Abi Billinghurst

Founder and CEO @Abianda1. Mum of girls.

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

A brilliant opportunity for young women to join the @Abianda1 team! Paid work and loads of professional development opportunities. Please share 💜

[ABIANDA @Abianda1]

📢 Deadline extended! We're looking for London-based young women to join our Young Women's Advisory Group. You'll be supported to bring your expertise to Abianda, develop an insight into the operations of a charity & work on external projects & campaigns✨ https://t.co/be892lfRNN

[Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel @CSPR_Panel]

📢Just released! We’ve published a new report, “It’s Silent: Race, Racism, and Safeguarding Children”.

Dive into critical insights about protecting Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage children from abuse and neglect by @JahnineDavis @TheVKPP

https://t.co/4ORhOEXoUJ

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

@ArsenalWFC Love this. Looking forward to the FA game this weekend against @LiverpoolFCW - even more special as it’s the #IWD25 weekend! @Abianda1 @AFCCommunity

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

As we approach #IWD25 we spent the day with a powerhouse group of women from the world of marketing and comms to think about how @Abianda1 uses its voice & amplifies experiences of young women. Huge thanks to @Media_Trust for hosting, @moni_natasha and others for their wisdom.

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

How unsurprising. Black children 6 times more likely to be strip-searched, and non-compliance with the rules in over half of cases. https://t.co/qmmczfNgcg

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

The amazing @Justforkidslaw coming through again to support children and family rights 💕

[Just for Kids Law @Justforkidslaw]

No child & family should have to attend a school exclusion hearing without representation! We have lawyers who provide free legal advice and representation to challenge the decision.

Contact us here👇
https://t.co/0oJplB2DR4

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

I’m a bit inconsistent with social media (well-being etc), so I’m a bit late with this - but this is what wrote about our amazing team for #IWD2023… and every day! @Abianda1

[ABIANDA @Abianda1]

Happy International Women's Day! We work tirelessly to ensure that young women & girls can live free from harm & abuse. Our CEO @AbiBillinghurst would particularly like to celebrate the amazing Abianda team. Read her thoughts on #EmbracingEquity: https://t.co/om6O7lsVpS
#IWD2023

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

@luhc Yes indeed! Often it’s not though. We see #youngwomen being encouraged to take on private tenancies as a solution to quick housing security… but that leads to less recourse to help, increased rates and increased debt and more punitive measures if they fall short! @Abianda1

[Nicky Hill @nickyjanehill]

There is so much #CountyLines content on TikTok. Lots in #Cuckooed homes which become dirty & dangerous trap houses. In so many of them there’s evidence of #girls & #women there, yet the focus of nearly all agencies remains on boys #WhereThereAreBoysThereAreGirls

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

This is a brilliant FREE resource for all London professionals who want to understand how #girls & #youngwomen are impacted by #countylines. Our brilliant Gender Consultant will help you think about approach & practice to get the best outcomes them. #rescueandresponse @MOPACLdn

[ABIANDA @Abianda1]

FREE training! If you work in London & want to understand how #CountyLines exploitation affects young women & girls, join our Gender Consultant for a free session on 30 March. Sign up here: https://t.co/B1LKjruRQy
#London #YouthWork #ContextualSafeguarding

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

@carlenefirmin Carlene! Huge congratulations to you all. Beautiful news. Enjoy each other and your time off! X

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

I LOVE that I get to lecture MA #youth & #community students every year @GoldsmithsUoL! Such stimulating conversation, so rich in their thought & expertise. Realised earlier that this is my 10th year… having done my own youth work MA there in 2007!! @Abianda1

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

Personally this makes we want to rage at the world! Professionally, I fear for girls and young women who may need help from the police. When will it stop? Firearms officer ‘secretly filmed sex and shared video with colleagues’ https://t.co/5P4o1CZ3e4

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

We are celebrating our incredible team on #IWD2023. #EmbracingEquity is part of their work with young women and girls every day! https://t.co/yE4BAi1iPl

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

@nickyjanehill @Beverleyknight @SharonRoseLive @Abianda1 So excited! A perfect way to mark #IWD2023 and keep fuelling the fire in our bellies!

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

@nickyjanehill @ben_wittenberg @DebAllcockTyler @pgoodfellow_ Indeeed!

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

@nickyjanehill The glamour! 😂

[Just for Kids Law @Justforkidslaw]

Our education solicitor Florence Cole has been representing #ChildQ since the case was referred to her in 2020. 🧵(1/7)

[Abi Billinghurst @AbiBillinghurst]

Thanks @MartinBarrow for this summary of the #ChildQ report, highlighting race & adultification as influencing factors. As a parent this is terrifying. As someone w/ child safeguarding responsibilities this is an appalling violation of this child’s rights.

[Martin Barrow @MartinBarrow]

Another Met Police scandal: a black girl was stripped and searched at school. The search, which involved the exposure of her intimate body parts, took place without an appropriate adult present and with the knowledge that she was menstruating. Case review:
https://t.co/mVZgCBwJCD