Laura Ouseley

Senior Media & Comms Manager at Fairtrade Foundation. previously CAFOD. Tweets on international development, human rights, football & Lat Am. Views my own.

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

I’ve written this piece for @IndyVoices about the spike in killings in #ElSalvador and the crackdown that has followed. Thanks to @UCA_ES and @ysuca91siete for their analysis https://t.co/oi9vJ4RJD6

[Fairtrade Foundation @FairtradeUK]

Nearly 70% of UK adults have bought Fairtrade products like bananas, tea or coffee in the past year!🍌 🍵 ☕

It comes as we found 79% of Brits are concerned that climate change could affect food prices, while 69% are worried it could disrupt UK supplies.

https://t.co/xIKoYy8SxY

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Such wonderful news to hear @frankcottrell_b is the new children’s laureate … and that he will focus on making sure more young children are read to every day https://t.co/lOTudjymw5

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Enjoying @CliveMyrieBBC’s Caribbean series - and great to see him visit a banana farm growing @FairtradeUK bananas 🍌 (which means the producers receive a minimum price, a Fairtrade Premium & better working conditions) in the latest episode (15). Recommend catching up on iPlayer!

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Around the world, those who’ve contributed least to our climate crisis are shouldering the heaviest burden of its consequences.

When it comes to acting to save our planet and its people, this is not the time to back down.

https://t.co/9IQzYB6Cur

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Thank you @StCatherinesEN5 and other Catholic schools in Barnet for taking part in this year's #BigLentWalk and supporting @CAFOD's work tackling poverty and injustice worldwide 👏👏@CAFODSchools

[BarnetPost @BarnetPost]

Barnet Catholic schools join charity walk

Laura Ouseley on Barnet’s role in CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk

https://t.co/ATLT3wt0dt

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Had such a fun time joining St Catherine's primary school for their #BigLentWalk last week!

Thank you so much for raising funds for @CAFOD's work supporting communities around the world to tackle poverty and injustice.

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

This news about plans to bring @BarnetFC back home to Barnet has just made me cry.. 😭😭 happy tears of course! 😍

[Barnet FC 🐝 @BarnetFC]

Chairman's Statement

#BarnetFC🐝

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

#ElSalvador - Alejandro Díaz, from @CAFOD’s partner @TutelaLegalMJH, has shared some of their concerns with @BBCWorld ahead of today’s Presidential elections

[Will Grant @will__grant]

El Salvador's president is on the verge of re-election on back of an almost two-year long gang crackdown. https://t.co/vvZN1mqr3Z

[CAFOD @CAFOD]

We can't wait to step out on the #BigLentWalk! 💚

Thanks to @frankcottrell_b for sharing his favourite walk with us.

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Great to work on this story in the @DailyMirror with @CAFOD’s partner in Bethlehem - and to share the situation for Palestinians living in the West Bank

[CAFOD @CAFOD]

'With the unspeakable suffering in Gaza, it is difficult to write anything at all this Christmas season.'

Read this powerful reflection from Toine van Teeffelen, who works for our partner Arab Educational Institute in Bethlehem.

https://t.co/fAspq8hBQz

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Only high-earners are allowed to fall in love in 2023.💔

My husband applied for his spouse visa in 2010, just before they introduced this requirement. Neither of us were earning anywhere near £38k salary.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Rishi Sunak will increase the salary threshold so that EVERY migrant has to earn over £38k before coming to Britain in a major plan to slash migration

He will also announce new limits on them bringing family

[@JackElsom]

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

#COP28 must be a time for leaders to heed Pope Francis’ call: “not for a partial change, but a new way of making progress together, and for choosing a culture of life over a culture of death."
said @CAFOD’s Neil Thorns via @BBCWorld https://t.co/CyXqEElFkx

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Ahead of #COP28, @CAFOD’s Director @CDenchN21 writes in today’s @thetimes: “even before @Pontifex arrives, the delegates can have no doubt about his view of their duty: to save God’s creation from uncontrollable environmental disaster.”

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

O negative ✅
Just donated … and found out my blood will be going to a neonatal unit ❤️ which has made my day
#GiveBlood

[NHS Blood Donation 🩸🩹 @GiveBloodNHS]

We urgently need O negative donors to book an appointment to give blood 🩸 and help us save lives this winter.

Just one donation can help save up to 3 lives.

💻 Go online
📞 Phone
🏥 Visit your local donor centre

#GiveBlood #SaveLives #NHS #TheGiftThatKeepsOnGiving

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Happy Liverpool fan, and proud to have worked with Mons Héctor Fabio and @CAFOD Catholic Church partners in Colombia - who work tirelessly for peace and helped to secure release of @LuisFDiaz19’s Father ❤️

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

We are delighted by the news of @LuisFDiaz19's father's safe return and we thank all those involved in securing his release ❤️

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

According to OCHA Gaza update, as of 29 October, at least 1,050 children have been reported missing and may be trapped or dead under the rubble, awaiting rescue or recovery. Can't get my head around those numbers. #CeasefireNOW

[CAFOD @CAFOD]

Last night, we joined @savechildrenuk, @oxfamgb, @christianaid and @AAH_UK in urging the UK government to listen to the call for a #CeasefireNOW.

The fighting must stop so that more humanitarian aid can reach the civilian population of Gaza.

[CAFOD @CAFOD]

We are deeply saddened by the news from our partner Caritas Jerusalem that a staff member, her husband and child lost their lives yesterday.

Please pray for all those who have lost loved ones, have been injured and displaced, and live in fear as the violence continues.

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

Joined @CAFOD today to hand over signatures of over 70,000 Catholics from Eng&Wales (inc 18 Catholic Bishops) calling on World Bank to fix the broken global food system and protect the right of farmers around the world to use their seeds #WBmeetings

[Laura Ouseley @LauraOuseley]

“The UK is leaving its reputation in tatters” - @neilthorns, @cafod director of advocacy, responds to Rishi Sunak’s u-turn on green targets tonight on @BBCWorld

[Caritas-Spes Ukraine @SpesUkraine]

Today as a result of a night attack by Russian troops, the humanitarian aid warehouse of Caritas-Spes Ukraine in #Lviv was destroyed. The employees haven`t got injured, the warehouse and everything in it burned to the ground. 300 tons of humanitarian supplies were burned.