Media Manager for @Booktrust
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On Tuesday, we took unpaid carers to the streets of Westminster so they could fight for their legal right to time off. This, was their #ProtestFromHome
Sign the petition: carers.org/protest
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We've coordinated an Open Letter to the Chancellor, representing 130 local carer services in the UK
We're urging an exemption from the National Insurance hike, which could mean the difference between survival and closure for vital carer support services carers.org/campaigning-for-c…
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Young carers are missing a month of school every year!
New, major study reveals a lack of support is having devastating impacts on young carers' education and life chances
Find the striking results and the solutions. Read more:
carers.org/what-we-do/young-…
Mark Chandler retweeted
Impressive and authoritative @guardianletters on the carer's allowance repayment scandal, including from a judge, and a welfare rights advisor theguardian.com/society/2024…
"With a general election next year, now is the time to insist the government stops the discrimination, marginalisation and penalisation of unpaid carers." theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Do you care, unpaid, for a family member, friend or partner? If so, we would love to hear from you! Get your voice heard and fill in our annual adult #UnpaidCarer survey to help us better understand what support you need to help you in your caring role. bit.ly/3MdETsl
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"That ten minute conversation changed my life because it helped me understand how important it is to get support."
Today is #YoungCarersActionDay and the theme is Make Time for Young Carers. Find out more about the theme and why we chose it 👉 bit.ly/3HczONo
ALT Today is Young Carers Action Day. Cartoon of two young people waving. #YoungCarersActionDay
A Carers Trust survey highlights starkly how unpaid carers are even more vulnerable than the rest of society to the cost of living crisis. One in 7 said they're using a food bank, nearly two thirds have given up work or reduced hours: carers.org/disappeared #HiddenCarersCrisis
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Keen to hear from members of the trade running in the marathon this weekend! Email below and in bio 🏃🏃
🏃Are you running the London marathon this weekend?
We'd love to hear from you! Let us know why you are running by emailing [email protected]
Here's our @thebookseller story from a few days ago explaining the current problems at Waterstones. thebookseller.com/news/water…
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.@panmacmillan and author Kate Clanchy have parted company “by mutual consent”, with the publisher reverting the rights and ceasing distribution of all her work following criticism of Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me. More here: bit.ly/33RkIg6
ALT Kate is a white woman with short brown hair, she wears glases
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To mark what would’ve been a milestone in Ella’s life please bring a jar with a tea light. Ella’s Fdn is raising funds for a permanent memorial for the 10th anniversary of her passing in 2023, please click link: gofund.me/6543f584 #Ella18 #VigilforElla #lightacandleforElla
The Bookseller's predictions for 2022. Watching Tarantino will never be the same again.
bit.ly/334l4Q9
Some titles on the Booker longlist have seen their sales soar by more than 900% since last week's announcement thebookseller.com/news/booke…
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Library peeps! I'm managing a library-themed @thebookseller edition next month focused on public & school libraries. I'm keen to speak to librarians, council leaders, authors & campaigners about this & hear views/ innovation etc 🔥📚🌟 More details here:
thebookseller.com/news/books…
I can't stop thinking about how Asda's online delivery service substituted my loaf of bread for a big bag of flour.
Waterstones and Penguin Random House have announced their dispute is over. thebookseller.com/news/prh-a…
Our reporter @sleighbayley has noticed something very curious about the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists... thebookseller.com/news/danie…
Thanks for all the nice messages about this. I might even start tweeting again. I hear Twitter's lovely at the moment. teapawt.net/thebookseller/status/1…
Ooh we've got exciting news at Bookseller HQ, with the brilliant @Mark_Chandler stepping up as news editor, as Benedicte Page returns to deputy editor role, and we have @sleighbayley joining us as senior reporter. A big welcome and well done! bit.ly/2SzJnQM
Booker International winner Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, who is also a dairy farmer, has declared themselves "as proud as a cow with seven udders", raising the bar for everyone's acceptance speeches from now on thebookseller.com/news/booke…