Helen Reed

Former twitter user.

[Helen Reed @en3her1]

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[Sky News @SkyNews]

@ActionAidUK has warned that that the aid system in Gaza is on the verge of collapse. Head of Humanitarian Policy, @ziad9issa is on Sky News Breakfast to eplain more.

🕣 From 7.30am
👉 #Breakfast
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and YouTube
📱 Watch live: https://t.co/jCgTS4BQOp

[Ana R. Alcalde @AnaAlcalde69]

#CeasefireNOW

[ActionAid UK @ActionAidUK]

The situation in Gaza right now is catastrophic.  Air raids and bombings continue around the clock, and vital supplies are running out. We’re asking for urgent financial support now, which will be crucial to help us deliver aid as soon as possible 👉🏽https://t.co/C88LdGtxaX

[ActionAid UK @ActionAidUK]

Our CEO @Halima_Begum on @BBCRadio4's Any Questions last night:

"History will judge us harshly. Those of us who are not directly involved in this conflict, we need to be calling for a ceasefire immediately."

[ActionAid UK @ActionAidUK]

🌍The @UN has warned that a lack of fuel puts 120 newborns in incubators at risk. We implore governments and the international community to act now: immediate ceasefire, protect civilians, and ensure life-saving assistance.

✍️ Sign & share our petition: https://t.co/oXoic2kC4v

[ActionAid UK @ActionAidUK]

We urgently call for the restoration of communication channels, as this is not only a matter of principle but also one of practical necessity. The blackout isolates the population, making it nearly impossible for them to seek help, share their stories, or maintain contact.

[BBC Question Time @bbcquestiontime]

“Tax those companies, find the money, get Britain back to a better place”

CEO of ActionAid UK Halima Begum says the Labour party is ready to govern but Sir Keir Starmer is “playing it too safe” #bbcqt

https://t.co/yDvLYpD5Uj

[BBC Question Time @bbcquestiontime]

CEO of ActionAid UK @Halima_Begum will be on the panel #bbcqt

[ActionAid UK @ActionAidUK]

"A direct affront to gender equality and human rights."

Read our CEO @Halima_Begum's response to Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s comments that being gay or a woman should not automatically be a right to qualify for international refugee protection > https://t.co/brvLVoYFjt

[Sarah Donnelly @SarahDonnellys]

Massive thank you to Professor Sir Chris Whitty for inspiring all of our Anionwu House future medics and sixth form scholars today. It was truly an honour to host him @BMooreAcademy #buildyourlegacy

[Halima Begum PhD @Halima_Begum]

Recovery from the #MoroccoEarthquake will take years. These are hard times. But with 2,000+ already confirmed dead, @ActionAidUK is appealing for #donations to support the victims. A tiny contribution or just sharing this link would be so appreciated🤗❤️

https://t.co/tyUIVeo406

[Charlie Ensor @charlieensor]

.@ActionAidUK is launching an urgent appeal to support communities across Morocco following Friday's earthquake. Please contact the email in the press release for interview #journorequest #journorequests

https://t.co/HoMciSp1nM

[Halima Begum PhD @Halima_Begum]

Over 700 lives already confirmed lost in the #Morocco earthquake centred in the HighAtlas. @ActionAidUK is working with partners on the ground.

[Refuge @RefugeCharity]

Common misconceptions about #DomesticAbuse can be extremely harmful. It takes a great deal of courage to leave an abusive partner, with many practical as well as psychological barriers to overcome. Here's why women can’t “just leave”: https://t.co/jOnGBYvRDv

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

Get to Know the Bibby Stockholm...

- 500+ single adult men crammed onto a barge with a capacity of 222 in normal use (e.g. as accommodation for oil workers)

Single rooms:
- 2 strangers, sharing an austere metal bunk bed
- TV (as mocking and useless as a paperweight: they've been deliberately detuned so they won't pick up anything, to "encourage socialising" apparently)
- 1 chair, 1 desk, 1 wardrobe
- A window (it's supposed to be able to open; this is touted as a major plus by the barge's owners)
- Shower and toilet

Slightly larger rooms:
- 4 strangers, in 2 bunk beds

Communal areas:
(Most of the larger ones have been repurposed into dormitories. The thin list below is pretty much all that's left.)
- Narrow corridors
- TV room with sofas, seating up to 12 people max
- Tiny gym
- Classroom with seating for perhaps 20, some sort of laptops, and "wifi access"
- Bar (off-limits to asylum seekers, and reserved as a "staff lounge")
- Multi-faith prayer room
- Games room with a pool table and a few chairs
- "Outdoor" space surrounded on all four sides by massive walls made up of the 3-storeys of cabins, so you can't see anything other than sky
- Canteen dining area (not nearly big enough for 500 people)

Other facilities:
- Basic meals 3x a day (but note that the canteen seems far too small to seat everyone at once, so presumably there will be shifts coming and going all the time)
- Laundry service
- On-site nurse 5 days a week
- Access to GP if referred by the nurse

Beyond the ship:
- Airport-style security (metal detectors etc.)
- 24/7 guards conducting "robust security checks"
- 15ft high fence all around
- No pedestrian access to the port or the wider area
- Only way to get to Weymouth and beyond is on the occasional shuttle buses
- Have to sign register every time they leave

The asylum seekers on board are likely to be there between six months and a year or more.

They can't work.

They will be fed and their clothes washed, but they will have just over a pound a day for absolutely everything else they need.

They are expected to spend the overwhelming majority of their time on the barge, where as we've seen there are leisure and learning facilities for maybe 1/10th of people if we're being extremely generous with how we estimate it.

It is truly, truly disgusting.

[Helen Reed @en3her1]

Intergenerational trip to listen to @gracepetrie grandad, mum, bestie and little one excites

[Charlie Ensor @charlieensor]

Brilliant interview on how how tackling homophobia and transphobia is a decolonial fight. Victorian laws not only on LGBT rights but also abortion are colonial imports and we're seeing the renewal of that globally especially post Roe v Wade & especially due to rising transphobia

[Helen Reed @en3her1]

@WhatTheADHD ¡Muy bien!

[ICRC @ICRC]

You lose your child in the crowd.

You panic.