Compassionate Troublemaking

Spotlighting Rogue Changemaking!

#ActiveDissent x #RadicalKindness

[Compassionate Troublemaking @CompassionateT1]

1 thing at @DDNMagazine #DDNConference that could easily go under the radar...

No speakers were framed in isolation. They were all part of a panel or team and vocally recognized this

No 1 person has all the answers to fix the complex issues we face as individuals & a collective

[Cranstoun @Cranstoun_org]

🗣️BuddyUp is now available for anyone using drugs across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We can reach all parts of the UK & people who in rural locations can access the same support as those living in a city.

📲There is no pressure on anyone using this service. A supporter will only see your location if you require emergency service support if you overdose.

Find out more about the app 👇 https://t.co/XB9DNJWkyv

[Waistcoat Dave @WaistcoatDave]

A lot of amazing stuff at #DDNConference this morning has been about tackling #Stigma in all forms inc #Addiction

But even more than that it's been about #LivedExperience being more than just a catchphrase.

Truly turning 'With Us Not For Us' from theory into creative practice.

[Waistcoat Dave @WaistcoatDave]

Incredible talk at #DDNConference by Alistair Bryant from @Cranstoun_org on the role community members can have in #Addiction #Recovery as peers, regardless of where they are in their own treatment journey.

[Waistcoat Dave @WaistcoatDave]

Hearing about @Cranstoun_org #BuddyUp app at #DDNConference -
Tackling isolated #substance #overdose risks.

Creatively & radically meeting people where they are & investing in health, wellbeing & isolation.

Fantastic

[Waistcoat Dave @WaistcoatDave]

Lucky to be at #DDNConference.

Listening to #AntiStigmaNetwork about tackling the unmoving social stigma of addiction.

[Humankind @Humankind_UK]

We loved hearing @KarenBiggs4 of @PhoenixFutures1 and the voices of individual members of the Anti Stigma Network talk about the project at @DDNMagazine Conference. We need to work collaboratively to improve understanding of #stigma and challenge discrimination.

[Janey Starling @janeyjstarling]

I wrote about how charities’ nice, polite fixation on ‘goodness’ makes them increasingly complicit in upholding inequality in the UK.

Sorry not sorry! Someone had to say it! Thanks @opendemocracy for publishing.

https://t.co/KSzuy2x3oU

[Robert Peston @Peston]

in the frame to be fined. The only officials being interviewed are “witnesses”. Their role is to help the police interpret the questionnaire answers they’ve received from others, to help confirm which events were in fact illegal parties and who should be fined.

[Compassionate Troublemaking @CompassionateT1]

#StandWithUkraine️ #TikTok https://t.co/ddjsnYDOpV

[Alex Smith @alexsmith1982]

My friend sent me this on five key ways to wellbeing – long-evidenced research shows that prioritising relationships, community and connection is one of the most important. Time for a more connected age.

[Joe Lycett @joelycett]

This is an actual series of messages I have received from someone who works for a cabinet minister. Source is verified.

[Joe Lycett @joelycett]

BREAKING: Leaked Sue Gray report reveals shocking abuse of the rules. Hard to see how the PM can cling on after this.

[Families Forward VA Advocacy @FamiliesFwdVA]

A new public library in my area has these work stations for caregivers with babies! Maybe these are common in other places but Ive never seen anything like this before.

[Erika Ishii @erikaishii]

A game where you explore and break into tombs, but it’s to put back museum artifacts that were raided.

[Lester Holloway @LesterJHolloway]

Police formally apologise over Dalian Atkinson death after officer’s conviction << News snuck out at Christmas. Please retweet. Pinned. https://t.co/xs40MWA7Id

[HG @wordsbyHG]

If you work in the NHS and a patient tells you they’ve experienced trauma/ you see it on their record

Don’t be a dick

Hospitals aren’t exactly nice places anyway but it’s a whole other level and a tad of human decency isn’t fucking asking for much

[Ben Hunte @BenInLDN]

Update: BBC bosses held the Q&A session with LGBTQ staff this morning.

One employee told me: “It was an absolute car crash. The bosses spoke a lot - but didn't really say anything. A trans colleague noted we were 40mins in but no trans people had spoken.”

[Lydia 🤠 @LydiaCaradonna]

To give you a glimpse into my day job as a case worker, I’ve made 3 coffees today and misplaced them all because social workers have shown up at my workplace to beg for help for their clients. Suddenly there’s too much demand to manage, shockingly right after the £20 UC cuts.

[Lester Holloway @LesterJHolloway]

Great to talk with journalism students at University of Westminster - some challenging questions!