@TerryGalloway Inspired by Tope, who took his own life at Christmas which inspired this to happen. Give dignity to where this began, don’t forget those we have lost. You, more than anyone, should understand the importance of that.
The Tope Project created these Christmas dinners, not Lemn.
It’s not about Lemn’s ‘movement’, it’s a memoir to someone we lost.
Tope was a human who sadly took their own life because the loneliness they experienced at Christmas.
Remember and honour Tope.
You may have heard about the Christmas Dinners. We are the board of Gold from the Stone, our mission is that no care leaver is alone on Christmas Day. We met up today, to work on expanding to even more towns and cities. @lemnsissay you deserve to be the proudest man alive for creating this movement.
Beyond the Story: Why I no longer share my care experience.
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@HoyleTime Likewise.
Anyway, I love rambling with you but have to go back to work.
Nice to see you the other day, my office is down Walmgate - would be lovely to catch up properly.
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I’d like to respectfully challenge.
Manchester have already made Care Experience a Protected Characteristic. Their response to this was weak, with a nameless representative saying ‘they’d look into it’.
Surely if it was any other PC we’d take legal action & stop using them?
@HoyleTime Is that different to good corporate parenting?
You’ve worked in youth engagement in the past, there’s lots of work that happens to involve care experienced voices in decision making, commissioning and policy already.
@HoyleTime Again, the council elected themselves to act as if it was a protected characteristic - meaning to act as if there was a breach of the equalities act.
Our children deserve more than pinky promise politics, and the council should uphold their commitment.
@HoyleTime The council volunteered the act as if care experienced was a protected characteristic, when the housing provider discriminated against care experienced people, the council didn’t act in a way that equates to their commitment.
The rest feels like semantics.
@HoyleTime But, the council commission the Guinness Partnership and have a duty of care for the young people who live there.
The actions they take should reflect the seriousness of their commitment to protected characteristics otherwise why do it?