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Helen Williamson

@HelenWi74931535

Safeguarding Families Lead for Greater Manchester MH NHS FT and Independent trainer in Compassion Fatigue & Vicarious Trauma - the views expressed are my own

 North West, England
Joined September 2019
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Peter Egan is amongst the celebrities who are backing @animal_equality’s campaign to ban foie gras! Why is the UK still importing a product that causes such torture to ducks and geese? This must end! @DefraGovUK, when will you #BanForceFeeding?
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Amazing training today - trauma informed practice teapawt.net/lads_like_us?s=11&t=OW…
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Absolutely appalling
Payzee (@payzeespeaks) profile picturePayzee@payzeespeaks27 Nov 2020
Saddened and horrified to read this. In the UK????!!!! To all those who think girls and women are not going through it all right here in the “Western world” read this! We are being failed. Controversial 'virginity tests' sold by UK clinics - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-5507…
Forced marriages and 'honour crimes against women spike during Christmas' - The Independent apple.news/AMQ6XkHsvQkm4MVoS…

Number of girls being forced into marriage ‘spikes during Christmas’

The number of girls being forced into marriage spikes during the Christmas holidays due to authorities failing to properly protect girls ahead of the festive period, frontline service providers have...

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@UN_Women7 Dec 2019
The first one is from a real headline. We corrected it for you. #orangetheworld #16days
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The single greatest cause of harm in society....
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“I was a police officer for more than 25 years and I regard domestic violence as terrorism on an epic scale. It’s a disease on pandemic proportions.” Fmr police chief superintendent John Sutherland says domestic abuse is “the single greatest cause of harm in society” #Newsnight

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This 14-Year-Old Went Straight to the Police When Her Parents Tried to Force Her to Marry glblctzn.co/e/kgx4K5xsT1 #globalcitizen
The abuse of Victoria Climbie involved a belief like this: Thousands of children abused over witchcraft beliefs as number of known victims rockets by a third - The Independent apple.news/AYRXi4iFGTvy9lInj…

Thousands of children abused over witchcraft beliefs as number of known victims rockets by a third

The number of children known to have been abused in England over beliefs in witchcraft and possession has risen by a third in two years, figures show.

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Life expectancy in UK falls amid rise in avoidable deaths in disadvantaged communities, report shows - The Independent apple.news/AfjDE4lpLR7G1S2KN…

Life expectancy in UK falls amid rise in avoidable deaths in disadvantaged communities, report shows

Life expectancy predictions in the UK has fallen to levels last seen 16 years ago as widening social inequalities lead to a rise in avoidable deaths in disadvantaged communities, a new report shows.

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@officialsammyuk11 Nov 2019
Can I ask my followers to tune into BBC Wednesday 10.45pm. I will be speaking to an amazing girl that was conceived via rape. The documentary follows her story & her search for the truth. It will be hard hitting but a must watch. Please support her. TY google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.thegu…
How Tasnim Lowe survived the death of her family – and the truth of her father’s horrific crime

How Tasnim Lowe survived the death of her family – and the truth of her father’s horrific crime

She was a baby when her mother, aunt and grandmother died. But only now, nearly 20 years on, has Lowe discovered the terrible reality about her parents’ relationship

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• All children are equal and have the same rights. • and have the right to have his or her basic needs fulfilled. • the right to protection from abuse and exploitation. • the right to express his or her opinion and to be respected unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-…
What is the UN Convention on Child Rights?

What is the UN Convention on Child Rights?

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Domestic violence and substance abuse are fuelling surge in children needing social services’ protection, council chiefs warn - The Independent apple.news/AWM326fmzQiORCiSb…

Domestic violence and substance abuse are fuelling surge in children needing social services’...

An increase in domestic violence, substance abuse and poverty are fuelling a surge in the number of children being taken into care, council chiefs have warned.

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Natasha Rattu@natasharat24 Nov 2019
Our joint Child Marriage campaign featured in @CounselMagazine this month, raising the profile of our proposed bill to raise the age of marriage & eliminate #childmarriage across England & Wales. @PayzeeMalika @KNFMHBV @DrProudman #SafeguardFuturesBanChildMarriage
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These figures should act as a wake-up call to all political parties. Years of cuts have left councils struggling to provide vital early support, including for children at risk of exploitation - meaning the challenges they face are likely to escalate. bit.ly/2BWhpD8
Councils dealing with more children at risk of gang involvement and trafficking

Councils dealing with more children at risk of gang involvement and trafficking

DfE figures also show social services dealing with more children seeking asylum and those affected by abuse linked to faith

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Indecent images of children have been found on a Forest Bank prison wing where sex offenders are held - Manchester Evening News apple.news/A5joodQ7pRe-l8Mpp…

Indecent images of children have been found on a Forest Bank prison wing where sex offenders are...

The prison, which is run by Sodexo, has been hit by a series of negative headlines in recent years.

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Freedom United (@freedomunitedHQ) profile pictureFreedom United@freedomunitedHQ18 Oct 2019
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Payzee & her sister Banaz were pressured into marriage at just 16 & 17 years old. Banaz was later murdered at the age of 20 in a so called “honor” killing for leaving her abusive husband. It’s unacceptable that the law continues to leave children vulnerable to forced marriage.
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'People don't talk about girls in county line gangs, we're just hush hush.' County lines can affect any child, no matter what their background is. bbc.in/2VKGJF6
County lines: Girls under the radar in drug gangs

County lines: Girls under the radar in drug gangs

How violent gangs put vulnerable young women and girls at "the forefront" of their business.

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Girls being forced into "marriages" that can sometimes last only hours - purely so the man can have "sex" (which is not allowed outside marriage) bbc.co.uk/news/extra/iuKTEGj…
Something I hear about a lot at work - Abusive men using child contact as way to carry on subjecting women to domestic abuse - The Independent apple.news/AsukozRvPT824klCh…

Abusive men using child contact as way to carry on subjecting women to domestic abuse

Thousands of domestic abusers are preying on their victims during meetings with their children ordered by the family courts, The Independent can reveal.

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