Laura Burgess

I live with Fleonce Meowles

[Roman Kemp @romankemp]

This video from @NorwichCityFC is the best bit of Mental Health Awareness I’ve ever seen… watch until the end.

[Dr Emma Katz @DrEmmaKatz]

Remember: a man in the UK is 230 times more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape.

https://t.co/Dbd2DhTqpR

[Teresa Parker @Teresa_PS]

For those questioning on here why women are speaking to #Dispatches and not going to the police, the @RapeCrisisEandW website will show you exactly why - less than 2% of reported rapes result in a charge.

Here @VeraBaird explains how awful the system is.
https://t.co/GY0aYW3sMG

[Dame Nicole Jacobs @CommissionerDA]

"Children do not witness domestic abuse, they live, breathe and normalise it"

Thanks to @UkKaleidoscopic for this blog highlighting the impact of #DomesticAbuse on children + what needs to be done to support them

https://t.co/Ex4Rk1zzlj

[YoungMinds @YoungMindsUK]

The number of young people undergoing treatment or waiting to start care in CAMHS reached 466,250 in May. The highest number on record. These young people could fill Wembley Stadium, five times over.

@RishiSunak, this is an emergency.

[Women's Aid @womensaid]

Today, we welcome the announcement of a £76 million government fund to support charity and community organisations helping vulnerable people.

We encourage domestic abuse services and other violence against women and girls organisations to apply.
https://t.co/4oOYIRd9fu

[Cambs Police 💙 @CambsCops]

23 years ago today Sarah Payne, 8, never came home 🏠 Why? She was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered by paedophile Roy Whiting.

Sarah’s Law was introduced out of the tragedy and heartbreak 💔 More via our dedicated web page https://t.co/ggRRZUm1La

#SaferCambs #SarahsLaw

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Stop asking my 12 year old if he has a
girlfriend.
He’s 12.
He’s a child who likes comic books and screaming outside for no reason. Relationships are not for children.

Also stop telling kids "you're so cute/handsome/beautiful I bet all the boys/girls will be trying to date you!"

How about "you're so kind, you have such a great sense of humor."

If you want a society that goes more than skin deep you have to change the language and the culture starting at home. -Anonymous

[Mr Pughsley🌍📚🌳 @ScottPughsley]

A reminder that some students will have had an absolute terrible time over the last two weeks… time to slap on a smile and show them that someone really cares… someone really really wants them to succeed… someone is fighting their corner.

Change a life, be that someone.

[Ablou🤍 @ablouxo]

Having been in a domestic violence relationship, Clare’s law is important and I don’t think it’s spoke about enough. There is two sides of it the ‘right to ask’ and ‘right to know’

[Refuge @RefugeCharity]

Last month @MakeMandatory handed in their petition to call for better education on domestic abuse for all young people. Help us keep up the pressure and send an email to Education Secretary @GillianKeegan – it takes just two minutes. https://t.co/HS0fAkbZFi

[Donna Ashworth @Donna_ashworth]

Dear Stacey,

Thanks for so gracefully and selflessly showing us your beautiful body in its true, glowing real-ness. Thank you for posting your glorious beach snaps, knowing they would be snapped up by the body-obsessed press, and knowing this would only do so much good. Thank you for bringing back joy, for the ancient, beloved essence, of the female form. Reminding us what is important. Thank you for being a role model to your daughters and to many other daughters, who will desperately need this image to be available when their moment of weakness hits. When they feel ���less than’ in their own skin. Thank you for braving the critics, to lead the wave of change. And most of all, thank you, for making me feel empowered to embrace myself as the season of ‘showing more skin’ approaches. You have my gratitude. I will follow your lead. @StaceySolomon #staceysolomon #bodypositivity

[Hold Up Your Hands @huyh_uk]

Domestic Abusers should not be celebrated or idolised 🚩#domesticabuse

[Women's Aid @womensaid]

The narrative that domestic abuse can be dismissed as a one-off is harmful and influences how seriously the public take abuse.

➡️Domestic abuse is rarely a 'one-off', it's often part of a pattern of behaviour.

Read our full response ⤵️
https://t.co/PZ0XDqgchd

[Rape Crisis England & Wales @RapeCrisisEandW]

The criminal justice system is failing rape survivors. It takes a huge amount of strength to report to the police - for no further action to be taken is devastating. Too many charging decisions are based on rape myths and stereotypes. #ItsNotOK
We demand rape justice.

[Mind @MindCharity]

1 in 6 young people, aged 7-16, are facing a mental health problem.

These stats are the same as during the height of the pandemic. It’s not good enough.

This week, just like the others, we’re calling on the UK Government to invest in early support hubs.

[Rape Crisis England & Wales @RapeCrisisEandW]

One survivor told us how she was advised by the police not to have therapy whilst undergoing criminal proceedings. The lack of specialist support meant she felt unable to continue with her case. This is why we're campaigning to #KeepCounsellingConfidential

[Laura Burgess @minidot]

@DyingMatters I’ve been looking for a book suitable for a toddler to explain death, but in the context of his nanny who he never met as she died many years before he was born? I cannot find any books that relate to death of someone not known or in the present. Any suggestions welcomed.