Helen Jackson

Museums, arts and wildlife supporter. Views my own.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

You’re absolute heroes each and everyone of you.

99,019 signatures, who’s going to number 100,00?

[Plunkett UK @Plunkett_UK]

Together we can save rural hospitality. 

Help Plunkett to meet the growing demand from rural hospitality when our support is needed most. 🚨

Find out more about our appeal and how to donate > https://t.co/OxpT1XIXDC

#SaveRuralHospitality

[Plunkett UK @Plunkett_UK]

Those everyday catch‑ups over coffee matter. ☕️

Plunkett already supports 360+ community hospitality groups, but many face real pressure to stay open.

With a pub closing each day, community ownership is vital. Support our work; donate to our Crowdfunder:
https://t.co/0jZQBVlAxv

[Plunkett UK @Plunkett_UK]

Plunkett’s #RCBAwards returns for another year! 🤩

Nominations are now open for our 2026 Rural Community Business Awards, sponsored by Lands Improvement. 

Nominate your community business - just remember, nominees must be Plunkett members.

➡️ https://t.co/IqNKDnJskz

[VenetiaJane's Garden @VenetiaJane]

March’s full moon, rising on 3rd March, is called the Worm Moon or the Sap Moon. As the soil warms, earthworms emerge, and plants stir as sap rises and buds begin to unfurl. This year’s March Moon is especially notable as it coincides with a total lunar eclipse in the night sky.

[Plunkett UK @Plunkett_UK]

February’s update from Plunkett UK. 🗞️

This month, our focus has been on championing rural hospitality - highlighting the challenges these businesses face while showcasing the effectiveness and impact of community ownership. 

➡️ https://t.co/8PkM7JZ41W

[English Radical History @EnglishRadical]

The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter’s Field, Manchester #OTD 1819 when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000 people who had assembled to demand parliamentary reform.

At least 15 protesters were killed and 700 seriously injured.

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

Look out for the colourful Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) this month 👀

This common and well-distributed day-flying moth is often mistaken for a butterfly because of its vibrant red and black markings.

📷: Iain H Leach, Rachel Scopes, James Peat
#MothMonday #MothsMatter

[Helena Horton @horton_official]

The new planning bill means developers can build on nature areas and parks as long as they pay for new nature elsewhere. HOWEVER Defra sources have admitted this can be nowhere near the initial site - stripping communities of their green space https://t.co/esrtojgU3b

[watershed_investigations @WATERSHED_i]

The EA says homes should only be built in Flood Zone 3 -the areas at highest risk of floods - in exceptional cases- @BBCfileon4
reveals 205,000 homes were built in FZ3, in England, between 2013 & 2022. "A ticking time bomb of misery" says @Jamie_Woodward_

https://t.co/nfh9VvBq1w

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

Shells
By Nicolas Robert b. #otd 18 Apr 1614

[BBC Morning Live @BBCMorningLive]

We've been following presenter @JohnStapletonTV after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's.

He finds out about the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (or LSVT), which aims to help people living with it.

Watch this in full: https://t.co/21myHAnQJk

#WorldParkinsonsDay

[leanahosea @leanahosea]

A new generation of asbestos related illness is emerging as crumbling public buildings like libraries, schools, offices decay, exposing staff & children to asbestos. People are paying with their health for austerity policies & poor regulation.

https://t.co/cyN6ZVDuSP

[Helen Jackson @hjackson]

Together with @Campaign4Parks we can stop National Park protections from being bulldozed.

I've written to my MP demanding they take urgent action.

Join me here: https://t.co/w7POvJLxjy

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to expand logging across 110 million ha of national forests and public lands, bypassing rules protecting endangered species: https://t.co/rc2GzD2eh1

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

Spring is on its way! Look out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces 🦋🌷🌱

Discover more species and tips on how to attract them with our free monthly e-newsletter 👉 https://t.co/DowrmmQEcb

#SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

The Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) is our Species of the Month ✨

Typically the earliest blue butterfly on the wing in the UK, they can be found in parks and gardens around Holly and Ivy.

Get to know this magnificent butterfly 👇
https://t.co/OPRpJNqHxX

📷: Iain H Leach

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

In many early medieval calendars, 7 February is the first day of spring. Anglo-Saxon poetry imagines spring as a time of quickening and liberation, when the earth is released from the 'fetters of frost' and the waters of the world run free https://t.co/QJ96l0Himm

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

With an estimated 24 million gardens in the UK, making little changes to how they are cared for can make a big difference to wildlife!

Swapping fences for hedges gives refuge to birds and insects, and brilliant blooms provide nectar for pollinators!

👉 https://t.co/lJBJJBCFxc

[Fairtrade Foundation @FairtradeUK]

We are asking the government for a socially and environmentally sustainable approach to trade 📢

Fair terms of trade for smallholder farmers and workers in low-income countries is also good for sustainable economic growth and for the UK’s long-term food security ����