Care Experienced - Higher Education Widening Participation - Red Devil - @chrishoyle.bsky.social
Joined May 2010
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12 Nov 2025
I’ll break my silence here to promote this very worthy project. It gives Christmas Joy to care experienced and estranged students. Please donate and/or share if you can.
yustart.hubbub.net/p/Chrisma…
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22 Nov 2024
Afraid this is your warning that Christmas season is officially in full swing. Give the gift of Christmas joy, if you can
yustart.hubbub.net/p/Christm…
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2 Nov 2024
We just attacking people for the colour of their skin now?
2 Nov 2024
Male, pale, and stale.
Labour really do need to sort themselves out.
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17 Oct 2024
Utterly love this fostering advert from @MyDoncaster. Does it all in the right way, appeals to the core of what makes a good foster carer. Bravo.
youtu.be/1zkAPQx2YTo?si=pDDb…
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6 Oct 2024
I was looked after under a section 20 (voluntary arrangement). It would have been dangerous for me to return home.
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25 Sep 2024
Debby brought the wrong chargers 😬
25 Sep 2024
Highlight of the call (names changed for anonymity etc):
Debby: so are they keeping you in then?
Bob: yes debby, I’ve been here for 5 days
😂😂😂
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25 Sep 2024
Currently in a hospital ward with some old blokes (who are all nice enough). Old people are wild though.
One just watches snooker on his iPad with the sound through the speaker like some kind of psycho.
Guy in bed next to me? 20 minute call to his wife on speakerphone.
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25 Sep 2024
Highlight of the call (names changed for anonymity etc):
Debby: so are they keeping you in then?
Bob: yes debby, I’ve been here for 5 days
😂😂😂
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16 Sep 2024
The plan for Friday at 3pm: date night, eat duck, drink wine.
How Friday actually turned out: 8 hours in A&E, exploratory surgery for suspected appendicitis (it wasn’t) and morphine.
1/10 do not recommend.
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12 Sep 2024
Lucy just utterly smashing this lawyer lark.
12 Sep 2024
🚨Only 4 months old & @lawyerswhocare_ have got care-experienced people on the map in law! Both the @barstandards and @thebarcouncil are now recognising care experience for the first time! 🥹
Was an honour to meet Kathryn Stone OBE & discuss what we can do for #CEP #inclusion ⚖️
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11 Sep 2024
Really love that Helen has raised this.
There is an evidence base behind the work of @ThisIsUniteFdn to show it is effective. Safe and stable homes make a world of difference.
10 Sep 2024
The university drop out rate for care experienced students is unacceptably high (38% compared with 6% of their peers)
As students arrive at university this week, I asked Education Ministers to ensure there is consistent support for care experienced students in every university >
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10 Sep 2024
In today’s “places where a protected characteristic for care experienced people would make a material difference”. This document, its constant use of parents/family, and its consideration of protected characteristics.
birthto5matters.org.uk/wp-co…
#EYFS
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29 Aug 2024
Not gonna lie @whocaresscot getting @PureGym to give half price membership to care experienced people might be about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
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22 Aug 2024
York committing to another 4 years of this sector leading financial support for care leavers. Today is a good day. Forever proud of my Alma.
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19 Aug 2024
Really don’t want to bash the increasing of a bursary because it’s always good but honestly, for an institution like @UniofOxford this is a barely inflation rise to a rounding error on the overall operating costs of the institution.
19 Aug 2024
oxford increasing its care experienced & estranged student bursary from £3,000 ➡️ £3,500
very demure, very mindful, very cutesy 🫶 thank you @UniofOxford x
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10 Aug 2024
Sheffield city council: agreed to treat care experience as a protected characteristic in November 2023.
Included it in their 4 year equality strategy in March 2024.
It doesn’t have to take several years to implement after you’ve had your nice press statement.
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9 Aug 2024
Imagine picking an argument with someone who has spent years honing the craft as their day job.
9 Aug 2024
To help your followers:
- You accused me of demanding “legislation” - this was a lie.
- You accused me of claiming that all tension would melt away by a simple act of legislation - I said no such thing. A lie.
- You accused me of wanting to expel MPs for mere populism. This was a lie. I made it clear I was talking about inciting violence.
You then sealioned for days, repeatedly inciting your followers to troll me for declining to engage with you and your false premise that I wanted to expel MPs whom I merely “disagreed” with.
“Good faith” could not be a less apt description for your behaviour.
That is why I have no interest in discussing this with you further. That is why I have had to block you.
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8 Aug 2024
Fully funded with travel and accommodation. Nothing to stop you organising for some brilliant young people to go down and visit Oxford.
8 Aug 2024
We're doing it again 🙌
Friday 20th September: Care Experienced & Estranged Open Day Session at @magdalenoxford
🔗 Link to Register: forms.gle/FWk5DuZojCkcyBiz5
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Chris Hoyle retweeted
6 Aug 2024
We’ve had a brilliant response to our project and are so grateful to all of those who have come forward to share their experiences. If you are a care experienced parent and would like to take part, please get in touch 😊 @LeverhulmeTrust @shirleylewis21
10 Jun 2024
📢 I’m delighted to announce that @shirleylewis21 and I have officially launched our new project ‘Everyday Parenting with Care experience’. The project focuses on positive parenting journeys.
sheffield.ac.uk/ahpnm/resear…
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