I spoke to UK families desperate to get their families out of Gaza as calls for a Ukraine-style family visa scheme ramp up.

The Home Office told me they have no plans to help evacuate their families

Gaza Families Reunited

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We have news! The applications for our Early Career Fellowship Scheme will open earlier this year, on the 6th of May. The mentoring will still be January to December 2025.

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Christopher Eccleston is running the TCS London Marathon in less than 2 weeks for Big Issue! 🏃‍♂️

He's over halfway to his target (£5,000). Can you help get him there? 🤔

Retweet to show your support 🏆 & click below to donate/learn more about the cause. ⬇️
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Our first month of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library with Rees Foundation 📖 free books make such a difference. ft my PJs & slippers

Such an incredible initiative for the children of care leavers 🥹 if you’re CEP & have a child under 5, check it out 👇🏼

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Christopher Eccleston to run London Marathon for Big Issue: 'I'll be happy just to get round'
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1. In a horrific move, Tennessee has just passed a bill allowing parents who are religiously or morally opposed to LGBTQ+ people to adopt LGBTQ+ kids.

This could result in anti-LGBTQ+ foster parents putting LGBTQ+ kids through conversion therapy.

Verrry belated pottery painting & steak #ValentinesDay date. Finally rearranged what we’d originally planned for February. 😅

Happy month & a half late vday Mr Sexy Socks 💕

Hey Manchester City Council, in 2022 you agreed to treat care experience as a protected characteristic. You specifically promised to take it into account in EIAs.

Could you….start doing that please? I’d suggest having it in your template for EIAs would be a really good start.

Can’t believe I missed this… an advert for social housing in Feb banned care leavers from applying! 😡

‘No Care leavers’ was the exact wording used by Guinness Partnership, one of the UK’s largest providers. 🏠

It’s since been taken down… but how (& WHY) did this happen? #CEP

There are plenty of restaurants & cafes across the country where kids eat free or for £1 over the Easter holidays. 🍽️

Isabella McRae has compiled a list of 31 places nationwide feeding children for free or cheap this Easter break.

See them all below. ⬇️
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🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️EXCLUSIVE: This is the statue of Harry Kane which has been sat in storage for years

Big Issue has obtained pictures of the statue, commissioned in 2019, and as-yet-unseen

Waltham Forest Council spent £7,200 on it, at the request of residents. But it hasn't found a home...

A very warm welcome Charlotte Edgeworth (Charlotte E) and Isaac Borquaye (@GuvnaB) to the Youth Music family. So happy you're joining us as Co-Chairs - a great combo! Look forward to working with you as we embark on our next chapter supporting young people's lives in music 🙏

I don’t have a mum in my life, but I’ve been blessed with many maternal figures who’ve filled that gap.

From teachers to carers, friends, mentors & everything in between.

Today let’s celebrate all the mum-like figures out there, not just the biological ones. 💛 #HappyMothersDay

LBC I guess there won’t be a May election after all

LGBTQ+ adoption and fostering is on the rise – and these couples couldn’t recommend it more thepinknews.com/2024/03/07/lgb… thepinknews.com/2024/03/07/lgb…

EXCLUSIVE: 'I thought I was going to die': The reality of life on controversial asylum barge Bibby Stockholm
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Councils often keep people (young mums) in temp bed + breakfast accommodation for longer than the six weeks allowed in law. But there are never any consequences for them doing this. How is it allowed? ⁦KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner⁩ ‘Three of us sleep in this bed’

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The next Big Issue share sianushka & Sophia Alexandra Hall made me 🤯💔

How privatisation of foster care is turning vulnerable children into money-making commodities
&
referring to carers as gold bars 😡

What place does PE & profit have in this space?

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Been a week since the request went out for CEPs to fill in survey about access to our records. ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
Ed Nixon Dee #jesuiseuropean #LoveNHS💙☮️🍉 Dr Delyth Edwards Article 39 PoisonPinkDaisy #CEP #Artifacts #YLYS 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 johngeorge1977 please share if you can. Thank you

Last night, we said fond farewells to our incredible Chair of Trustees, YolanDa Brown OBE.

A huge thank you to YolanDa for her expertise, energy and trusting friendship over the last six years.

We will miss YolanDa very much and wish her the very best for the future 💜