Announcing: The first of a series of free workshops about hearing voices for supporters/ family members in the Manchester area #Manchester #hearingvoices Hearing the Voice HVN England

I received a lot of requests for this feelings and needs sheet after this tweet

Growth in an image

Spring in the City! Living in a very urban environment can make it harder to connect with nature. I miss seeing front gardens, local parks and wild flowers in big open spaces! This flamingo pink magnolia standing proudly made me smile 😊 #mindfulness #nature

It's World Poetry Day And I made my debut Stood up on a stage and said a few Words, that for me carry meaning Sentiment and swirls in my head Form sentences for healing. A poem about poetry, crikey that's meta! Thanks to those who listened and shared tonight. Inspired.

PIP has nothing to do with employment. PIP is for moderate to severe disability and it is v difficult to qualify for. It is not something one can blag. I research this. Sunak's idea people can go off PIP with treatment is wild and dangerous. It is disability denial,no less.

It's been an utterly brutal few weeks on Twitter for bad news re mental health services. A few things: - duck out of activism when you need too - the Mad community believes in you and wants you here alive and present. - when things are really bad, we organise better and bigger

Happy Earth Day 🌎 How will you appreciate our planet today? (Found the flower on the pavement, my dad always told me I wasn't allowed to pull flowers from their leaves!)

When does electioneering become a threat to public health? Depression and anxiety make an easy target for Stride because he is playing off existing prejudices that sufferers face. It is damaging. My piece for Guardian Opinion on #PiP and mental health. tinyurl.com/754s93ht

My tears are glitter. "Stare you may For all you will find Is that I'm not sick I feel" (^Excerpt from my poem: I'm not sick) Now time for my next poem entitled my tears are glitter ✨️

Also to ensure patients and staff are appropriately safeguarded and protected from abusive staff, systematic abuse, and retraumatising practises. Speaking up is good and needs to be encouraged, but it can't fall on deaf ears.

Fans of proteins and peptides, join for the next PPSG seminar! I will be talking about my work in Louise Walport lab, developing cyclic peptide tools for challenging protein targets using mRNA display 🧬

'Apologising is not an admission of liability. It does not impact on your professional indemnity insurance... But it can be the first step in restoring trust.' #myHCPCstandards

A tweet to celebrate my mother's retirement this week 🎉 after over 40 years of paid service, it's time to look after herself for once. The woman who took a gap year at 18 to volunteer as a live in carer for Age UK (now @age_uk). You are one in a million with a beautiful heart. Now chill!!

Really important findings on grief education in this new report from Marie Curie Policy & Public Affairs Marie Curie Research Centre, Cardiff Emily Harrop - do have a read

Today I resigned from my role with Royal College of Psychiatrists due to their “cutting ties” with Stonewall. I am so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had to meet people who are doing such amazing things with their lived experience and send love and solidarity to all of those continuing the work.