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@hannahwebster.bsky.social
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mostly by the sea & dreaming of a caring economy with @carefull.bsky.social ex - rsa / turn2us / centrepoint she / her

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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We were delighted the Guardian featured our letter in response to Paul Sagar's piece on social care. We agree we need to think radically about social care, but unless we address the devaluing & undervaluing of care by our economy. We won't create equity in society.
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
What does the gig economy reveal to us about the wider systems that connect us all? And what do we do about it? In our latest episode of Words of Affirmation - out now - our brilliant guest Joe Durbidge from @iwgbunion.bsky.social joins us fo discuss. Listen at linktr.ee/carefulleconomy
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This week Paul Scholes shared his experiences of caring for his son alongside his professional role and it resonated with us. In our economy - that devalues and isolates care - the challenges he faced are shared by millions, but not everyone has the resources he has to fall back on.
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Whether you’re up for the school run, taking Mum to a doctors appointment or helping a neighbour with their shopping, we all want to care and be cared for. But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
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New Economy Brief @neweconomybrief.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We need to stop talking about a housing ladder - it's bad for people and it's bad for policy! Our latest episode of Words of Affirmation breaks it down - listen wherever you get your podcasts / linktr.ee/carefulleconomy
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Today MPs will vote on the amended welfare bill. MPs who choose to walk through the lobby and support this bill are paving the way for at least 150,000 people to be pulled into poverty. Here are just 3 reasons why they should oppose this bill from @katieschmuecker.bsky.social 🔽
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Ruth Hannan @ruthhannan.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Blimey, these Labour proposals on PIP & UC are dire. But listening to Badenoch speak, Tories are terrifying - the idea of "deserving" & "undeserving". Only evidence to present - Taxpayers Alliance! Give me strength. Thankfully not in power, but mustn't be distracted into thinking this bill is good.
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Maskell is cutting through to the root of problem, our economic model. We must tax the super rich to enable the rest of us to live good lives.
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
"They matter for being, not just doing". This is important for all citizens, our existence is not to merely make money for others. The state could enable us to care for ourselves, one another & the planet. Maskell's speech is worth finding it is beautiful.
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Crucial intercession from Rachel Maskell, bringing the care, humanity & voices of those who are being used as political footballs. The price of disability is £1500 per month, support from social security is crucial to prevent real dependence on food banks & charity.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Diane Abbott: "As a Labour govt we should be helping & supporting disabled people, not taking money away from them"
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hannah webster @hannahwebster.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Welfare Reform Bill debate is hard watching but the amendment from Maskell & her framing that we all matter and are deserving is more important now than ever
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We at Care Full will be following the debate on the UC & PIP Bill closely, join us. Before that we explore some of the language & framing that is being used to obscure the devastation this bill will cause. 🧵
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Oxfam Policy & Practice @oxfamgbpolicy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Let’s build a collective movement to win economic justice for carers, says @hannahwebster.bsky.social of @carefull.bsky.social. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/06/lets... @carers-week.bsky.social
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Let’s build a collective movement to win economic justice for carers - Views & Voices
Too many unpaid carers in the UK are struggling by on their own, unseen by policy makers. Taking inspiration from the union movement, says Hannah Webster of Care Full, it’s time to build the collectiv...
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Our co-founder Ruth is in LBC today sharing our thoughts on tomorrow's Spending Review and Carers Week. Moving towards a caring economy is urgent work and it could start tomorrow (call us optimists!)...
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Liz Kendall says proposed PIP cuts will save the welfare state, but we think it's a sign it's already in trouble. It's time to return to foundations that enable our systems of support to thrive; investment over cuts, support over conditionality. What could a compassionate welfare state look like?
Guardian headline reading 'Our £5bn disability benefits cut will stop welfare state collapsing, says Kendall' with 'will stop' crossed out in red and replaced with handwriting reading 'is the' so that the headline now reads 'Our £5bn disability benefits cut is the welfare state collapsing, says Kendall'
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
… from economic inactivity to skilled labour, hard working families to the benefits system we’ll take aim at those phrases that aren’t what they first seem. Our first ep will drop in May! Follow to be the first to hear: open.spotify.com/episode/3V1O...
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Introducing... Words of Affirmation
Words of Affirmation · Episode
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
✨📣 We’re launching a new podcast ✨📣 The day to day language we use to talk about the economy upholds is unfair and unequal design. So we’re launching Words of Affirmation! Each week we’ll demystify and dismantle the words affirming our economic model…
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The Autonomy Institute @autonomy-institute.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We need UBS: a universal, publicly funded system of essential services, free at the point of use and organised around human need. This should range from a Public Food Service to free local transport, a revitalised care system and much more beyond 👇 buff.ly/U0jzzs6
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Universal Basic Services: Building public luxury
Read our new report setting out a transformative vision for Universal Basic Services (UBS) as a foundation for collective flourishing.
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hannah webster @hannahwebster.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Reliving last night through @tbymrry.bsky.social’s launch event thread is a joy 💖♥️💖
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Care full exists to fill that gap through an “optimistic new narrative, ambitious new policy and acts of solidarity”!! ✊☀️🌞 @hannahwebster.bsky.social
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It's questions from the floor time - here's our beautiful floor... Look at all those people who came to celebrate the chicest launch party *ever*. 💁‍♀️
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Will Stronge @wstronge.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
An awesome evening where we all got to hear about this brilliant new project @carefull.bsky.social. Very happy to have hosted the eve and discuss all sorts with the panel. Follow them to hear what comes next!
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
And we’re launched!! Thank you to everyone who joined us last night, now to get to work on a caring economy ✨✨✨
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
📢 New analysis of cuts 📢 We estimate unpaid carers are at risk of losing between £1.2bn – £1.7bn in income as a direct result of changes to PIP eligibility announced this week. The green paper fails to fully engage with the scale of its devastation with much of this on top of £5bn announced 🧵
"Government cuts put unpaid carers at risk of losing income of £1.2-£1.7bn, with nearly half of the loss on top of figures announced so far"
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Ruth Hannan @ruthhannan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Join us- this will be an inspiring and care filled evening.
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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Looking ahead to the disability benefits green paper, this essay for @citizensadvice.bsky.social makes the case for a system focused on improving health outcomes. Co-authors @maddyirose.bsky.social, @victoria-anns.bsky.social & Simon Collerton We challenge the 5 big falsehoods underpinning cuts…🧵
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hannah webster @hannahwebster.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
If anyone is taking the mickey it’s gotta be those scapegoating disabled people & people managing health conditions. We have to resist this narrative that you are only deserving of compassion and support if you can take on paid work. We are all individually and collectively so much more than that.
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
At Care Full we support the #SafeSickPay campaign from @progressivechange.bsky.social. For unpaid carers the fear of becoming ill is acute; it not only affects the practical aspects of care but the financial too. Our latest blog has more on the need for change carefulleconomy.co.uk/2025/02/07/c...
"At Care Full we believe a shift away from a GDP-centric economy is vital. In an economy designed around people, not profit, having the mechanisms (like a good social security system) that enable us to live well - even when we’re sick - is crucial. 

The Safe Sick Pay campaign is one way we can build the foundations of an economy that works for us in the 21st century. A guarantee that everyone can access sick pay, from the first day they need it, and that the money will be enough to get by on."
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
You can read our full response to the announcements and research here: carefulleconomy.co.uk/2025/01/29/e...
The text 'economic growth on a wing and a prayer' with an image of an aeroplane and the Care Full logo
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The Chancellor's announcements today centre airport expansion and football stadiums over engagement with the devastating levels of poverty @jrf-uk.bsky.social are reporting in the here and now. At Care Full we're hopeful change is possible, but we need radically more ambitious ideas to get there.
Red square image with the text 'On the day JRF find 28% of unpaid carers are living in poverty the government made a series of big economic announcements. But, rather than centring parts of our economy that have a tangible impact on our lives the Chancellor brought commitments drawn from a dangerously outdated playbook. We're stuck in a cycle rewarding big business, hoping on a wing and a prayer one day it will show up in our everyday lives."
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Women's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Economic inactivity has many causes, but the term itself is biased, suggesting unpaid work doesn’t contribute to the economy. It’s essential to recognise that paid employment isn’t the only form of contribution and to value unpaid work for its vital role in supporting society and the economy.
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
We’ve written for the Big Issue about what we’re wishing for at Care Full this Christmas… a caring economy! And that’s us for the year. We’ll be back in 2025 with exciting work towards a new economy that enables us to care for ourselves, each other & the planet ♥️ www.bigissue.com/opinion/unpa...
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hannah webster @hannahwebster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Faced with a qu about Hugh’s Law at PMQs - a campaign to financially support parents when caring for a child in hospital - Starmer talks about … radiotherapy funding! Time and time again the need to enable unpaid care is ignored and turned into a question of social or health care. Exhausting!
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hannah webster @hannahwebster.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Not one question about care or unpaid carers from MPs in response to the Get Britain Working statement, despite announcements that are about them. Starting @carefull.bsky.social has been hard work but I’m constantly reminded it’s needed. It’s time for a conversation about an economy that cares!
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hannah webster @hannahwebster.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Your regular reminder that economic inactivity is a loaded and political term - we all contribute to the economy! For many, care for themselves or a loved one is the most important work they can take on. And that unpaid labour should be valued. Read @carefull.bsky.social’s analysis for more 👇
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Just incredibly bleak that when a Labour government is finally in power, disabled people still have to wake up to front pages calling them a blight on society.
Sunday Mail front page: Starmer declares war on benefits Britain
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hello Bluesky 👋🏻 we’re Care Full, a new organisation working towards an economy that enables us to care for ourselves, each other and the planet. We’re excited to be here and thought we’d share a bit more about us…
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Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org · 13/11/2024
"Looking for care revealed a data desert" said @carefull.bsky.social as they blog about their experience working with us as part of the community campaigns on data 2024 cohort. Read more: connectedbydata.org/blog/2024/11...
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Looking for Care Revealed a Data Desert
Care Full is a new organisation, founded by Hannah and Ruth, two carers. We set out to explore the role of care in a new economy and how our economy could enable us to care for ourselves, one another ...
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