SEND system- advocacy now & looming reforms In my life & through @BIHRhumanrights I see how the Human Rights Act can be a gamechanger for children & families AND to scrutinise government proposals We want to meet need for HRA capacity building in SEND can you help us... 🧵1/

We need to stop avoiding the words “Human Rights Act", because while we’ve been busy trying to find softer framings, the Act itself continues to be chipped away – in rhetoric, in policy, and in public understanding. ⬇️ https://t.co/H2kWajtZ3P

🚨 Have you accessed (or tried to access) special educational needs and disabilities services? 👂 We want to hear from you! 📝 Fill out our 4-minute survey to help us provide tailored Human Rights Act support for parents, families and advocates: https://t.co/s1x6B9VKuG

"as soon as they see the email with that template, with all of the Articles and human rights...they come back with a positive answer so we haven't had to go to the court" Find out how we can support communities and advocates to use human rights law: https://t.co/oWOqMMxMmb

2⃣ An ask for SEND parents, families, carers, advocates, please could you fill in this 4 min survey to help us show need to secure funding to support free access HRA & SEND workshops. I know it's a an ask, when so many are so stretched, thank you. https://t.co/03zIVcyp1a /end

1⃣ Can you share this blog to reach more families, parents, carers, advocates, supporters and campaigners seeking to ensure children & young people with SEND have their rights upheld. We outline how our Human Rights Act can be harnessed in advocacy: https://t.co/EpJklNsVBi 2/

Contrary to perception we actually do very little work in London, so getting this programme up and running has been great. After a year of development, we've just completed year 1 of working with our partners and see some brilliant changes using our Human Rights Act! ⤵️

"imagine the next time the Govt try to roll back domestic or international human rights protection. Imagine people in the UK understood immediately how this would impact their lives & were ready with knowledge, resources, confidence & solidarity to resist" https://t.co/HQAXCBaI9m

🚨 Applications are open 🚨 Our Human Rights in Mental Health Care short course is back by popular demand from 22nd Oct. Join our free, online taster session on 10th Sept, 1 - 1.45pm: https://t.co/bDNCmW23yd Enquire about booking spaces on the course: https://t.co/rQg708gTQh

At primary school my best friend & I were the only girls boys "allowed" to play breaktime football, eventually got our school to start a girls team & teachers got other local schools to join in. Had to stop at Senior school. Brillaint that little girls today have these heroes 👏

Rail travel, what fun. For the around £90, you can have the whole line down for a day, apply for the refund and hope for the best - don't forget admin fees - or indeed on the days when it does work you get stand for hrs in a 5 carriage train that shd be 8 but even then is full.

We worked with @TafCwm to co-produce the Game of Rights - an Easy Read card game to support people with learning disabilities to know and advocate for their human rights. Read all about it in @CommLivingMag_: https://t.co/fNCdx0pBXb

The fun of £88.79 @south_railway for a day return to London (65 miles), with the predictability of the air conditioning not working on one of the hottest days of the year, so we all get to drip sweat over each other (that & delays are the only consistencies)

🦸 This year's #RefugeeWeek theme is Community as a Superpower! 🤝 We worked with @Room2Heal @BomokoN @AWEF_UK and Migrants' Rights Network to create community resources that empower people seeking asylum & refugee to claim their human rights: https://t.co/d9vgt1xpud

We're proud to work with @BIHRhumanrights on this project, including creating a set of Easy Read postcards that covers key human rights and explains how they apply to everyday life through stories and actions.

📆 Today, we're continuing our human rights programme for staff in an NHS Trust. 💡 Participants said, "it's an eye-opening experience and the knowledge and skills you will gain...will only better your own practice [and] improve the quality of life for the patients in your care"

Surveillance is a restrictive practice and can infringe on a person’s right to privacy. The RRN and The British Institute of Human Rights have produced resources to support a rights-based approach to the use of surveillance. View the resources here: https://t.co/nkhjuEvx7A

"You MUST get on this, it has changed my outlook as a whole, educated me and enabled me to have the courage to share this with friends, family and colleagues. This should be accessible for everyone" Hear from participants in our human rights programmes: https://t.co/Bgw01QsyqG

Funding our human rights community work means ... 👉 enabling groups to use the law to secure everyday justice in health, care, education, welfare, housing - the things the impact us all AND 👉 amplifying their voices to change the systems the set the rules in the first place.

It's been a while since I've done a proper cake and modelling. A labour of love for the 1 year old niece ❤️