New report calls for ‘social prescribing fund’ Excited to share Envisaging a Social Prescribing Fund in England by The National Academy for Social Prescribing for long-term funding for social prescribing activities and local communities. Find out more: New report calls for 'social prescribing fund' | NASP

Another shout out for these dates - we're going to be joining Steel Pulse on their 50th Anniversary UK dates. Looking forward to it! Tickets: aegp.uk/steel-pulse

Today’s The Times and The Sunday Times column: it is unforgivable MPs voted against safeguards in the assisted dying bill that would have protected anorexics As an anorexic, I’d have longed for assisted dying thetimes.com/article/eeda48…

You make a very strong argument……

UK edges towards youth visa deal with EU bbc.in/4lKFOQF

Mark Carney: "The lessons of Brexit are beginning to be applied. When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, and a weaker economy."

"It remains one of Shane Meadows' most powerful works, taking the revenge thriller and putting a very human and discomforting face on it" says Matt Tilt It was unnavailable for a long time but DEAD MAN'S SHOES lands on Channel 4 this month midlandsmovies.com/review-of-dead…

Welcome to Martin Green CBE as the new Chair at Ikon

We're hiring! 🚨 We are looking for a Director, Strategic Partnerships and Place. Help shape the future of culture and creativity in England's communities through strategic partnerships and place-based approaches. Apply by 6 July. 👇 buff.ly/2xLNAVt

Midlands Movies Amazing! So proud to have been part of the East Midlands team that financed this incredible piece of art!

Reminder that 3 of the 5 Spice Girls developed eating disorders, no doubt after being pressured to be a weight and shape that was unhealthy for them. Dramatic weight loss is unsafe for some, perhaps for 3 in 5…

Deserves a wide circulation.

One death is too many. The Assisted Dying Bill, as written, could lead to the deaths of people who could be treated. There must be a better way. #DyingForTreatment

People with eating disorders need help to live, not assistance to die. Jeff Stelling please share this short film #dyingfortreatment youtu.be/7pX_eXFmBWg

Sophie Turner warns assisted dying bill could lead to people with eating disorders taking their own lives even when they might be able to recover | Daily Mail Online dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

People with eating disorders need help to live, not assistance to die. Why should even one person with an ED die so that others can have the death they want? David Baddiel please share this short film #dyingfortreatment youtu.be/7pX_eXFmBWg

It’s not like we’re given any help or tools. We’re just told do it and don’t accept no for an answer. Have you any idea how hard that is? How exhausting? How traumatic? And yet…

Actors Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters are backing a ‘groundbreaking’ new three-year arts programme that aims to support the mental health and well-being of disadvantaged young people in Leicester. Read more 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/stephen-g…

“I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do...” Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans. #Newsnight

🎙️’The government in the last budget unilaterally changed the terms of student loans…that’s outrageous isn’t it?’ School Standards Minister Georgia Gould acknowledges the student loans system is ‘imperfect’ #Newsnight