Alex Goldup

Local government comms. New Forest 🌳/ London 🌆. Tweeting mostly about PR, digital, and dad jokes.

[The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL]

brat summer is over. now it's time for pannage autumn, the ancient medieval custom of releasing your pigs in the woods so they can eat the chestnuts and acorns that fall to the forest floor.

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Some lovely local media coverage for our superstar GCSE students in Lewisham. We've been out and about at schools today capturing content - it's been great speaking to students and hearing about their plans for the future. Brings back lots of memories too!
https://t.co/0VfHEfhE2s

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

A Level results day is one of the (many) highlights of our @LewishamCouncil comms calendar. Great to spend time with staff and students at @TheSFH6 and @elliereeves this morning, sharing some of our fantastic local success stories. 🫶

[Lewisham Council @LewishamCouncil]

Huge congratulations to young people across the borough who are collecting their A Level and BTEC results today. Whatever your results, you're not on your own - help and support is available. 🧵[1/5]

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Team Lewisham absolutely smashing this week with another first rate campaign 💪. This video is just a small part of a much wider campaign celebrating the people and businesses who make the borough so special.

Local authority comms eh, nothing if not varied! #NotJustBins

[Lewisham Council @LewishamCouncil]

Lewisham loves local! ⭐️

Good Food stores in Catford and Sydenham are a hidden gem and one of the many proudly independent small businesses that Lewisham has to offer 👏

Visit https://t.co/w9mqTyn0kw to see our guide for a great summer in Lewisham 🎉 #DiscoverLewisham

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Had a great time filming this video today, showcasing just one of our fab @LewishamCouncil summer activities.
Some nifty footwork on display there too… ⚽️

[Lewisham Council @LewishamCouncil]

Our summer Holiday Activities and Food Programme is up and running! 🌞

More than 1,500 schoolchildren are enjoying our programme of free activities this summer. ⚽️

@chris_barnham spent time with the team and kids at Sydenham School today, organised by Ballers Sports Coaching ⬇️

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Keeping children safe and supporting families are among the most important things we do in local government.

Huge congrats to my colleagues at @LewishamCouncil 👇

[Lewisham Council @LewishamCouncil]

🎉 It's official: Ofsted says our Children's Services are now 'Good'

👍 They've praised major improvements that have led to better outcomes for children and young people.

Cllr Chris Barnham, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, explains why this is great news.⬇️

[Lewisham Council @LewishamCouncil]

🧵A thread about the exciting redevelopment of Riverside Youth Club in Deptford.

👷 Yesterday we celebrated the official start of building works with our partners @youthfirstldn, @Millwall_MCT and others.

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Describing Beethoven’s Ninth as ‘totally naff’ is quite the bold take. 🤷

[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

What piece of classic music is Sir @Keir_Starmer’s favourite…

Choose any in the world…

A Wesleyan Hymn… some rousing Elgar… a modern American classic… a slice of Wagnerian Opera…

And he alights on the EU Anthem…

Simultaneously totally naff and completely telling

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

This is becoming something of an annual tradition. Wouldn’t feel like a proper storm without a bit of Big Jet TV 💨🛬

[ianVisits @ianvisits]

Big Jet TV will be giving live coverage as #StormCiarán buffets planes landing at Heathrow Airport from 12 noon today

https://t.co/CckG4RdOgg

That's your lunchtime sorted.

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Fantastic campaign from my former colleagues at @RNIB, challenging the misconceptions around sight loss 👇

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Great to visit and film with Feed the Hill in New Cross last week. They’re one of many fantastic community food-giving organisations working with @LewishamCouncil and others during the cost-of-living crisis. 👇

[Lewisham Council @LewishamCouncil]

📅On #WorldFoodDay we'd like to introduce you to Feed the Hill in New Cross - one of many fantastic organisations in the borough improving access to nutritious and sustainable food.

🧵⬇️Watch our video and read on for more about how we're tackling food injustice.
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[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Incredible, important video. Probably the best piece of mental health comms I’ve seen. You think you know where it’s going, until you don’t.

Bravo @NorwichCityFC
#WorldMentalHealthDay

[Norwich City FC @NorwichCityFC]

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.

Check in on those around you.

#WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

It’s fair to say that it’s not often that @BBCCountryfile comes to Lewisham. 📺🌾

It was great to work with their team, as well as my fab public health colleagues at @LewishamCouncil, to publicise the great work happening in this corner of south London to combat food poverty.

[Lewisham Council @LewishamCouncil]

ICYMI: We invited @BBCCountryfile down to Beckenham Place Park to learn about community food growing and other ways we're tackling food insecurity. 🥗

Watch our Director of Public Health @DPH_Lewisham talk about it here, starting around 19 minutes in 👇

https://t.co/uSgQYu1pMA

[Jack Gogarty @jackgogarty]

Not knowing enough about Greek mythology is my Achilles’ Horse.

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

@LisaClavering It’s going to well worth the wait though. Enjoy!

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

Happy Zelda Day to those who celebrate.
https://t.co/D4V8yT3ULt

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

@rabbitinahat Thanks Becky. Hoping to pop in and see you all sometime in the new office!

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

This, from my ace former colleague @rabbitinahat, is a must-listen for comms people about #AltText, why it matters, and why too many are still getting it wrong.

[Alex Goldup @AlexGoldup]

The accompanying article is great too 👇
https://t.co/1VsXqUaE5j