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Michelle Hall

@chellehall

Mum, kinship carer, wife, SEND, autism, rare chromosome, lecturer, doctoral researcher, PhD family time in SGOs, kinship campaigner, trainer. I wear many hats. Love people, always listening and learning.

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The A & F Podcast Adoption and Fostering Podcast

Episode 207 - Michelle Hall & Dr Paul Shuttleworth talk Life Story Work and Kinship
#Kinship #lifestorywork

05.04.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Adoption and Fostering Podcast | Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering

Please take time to listen
adoptionandfostering.podbean.com

05.04.2025 08:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kinship carers can’t pay with love: tell Rachel Reeves to give them financial support When a kinship carer steps up to raise a family or friends' child, they do it with love. But love alone is not enough to pay for the extra costs they need to cover to raise a child: food, school unifo...

secure.kinship.org.uk/page/165806/...

12.02.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice for the Sacked Workers of Almost Famous Burgers - Pay Us What We're Due! Over 100 restaurant workers in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds found out via social media and the press that Almost Famous Burgers would be closing immediately and that they were out of a job! Now the...

Please sign. I know someone affected by this. They have treated the workers appallingly. Letting them know 3 days before payday they had no job. Withholding a month's wages and being very slow to sort out redundancy etc.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ju...

10.02.2025 11:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories? | Frances Ryan There may be no nasty impulse to punish β€˜skivers’, but the end result – those who need help most hit hardest – is exactly the same, says columnist Frances Ryan

As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories?

Reeves tweaks non-dom tax law because of β€œconcerns” but ignores the cries of disabled, old, sick, poor. Poor are expendable. Wealthy potential donors less so.

Govt must change direction.

06.02.2025 07:11 πŸ‘ 618 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 19
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Many care experienced young people including those in kinship care have experienced trauma. Isolation from family & friends while in care can adversely impact mental health further. We're supporting the #FutureMindsCampaign calling for immediate, scalable action to address the mental health crisis

06.02.2025 17:57 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As the @thebda.bsky.social point out today

β€œto save a service millions depend on we need to see urgency and ambition”

I’m backing the BDA in its call for urgent action to save NHS dentistry

06.01.2025 08:46 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1
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Junior looking at inversion in lower Wharfedale and 'Brocken Spectre' on Otley Chevin.

27.12.2024 14:23 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, having missed the #HolmeValley inversion yesterday, self and grandson were rewarded with a lower Wharfedale inversion, with the added bonus of a 'Brocken Spectre'πŸ‘Œdeveloping, which then hung around for a while...
#OtleyChevin

27.12.2024 18:34 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kids love paddling here in the summer, but no more 😒 @premnsikka.bsky.social

18.12.2024 19:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Prefer it here, but feel like there's already a lot of fake accounts. Has some strange accounts follow me.

18.12.2024 09:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour condemned for allowing β€˜new generation of slum homes’ in England Government accused of permitting a planning β€˜free-for-all’ by allowing developers to convert office blocks into flats without the usual controls

UK Labour govt to continue Tory policy - a planning β€˜free-for-all’ allowing developers to convert office blocks into flats without planning control.

New slums for the poor - Flats measuring 12ft x 12ft), poor ventilation, thin walls, lack of amenities.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

15.12.2024 08:11 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 7
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Labour condemned for allowing β€˜new generation of slum homes’ in England Government accused of permitting a planning β€˜free-for-all’ by allowing developers to convert office blocks into flats without the usual controls

Labour has been accused of allowing developers to build a new generation of β€œslum” homes by converting office blocks into flats without planning permission

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

15.12.2024 16:46 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 3
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Kirkstall: Frustration as Morris Lane repair works set to last until March - West Leeds Dispatch By John Baron Yorkshire Water has apologised after it was revealed work on repairing a damaged sewer on Morris Lane in Kirkstall will last an extra three months. A burst […]

westleedsdispatch.com/kirkstall-fr...

14.12.2024 12:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A major road into Leeds has been shut for months and will be till March due to a sewage issue, most likely due to years of neglect in improving infrastructure. Absolute joke. Water taste has also deteriorated in recent years.

14.12.2024 12:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Third of each Yorkshire Water bill goes on debt and dividend The firm has amassed debts of Β£6.2bn and paid out dividends worth Β£522m since 2017-18, figures show.

Third of Yorkshire Water customer bill cash goes on debt & dividend

Similar with other water companies.

Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.

Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

14.12.2024 11:03 πŸ‘ 1090 πŸ” 592 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 31

@youngbill.bsky.social

14.12.2024 10:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Give those who work in child services the resources and the training to do their job. Further upstream work on better access to rehab, re-introduce surestart model. Before anyone worries about the expenditure. It will cost a lot more when damaged children become broken adults. Break the cycle.

13.12.2024 09:17 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Shelter condemns β€˜shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame

Shocking 14% rise in homelessness in England.

354,000 people homeless, includes 161,500 children - equivalent to city the size of Coventry.

Result of austerity, real wage/benefit cuts, unchecked profiteering.

Govts make slogans do nothing to end inequities.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

11.12.2024 09:00 πŸ‘ 761 πŸ” 436 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 21

Good to see you on here Lex. I have the same fear which is why I am not ditching one platform for another and aim to get a balance view. I like to see and hear all sides.

11.12.2024 15:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Keir Starmer says Saudi Arabia trip fulfils β€˜number one mission’ to grow UK economy PM defends ties between two countries and says he will be able to raise concerns about Saudi government’s human rights record

Keir Starmer says Saudi Arabia trip fulfils β€˜number one mission’ to grow UK economy
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

10.12.2024 10:38 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 8
A shocking revelation in the #PhysicianAssociates scandal - hold onto your seats
A shocking revelation in the #PhysicianAssociates scandal - hold onto your seats YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

A shocking revelation today in the #PhysicianAssociates scandal

It turns out the Health Secretary is using tax payers money to pay the GMC’s costs in defending the legal action brought by @anaesunited.bsky.social to protect patient safety - an outrageous use of public money youtu.be/T-BDHQop1zk?...

10.12.2024 07:38 πŸ‘ 1434 πŸ” 739 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 42

Agree, parenting is more than attachment, but too much emphasis is put on attachment when it comes to parenting programs, often leaving parents ill equipped and feeling blamed and shamed. Particularly mothers.

09.12.2024 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every Β£ you donate to @familyrightsgp before Tuesday will be matched under #TheBigGive πŸ˜€
lt means we can provide specialist advice to more kinship carers eg
a grandmother seeking to take on the care of her grandchild who'd otherwise be in the care system

08.12.2024 12:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Local sunset, December, last year.
#HolmeValley

07.12.2024 19:02 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. It's not my research area right now. Once I complete my PhD this is something I'd be interested in following up. There must be like-minded people out there.

07.12.2024 20:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes that's true. Then we see research from various ethnic groups saying 'the system doesn't work for us' they feel distrust and excluded. We need to be open to challenging our own perceptions of good parenting and listen and learn, instead we often label these families as unwilling to engage.

07.12.2024 07:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Universality claim of attachment theory: Children’s socioemotional development across cultures | PNAS The first part of this paper reviews the basic tenets of attachment theory with respect to differences in cultural socialization strategies. In one...

www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

07.12.2024 07:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My son is being taught for a full year by a HLTA as can't get a teacher. Make it make sense!

06.12.2024 18:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it time to decolonise #attachmenttheory in #socialwork? Discuss.

Links to papers welcomed.

04.12.2024 14:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0