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Jane Basham

@janebasham.bsky.social
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Where to start. Retired from a fab career in the voluntary sector. Survivor. Feminist. Activist. Social justice. Anti-racist. Mother. Grandmother. Vegetarian. Pro-migration. Volunteer with Roots; Care4Calais; Ipswich FIND

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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Top vacancy - Foodbank making a real difference 👇🏽
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy VE DAY. Remembering those who died so we could be free. Remembering the awful human impact of evil dictatorships. Remembering our EU allies. Remembering those displaced by war -then and now #refugeeconvention #veday
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Lots still to do in the garden having just moved back here but I’m giving wildlife a chance for a while ! #nomowmay @plantlifeuk.bsky.social 🐛🕷️🐜🦗🐌🐞🪲🪰🌱🍀☘️🍃🍄‍🟫🌾
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Many years ago when he lived. The trauma of his preventable death 8 years ago today, how badly he was failed, is as raw as it ever was. Grief. Endless, as is love. Life is fragile. Love lasts ❤️💔
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Remembering Stephen Lawrence murdered this day in 1993 because he was black. He was just 18, with a full life and opportunity ahead of him. He and his family denied justice …still. Never forget. #stephenlawrenceday #racism #policing #justice ?
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Come on @ipswichtown.bsky.social @arsenalfans.bsky.social … support our local Foodbank! #hungerdoesntwearclubcolours #Ipswich #familiesinneed
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
#disabledpeopleagainstthecuts #Ipswich
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Yesterday at Dunkirk I met many people who’d just arrived. Freezing conditions. People who arrived later in the afternoon, ill prepared for the awful conditions missed access to food and shelter. Bewildered as the reality that they’d spend the night outside sank in. Inhumanity. #refugees #saferoutes
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Ramadan Mubarak. Bittersweet for refugees. A time of celebration and yet memories of a life before spent with loved ones. #calais #dunkirk #ramadan #saferoutes @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social #fromsuffolkwithlove 🙏🇫🇷❤️
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
There are many superpowers needed to be a @care4calais.org volunteer-come & join us. #extremeshopping #ramadan #calais #saferoutes
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Another person dead this morning. Killed by the UK Government #HostileEnvironment @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social An over crowded boat collapsed, freezing conditions. My thoughts with their family. #saferoutes #refugeeswelcome
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
3 more killings. Another vigil last night. 2 men dead on the beach in Berck. Much further down the coast. As the border is increasingly militarised people take longer, riskier journies. Plus a young man killed on the road in Dijon. Deadly immigration policies. #saferoutes 🙏😢@loucalvey.bsky.social
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
..meanwhile here in France the local newspaper headlines blame ‘migrants’ for disrupting waterfowl hunting. The utter disregard for the lives of our fellow humans forced to live in inhumane squalid conditions in Northern France makes me despair 😞 @loucalvey.bsky.social @danielsohege.bsky.social
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Another vigil here in Calais tonight Lou. We remembered a young man (we believe from Sudan) now dead- thought to have fallen from a lorry trying to seek safety in the UK. Another killing as a result of deadly anti-immigration policy.
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Tonight the @care4calais.org team joined with others to remember the young person (we believe from Sudan) who died on a busy main road yesterday morning. It is believed he’d fallen from a lorry trying to seek safety in the UK. Be ashamed @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social #saferoutes #refugeeswelcome
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
So very privileged to be able to be here. #skiing #valdifassa #dolomites #italy 🇮🇹 🙏
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
4 years since my big sis died from #Covid19 I’ll never forget or forgive the so called ‘leaders’ who partied & lied while our loved ones died. @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social 💔🙏
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Arriving on a ferry in Dover reflecting on the privilege I have to cross the Channel this way. It’s a happy accident where we are born. Those who deny our fellow humans safe passage are responsible for the deaths of people who die trying to seek safety in the UK #saferoutes #refugeeswelcome 🙏❤️🇫🇷
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Today #Dunkirk we kitted out a small 16 year old boy from Iraq with a warm coat, a hat, gloves, a neck warmer a pair of pants and a pair of socks. We’d found him shivering uncontrollably in a thin cotton jacket. I choose welcome & love #saferoutes #fromsuffolkwithlove 🙏❤️🇫🇷
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Meanwhile they ‘grow’ boulders in green spaces in Calais to prevent people seeking asylum from pitching tents for shelter in dire weather. Boulders, fences, razor wire, army, oppressive policing, evictions, clearances, record number of reported deaths. I weep for humanity. #refugees
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Here in Calais they grow boulders rather than green spaces. Boulders genetically modified to prevent people seeking safety in the UK to pitch flimsy tents & have some shelter in freezing conditions. This is what the Hostile Environment looks like. Shame on you @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social #refugees
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Again-despite the squalor people people seeking safety are forced to live in on our border, music brought joy for a while. First dancing to traditional Eritrean music. Then people were introduced to @waterboysmusic.bsky.social @mickpuck.bsky.social #fishermansblues Thank you 🙏 #refugees #dunkirk
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Yesterday in Dunkirk I distributed pre-loved clothes & sanitary products to women & children. They have fled dangerous countries and wait, in squalid conditions, for the wind to subside so they can make the treacherous crossing. Shame on you @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social #saferoutes #refugeeswelcome
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
#InternationalDayofMigrants As I briefly head back to the UK with a ferry ticket, a visa & a passport I’m reflecting on my privilege. It’s pure luck where we are born..
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I do bloomin’ love @mrjohncrace.bsky.social take on things.. while Johnson is on about ‘fatties’ ..I found a photo that felt relevant!
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Another vigil in Calais this week as 2 more of our fellow humans were found dead on the beach in Northern France. The killings on our border are increasing because of aggressive border tactics. #saferoutes @care4calais.bsky.social 🙏❤️🇫🇷
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We were made to use another site to provide services for refugees in Calais. The French state has destroyed the living area of a largely Eritrean community. They are now in a smaller wooded area- further away from services. The awful oppression of our fellow humans continues. #saferoutes
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Today at Dunkirk we distributed clothes for women & children. Many new arrivals with no shelter. Many needing warm clothing, hats & gloves-it’s so cold. People from the most dangerous countries-Iraq, Iran, Khurdistan, Syria. People with no choice but to try & cross the Channel. #saferoutes 🙏❤️🇫🇷💔
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Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Wissant today - looking towards Dover. Wissant. Where one of our fellow humans was found dead this week. The lack of #saferoutes & increased militarisation of our borders means more people seeking sanctuary in the UK, are being killed. #notinmyname
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