Vivien Waterfield CBE
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Deputy CEO @homestartuk. ExecDiploma student @WarwickBSchool Champion for families and early support for children. All views my own. she/her
Leicester
Joined September 2009
A huge thank you to @JohnLewisRetail for organising a fabulous Christmas Supplier Ball in support of your #BuildingHappierProgramme. Thrilled to see funds raised for @homestartuk , @actnforchildren, and @whocaresscot – making a real difference to so many lives. 🎄✨
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🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 What a fresh, joyful production of My Fair Lady @CurveLeicester tonight. Congrats to @NikolaiFoster and a brilliant cast. Get yourself a ticket if you can!
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Super proud to see @homestartuk shortlisted for Employee Engagement at the @IIP #InvestorsInPeople Awards 2024 #IIPAwards2024. Great recognition for an amazing people team and a brilliantly engaged, committed staff team. Thank you! Congrats to @Bupa for the win!
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What a wonderful few days meeting Home-Start colleagues across Scotland 🏴 and hearing all about their work. First a day with managers in Stirling and this morning with Eliza and the fabulous team from @HomeStartEDI. Next stop London for the launch of our new Campaign.
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This is wonderful news. As someone who has walked the same path, the Princess’s courage in talking about the impact of her diagnosis and treatment on her and her family has been quite inspiring. I hope her message also brings comfort to those still on their journeys.
A message from Catherine, The Princess of Wales As the summer comes to an end, I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment. The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. Life as you know it can change in an
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A message from Catherine, The Princess of Wales As the summer comes to an end, I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment. The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. Life as you know it can change in an
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I’m back up in my native North East getting ready to cheer on #TeamHomeStart runners in tomorrow’s @Great_Run. Good luck to all our @homestartuk runners - look out for our cheer station along the final stretch into South Shields.
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For over 20 years, the @RoyalFamily has celebrated outstanding volunteer groups in the UK!🏅 Nominations are now open for The King's Award for Voluntary Service 2025! Know a group making a big impact in your community? Honour their work today! 🔗 https://t.co/Vn7fGGW1dS
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Had a fabulous and very hot morning at Hyde Park with Thienhuong and the wonderful team from @HomeStartWKCHF - enjoying a special day out with parents and children. I ❤️ days like this. #BestJobEver
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So excited that Sarah McMullen will be joining @homestartuk as our new Director of Network Impact. Sarah joins us from her role at the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. #dreamteam
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One of those days you wish would go on for ever. What a fantastic occasion! #CBE @homestartuk
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A few of us working in and around Black mental health have been working behind the scenes on a new Black Mental Health Manifesto. Today is finally launch day ✊🏾 Follow @BMHManifesto to find out more later this morning. #ProtectBlackMentalHealth
https://t.co/6MqCMhGWVk
independent.co.uk
The coalition includes the Black Minds Matter charity, the Centre for Mental Health and Mind, as well as smaller grass-roots organisations.
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With an election due, we want to use our collective voice this #WMMHD24 (1 May) to advocate for the 1/5 mums who experience maternal mental health problems. But we need your help... Find out how to support our first-ever #MMHAdvocacyDay: https://t.co/puAfvIYAvL
#StrongerTogether
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Great thread on the longer term impact of Sure Start from @TheIFS 👇👇👇
NEW: Access to Sure Start greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results, by as much as three GCSE grades. THREAD on @nridpathecon, @Sarah_Cattan and @carneiro_econ’s new report, funded by @NuffieldFound, on Sure Start’s impact on educational outcomes: [1/10]
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If you haven’t discovered the wonderful @DanWuori yet then give him a follow - his tweets will bring joy to your day. 🥰
It’s tummy time! Newborns sleep a lot… and sleep most safely on their backs - which means that the preponderance of their time is spent face up. While they are wakeful, it’s important that you balance this with periods of well supervised “tummy time” during which they are
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We’ll done @Matt, Tanya and all @homestartuk comms team for producing such a powerful film. It really shows the long term difference HS volunteers can make. Hope you had a good night celebrating your @SmileyCFA. 🤩🤩🤩
Just so incredibly proud that @homestartuk has won this award at the @SmileyCFA . Thank you to everyone who voted. Was a privilege to be able to tell this story to represent the difference #HomeStart has made to countless families over 50 years. #CFA24
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The next meeting of the National #TrustLeaders CEO network is on 5th March, & we're delighted to welcome @pgrigg, CEO @homestartuk Peter will share his reflections on thriving in the CEO role, life as a charity CEO, and his organisation's work in supporting children & families
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Such exciting news for you and @HomeStartHOST Sarah! Brilliant to see this new partnership with @PostcodeLottery and #millionairestreet make a difference for another Home-Start and local community.
I hate seeing myself on screen but this is definitely worth a share! What a lovely surprise we had this week!!! Thank you so much @PostcodeLottery and #millionairestreet
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Please spread the word and come along to join me and a great panel from @uniofwarwick @WolkeDieter @ProfRHastings and @kulbir_shergill for this lunchtime webinar on how the early years can shape the developing brain. 👇👇👇
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