Ben Ballin

Educationalist @Big_Brum; Consultant to @The_GA; Writer, @oddizzi and @2041schools; Secretary @wmsussch; Trustee, Switched On-Gambia. Born 317ppm

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

Please support this appeal for Little Brum youth theatre's film project

[Big Brum Theatre @Big_Brum]

Little Brum provides opportunities for young people in North Solihull to engage with meaningful theatre making. We appreciate any support in making their very first play into a film.

To donate, scan the QR code or click the link.

https://t.co/wrQjwDvShL

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

It would be sad to live on earth without talented and cheerful people.

[Cllr Gurpreet Singh Johal @GSJohal85]

Today, Tuesday 06 October 2026 marks:

5th day of bail
4 days of illegal detention
3259 days of torture & abuse
3259 days of human rights breach
3259 days of injustice

824 days of failure by the UK Government

No evidence
No conviction

#FreeJaggiNow

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

Rumi - from ‘Acts of Helplessness’

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

First project meeting - 17 November. Interested? Drop us a line!

[Big Brum Theatre @Big_Brum]

The ‘Children of Minos’ project has its first meeting on 17 Nov 2026. We warmly invite young people to join us from 5 to 7pm at the Core Theatre, Solihull. This project is for young people aged 11-15 whose families have recently arrived in the UK. Email us at [email protected]

[Hot Poets @Hot_Poets]

Hot Poets Teaching Pack with @MichaelRosenYes Rosen
BUY NOW - Discount code: SOCIALS100
https://t.co/yF6ckDMQsF

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

Anyone interested in an end-of-year order?

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

I’m putting another Bwindi coffee and honey order in soon. Let me know if you’re interested (a direct message is best). All proceeds to their amazing locally-led work in Uganda

[HOPE not hate @hopenothate]

In Salford, over 45 homes have been targeted in a spate of racist vandalism.

One person who has conducted a campaign of identifying and filming supposed HMOs on social media is former deputy leader of the far right group Britain First, Ashlea Simon.

Simon now runs her own group, All for England.

https://t.co/d2ztTS6a1K

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

States must live up to their legal obligations by taking concrete action to hold Israel accountable for its incessant crimes against Palestinians, including state-driven settler violence. They must halt all trade, investment and cooperation that contribute to maintaining Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing campaign. Hiding behind empty rhetoric is not just cowardly; for Palestinians, it continues to be deadly.

[Grenfell United @GrenfellUnited]

60 years since Aberfan. 116 children and 28 adults whose lives should never have been taken.

We stand with the bereaved families, survivors and the whole Aberfan community today as they honour their loved ones and mark 60 years of unimaginable loss.

[Yorkshire Victor Meldrew+his dog @TheMeldrew]

💔💔💔

[Ragged Trousered Philanderer @RaggedTP]

On 22nd September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, Wales, an explosion killed 266 men & boys underground. 6 survived and only 11 bodies were ever recovered.
The wages of all were docked by half a days pay by the owners because the men had 'failed to complete their shift.'

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Anyone interested in free speech, will be angry or worried about this, surely?

[Geographical Association @The_GA]

Sustainability meets real-world learning in The Village School EcoRefill Shop.

Martina Babinova and Nima Patel share how pupils with ASC are developing communication, independence and practical skills while learning about responsible consumption. Read their story in the latest Primary Geography.

Link: https://t.co/H25A1yDntE

#PriGeogJournal #PrimaryGeography #Sustainability

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

Chelmsley Wood belongs to everyone: sign the statement here:
https://t.co/imJvaSF6sm

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

The Children of Minos project - starts in November

[Big Brum Theatre @Big_Brum]

The ‘Children of Minos’ project has its first meeting on 17 Nov 2026. We warmly invite young people to join us from 5 to 7pm at the Core Theatre, Solihull. This project is for young people aged 11-15 whose families have recently arrived in the UK. Email us at [email protected]

[Ben Ballin @BenMBallin]

Still time to support!

[Big Brum Theatre @Big_Brum]

Little Brum provides opportunities for young people in North Solihull to engage with meaningful theatre making. We appreciate any support in making their very first play into a film.

To donate, scan the QR code or click the link.

https://t.co/wrQjwDvShL

[Yorkshire Victor Meldrew+his dog @TheMeldrew]

I posted this morning about the newly formed Chelmsleywood patriots harassing two Indian students, looks like they followed them home and smashed their window, all because they aren't white, sickening

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

This is a new one.

Donald Trump brags about having the highest poverty numbers, "the poverty higher than they have ever been before, by a record amount."

Of course his idiot followers clap and cheer.

[Days of Palestine @pal_gallery]

Israel Seizes Control of 18% of West Bank Land, Establishes 185 New Outposts https://t.co/9k7SCT98we

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

Nigel Farage would not answer my questions around the racism and sexism in his party when he walked through an Essex town centre today. Instead his ‘bodyguard’ whom I told not to touch me, told me, ‘I can do whatever I want’.