Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialOxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Make some noise. Share this post. 🚨 The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law. 15236305
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDaniel Jillings @djillings.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Exciting news about next year! I will be travelling to Sri Lanka with VoluntEars in August 2026. I will be volunteering at a local Deaf school near Colombo. But, I need your help! Watch the video and share! The fundraising page can be accessed via the link below: www.gofundme.com/f/voluntears... 132
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 31/07/2025“Israel has been calibrating hunger in Gaza for decades, initially calculating shipments to exert pressure without causing starvation…” But no more. Devastating reporting from @theguardian.com’s Emma Graham Harrison on the grotesque calculations behind Israel’s engineered famine. Please read. 16747
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29/07/2025I welcome the UK Government’s commitment to recognise the State of Palestine, but it shouldn’t be subject to conditions. It must be unequivocal, irreversible and backed by sanctions on Israel. Israel must agree to a ceasefire now and allow more aid into Gaza to stop starvation. 1119176
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSignalise @signalisecoop.bsky.social · 17/07/2025A new @signhealth.bsky.social report reveals that only 15% of deaf people have had a positive experience with the government scheme ‘Access to Work’, which is used by disabled people to get into work and stay employed. Read more here 👉 buff.ly/ncZcQEr 013
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialPaula Peters @paulapeters19.bsky.social · 17/07/2025#DisabilityBenefits Solidarity to Neil Duncan-Jordan, Rachael Maskell, Brian Leishman & Chris Hinchliff Disabled people thank you for the stand you took Stay an independent Labour showed you who they really are www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comLabour suspends four rebel MPs for breaching party disciplineNeil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Rachael Maskell all voted against welfare reforms. 14418
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Keir Starmer last week defended his U-Turns on disability benefits as being "common sense", having listened to the "concerns" of Labour MPs. Now some of the very Labour MPs who expressed those concerns and demanded those "common sense" changes are being suspended 72865265
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSpecial Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 11/07/2025SEND: Dismantling children’s legal rights in the name of reform - Excellent article about #SaveOurChildrensRights from Alison at @learningdisability.bsky.social www.learningdisabilitytoday....learningdisabilitytoday.co.ukSEND: dismantling children’s legal rights in the name of reformThis week, a coalition of organisations and individuals launched the Save our Children's Rights campaign to ensure there is no rolling back of the existing legal rights of children and young people with SEND in the name of reform. 034
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialTrussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 09/07/2025🚨 We’re shocked and disappointed. The UK government has pushed through HUGE cuts to Universal Credit for disabled people applying in the future. These cuts will be devastating. They risk pushing even more disabled people to food banks. 5226115
annjillings.bsky.social @annjillings.bsky.social · 24/06/2025@jessasatomp.bsky.social Please protect disabled and vulnerable constituents from inhumane impacts of the proposed welfare reform Bill. Desperately hoping that you will sign the reasoned amendment and vote against the reform Bill. 010
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDisability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025🚨NEWS🚨 70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour's cuts than originally expected by The Big Issue It's time for them to U-turn just like with the winter fuel payment and stop punishing the poorest www.bigissue.com/news/social-...bigissue.com70,000 more people to lose benefits due to Labour's cuts than originally expectedThe government has admitted it expects 70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under its planned cuts than previously disclosed. 0219
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialTrussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025❗ 1 in 6 people referred to food banks in our community are carers. When you're looking after a loved one, you should NEVER have to worry about whether you can afford food and essentials. Our social security system should be there to provide support to carers. 💚 #CarersWeek 24832
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSpecial Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 03/06/2025The petition to protect disabled children’s rights is now in the top 10 of over 1,900 on the official petitions website, with over 81,000 signatures. We’ve been told a White Paper is imminent. Will you help get this up to 100,000? Under 18s can sign too. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SENDSupport in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable chil... 273
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDeafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) @dcal-ucl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Discover UCL this July! A free summer school for deaf and hard of hearing students - with BSL interpreters, live captioning, and a chance to explore university life. Apply now by Monday 10th June. 002
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialMatt Keer @captaink77.bsky.social · 30/05/2025It’s overwhelmingly mothers who fight these SEND battles, who leave their jobs, who have their lives turned upside down, & who keep on fighting for others I wonder if the No10 strategy and comms bros who’ll sign this off have clocked this 43123
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSpecial Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 20/05/2025NEW POST: @rachel.stopsafetyvalve.uk writes about why the petition to protect SEND rights needs 100,000 signatures—and though it's well on the way, read about why signing is vital—and if you haven’t already, please SIGN and SHARE this post and petition! www.specialneedsjungle.com/a... 043
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSpecial Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 20/05/2025On SNJ Today: The parliamentary petition to #ProtectSENDRights is gaining lots of signatures - @rachel.stopsafetyvalve.uk about why we need 100,000 people to sign—If you haven’t already, please SIGN and SHARE this post and petition! www.specialneedsjungle.com/a... Please Share! 046
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSpecial Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 18/05/2025The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools. SNJ team member Rachel Filmer has started a petition to call for the protection of disabled children’s rights. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SENDSupport in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable chil... 11014
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 12/05/2025We need to be absolutely clear about the human cost of this policy. More ambulances stuck outside A&Es. More patients dying in hospital corridors. More suffering. More misery. More patient harm. Because Starmer has chosen to prioritise cheap headlines above improving society. Way to go, Labour. 515550
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDisabled Students UK @disabledstudentsuk.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Calling all disabled students! 🔊Shape the future of Higher Education accessibility by completing the Annual #DisabledStudentSurvey. Your voice matters! Join over 1000 disabled students and make a difference 👇 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dsuk-resea... 024
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialHarriet Cannon @harrietcannon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025#UKHE Please encourage disabled students at your institutions to complete the DSUK annual survey. It is a vital tool in helping to shape disability support in HE, as well as providing invaluable feedback on current issues facing disabled students. It has real impact! 079
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialNatalya D @natalyad.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I encourage any current disabled student in the UK to fill this in. This survey is a useful snapshot of what's happening across the UK, good and poor practice and areas universities need to focus on to improve. 078
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDaniel Jillings @djillings.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Happy Deaf Awareness Week! I have created some slides with useful tips. Hope you find these helpful. 011
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSaba Salman @sabasalman.com · 02/05/2025PM says 'we get it' and will go 'further and faster' in delivering change. He might like to start with the new terms of ref for the Casey commission on social care - with its recommendations to be phased in over 10 years. And maybe not cut disability benefits. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comKeir Starmer under fire from Labour MPs after byelection loss to Reform UKBackbenchers accuse PM and his team of complacency about Runcorn contest and criticise No 10’s policies 094
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialAaron King @9000lives.org · 01/05/2025🚨 Great news: GCSE in British Sign Language is coming. Courses were due to start in Sept 2025 but sadly the Department for Education says that it has been delayed. Is it coming to a school near you soon? Maybe. Maybe not. 🧵 1/10 182
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/04/2025At least 80 Labour MPs are at risk of losing their majorities over proposed welfare cuts, according to data shared between Labour MPs who are warning the government that the changes “pose a real electoral risk” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘Electoral wake-up call’: dozens of Labour MPs risk losing majorities over welfare cutsNew data shows cabinet ministers among MPs at risk as campaign to pressure government over proposed benefit cuts to step up 52338111
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDaniel Jillings @djillings.bsky.social · 10/04/2025www.instagram.com/bslsocexeter... Click on the video for subtitles. #britishsignlanguage #deaf #exeter 031
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/04/2025Reunion review – this excellent British Sign Language thriller is an absolute revelationtheguardian.comReunion review – this excellent British Sign Language thriller is an absolute revelationThe performances – including that of Rose Ayling-Ellis – are outstanding, while the way it switches between spoken and signed language is utterly seamless. It feels shocking that it's taken so long for a show like this to exist 26014
annjillings.bsky.social @annjillings.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Just in case it is in doubt that changes to Disability benefits will push people into poverty. Try searching for a part-time job, working from home with a disability confident employer. 010
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDan white @danwhite1972.bsky.social · 01/04/2025New Economic Foundation analysis shows the green paper benefit cuts will hit ill and disabled people by almost £2bn more than what has been widely reported. neweconomics.org/2025/03/the-...neweconomics.orgThe true scale and impact of benefit cuts for ill and disabled peopleNEF analysis shows the cuts will hit ill and disabled people by almost £2bn more than what has been widely reported 12016
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialTrussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025FYI: PIP (Personal Independence Payments) is not an out-of-work benefit. It exists to help people pay for the extra costs that come with disability. Cutting disability benefits won’t help people who are already working, and it won’t help people back into work. 315460
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialTrussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 18/03/2025🚨 Today’s announcement is alarming. It’s true, our social security system needs an urgent update. But cutting disability benefits is not the way to fix it. Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger. Huge cuts risk pushing more people to food banks. 919389
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/03/2025“No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship” Absolutely right @jrf-uk.bsky.social 317650
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDeafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) @dcal-ucl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025🌟 Sign Language Week 2025 is here! 🌟 Celebrate BSL – more than a language, its culture, community & belonging. Join us in raising awareness and recognising the importance of BSL in society! 👐💙 #SignLanguageWeek #SLW2025 022
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Some people can work. Some can, but not right now. Some never will. All are equal. I do not deserve more state support just because I’ve been able to work at times. Disabled people shouldn’t be ranked by ‘productivity.’ We deserve dignity, full stop. #DisabilityBenefits 20413104
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialTrussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025📢 The UK government is talking about making HUGE cuts to disabled people’s social security. Disabled people are already three times more likely to face hunger, and these cuts risk pushing even more people to food banks. 1617596
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Hunger & hardship are already at record levels. Almost one in five people receiving Universal Credit & disability benefits used a food bank in the last month. People are desperate & at breaking point - cutting welfare & disability benefits which are already not enough to live on is not the answer 1621477
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Trump and Vance’s shameful behavior has embarrassed their country. President Zelenskyy is a hero. He should have been treated as such 882654552
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialHarriet Cannon @harrietcannon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025A year after the DSA changes and everything is going exactly as (we) predicted 🙄 BBC News - Northampton University student criticises DSA support - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNorthampton University student criticises DSA supportTilly Gerra requires support to study at university, but says she still faces 4146
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialDan white @danwhite1972.bsky.social · 14/02/2025DWP admits 'Access to Work' support is failing, just as the Government look to push more Disabled People into work. Read my story here: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dwp-adm... 3269
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 14/02/2025'Access to Work' is a badly administered and bizarrely inaccessible scheme. It's also one of the only things the UK government does to help disabled people to access work at all. 2239
annjillings.bsky.social @annjillings.bsky.social · 14/02/2025So the government wants more disabled people to work yet suggest paring back Access to Work, a scheme that specifically helps disabled people work in paid employment. The responsibility will be shifted to employers, who will see the cost of support and stop employing disabled people. 000
annjillings.bsky.social @annjillings.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Quick question about DSA support. What action can be taken if the NMH provider is unable to cover all study sessions in a term? 010
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSignature Deaf @signature.org.uk · 19/12/2024This year for the first time the Kings speech will be BSL Interpreted. Date & Time🕰️: Christmas Day, 25th December 2024, at 3PM Where to Watch 📺: Sky Mix (live) and then On Demand Interpreted by: Clive Mason Catch this historic broadcast with full BSL, sharing the King's message of hope and unity 174
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSignature Deaf @signature.org.uk · 18/12/2024In October, we joined @ndcs-uk.bsky.social to challenge the Welsh Government's decision to suspend the Made-for-Wales BSL GCSE. View their response and our statement here: buff.ly/4iJ8yYM #BritishSignLanguage #BSL #BSLGCSE #Deaf #SignLanguage 051
Reposted by @annjillings.bsky.socialSignHealth @signhealth.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Deaf young people, the Covid Inquiry wants you! Join an online focus group to share your experiences of the pandemic. Please share with deaf young people you know aged 18-25. 17 Dec 6:30pm 18 Dec 6:30pmsignhealth.org.ukCovid-19 Inquiry focus groups for deaf young people - SignHealthInquiry focus group for deaf people, an opportunity to share the impact it had on your life and the other people around you. 003
