Getting ready for day two!

A horrible but extremely important study here. I have said for years that we don’t place enough focus on just how many sex offenders are in our society, which increases victim prejudice and victim blaming. We always hear ‘1 in 4 girls will be abused’ or ‘1 in 3 women will be

Bridging the Gap launched its first pilot at Tower Hamlets food co-ops last week. Introducing affordable organic fruit and veg from local farmers via Better Food Shed. Huge thanks to Alexandra Rose Charity Growing Communities Wen. (Women’s Environmental Network) Leaders in Community sustainweb.org/news/nov23-bri…

Unfortunately, the demand for our work has grown the last year and we have never supported as many families and people with multiple, long-term health issues as we do right now. If you can spare £5, it will help us advocate for much larger change that needs to happen.

We are so close to our target🤞🤞🤞 When someone is struggling, research shows the first thing to go in the household budget is veg. Your donation will go towards helping families and people with multiple, long-term health issues prioritise veg this Christmas 🧅🥬🥦🥕🫛🥔

The reality behind this is horrible

⚠️ Britons are eating fewer vegetables than at any time in the last 50 years due to rising prices. Findings from our latest Peas Please report published in Mail Online 👇 dailymail.co.uk/health/article… #CostOfLivingCrisis

📢 'We urgently businesses to make eating veg the easy and affordable option - and more support from the Government to ensure everyone is able to access and afford a healthy diet' Our latest Peas Please report featured in The Grocer 👇 thegrocer.co.uk/health/veg-sal… #PeasPlease

On Radio 4’s Today programme this morning - urgent action needed on failing child health (8.10am). It includes an interview with Prof Matt Ashton FFPH (also on Bluesky), Liverpool Council’s Director of Public Health acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/urge…

Thank you to Nikita Sinclair, Interim Head of the Children’s Health and Food Programme at Impact on Urban Health, for highlighting our work at the House of Lords – Food, Diet and Obesity Committee earlier today. 1/4

So happy to have Amy join the team 👏

Great featured books in the food section in the Idea Store Library, next to Chrisp Street market in Tower Hamlets

Great visit to Limehouse Town Hall all-organic food co-op this morning 🥬 When I was waiting for the doors to open, I spoke to new regular Barbara (50s) who was waiting with me. After her shop she pointed to her two full bags, “This was all £13, it’ll last all week”

Hundreds of NHS patients have been prescribed fruit and vegetables by GPs in a pioneering scheme found to help them lose weight and lower blood pressure ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/mood-u…

Loved taking part in this earlier this week - great to see so many innovative, thoughtful work happening at scale in the US and Europe. Happy to be a representative of the UK's approach to vouchers and food poverty action

I am very happy with my bouquet of organic garlic, if you can’t tell. Only £1.10 for 4 bulbs! 📍 Teviot Centre food co-op where organic fruit and veg is discounted by 50%

I hear the press have got hold of some pictures and so I have been forced to make this statement. Needless to say, I apologise. shorturl.at/nENOY

Shocking insights published by Amy Deptford today - The Local Authority public health grant has reduced in value in real terms by 27% since 2015/16 No wonder health inequalities are at record levels We'd need a £1.5bn increase to restore it to its 2015/16 value

Went to see River of Black Stone by Emii Alrai Emii Alrai at Compton Verney a journey into the depths of a fictional volcano, where artifacts are vitrified by lava or eroded by touch. Inspired by Volaire’s An Eruption of Vesuvius by Moonlight (18C). Worth a visit! ACE Midlands