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Andrew R

@fgdm.bsky.social
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#FamilyGroupConference & #LifelongLinks Team Manager, sailing, running, family 🌱 Please follow @familyrightsgp.bsky.social

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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
In relation to cutting budgets, new Reform UK councillor in Kent said the focus will be on children and adults social care and SEN. Only 6 of the 57 have any political experience. MAGA hats were being worn at the polling stations. This is not going to be good.
Quote from reform councillor saying they’re going to focus on cutting budgets of children’s social care
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
“Don’t let anybody, anybody convince you this is the way the world is and therefore must be. It must be the way it ought to be.” Toni Morrison Need Toni Morrison wisdom now more than ever
The quote in picture form
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Whoever you are. If you work directly or indirectly with children and young people in the care system, please read this book. Once you have read it - read it again - and recommend it to others. #socialwork Free Loaves on Fridays Edited by Rebekah Pierre unbound.com/books/free-l...
Book cover of Free Loaves on Fridays
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Saw this today: The Māori word for Autism is ‘Takiwatanga’. It means ‘in their own time and space’
An image of children with the same quote as the text overlaid.
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New publication: Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive I’m biased but family group conferences are the best form of family group decision making. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67375f...
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
“In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage - to know who we are & where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, & the most disquieting loneliness” Alex Haley
Picture of Alex Haley with quote text
Https://frg.org.uk/lifelong-links/
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” - Robert Jones, Jr [Repost with correct attribution]
A picture of Robert Jones, Jr
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
“Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings” - Nelson Mandela
Picture of Nelson Mandela with the same quote as in the text
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
“Listening is the most basic act of human connection” @WilliamUryGTY #SocialWork
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Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
“I have a 3-year-old grandson … Should my Caleb ever come to your attention, this is what you must do …” Shannon Pakura former Chief Social Worker New Zealand.
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