I can't emphasize this enough. Suicide prevention isn't just a 24 hour crisis line. It's stable accommodation, adequate financial support, high quality mental & physical healthcare, social care, stigma & discrimination reduction & acess to employment & education opportunities.
So @AOC just sent out this email with the subject line "My tips for burnout." I assumed it was one of those thinly-veiled fundraising emails with a faux-informal subject line that tricks you into opening it, but nope. It really was just an email about dealing with burnout.
My feelings about the proposed 888 text app tracker thing:
It is BRILLIANT news the government have found an extra £50m down the back of the sofa.
Now they know the #HollieGuard app already exists and don’t have to spend that £50m on it, can we all send them our wish list?
The most unsafe place for a woman remains her own home - 1 in 4 suffering abuse
Stranger attacks are thankfully rare
What does this App do to help them?
Stop telling women what they “should/must” do
Focus on men who are the threat, prosecute them, disrupt them, get them to change
Boris Johnson’s makeover of Number 10 will reportedly cost up to £200,000.
Priti Patel’s legal settlement amid bullying claims is £340,000.
Meanwhile qualified nurses are getting a pay rise of £3.50 a week.