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Louisa Backway

@louisabackway.bsky.social
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A middle class woman of a certain age. Aka @louisabooth on the other place. Working mum. Celebrity Manager at a national health charity. Formally Account Manager for various film bits. Always juggling. Sometimes successfully. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/07/2026
We cannot allow a vile vocal minority to divide our nation. A lot of this content is illegal and Ofcom should be investigating. Solidarity with every player targeted. We are united.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/07/2026
Someone has to say it. The amount of racism directed at World Cup players - including in the England squad - online is out of control.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
School gate is like the Met Ball red carpet this morning. #WorldBookDay
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Everyone saying PM shd condemn far right violence in London yday (Shabana Mahmood already has)/ leave X is right. But same for Kemi Badenoch. No Conservative Party can condone thugs attacking police horses & calls for violent uprising. Even Farage has gone up against Yaxley-Lennon ffs.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I’m scared of Reform, I’m scared of the continuing rise of the far right. But moreover I’m scared of the continuing legitimisation of far right ideology and politics into the mainstream.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Eldest starting secondary school for the first time. She needs branded blazer, jumper, PE tops. Also had to buy new style shirts, new colour skirts, and socks, PE leggings. We had to buy a new coat and rucksack as her school only allows plain black.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Feel very proud of our wonderful Sing Like You Mean It 🎙️ choir. The weekly sessions bring joy to my life, and now our single of Hold Back The River by @JamesBayMusic for @braintumourrsch is out today. You can listen, watch and donate all on this link: lnkd.in/erZQ3EVr
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Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Elon trashed his brand for Trump. And for what? This. Everything. Trump. Touches. Dies. (May you get precisely what you deserve)
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Big question from the 5 year old as I am settling her to sleep “Mummy why do we love”….. 🤯
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Stick man oh stick man you excellent friend…
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Raging, absolutely raging that @disneyplusuk.bsky.social cancelled the magnificent Extraordinary. Especially on such a cliffhanger.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Walking home with my 5 year old. School friend calls over across the road and say hello, and then, “Is that your granny or your mummy”. Brutal
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
National Secondary School Offer Day. Terrified I did something wrong suddenly and forgot to upload birth certificate or similar. Have to wait until 5pm. Spent last night not sleeping.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy shifted gears beautifully, naturally, and sympathetically with one of the best depictions of grief I’ve seen on screen. My husband and I wept. My sister in law died in May, leaving a husband and son the same age as Billy. This film allowed us to grieve.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 09/02/2025
Y’all come quick, the museums are doing super bowls again
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Deeply upset by this decision. This is such a retrograde step.
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The removal of a dementia diagnosis target is unacceptable. It sends the message that dementia doesn’t matter and highlights a staggering lack of focus on a devastating condition that affects nearly a million people in the UK. #DementiaDeservesDiagnosis
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Labour slammed for removing key NHS dementia target in ‘glaring omission’
Furious campaigners said Wes Streeting's decision was an alarming 'backwards step'.
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🚨 Breaking news The new @england.nhs.uk planning guidance published today contains nothing on dementia. Like you, we think that’s unacceptable. Dementia is a priority. Diagnosis is a priority. We cannot ignore the UK's biggest killer anymore. #DementiaDeservesDiagnosis
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Liam Conlon MP @liamconlon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I’m continuing to call on Bromley Conservatives to cancel their cruel plans to charge disabled Blue Badge holders They’d be the first and only London Council to do so. It’s time they listened to local residents who are overwhelmingly opposed 👇 www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
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Disabled MP calls to scrap 'cruel' parking charges plan
A petition against the scheme passed 4,000 signatures this week
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Anne-Marie Duff opens up to @thetimes.com about her brother, Eddie, living with young-onset dementia. From difficulties with diagnosis, struggles finding care homes catering to under 65s and the need for dementia training in the social care workforce. Read more: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Anne-Marie Duff’s battle to find care for brother with Alzheimer’s
The Bad Sisters actress is having a ‘nightmare’ finding a place in a specialist care home for her brother Eddie, who was diagnosed with dementia in his forties
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
5 year old calls me into her room after we’ve said goodnight. “Mummy what happened in World War One and Two”. She picks her moments….
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Channel 4 @channel4.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
To everyone watching The Traitors finale tonight, we also have shows too. No idea what they are because of The Traitors finale but if you can catch up on our shows on streaming later that would be great.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Thank you for calling out this ridiculous and cruel plan by Bromley Council.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Whole family excited for #gladiators
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We’re deeply saddened by the news that our supporter, Denis Law, has died with dementia. We’ll be forever grateful that Denis and his family raised not only money for Alzheimer’s Society, but a great deal of awareness too. Our thoughts are with all his friends and family 💙
Denis Law standing with his foot on a football, playing for Manchester United in the 1960s.
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
🚨 Our Head of Local Systems Influencing, Tim Baverstock, has described The RCN's reports of the increasingly demanding NHS front line 'corridor care' as 'harrowing'. Particularly when patients with dementia have been distressed or unable to receive appropriate care. 1/4
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Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses
The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Great work by @liamconlon.bsky.social for his commitment to accessibility and inclusion on our public transport network.
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Southeastern Class 707 ‘City Beam’ trains to be fitted with customer toilets | RailBusinessDaily
Customers travelling with Southeastern in south-east London and parts of Kent can soon look forward to new on-board toilets as part of a Customers travelling with Southeastern in south-east London and...
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Epic choir songs this term: - When you’re gone by Bryan Adams and Mel C - Torn by Natalie Imbruglia - Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Had a few challenging days at the parenting coalface and was brilliant to be able to chat through it all to our parents and guardians network @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social today. Having groups like this, and our menopause and bereavement network have been supportive and make such a difference.
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
'After years of discussion, debate and dithering, this begins to feel more like a problem of political will and implementation than a problem of ideas.' We don’t need to wait to fix adult social care. Jennifer Keen, head of policy, looks at the issue of social care reform.
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We don't need to wait to fix adult social care
On 3 January the UK government announced an independent commission on adult social care. Led by Louise Casey, the new commission has the potential to
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
📢 We need to talk about dementia more. In a new storyline on #EastEnders, Albert Square legend Nigel will reveal he has dementia. Dementia representation on huge programmes like our favourite soaps is a powerful tool for starting some much-needed conversation. 1/3
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"EastEnders legend confirms terminal illness in heartbreaking new storyline."
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Make no mistake. Every politician, pundit & online grifter amplifying Musk's dangerous lies will be aware of this intervention by now. Make no mistake, they are choosing to mislead the public & politicise the suffering of victims in the shameful pursuit of political advantage, attention & clicks.
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Bromley Labour @bromleylabour.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
We're proud of this statement from the Labour women, originating in Bromley and now spreading across South London. We stand in solidarity with Jess Phillips and we are disgusted at the hateful comments towards her by Elon Musk and others. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Happy ‘Circle back’ Day to all who celebrate…
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Myself and my husband have just finished organising and and running a birthday party for our 5 year old in a soft play for 30 of her friends. I would like my medal now.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
It may have taken over twenty two years but I’ve just cleared my student loan. Happy New Year!
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
You are doing your best 💙 This time of year can be overwhelming, so we know there'll be a lot of carers who need to hear this messages this Christmas.
White background with blue text. The text reads ‘You are doing your best. You are not doing anything wrong. You are not alone.’. The words best, wrong, and not alone are in a different colour blue to highlight them. There is a small heart above the text.
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Civil Society @civilsociety.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Kate Lee, CEO of @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social, shares festive tales of unlikely lust for TV comedians, late-night crochet, and an annual trip to Coventry Market
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Christmas Society Diary interviews... Kate Lee
Alzheimer’s Society's CEO answers 10 festive questions from Civil Society’s comical columnist...
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
‘Don’t delay seeking help. It can’t make things any worse.’ Derek and his wife Margaret, who lives with mixed dementia, share how accessing support has improved their quality of life 👇
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'I was in denial about my wife's dementia until the police visited'
Couple Margaret and Derek have opened up about their experience living with dementia as a charity predicts a surge in helpline calls this January.
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Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
We’re proud to announce Dr Chris Hardy as the 2024/25 Carol Jennings Fellow! His groundbreaking work on ‘brain-hearing’ tests aims to detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier and improve diagnosis for underserved communities. Carol’s legacy continues to inspire dementia research. bit.ly/3DA2rpk
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Honouring Carol Jennings and her legacy through groundbreaking dementia research
Learn about the Carol Jennings Fellowship and the people working to stop dementia devastating lives.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Now I know why you never sing the second verse of Jingle Bells….
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It’s begun…..
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
HTS is the name of the company we use to book staff travel and hotels at work.
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Geoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Massive away win for the little fella.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
How is bed time going in your house? 4 year old is currently roaring the absolute banger “Cauliflowers Fluffy” whilst at least staying in bed.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Just a note on the joys of flexible working. I work 4days a week stretched over. On my half days I work at the gym touchdown area in the am and then I can fit in a swim or workout before the school run. Been doing this for two months and it’s made such a difference to me mentally and physically.
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My fellow #perimenopause people! Do you get a prickly scalp, or itchy skin in general? Just started randomly and have changed nothing in terms or products so was wondering if this was an another thing!
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The below article makes some excellent points but also shows why having Celebrity Managers in charities is important. We do the due diligence and stewardship, protecting our organisations reputation and managing the relationship with supporter and their team. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family | Gary Nunn
This year, the family of Captain Tom or Naomi Campbell have shown us the pitfalls of celebrity charities, writes journalist Gary Nunn
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Louisa Backway @louisabackway.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Very much here for the below statement.
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