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Luke Billingham retweeted
21 Jan 2025
š¢ Stigma around people in poverty, benefits and welfare is key to understanding why poverty is still deemed acceptable in a country as wealthy as the UK.
Read our recent report on stigma below:
jrf.org.uk/stigma-power-and-ā¦
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Luke Billingham retweeted
31 Dec 2024
After 10 years of thinking...5 years of research...1 year of writing, I have FINALLY completed the draft manuscript of my book on the gentrification of Hackney.
"From Hackney, With Love: An Intimate History of Gentrification" will be out in May 2025
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Luke Billingham retweeted
23 Dec 2024
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE TO START THE NEW YEARāļø
šØPartisan are looking for a new team memberšØ
NEW ROLE: (Lead) Clinical Community Psychologist/ Psychotherapist
Salary: Ā£46K - Ā£58K (4 day working week)
Closing Date: 19th January 2025
partisanuk.org/join-our-team
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Luke Billingham retweeted
21 Dec 2024
CareTech is the biggest private provider of childrenās homes and foster care. Every year councils pay CareTech Ā£600 million to care for vulnerable young people. Every day CareTech fails young people. š§µ
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Luke Billingham retweeted
19 Dec 2024
If you can spare anything to help save @OasisPlay please donate today. It is not 'just a playground' it is a lifeline for children and families, many of whom are living in challenging circumstances. Donate, share and speak up for play! #adventureplay #playmatters
17 Dec 2024
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Luke Billingham retweeted
17 Dec 2024
Job alert š£
Two senior policy roles on housing and work.
Location: York/London/Hybrid.
Join us tomorrow at 12pm - we'll set out the key responsibilities of the roles and how they fit within the broader strategy of the team and wider organisation: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regiā¦.
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I've interviewed dozens of nurses and doctors. They all tell me the same story: Working above contracted hours due to unsafe staffing and coming home exhausted. They end up leaving and the staffing crisis worsens.
This is an insult to those who form the very backbone of our NHS.
11 Dec 2024
Public sector workers will only get above inflation pay increases if they improve productivity, Downing Street says
bbc.in/49BHExF
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Luke Billingham retweeted
Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) were introduced in 2022 to tackle knife crime, but the Home Office's lack of transparency means what happened next has been shrouded in secrecy.
A short threadš§µ
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Luke Billingham retweeted
10 Dec 2024
āWe canāt tackle attendance if we donāt tackle povertyā
In a country as wealthy as ours no child or their family should be going without
the essentials. No Government wishing to reduce school absence can ignore the role that poverty plays in driving it.
centreforyounglives.org.uk/nā¦.
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11 Dec 2024
The Crib is a brilliant and vital place supporting Hackney's young people - share and support if you can
justgiving.com/campaign/cribā¦
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Luke Billingham retweeted
9 Dec 2024
This today from @ONS: āIn London, the average home was not affordable for any household income decile; in three other regions, the average home was only affordable to the top decile.ā This in a nutshell is the UK housing crisis for younger people
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Luke Billingham retweeted
5 Dec 2024
āLetās build housing on a scale not seen since the Second World Warā
newstatesman.com/spotlight/eā¦
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Luke Billingham retweeted
3 Dec 2024
New research by @CfYoungLives and @jrf_uk has put forward some stark findings on poverty and attendance.
1. Children on Free School Meals are 2x more likely to be absent from primary and secondary schoolā¦
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Luke Billingham retweeted
3 Dec 2024
Poverty is preventing some children from attending school amid big rises in absence among children receiving free school meals, warns a new report from
@cfyounglives
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Luke Billingham retweeted
28 Nov 2024
1/12 Our book, āSocial Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UKā, by David Walsh and I, is out today. It details how mortality stopped improving in the UK and other countries as a result of austerity policies damaging the building blocks of health. Hereās a brief summary:
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Luke Billingham retweeted
29 Nov 2024
āRight now, grassroots orgs play an important, immediate, yet undervalued role in supporting/improving the mental health and well-being of children and youth.ā
30 Nov 2023
GFC's President and CEO, @jhecklinger, shared with Philanthropy News Digest, how #grassroots leaders use creative solutions to engage #children who might not be willing or able to access traditional mental health services.
Learn more: bit.ly/45Gg6Uh
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28 Nov 2024
RT @HackneyAbbott: Attacking people who rely on benefits is abusive and demoralising. It damages lives. It doesn't save any money.
True theā¦
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Luke Billingham retweeted
20 Nov 2024
March with us at Forest Road Youth Hub this Monday 25 November at 9am for #16DaysOfActivism against gender-based violence.
Young people, community leaders, businesses and individuals all welcome!
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