What a way to start 2025!🎉
Today “Prison of the Mind” went LIVE on @bbcworldservice 🎧
This is my first time presenting anything like this and I’m grateful to have been able to do this with the team at @reducedlisten & @RaySangxoxo 🤍
🔗: https://t.co/Q5OE6WLu5j
Truly for me, the one thing I want to unlearn is over extending myself, putting myself in a place of discomfort for the comfort of others. There’s no reward for that thing, except self loath
🧩Progress on neurodiversity in prisons - but not enough. New @HMIPrisonsnews blog shows positive steps, but warns: support is still too patchy 👇https://t.co/QhRnEt0iym
Just 24 hours left to shape the #MentalHealthBill.
Black people are 4x more likely to be detained — yet the Bill still excludes the only anti-racism framework (PCREF).
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#MakePCREFLaw#PCREF#RacialJustice #BlackMentalHealth
Maghaberry mental health and engagement teams have showcased our collaborative working at 2025 conference for mental health strategy 2021-31 @UlsterUni
'It was surreal working with actors I'd grown up watching'
Temisanren Uwawah tells John Byrne (@dearjohnbyrne) about working on his first acting job, for Wall of Comedy production New Skool Life 👇
https://t.co/3nSguZikAl
They may not have the skills of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but that doesn’t stop these African grannies from practicing their goal kicks and tackling skills.
Meet the football grannies of Africa!
Rapper Santan Dave has helped fund a new scheme that provides recovering elderly patients discharged from St George’s Hospital with essential items to help them settle back at home. The packs are provided by the Juliet O Foundation set up by his mum 👏🏾👏🏾
https://t.co/uKleosIoBu
📖 We all need to be on the same page when it comes to children’s mental health! 🧠💙 This Children’s Mental Health Week, we’re spotlighting our Roots to Wings toolkit, designed to bridge the gap in resources for young Black people.
Our bodies are capable of incredible things, but the mind is just as important. #RootsToWings provides practical tools for young people, parents, carers, and teachers to support emotional wellbeing and create lasting change.
✨ Prioritise mental health today. Try it for yourself! https://t.co/NvYp1nrFGl
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #RootsToWings #YouthWellbeing #BlackMentalHealth #MindMatters #EmotionalWellbeing #SouthLondon #SupportYoungMinds #BlackThrive
@NPorter_ Hi Natasha! Totally agree with prison officers who build therapeutic relationships with prisoners making a huge difference! Would love to chat further.
Do check out the recent doc with @BBCWorld Service I did recently that touches on this! https://t.co/Q5OE6WLu5j
On @bbcworldservice Documentary yesterday, Jenny Okolo asked whether global prison systems could benefit from taking a mental-health first approach to justice and rehabilitation.
Produced by @RaySangxoxo & @jamestindale and edited by Phil Smith
https://t.co/RUTKZ1zQBM
So many people who don’t believe in themselves, projecting their insecurities on to people who do. A lot of ‘how dare you’ energy. I dare me. And I will always dare me. Better face your front and start daring yourself.