Minority Matters

A grassroots charity started to fight for equal opportunity for academic success, now campaigning to protect children/YP against criminal exploitation.

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

We asked all mayoral candidates to commit to a 5-point pledge to end #CCE & enslavement of young Londoners. @MsFarahLondon @LuisaPorritt & @ShaunBaileyUK have all committed. We hope all candidates for the #LondonMayor2021 feel strongly about protecting YP & making #London safe!

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

@CripplegateFdn @SayItLoudClub @PeoplesPlaceCP @LPPIStars @IslingtonBC @volaction_is @AYBI_CIC @gc_jigsaw Lovely to see the MM team there!

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

Thank you to all the donors so far. Help us reach £500 on our crowdfunding appeal!

https://t.co/FhpK9If7Xx

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

The result? Resilient, hopeful children who know that the world is MUCH BIGGER than their crowded living spaces and violent, drug-infested streets.

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

Help send 50 London kids on an amazing holiday that will transform their lives for the better!

https://t.co/FhpK9If7Xx

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

Here’s our recipe for success:
Take 50 kids from London.
Add tents, mountains, delicious food, fun, games and a lot of listening!
Sprinkle some football in 15-acres of lush pasture, horses, kittens, goats, sheep, rope swings and the freedom to roam safely . . .

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

We're fundraising for our next trip to Degmo!

Please give generously so that we can take 50 young people from North London on holiday to Wales.

Read more about the trip and how it enriches lives, donate and share here.

Thank you!

https://t.co/FhpK9If7Xx

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

@metpoliceuk we’d like to invite the racist officers who visited a family home today. They were aggressive, called innocent YP weed dealers. They were asked for search warrant & dismissed request.We’d like them to come & discuss how they failed in their duties today. Let’s talk.

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

Great vaccination drive by @IslingtonBC to keep the fight against Covid-19 going! If you’re in Islington, go to @Arsenal stadium for your jab. Spread the word & let’s do our bit to protect loved ones & our communities.

[Islington Council @IslingtonBC]

More than 2000 people received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the @Arsenal stadium yesterday. We are hoping for even more today - come on Islington! #GunnerGetJabbed #GrabAJab

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

Our work and campaigns really come from a place of experience. #CCE is a worthy cause to fight for, but more importantly, it is about saving children & young people. Sadia's a great advocate & affected mothers relate to her, because she knows their pain.

[Kate Townsend @katetownsend76]

@SadiaMMCharity speaking about her own story and her work with @MM_Charity. Her experience with #countylines and own stories. Incredible story! #emergingdrugtrends21 @traversepeople @HattieResearch @rcpsychCCQI @NexusNPS

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

The longer @MayorofLondon ignores youth violence, the more stabbings in highly public places like #HydePark. Then the response will be to "get tough on crime", ie police target (mostly black) YP even more, while ignoring the root causes of the violence. Your methods don't work.

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

@SadiqKhan & @UKLabour So many #London children & YP hurt, enslaved, or dead since 2016. We say no more. Will you join us & commit to our pledge? We emailed you to discuss, but no response. Young #Londoners need you to act now! https://t.co/VrQsuvsEkA

[SPACE (countylinescce on Bsky) @bespaceaware]

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🚩We need to stop pretending there are happy endings in Countylines (C)CE if YP/parents go down route x/charity or statutory intervention.

🚩Nor are there fairytale endings if YP/parents pays off drugdebts.

If victims 'exit', it's mostly bc a YP was on periphery/not embedded

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

Our hearts go out to Richard's mum and family. There are no words💔 we hope they receive full support and answers from statutory bodies.

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

We're hoping that this isn't the case, but Richard's disappearance raises many #CCE red flags. Our recent @HuffPostUK articles with @Nadine_Writes highlighted how young people are trafficked using taxis & Essex is a county lines hotspot.
https://t.co/nA59lGBKag

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

Our opinion piece on the police failing missing black YP & their families. We need @metpoliceuk to BELIEVE parents of black & mixed race YP when they report that their young person is missing & possibly in danger. #CCE

https://t.co/KhxGsT06Wv

[Tab @mum_on_bike]

Fantastic journalism @Nadine_Writes @journoramzy @MM_Charity looking in detail at the root cause of London’s epidemic of knife crime. A generation of young people being groomed and inextricably drawn into a business model which treats them with contempt. https://t.co/J9CUybUtnU

[Minority Matters @MM_Charity]

@metpoliceuk has a case to answer. Parents genuinely fear them, feel intimidated, humiliated. They go to police because they fear for their children’s lives, but get treated appallingly. Would you complain against the people you need to find your son? One word: powerless

[Phil Kelly @PhilKelly56w]

Aside from the truth of their account, @MM_Charity underlines the wider issue that incorrect analysis begets mistaken, even harmful, public policy. Great thread