Belfast a City of Sanctuary
“We stand in solidarity with those in our minority ethnic communities across the city, who own and run businesses, contribute to our culture and identity in Belfast and make Belfast an open and welcoming place to live, work and study.”
Amen 🙏
‘Illegal immigrants’ aka people! How utterly intimidating & triggering for those inside the Marine Court hotel. This is so far from how I want people seeking refuge, many who have been through so much adversity in their lives, to be treated.
Today was extraordinary. I’ve never seen such a spontaneous & unorganised uprising of ordinary decent people in Bangor.
These people aren’t “far right thugs” or “racists”. They are the salt of the earth. Hardworking, kind people from good families.
They’ve just had enough🇬🇧
I was deeply saddened to hear about the deaths of two @Tearfund staff near Butembo in the DRC yesterday.
Tearfund works tirelessly around the world for the most vulnerable in society.
I utterly condemn attacks on humanitarian aid organisations and their people. Please join me in praying for the grieving families and colleagues at this terrible time.
I love having work experience students in with me & I especially love it when they help do my job for me 😆 Seriously though - well done to Maeve, Jess & Chloe for crafting such excellent questions to put to the panel who undertook the independent review in to Education 🙌
Sharing a new podcast I’ve been working on with @politicsinacti1 It’s a journey with a group of young ppl from Belfast, Donegal & Portadown who chat through some current post conflict challenges for their generation, as well as their hopes for change. 🎧
https://t.co/jPBovrYYzm
@EANInews Really great work guys.
One thought - not sure 'ex-vangelical' is the best term to use, as it's a bit negative and can imply 'ex-Christian'.
'Post-evangelical' may be preferable - ppl moved on from evangelical beliefs but not necessarily Xn faith! It's a more generous label.
👏 this is the story we need to focus on
Gordon Brown slams ‘obscene’ levels of destitution in the UK | Gordon Brown | The Guardian https://t.co/Bap6t2YTMZ
Steps to tackle the cost of living hardships for families & moves to better integrate young people are the latest priorities raised in our Youth Voices series 🗣️ … We’re calling for the needs of young ppl to be listened to & prioritised by Stormont’s new ministers.
Andrew Tate claims to have given away '$25 million a year to feeding children in war-torn countries'. Unsurprisingly, his philanthropy isn't all it seems...
Great investigation by @tendollarguy: https://t.co/J7d0ur49wD
A huge shout out to all the Toilet Twinners out there on World Toilet Day 💙 Yes, that includes you @RealTimVine! It's out of order that so many people around the world don't have a safe loo to use 🚽 Why don't you do the same as Tim and twin your loo! https://t.co/p1zUR7KAsj
This week marks my first week as Director of Tearfund here in Northern Ireland - which is the greatest privilege of my working life. We have a wonderful team here in NI and an amazing, global team that we get to be part of. All of this makes me very thankful.
'If Secretary of State is using the poor as a stick to beat our politicians with it's immoral' says Craigavon Food Bank chairperson
https://t.co/bFVh3H60P9
This comprehensive report from @Trussell_NI lays bare the hunger challenges facing us & backs up the realities we're seeing on the ground.
*1 in 6 face hunger
*Almost half of ppl using food banks have children
*1 in 4 have jobs (higher than rest of UK)
*The majority are in debt