Emma

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

A huge thank you #SharedLivesCarers for what you do, let's celebrate #ShareLives, it's #SharedLivesWeek2020. Raise a cuppa, make a cake, celebrate together online. #SharedLives

[Shared Lives Plus @SharedLivesPlus]

Thank you #SharedLives carers - especially during #learningdisabilityweek2020 and #LonelinessAwarenessWeek ❤️

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

Yes please, the Mental Health Act is one of the most draconian pieces of legislation, it needs reforming.

[Mind @MindCharity]

Hi @matthancock we're glad you recommitted to reform the Mental Health Act.

As you promised to do this by the end of the year, we assume publishing the white paper is an urgent priority for you. Can you tell us when to expect it?
https://t.co/sqYdsXV5bT

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

Really great radio. Contributors include Stephen Chandler, Anthony Hayden QC and Claire de Than, human rights lawyer.

https://t.co/rnFY8P6a17

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

@lynmgriff @RachelT13332278 There is indeed a chocolate fountain, but I have been very good and allowed other people to enjoy it.

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

Advocacy as a S***y stick to poke with, yep, I'll remember that one.

[#SharedLivesPlus Champion #NorthEngland @vicsharedlives]

Huge thanks @KMercerTraining for rocking @SharedLivesPlus conference today with #advocacy skills and inspiration 💃👏💃🎈😊 #Sharing19. Come back again soon!

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

@MeganLe80885056 We thank you for sharing your experiences and your passion for changing and challenging the way we treat each other.

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

I've attended a fair few conferences, but never have I felt an audience respond in the way it did today when Megan shared her experience of being "treated" in hospital. Thank you @MeganLe80885056 #Sharing19

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

@LocalSoc An absolute pleasure.

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

Bingo! Great workshop, I'm off to find a cinema club, and a shed. #sharing19 #SharedLives

[Andy Cooke @andydcooke]

‘Life is fun and interesting’ playing bingo at ⁦@SharedLivesPlus⁩ Conference. Great work people. #Shared19
⁦@emmasharedlives⁩ ⁦@lynmgriff⁩

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

Being part of your local community, whatever your interests are, is at the heart of Shared Lives and so much more. What a great workshop #Sharing19 #SharedLives

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

Just because something you 'want' can't happen, it doesn't mean your 'wants' can be ignored, they have to be heard, acknowledged and respected. #Sharing19

[Anna McEwen @annamce4]

We confuse the legal right to be heard with the right to get what you want (which isn’t a legal right), and then we don’t listen because we can’t give people what they want. We must listen! @KMercerTraining #Sharing19

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

We're all our own advocates and we are the experts in our lives. Human Rights and Advocacy #SharedLives19

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

"Unapologetically me", all of us, have a right to be ourselves, as Megan has so powerfully expressed we have Human Right to be unapologetically ourselves. #Sharing19

[Anna McEwen @annamce4]

@MeganLe80885056 tells us how she has had her #HumanRights taken away too many times in the past. She says she has the same #HumanRights to be ‘unapologetically me’’ #Sharing19

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

All our Human Rights must be respected. Our health and social services have to be Human Rights compliant. Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, so relevant to #SharedLives.

[Anna McEwen @annamce4]

Just wow! Amazing, inspiring, emotional - our first ever @SharedLivesPlus awards for sharedlives carers & schemes #Sharing19

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

A great start to our conference, this is indeed the difference Shared Lives makes. #sharedlives

[Emma Clarke @emilys_pine]

Please take a moment to watch this YouTube video. THIS is the difference Shared Lives makes to people’s lives. To be heard, understood, respected, cared for and cared about. Wonderful to see Gabby and Adi 💙💚💛🧡❤️💜

[Emma @emmasharedlives]

Being there for friends and family who may be struggling can often leave us feeling powerless to help, but there are simple things we can offer that do make a difference.

[Time to Change @TimetoChange]

⭐ Do you want to talk about it?
⭐ What can I do to help today?
⭐ You are not a burden

@mindfulmightful explores helpful - and unhelpful - things to say to someone struggling with a mental health problem. https://t.co/HGqJxCrf7A

[The British Institute of Human Rights @BIHRhumanrights]

A human rights based approach, by its very nature means that the person’s views, options and rights must be central. This means that better quality decision making happens from the outset. You can read a blog on this issue here:
https://t.co/usaOglrADL

#AAW19
#HearMyVoice

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[Emma @emmasharedlives]

As part of Advocacy Awareness Week 19, there are lots of interesting articles being shared on Twitter from a variety of organisations and perspectives about all things advocacy.