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Gillian Oliver @gilli_oli

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Joined November 2015
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Hooray- light dawning that council officers cannot improve health stats by themselves. It need not cost money and can save councils £££! @MerronSimpson @TheHCAlliance
Paul Faulkner @PaulFaulkner2
21 Nov 2025
The plan is to head off health problems before they begin - or at least prevent them from getting worse. But there's a warning it will take a whole-society effort to realise the vision. lep.co.uk/health/unsustainab…
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Podcast out today >>> Blackpool Disability Forum presents its own resident’s review of disabled parking buzzsprout.com/1951991/episo… @CllrMelClose @GinaMillson

Gillian Oliver @gilli_oli
9 Oct 2025
Thanks if you added your voice to yesterday’s Disability Forum at Holy Trinity South Shore. Podcast on the way ⁦@GedMills⁩ ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩ ⁦@TracyCtroy⁩
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Thanks if you added your voice to yesterday’s Disability Forum at Holy Trinity South Shore. Podcast on the way ⁦@GedMills⁩ ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩ ⁦@TracyCtroy⁩
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This issue ‘the most urgent and humbling in the constituency’ says local MP, podcast buzzsprout.com/1951991/episo… @GinaMillson

BBC News (UK)
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9 Oct 2025
Young children taking knives to school, BBC finds bbc.in/48n5wXs
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“Make sure kids are heard” - an anti-bullying roundtable — Chris Webb

I’ve spent the past year listening to the people of Blackpool South – in homes, in schools and in the community. Nowhere have the conversations felt more urgent or more humbling than in the room at...

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Today: disabled parking spaces volunteer hospital transport Disability Pride 2026 hotpot for all #Blackpool
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Latest report from Blackpool Disability Forum features @CllrMelClose asking what we all want to know: can blue badge drivers really park anywhere in town for free? buzzsprout.com/1951991/episo…
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Disability Equality North West @DIsabilityNW
20 Aug 2025
This afternoon we’ve been with friends and colleagues in Blackpool for the Disability Forum - discussing Blue Badge spaces, hospital transport & buses - and there was Ice cream !! Of course there was it’s the seaside !! 🍦 @povertytruthnet @DisabilityFirst
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Listen: How do Blackpool’s disabled residents feel about the benefits debate? #welfarereform ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

Blackpool's disabled residents on benefits buses and more

Podcast Episode · The Other Side Of Blackpool Podcast · 2 July 2025 · 35min

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Philip Murray
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20 Jun 2025
This is a country that can't build a new high speed railway line. Who on earth thinks we can safely provide an assisted suicide service?
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Blackpool Disability Forum tomorrow ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩
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Tomorrow: #DisabilityForum is meeting is at big central Sainsbury’s .. if you are concerned about cuts to disability benefits, we have expert advice on hand. Featuring ⁦@ChrisWebbMP⁩ comments on ⁦@ChoppersPodcast⁩
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“It’s expensive keeping people poor. The vast NHS bill is exaggerated by the large amount of patients suffering from food poverty. Poverty destroys government budgets, undermining their effectiveness.” ⁦@johnbirdswords⁩ bigissue.com/news/politics/s…

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?

Rachel Reeves splashed about the billions as she announced her spending review. But there were big absences.

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“Council tax debt collection is a nightmare system… vicious… aggressive… lives are destroyed…constituents treated worse than customers”. @martinslewis is pushing for change. Listen 1.39 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d1…
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Here’s Belle, the only driver in her household. When she and husband Phil complained about disabled transport in #Blackpool, she set off a research project that took 18 months to complete. buzzsprout.com/1951991/episo… ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩
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Research by @TransportCttee and @HealthwatchBpl confirms it: Disabled Transport isn’t working. New podcast buzzsprout.com/1951991/episo… @CllrMelClose
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"Listening is ... acting". MP reports from our latest event with Shamir, Elise and the teens who've been bulllied at school in Blackpool. @ChrisWebbMP chriswebb.org/news/make-sure…

“Make sure kids are heard” - an anti-bullying roundtable — Chris Webb

I’ve spent the past year listening to the people of Blackpool South – in homes, in schools and in the community. Nowhere have the conversations felt more urgent or more humbling than in the room at...

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“We are hearing from people who wouldn’t be able to afford to travel to vital doctors’ and hospital appointments.” @BigIssue⁩ bigissue.com/news/social-jus…

'People are scared': Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts

Increasing numbers of people are calling helplines in 'distress', charities warned

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Our usual Residents lunch tomorrow, all welcome #Blackpool
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Transport Committee
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20 Mar 2025
Too often, people with accessibility needs are being let down, and this needs to change. There needs to be an overhaul of UK transport’s regulatory system to ensure disabled people are protected from discrimination and can travel where and when they need to. Read our report 👇
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Read our report

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