Dr Becca Bland

I’m a campaigning journalist, researcher & coach. I write about the impact of family estrangement on our emotional and material wellbeing. Mostly @guardian

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

If I have to spend my professional life saying one thing, it would be that the concept of 'going home' is not applicable to all students. For young ppl estranged from family, university is home, and their only home. Messaging needs to be inclusive of the variation in family life.

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

Really pleased that my piece about the stage of grief with estrangement is proving helpful to many. Check it out here: https://t.co/63Qw273wo2

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

Really pleased that my piece about the stage of grief with estrangement is proving helpful to many. Check it out here: https://t.co/63Qw273wo2

[Levitate Student @Levitatestudent]

Can't beleive @beccablandish founder of @StandAloneHE will be leaving the helm of the charity. What a legacy she leaves behind though! Made such a difference to #students #estranged from their families & others. Made HE sector sit up, take notice, take action, & provide support.

[Dr Sue Whitcombe @drsue2014]

"We can always love people and have compassion for their struggles, but we can't always be close to damaging behaviours if we are to be healthy and functioning ourselves."

Wishing you all the best on the next part of your journey @beccablandish ...

[EaCES (Estranged And Care Experienced Students) @EaCES_]

@beccablandish @StandAloneHE @UKStandAlone Farewell Becca, thank you for everything you've done to get #estrangedstudents support in higher education

[💜☯️TruthWarrior🕉️💜 @AligningTruth]

"Not everyone has unconditionally loving, close & healthy family relationships....reconciliation isn't always the answer to traumatic family relationships."

#FamilyEstrangement
#AbusiveFamily

[Chris Hoyle @HoyleTime]

OMG, end of an era.

From the bottom of my heart, thanks for all you have done for our fam @beccablandish
https://t.co/UWMtKYn8BM

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

It’s been an honour to lead @StandAloneHE @UKStandAlone for 11 years. The charity has announced my decision to step back from my CEO role at the end of the year. Read about my decision here: https://t.co/QOHIhLbVy6

[Robert Peston @Peston]

“The earnings or our children should not be determined by those of their parents” says Starmer

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

Great if you have strong family relationships, not so possible if not. A lost generation are living with their parents – and Tory talk of housebuilding won’t help them | John Harris https://t.co/Fk7j5Mfrgo

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

I have a leasehold home in Hastings, where flats are common. I pay £120 a month for the m. company to do NOTHING. Then, they announce major works of £ in the middle of a cost of living crisis! Leasehold has to go. Seats like Hastings matter. @LKPleasehold #leasehold

[Leasehold Debt Trap @joedd90]

@mtpennycook That’s great Matthew. Not being systematically financially abused in our own homes & to be on par with other counties re basic rights is all we ask. A real shame @10DowningStreet doesn’t seem to appreciate how important that is.

[Liz Harvie @lizzieharvie]

Thank you @UKStandAlone for addressing family #estrangement - something SO taboo in our society that it is not discussed. Stepping away is a decision which is NOT taken lightly. Often, it is a cumulative decision, resulting from decades of toxicity & pain. Often, the decision is

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

An interesting case of public disownment here. Phillip Schofield’s brother found guilty of sexually abusing teenage boy https://t.co/mgJ5ijQLGM

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

If @HumzaYousaf is truly focussed on preventing poverty, he must look at the poorest students. I hope he understands his own recent @theSNP research that shows estranged students so desperately need more financial support to stay in HE and succeed in society. 🙌 @NUSScotland

[NUS Scotland @NUSScotland]

Sign our open letter to the new First Minister to demand that he does good on the promises his party made to students: https://t.co/UKOEuvvXYV

Students need increased student support that does not negatively impact the amount of benefits they are eligible for.

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

The U.K is totally broken. A casual look at the news just baffles me. Boris's defence was a £200K publicly-funded (!) insult to the millions who lost ppl without a funeral. Then news of a 3.5million bonus to the boss of @BritishGas. How can anyone defend this culture?

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

Lockdown and the imposed isolation in the UK savaged my mental health.

As someone without the support of family, my friends, work and community were so crucial. In many ways, my life and health has never fully recovered.

Reading Johnson's defence turned my stomach. #Partygate

[Dr Becca Bland @beccablandish]

@daynamcalpine_ @HuffPostUK I got charged £150 for cleaning a damaged hoover. I'd just had a bereavement so I didn't have the energy to challenge it.

[Cosmopolitan UK @CosmopolitanUK]

Here's what it means to be estranged from your family
https://t.co/5OOYrJ8uz3

[Cosmopolitan UK @CosmopolitanUK]

"Our generation is trying to deal with trauma passed down through the family"
https://t.co/9bAEz9YYi8