💬 The news cycle hasn't been easy over the last few weeks for those of us living with mental illness. But we'll never stop fighting for a society that truly cares. 💙 For now, we hope you have a happy and restful bank holiday.

Wow!!! We have an incredible volunteer who is keeping the Folk Like Us Muddy Hub in shape for us. We said if you can keep it ‘ticking over’….talk about going above and beyond. We’ve never seen it look so good!! Thank you so much. A-MAZING! 🙌🏻🌱 SAVS The National Lottery Community Fund

LIVE ROCK & ROLL 🎸🎶 Join The Long Run for an TheIronWorksSouthend fundraiser with live rock & roll, and rhythm & blues music! 📌 The IronWorks Southend 📅 Friday 10 May | 7:30pm 🎟️ Pre-pay from £8 | On the door: £10 👇👇 visitsouthend.co.uk/the-long-run

Do you want to make your orchard a wildlife haven? Taking part in #NoMowMay allows native plants to thrive, providing extra nectar and #habitat. You might enjoy the #wildflowers so much that you continue to the no-now practice well past May! 🌼 Plantlife

Composting is at the heart of what we do at #GardenOrganic. This week, we'll be sharing tips & techniques to celebrate International Compost Awareness Week. First up, what to do about ants! Find more info via our #composting hub👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/composting #CompostAwarenessWeek

Join us at 11am on Sat 8th June for MOSTLY MADE IN SOUTHEND: PART 1   What talent we have! 10 locally made #shortfilms for you to enjoy. (For full details please see the website.) (Cert ‘15’.)      🎟️ southendfilmfestival.com #southend #film #filmfest #filmfestival #Drama

Anxiety can trick us into believing that we aren’t good enough or able to do the things we once did more easily. The fear takes over and sabotages your thoughts and actions. So, here is your reminder & #affirmation for today: ‘I am CAPABLE’

You know I love the BBC & celebrate all the things we pay our licence fee for . But yesterday whilst 100K peaceful people marched to demonstrate their love for life all I could find on BBC News (UK) was a selfie of the gas-guzzling Taylor Swift . Im sorry but thats a disgrace

Seafront looking glorious on my sunny jog by Deborah White Art & Photography

The Folk Like Us Crafty Crew volunteers are busy bees 🐝 Each week they have been knitting mobile phone bags and crafting indoor planters for our housebound members - these have been very appreciated to all who have received so far - thank you 🤩 SAVS

Come and join us for the opening of 'After the End of History: working-class photography 1989–2024' this Saturday 29 July, 6–8pm. Everyone is welcome! This is a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition curated by Johny Pitts (Johny Modern). More: zurl.co/bbst

Mixing veg and flowers together in your #garden leads to a healthy, diverse #ecosystem - particularly for #insects. For more #companionplanting tips go to gardenorganic.org.uk/companion-plan… #OrganicGrowing #biodiversity #wildlife #nature Insect Week

Today is the NHS’s 76th birthday. A battered, bruised, close-to-palliative patient, it’s just been thrown a lifeline. Please save her, Keir Starmer⁩, ⁦Wes Streeting⁩ 🙏 Please help us help our patients & rebuild our NHS 💙💙💙

A letter to the new UK government... 👇#generalection2024

Congratulations to our new 2 MP's Bayo & David. Thanks to boundary changes we now work with the 12 Councillors as normal and 2 MP's.

Congratulations to Southend City's newly elected MPs, David Burton-Sampson for Southend West & Leigh, and Bayo Alaba for Southend East & Rochford. We look forward to working with you both as we continue our campaign work to end the need for food banks in the UK.

Timpson’s are well-known for employing ex-offenders to help them back into work. They pay their tax. They value their staff. And then there’s this. CEO James Timpson (who’s also Chair of the Prison Reform Trust) is the new Prisons Minister. Great appointment

Watch this it’s fascinating - I asked James Timpson what he’d do about prisons and sentencing if he was in charge. He believes only a third of prisoners in jail should definitely be there. He’s now in charge of prisons (but not sentencing).

On the fence about trying Compassion Focused Therapy? Have a look at its benefits.... ✨Helps those who have shame & self-critical patterns ✨Learn to be kind to yourself ✨You build mind-body awareness ✨You learn to treat negative emotions with kindness #benefitsofCFT

The world premiere of Video Shop Tales of Terror II: Lust & Revenge at HorrorOnSea is in just under two weeks time! Tickets here: the-white-bus-limited.sumupstore.com/product/20-00-… . We really hope to see you there.