Peter Willson

Husband, Dad, Grandpa, Caleb Ordinand, Member C of E National Safeguarding Panel, Retired Surgeon, etc. All views my own. Retweets are not endorsements.

[Peter Willson @pdwillson]

Thank you to Phil and Rob at the Cellar Church Ellesmere for inviting Janine and me to talk about Becky and preventing suicide. https://t.co/vNjxF0qXav

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

Christmas is our annual reminder that God chose enter this world as a marginalized person on behalf of marginalized people everywhere.

Jesus was born poor--to a scandalized teenage mom and a blue collar stepdad. His people were living under oppressive occupation and he was from a town no one liked (“Can anything good come from Nazareth?”). First recognized as Messiah by social outcasts and pagan magicians, Jesus spent his early years as a refugee on the run from a violent government.

In one of his earliest public speeches, Jesus claimed he’d been sent by God “to proclaim good news to the poor,” “freedom for the prisoners,” “recovery of sight for the blind,” “to set the oppressed free,” and “to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Jesus spent the rest of his life doing just that, all while challenging oppressive systems, breaking religious rules, and defying social norms to support those on the margins. Eventually, he was executed as a political dissident by the occupying Roman government.

But it didn’t end there. Jesus overcame death with life by rising from the grave, demonstrating once and for all that there is nothing more powerful than the love of God. He now offers forgiveness, freedom, and flourishing to anyone and everyone who wants it.

If you really want to “keep Christ in Christmas,” worry less about people saying Xmas or Happy Holidays and more about sharing this story—the story of Jesus.

(🖼️ Tent City Nativity by Kelly Latimore)

[Peter Hancock @PeterHancock_]

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay A day to remember those who struggle to maintain good mental health, those who find life incredibly difficult, and those who despair.
May they find support and friendship and the strength that they need, today and every day.

[Radio Jackie News @Jackie_News]

A couple from Esher who lost their child to suicide will be baton bearers in her name at The Mall in London today. https://t.co/suCwJcIhFN At - 2025-10-10 07:03:46

[Peter Willson @pdwillson]

https://t.co/u1pD9xCNFO
So pleased to have been part of the @BatonOfHopeUK today. Raising suicide awareness. Remembering Becky

[Peter Willson @pdwillson]

Tomorrow we walk for @BatonOfHopeUK along the Mall at 10am. This is an interview Janine and I did for Radio Jackie on why we are raising awareness of suicide. https://t.co/rKHTeNUnA3

If you want to support us financially please use our Just Giving Page. https://t.co/Hc9HDuLa6L

[Times Radio @TimesRadio]

“We’re getting a lot of questions now needling into stuff about Sarah and particularities…it’s really not fair to be honest.”

@CathyNewman is interrupted by the Bishop of Winchester’s advisor when she asks how seriously Sarah Mullalley takes safeguarding in the CofE.

[Peter Willson @pdwillson]

Janine Willson and I have been nominated as Baton Bearers for Baton of Hope, in London on 10 October. Please would you support us in raising awareness of suicide by sponsoring us through our Just Giving page (https://t.co/WLG5K83bms)

[Peter Willson @pdwillson]

https://t.co/fFMM4Ybfp2

Really happy to support my friend Gordon cycling for Papyrus. Chasing the sun from sunrise to sunset across N Ireland.

[Peter Willson @pdwillson]

Thousands of criminal cases collapsing due to missing or lost police evidence - BBC News https://t.co/bCBLrUC2Fc

[YoungMinds @YoungMindsUK]

No young person should have this experience.

Lana should have been able to get support for her mental health when she first reached out. Thousands of other young people need that support too.

That’s why we're campaigning for every local area to have a support hub - where you can get support, on the day, without a GP referral or appointment.

[Hatty Calbus @HattyCalbus]

“We owe a debt to the victims who come forward about any institutional abuse. We owe them more than lamenting and repenting, we owe them change." https://t.co/7QpRaAqC6H

[Killed Women @KilledWomennw]

Metro pays tribute to 10 of the women whose lives have been needlessly cut short by violence in 2025. They are someone’s daughter, sister, mum, friend, colleague. Each had a life brutally stolen from them – most often by someone they trusted and loved.
https://t.co/6oT6I3Apve

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzebwesa]

Afghan women have protested through singing, their slogan beginning with a sorrowful poem: “We are the darkest page of history.” Today, on #IWD, it’s yet another day of erasure for them. For three years, Taliban’s orders new decrees against Afghan women—this is gender apartheid.

[Killed Women @KilledWomennw]

A report has revealed that more than 170 mothers across the UK have been killed by their sons in the past 15 years – nearly one in 10 of all women who died at the hands of men.
https://t.co/bynD5Wffr4
Here The Guardian looks at 10 cases of mothers killed by their sons. They underline the range of ages, backgrounds and family circumstances of the victims and perpetrators, and some key factors – most strikingly, mental health problems – that led to the killings.
The data, from the @FemicideCensus, comes after the Guardian launched Killed Women Count last year, a project reporting on every UK woman whose death led to a man being charged.

[Karen Ingala Smith @DrK_IngalaSmith]

Here it is! The report: 2000 Women: Every dead woman is one too many

#2000Women

https://t.co/PnP0XNBLGp

[Murdered By Crayons 🖍️ @CrayonMurders]

Andrew and Tristan Tate are now officially under investigation in three countries for similar sex crimes.

There are at least 49 victims, including three minors aged 15, 16, and 17.

🇷🇴 Romania 🇬🇧 UK 🇺🇸 USA

[Jane Chevous 💙💜⛵ @ReshapersCIC]

The debate on CofE safeguarding can be watched here starting at 8.32pm. Glad to hear @jessphillips affirm re survivors "we owe them more than repenting & lamenting we owe them change" & that she will meet charity commissioner s
https://t.co/UE0wqdz6CQ https://t.co/dyTYg3Y22w

[Steve Reeves @SteveReevesUK]

Yesterday saw a debate in Parliament on @churchofengland safeguarding, thanks to Luke Myer MP.

MP after MP echoed calls for independent safeguarding in the Church. Tributes were paid to survivors and their advocates.

Parliament is calling for change.

https://t.co/nJaCnyBpST

[Jayne Ozanne OBE @JayneOzanne]

Excellent though harrowing @HouseofCommons debate last night on #Safeguarding in @churchofengland led by #LukeMyer

Grateful to Minister for Safeguarding @jessphillips @MarshadeCordova @PollyBLabour & others for their thoughtful interventions

'Sec Gen has questions to answer...'