame Louise Casey told
@BBCr4today
that government's £105 million support for those at risk of becoming homeless includes people with no recourse to public funds. This is a huge WIN! More to come...
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Join us outside Downing St tomorrow - we'll be with
@AlfDubs
encouraging Theresa May to keep the Dubs Scheme open
#DubsNow
#BritainIsBetter
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Young people urgently need to get registered if they want the issues they care about heard by politicians. Share our video, spread the word and go to to
#RegisterToVote
💪
#GE2019
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Incredible to see Syrian refugee women resettled to Lambeth cook for
@guardian
staff to raise money for
@safepassageuk
.
#RefugeesWelcome
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Warm welcome from
@AhmadiyyaUK
at
@JalsaUK
- Thank you for hospitality and great to see sense of civic responsibility.
#JalsaUK
@njamesoncuk
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BREAKING: cross-party MPs will take a new amendment to Parliament on Tuesday. Quote & tag your MP- ask them to save the Dubs scheme
#DubsNow
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Our
@GMCitizens
Community Organiser
@Furqan_Naeem
and new baby Khadija at the
@MarcusRashford
mural in Withington today.
There is hope, solidarity and power in communities coming together to take action against hate. Unity always wins.
#SayNoToRacism
#StandTogether
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#LivingWageWeek
is finally here: our biggest chance to put the spotlight on low pay & in-work poverty, celebrate nearly 6,000
#LivingWage
employers going further than the legal minimum by guaranteeing a fair day's pay for a hard day's work. RT to learn more about our movement ✊
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We launched a new report today that paints a picture of what hate crime looks like in the UK today.
What did we find? Well, hate motivated by gender is a factor in 33.5% of all existing hate crime. And 60% of people do not report hate crime. Read more:
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100 organisations have signed a letter to Robert Jenrick MP applauding the
#COVID19
decision to offer emergency accommodation to people who are street homeless. We're now looking to long term solutions. Let's stop thousands ending up back on the streets👉🏻
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Powerful address from Bishop Michael Curry: there is [relational] power in love.
#royalwedding
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🚨Court of Appeal rules that £1012 child citizenship fee is unlawful🚨
@BorisJohnson
has said he would ‘study’ the fee - now is the time for the government to act so that no child is priced out of their entitlement to citizenship
#ChildrenIntoCitizens
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Daniel who is only in Year 5 bravely performed his poem on why being able to become a British citizen matters to him and his family. Time for the
@ukhomeoffice
to reduce the fees & turn
#ChildrenIntoCitizens
. Why not start listening to them today on
#NationalPoetryDay
?
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"His greatest legacy was to prove there is such a thing as society – that we can win when we act together."
@roswynnejones
reflects on the remarkable legacy of our founder, Neil Jameson, in this powerful tribute.
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.
@McDonalds
will you meet with us to discuss your advertising?
#BeLikeLego
and join us to say there's
#NoPlaceForHate
@StopFundingHate
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**BREAKING**
Cross party
@CommonsWorkPen
recommends the suspension of No Recourse to Public Funds (
#NRPF
) during the Covid-19 crisis.
We agree.
#NobodyLeftBehind
. Not now. Not ever.
Read the full report here:
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Young
@SUSO_LDN
leaders are on Oxford Street encouraging retailers to
#BeLikeLego
& be responsible in their advertising
@StopFundingHate
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We're delighted to announce the new Steering Group to focus on 'Making London a Living Wage City’, our co-led project with
@LivingWageUK
to lift thousands out of in-work poverty. The group's co-chairs include
@MayorofLondon
and
@bishopSarahM
.
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We won't let the Home Secretary divide us. Throughout the pandemic, people have supported each other regardless of where they came from. Our recovery depends on neighbours working together and caring for each other.
#TogetherWeCan
build a compassionate country
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❗Are you heading to
#university
in September? Or are you an alumni? Check out this league table to see if your university is a real
#LivingWage
employer or not. And get in touch with them if they don't pay their cleaners enough to live on - your voice can make a difference! 📢
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Our late founder, Neil Jameson, leaves a significant legacy in UK democracy and civil society. We're reminded of the enormity of his accomplishments today in this touching obituary.
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Footballers aren’t the only ones that make the
#EURO2020
final happen.
If it weren’t for the cleaners, stewards & other match day staff on low pay, games wouldn’t run safely. They deserve more than poverty pay - it’s time for
@wembleystadium
@FA
to become
#LivingWage
employers!
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We are excited to launch our Citizens Agenda!🎉
The Citizens Agenda provides an overview of the issues our members are campaigning on ahead of the
#GeneralElection
Join 1000s of people across the UK taking action in their communities for social justice
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This win is a testament to the huge amount of work by inspirational women and campaigners - and marks just a first step towards the cultural change needed to end male violence against women.
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Our new study "Overcoming everyday hate in the UK" is out today. Women are three times more likely than men to experience both threats and acts of sexual violence and assault. This is why communities and victims want misogyny made a hate crime. Read:
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Calais
#refugeechildren
allowed to join loved ones in UK. Brilliant victory for all supporters of
#refugeeswelcome
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The Govt has waived the £65 it planned to charge EU residents for registration in the event of
#Brexit
. But we still charge children born here an outrageous £1012 to apply for Citizenship. Find out more:
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Strong energy and sense of urgency as those marching urge
@Number10gov
to act now
#refugeeswelcome
#WeStandWithYou
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Our
#MakeLondonALivingWageCity
project has already uplifted pay for 🎉50,000 🎉people. Today,
@MayorofLondon
,
@bishopSarahM
, Anna Purchas of
@kpmguk
, Citizens UK members &
@LivingWageUK
employers worked on ambitious new plans to ensure all Londoners receive the real
#LivingWage
.
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📢Organisations & leaders from across the country have written to Home Office Minister
@CPhilpOfficial
"We are proud of our history of welcoming vulnerable refugees to this country. We stand ready to work with you and play our part once again."
Full letter here 🔻
#NotHelpless
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We're devastated to hear the horrific news about David Amess MP. Public servants should be safe to meet with their constituents in the institutions closest to their communities. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and the citizens of Essex.
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Leaders from across our membership have just sent a letter asking
@RobertJenrick
to ensure nobody is left behind from emergency shelter during Covid-19, regardless of their immigration status.
Co-sign our letter now:
#NobodyLeftBehind
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.
@LutonTown
CEO Gary Sweet really is a
#LivingWage
champ. So positive to see clubs taking this principled stand. We'd love to see more clubs join Luton Town FC in 2019. Please ask your club to the right thing for their workers - read:
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Important letter in
@thetimes
from King’s College London’s
@amcanning
@jimmy_pickering
on child citizenship fees.
“In desperation some parents will ask us which of their children are brightest in order to prioritise their citizenship applications.”
#ChildrenIntoCitizens
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Two classrooms of children could be locked up in prison-like conditions every day under the Government’s proposed Bill.
We believe children belong in classrooms📚, not detention centres 🚫
#StopChildDetention
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We congratulate our friends at
@safepassageuk
on today's legal victory at the Court of Appeals. We hope this will result in a change of attitude towards child refugees. Read our statement:
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MumSpace is safe and supportive community where parents empower one another and share experiences.❤️If you'd like to support PACT you can donate here -
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🎉It’s
#LivingWageWeek
! 🎉
This week we will be celebrating the leaders, colleagues and over 11,000 employers who have shaped the
#LivingWage
movement.
Amidst a
#CostOfLiving
crisis, paying a real Living Wage is more important than ever.
Join the
@LivingWageUK
movement.
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The cost of a child citizenship application is £1012, the highest in Europe. It costs the Home Office £372 to process each of these applications. That's £640 profit per application.
#ChildrenIntoCitizens
#PriceOfBelonging
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Lord
@AlfDubs
, Vanessa Redgrave & co call on
@Number10gov
for children identified by
@CitizensUK
to be brought to UK
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We're devastated. But we're carrying on fighting for child refugees. Fight with us - donate to the Alf Dubs Fund:
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We have volunteers & welcome rucksacks for Calais kids - we are ready & willing,
@AmberRudd_MP
what are you waiting for?
#RestartTheRescue
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Arriving from across England, Wales and Scotland, it’s been fantastic to be together with colleagues from over 17 chapters and 4 projects 🎉
A fun filled day full of celebrations, 121’s, and reflections 🧡📢
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Outside lunar house today to tell
@AmberRudd_MP
to
#RestartTheRescue
of Calais refugee children - 1600 children still in France in limbo
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This unspeakable tragedy didn’t have to happen.
None of our neighbours should ever be left in this position again.
@BorisJohnson
it’s time for you to act so that everyone who calls the UK home can settle their status
#SettleOurStatus
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‘I have had parents come to me and ask which of their children is most likely to get into university and so should be prioritised for citizenship. Enough is enough.’
@amcanning
@KingsCollegeLon
The £1012 fee for child citizenship is unfair and a block to social mobility
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We were thrilled to hear Dame Louise Casey confirm that the Government's £105m extra support for rough sleepers will include people with No Recourse to Public Funds 🙌🙌🙌
#NobodyLeftBehind
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The Illegal Migration Bill is proposing to reintroduce the detention of refugee children.
Today, we are in Parliament Square alongside
@RefugeeTogether
to take action & call on the gov to
#StopChildDetention
📣
Join us by writing a letter to your MP 📝
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Just before you
#clapforcarers
on your doorstep, please take 90 seconds out of your day to listen to a message they really want you to hear... And after you raise their praises, join us in raising their wages!
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Join us in congratulating everyone who worked to bring more than 200 people together for the Liverpool Citizens Pre-founding Assembly 💫 No surprises that the people of Liverpool can display their community power so early on 🤩
#welcome
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Fantastic news: Community Land Trust homes to be built on two largest sites that are part of
@MayorofLondon
Sadiq Khan's small homebuilders programme - a real step forward for community-led affordable housing and excellent move by the Mayor.
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Averil (
@averil78
) is a care home manager who is today celebrating the government decision to drop the
@NHS
surcharge for migrant workers in health & social care.
She is also calling for care workers to get paid a living wage
#clapforourkeyworkers
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We're upping pressure on
@GOVUK
to pay care workers a real Living Wage today - with over 125 social care, charity & faith leaders signing a charter.
Do you agree that care workers deserve a real Living Wage? If so let us know why you care for carers!
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"The scourge of racism & hatred cannot be tolerated or ignored by any of us in our society."
These wise words are from
@CliveFoster3
, a
@NottinghamCitz
leader, in response to the murder of George Floyd & the
#BlackLivesMatter
movement. Read more here:
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Women's experience of hate and violence in the public sphere is an everyday reality. You can read our report on the intersections of race, religion, and age here:
#MisogynyIShate
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.
@johnlewisretail
will you meet with us to discuss your advertising?
#BeLikeLego
and join us to say there's
#NoPlaceForHate
@StopFundingHate
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Tackling misogyny requires community-led solutions - recording where men are committing violence against women is just the start. By mapping every woman's story or report of a hate incident, we can pre-empt patterns of abuse and redistribute funding to vital community services.
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"Our hearts break that 1000's of babies, toddlers & child refugees will be put into prison-like conditions under the government’s proposals. Our government must lead with compassion and stop these plans before it is too late.”- James Blatchley-Afsa, Citizens UK Assistant Director
Today top UK children’s charities have joined 150+ organisations to condemn this Government’s plan to lock up refugee children.
These plans would cause unimaginable levels of harm.
We must
#StopChildDetention
🧸
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“Children’s and refugee organisations are aghast at what’s being proposed. They are not alone. Many of us across all benches … feel the same”
Powerful speech against the reintroduction of child detention in the House of Lords this evening by Baroness
@NosheenaMobarik
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Imagine there was a policy that would transform 1000s people’s lives, boost the economy and raise money for the treasury
New research from
@jdportes
suggests regularising the immigration status of people who have made the UK their home would do exactly this
#SettleOurStatus
Regularising people with irregular migration status in would benefit the Treasury, increase labour supply and boost growth.
My new research (with
@marypazventura
) for
@CitizensUK
in
@thetimes
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