Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her)

#energygeek #neurominority

[Sally Chicken @cusally]

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[The London Writers' Salon @WritersSalon]

Today's Words of Wisdom from Frank Herbert - "I don't worry about inspiration or anything like that.... later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I had to sit down and say, 'Well, now it's writing time and now I'll write.'"

[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

@cambparkride No PR5 for 45 mins - what’s going on? Board at Milton needs updating please! Wish I’d just driven in 😢

[Consumers International @Consumers_Int]

📊1.4 billion adults globally remain unbanked, facing barriers like gender, disability, and limited access to digital finance (@WorldBank)

This month’s Consumer Insights series focused on strategies to boost financial inclusion and well-being for vulnerable consumers 💫

[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

Want some reading on how?

Check out Monzo's D&I Report and our Writing Principles

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...and don't forget to follow @TIDE for their fantastic event series

#vulnerabilityanddebt

[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

Today I'm with changemakers @utilitiesweek talking about the transformation we need to deliver inclusive support for all.

I want us to connect with others to generate the innovation we need by sharing what we stand for and who we stand with.

#vulnerabilityanddebt

[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

Who do I stand with?  

I stand with those facing barriers - those who experience the inequities we witness every day.

And I stand with changemakers, advocates, and innovators who commit your time to building a world where everyone has a chance.  

#vulnerabilityanddebt

[Rachel A-S @Chuffin_ell]

Unpaid carers should not be “the system” - but they are.

Health & social care has failed leaving unpaid carers picking up all the pieces

Yes, they can do a certain amount of hours care a week but there should be a max amount of hours not a never ending amount

[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

As ever straight to the point - at no point in my decades of energy policy under Lab, Con and Coalition Govs did I hear anywhere near the level of ambition needed to target the desperately needed price support in the energy market.

It’s not an optional part of the RBT debate ✅

[Richard Hall @RichDCHall]

@_Matilda_Cook_ @CA_Blakelock Allowance approach is difficult because suppliers don't hold data on things like household size, income, thermal efficiency of housing stock (i.e. how much is needed to adequately heat building). Some of those data items are fluid too (household composition can rapidly change).

[Greg Stone 🔶 @gm_stone]

I hope the BBC reflect on how their normalisation of Farage during the election helped to enable this, and I hope that Ofcom reflect on how their utter failure to effectively regulate GB News has helped to further fuel the situation.

[Laura Pidcock @LauraPidcock]

Far-right agitators don’t care about working class people or our communities. They haven’t been running the foodbanks, haven’t been campaigning against the 14yrs of cuts, they’ve been nowhere when people are sanctioned or skint. They are racist, shameless political opportunists.

[Minesh Patel @minesh1112]

The week has been hard. The violence and racism unfolding on our streets has been abhorrent and painful to watch.

Thinking of all my fellow people of colour right now - especially Muslim communities - who have to live in a heightened sense of fear. #Riots 💔

[Runnymede Trust @RunnymedeTrust]

We offer our utmost solidarity to Muslim communities and people of colour affected by the racist violence unfolding across the country.

[Clare Moriarty @ClareMoriarty]

It's heartbreaking to see this. Repairing the physical damage in Sunderland will be a huge job but what's really important is the services they provide. The wonderful team at @sunderlandCAB are determined to continue being there for the community - they will need all our support

[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

@_Matilda_Cook_ And how will anyone know when they are getting to a consumption band when the comms systems the smart roll out is based on is so patchy?

We’ve a lot of important work to do before we can fold this into our decarb plans

[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

Headline should be Ultra cheap energy for rich households.

Who can afford energy efficient homes with solar on the roof

Anyone else? You’ll hit the £££ block. And you’ll probably not know bc consumer protections on smart r full of holes

#fuelpoverty

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[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

@_Matilda_Cook_ On paper it’s a dream! But I’m not confident about the ability of policy makers to identify people in need - so far the ambition has been entirely absent.

So high using low income disabled folk and families in the private rented sector will be in serious trouble

[Dr Elizabeth Blakelock (She / her) @CA_Blakelock]

A highlight of my career to date - something I often said I might do but never did… but I was there! It really happened!

[Helen Undy @helen_undy]

Well, I've fulfilled a personal ambition and finally played Warren G, Regulate to a Teams call full of regulators. @chris_fitch I hope that will now be the official Vulnerability Academy theme tune.

[Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @sensorystories_]

Undiagnosed autism is everyone thinking you're a complete weirdo

Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"