#Trauma doesn't suddenly go away at 18, we can't say 'This child is expressing a need with their behaviour' at 16 and then at 18 'they are making a choice to behave like that'.Adults who have experienced trauma still need empathy ,understanding, love and support #traumainformed

Becoming trauma-informed takes more than a half-day workshop because you have to do the deep & sometimes difficult work on your own responses to trauma-driven behaviour.That’s not to put anyone off, just to rebalance the narrative that it can be completed at a half day conference

So next Sunday (29th) at 10:45am I’m doing an hour long comic making workshop at The Story Museum, it’s sold out I’m afraid BUT you can watch it live online if you grab a 🎉free🎉 ticket here: storymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/jamie…

School attendance is such a simple drum to beat. Get them to school and all will be well, goes to rhetoric. They can't succeed otherwise, we're told. Behind that drum there are a million stories. Here are some of them 1/

Filled with rage and grief, and so broken by the murders in Uvalde. By Buffalo, Laguna Woods and so many others. By the ways in which we, as a nation, have become conditioned to unfathomable and unbearable heartbreak. Steve’s words ring so true and cut so deep.

CUNT Boris Johnson changes ministerial code to avoid need to resign over breaches | Boris Johnson | The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

Final Jamie Smart event of the festival in progress - with a rapt audience of super-happy Phoenixers! #phoenixfest The Phoenix comic

can’t handle this, my nerves are done in, I’m just a dumb bitch from Watford who loves harvester 😭😭😭😭😭 thank u Guardian culture for having #bigboys best telly of 2022 ☠️☠️☠️ theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

this could be us... "Two Witches" by Simon Glucklich, circa 1895-1905

Today’s the day! After five long years the final two episodes of #BigBoys air tonight 10pm on Channel 4 🙌 Dylan Llewellyn & Jon Pointing are at the top of their game in these. Ep 5 is about platonic love, romantic love & shagging Ep 6 is the proudest thing I have ever written 😭🥰

thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️

And our merch is LIVE! Go buy some amazing NSM goodies including Tees, Hoodies, Mugs, Prints and Stickers all while supporting your local anarchist Soup Kitchen and Food Bank over at The-Norwich-soup-movement.square.site (Link also in bio) 🫶🏻

Honestly I could weep a bit. I want to show this to me at any point over the last twenty years of trying to get TV projects off the ground to prove it’s possible. And everything Nickelodeon, Jonny and Robert have done so far has been AMAZING, I know we’re in great hands 🙏💖

Can't be said enough

The new album by Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler. For All Our Days That Tear The Heart. Out now. BuckleyandButler.lnk.to/FAODTTTH

I stand with the railway workers. #RailStrikes

Cervical cancer is a cancer which it's possible to virtually eliminate as a public health concern. 99.8% of cervical cancer cases are preventable. Cervical screening is a crucial part of the global effort to eliminate this cancer. #CervicalScreeningAwarenessWeek

R is for Rainbow! 🌈 Rainbow flags have been waving in honor of the LGBTQIA+ community since 1978. These symbols continue to evolve and take new forms, like the 2018 Progress Pride Flag by Daniel Quasar. Together, let's learn what each of these colors represent! #PrideMonth

For a decade this year I’ve been an ambassador for @TheCALMzone & I feel this is one of their most powerful campaigns ever. The Last Photo exhibition showcases the final photo taken of people who took their own life. It subtly yet powerfully reminds us how pain can be hidden.

Something I posted on my fb that I wanted to share.