Chel and the Bear
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Our strange journey, living with LB dementia - 9 years in since diagnosis https://t.co/OkgfLKFz1K
London, UK
Joined July 2015
Snaps from Sunday - 1 year anniversary of my monthly Mindful Crafternoon for Adults. I run these sessions for stressed out Londoners voluntarily tickets are pay what you can donated to charity @theCALMzone. Grateful to @Londonist for bring the only media outlet to support it 🙏🏼🌈
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Latest edition of Our #DEEP News winging its way to 1000 people in groups. Special tribute edition to @WendyPMitchell Can't wait? You can read the PDF here https://t.co/RmzOOTM5ZL
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Come and see our extraordinary exhibition in partnership with @FourCornersE2 at @LBTHArchives
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Everyone who runs a group should buy a batch for newcomers over the next year PLUS if any #memoryclinics are on here, do yourself and your patients a favour and order a box @HumberNHSFT @ResearchHumber 🙏
Wow! Down to the last 1,000 print copies of Knowledge is Power England…. Such a positive and amazing response. Email KiP@myid.org.Uk Or take a look and share the online version here A positive resource for and by people with dementia https://t.co/I1aOKTMdR2
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🥳😍🏅✨💛✨Our Handbook has gone to the publisher's proof reader... by @Craftivists
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Beautiful tribute to a wonderful man, George Alagiah, by his great friend @sophieraworth George taught me so much about living - I will miss him terribly
bbc.co.uk
Despite increasingly grim news from medics, his spirit remained indomitable - writes his friend.
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As part of this years @Waterloofestiv MFC are running an experimental free arts day on Monday 17th July! Run away and embrace your circus with us at @stjohnswaterloo✨ We start our day with a Samba workshop with The London School of Samba🥁 Full Details: https://t.co/TYQt6Ocqqd
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Announcing Waterloo Festival 2023!🎪🚨 The annual celebration of arts, heritage and community makes a return between the 14th and the 17th July 2023, with the theme of 'Circus'. Check out the programme here: https://t.co/xGBBqA6RDI.
@stjohnswaterloo
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When life throws you a curved ball never give up on yourself……2 Honorary Doctorates & 2 Sunday Times Best sellers all since a diagnosis of dementia. Never give up on yourself……you only get one chance at life, LIVE IT, don’t give up. PLUS now my final book out June 22nd ☺️….
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Wasn’t expecting to be in the papers today…. A lovely photo taken by Alex Telfer. It was a grey day & he said he’d make it sunny….well me thinks he succeeded and the second photo is the area in my garden he took it behind☺️ Original Observer Photography https://t.co/qUVJBlqkCP
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This is a really important contribution to how we talk about care, carers and caring. @CarersTrust are hugely supportive of this research
How can we tell a new story that boosts support for all care and carers? @SilviaGalandini, @AnamParvezButt and @nick_gadsby introduce a new toolkit that can help construct a fresh and compelling public narrative about care
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“Unpaid carers like me prop up a failing system” To mark #CarersWeek, Carers Trust has worked with Denise Wilkins, an unpaid carer from @greenwichcarers to publish this article in the @Guardian on the very real challenges facing #UnpaidCarers
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Today we had our smallest #TeamGSTT members visit our children and young people at @EvelinaLondon. Our @PetsAsTherapyUK dogs, Rosie and Wally, had a paw-some time with Rhys, Archie, Thomas, and many more of our patients. Thanks for stopping by! 🐶
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Thank you! 💪
Firstly thank you. To carers @RachelCurtis82 and Shirley who were just stellar and our team from @OxfamGB who got us into the room. We put the lived experience of our carer community at the heart of our conversations with decision makers this #CarersWeek #RealCarersWeek
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"The government is failing to support disabled people and we are paying the price. Cuts to public funding of support services for disabled people since 2010 mean families face mounting pressures as they struggle to fill the gap." Thankyou @BigIssue
bigissue.com
Cuts to public funding of support services for disabled people since 2010 mean families face mounting pressures as they struggle to fill the gap, writes unpaid carer Rachel Curtis.
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Tuesday 23rd May at 4pm we welcome DEEPers to join a Zoom for an editorial meeting for Our DEEP News. If you would like to come along or you have an article to submit please email Niblock@myid.org.uk by 2pm Tuesday.
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I just wrote a @WeAreCarers letter: Invite your MP to the debate on additional financial Support for disabled people on 22nd May at 4.30pm . Write one here:
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