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purpleSTARS are a inclusive research team with and without disabilities/differences who work with art, sensory materials and technology in collaboration with institutions like museums and universities. purplestars.org.uk www.rixinclusiver

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purpleSTARS @rix-purplestars.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Last week to vote if you live, work or study in Newham London UK for our People Powered Places Collaboration
Poster about an intergenerational project about Work and Employment in Newham UK. The poster has a QR code for people to vote if they live work or study in Newham. The QR code takes you to the People Powered Places voting site https://newhamco-create.co.uk/en/projects/people-powered-stratford-west-ham-1
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purpleSTARS @rix-purplestars.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The Citizens on Newham In London voted overwhelmingly to keep both cash and cards
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rufaro17.bsky.social @rufaro17.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_ful... What an incredible day hearing about interesting values about the Newham heritage centre and it was Awesome
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Lee @mrlphilimo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I was asked about what I like in the Newham Heritage Centre... I say a space for local Urban talent. Really good session @rixcentre.bsky.social @rix-purplestars.bsky.social
Victorian building (Former Canning Town Library)The floor plan for the Newham Heritage Centre
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Lee @mrlphilimo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A woman interviews another women in front of a display cabinet that says The Magic of Money at the Bank of England Museum.
A display at the Bank of England Museum displaying a £5, £20 and £10 pound notes and materials used to create them
Display from The Future of Money at the Bank of England Museum showing the percentage of people using cash decreasing. One sign talks about people becoming Unbanked. The display also shows all the new currency with King Charles on the coins and notes.
Display shows how digital payments work. The center shows a red fan shape with 4 layers. 1) Objects we can buy, 
2) Ways of buying, 
3) The systems of pay 
4) Leads to Bank of England. 
The display also shows cards developed for people living with Dementia, an Oyster card, a digital Monopoly Card and a ring and wristband you can use like a credit card.
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Lee @mrlphilimo.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
My Top Nine 2024 #Topnine2024 #Highlights2024 #bestof2024
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Lee @mrlphilimo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
How extraordinary, I can't even remember my first time visiting the #britishmuseum or this is really my first... Well it feels good to watch and learn, also be part of it #HewLocke
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#HewLockeThree Busts of Queen Victoria Watchers Sculpture Watchers Sculpture
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Karl Mercer @karlantmercer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
My Curating Visibility co-production discussions are in full swing! Do you identify as disabled and live in Dover, Deal, Sandwich or Folkestone areas? With very few spaces left if you are interested you should really get your applications in now! www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Exhibitions/...
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Curating Visibility
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allyann @allyann.bsky.social · 27/07/2023
📍 ♿️ #Disability feed pinned post 📍 Any post that contains the keywords of disability, #disability, #pwd, #NDIS, #accessibility, and ♿ will be picked up in this feed. Please ensure that you also like - ♡ - the #Disability feed so that it remains in the top 50 Discover Feeds list.
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Anjali Forber-Pratt, Ph.D. @anjalifp.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
New lego characters coming to represent hidden disabilities! #Disability www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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New Lego characters aim to represent hidden disabilities such as autism
Company says it hopes sunflower lanyard will help people ‘embrace diversity, value inclusivity and remove stigma’
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National Centre for Creative Health @ncch.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
New - Creative Health Across the System: ICB, Hospitals, Public Health, & Combined Authorities. The short video explainer helps audiences to orientate themselves as to how creative health shows up in four key healthcare contexts! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fHH... More info ncch.org.uk/news/creativ...
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Creative Health Across the System: ICBs, Hospitals, Public Health, and Combined Authorities
YouTube video by National Centre for Creative Health
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Joe Vaughan @joevaughan.net · 06/12/2024
agree! love how clearly quality research has been demonstrated in all the talks so far #MuseTech24
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This year, our small team of volunteers have collectively donated 150+ hours of their time to help make our archives more accessible to everyone. Our 4 newest volunteers are working on collections care & curating exhibitions. 🌟 A huge THANK YOU to all our volunteers! 🌟 #InternationalVolunteersDay
Collage of 40 images from the University of Exeter Special Collections
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Rix Inclusive Research @rixcentre.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Well done team 😀
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purpleSTARS @rix-purplestars.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
purpleSTARS Samantha, Ajay, Kate @rixcentre.bsky.social awarded UCL East Engagement Awards high commendation Amplifying Voices: Engaged Event, for Counter Culture Exhibition part of Ranjita Dhital's Architecture of Pharmacies research project #UCL www.architectureofpharmacies.com/exhibition/
6 people pose with a Engagement certificate wearing medals and showing a cushion with pills a patternMan with glass in a smart suit smiling showing a medal round his neck
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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This morning I posted www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3... promising that for #IDPwD #IDPD #IDPD24 #PurpleSockDay I'd be open about experiencing a hidden disability in relation to access to work. I promised because
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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Please join us in-person or online for the next event in our research group seminar series. Nathaniel Lawford will be discussing the history and significance of the self-advocacy movement for people with learning disabilities and/or autism in England. Follow the link to find out more, and join us:
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Learning Disabilities and Autism Seminar Series: Advocating for Advocacy
The Learning Disability & Autism Research Group welcome guest speaker Nathaniel Lawford.
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Rix Inclusive Research @rixcentre.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It's Disability History Month, a time to reflect on how society's attitude to disability has changed over the years in the UK. Read more here ukdhm.org @rix-purplestars.bsky.social
Text states UK Disability History Month
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purpleSTARS @rix-purplestars.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
#disabilityhistorymonth raising awareness about disabled people’s history & fight for equality in the past and fair partnership with museums in the present @innovatetrust.bsky.social vimeo.com/1005585528 @museumsassociation.bsky.social Mindsets + Missions project @ukri.org @rixcentre.bsky.social
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NewidByd_SomethingNew Concept Behind Project
With subtitles in Welsh and English
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The Sensational Museum @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Just re-sharing this for anyone who's looking for some Monday morning inspiration.
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The Sensational Museum @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Do you have lived experience of #deafness and/or d/Deaf culture and BSL, ASL or International Sign? Our Co-Investigator, @alisonfe.bsky.social and the Uni of Westminster are recruiting for a #PhD studentship. #Deaf #sciencecommunication #museums #accessibility
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PhD Studentship: Signing Sound: Deaf Gain within Inclusive Co-created Audio Descriptions of Museum Experiences at University of Westminster
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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purpleSTARS @rix-purplestars.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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Newid Byd_Something New Sensory Inclusive Quest Operation Dragon
Video made to document a Mindsets + Missions project collaboration with Innovate Trust and purpleSTARS at St Fagans at the Museum of Wales
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Dr Sarah Bearchell 🌻 @sarahbearchell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
If you are looking for some interesting science people, check out this starter pack from @be-sciencey.bsky.social go.bsky.app/JanMsTM
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 20/11/2024
NEW REPORT: By 2040, there could be as many as 1.7 million people living with #dementia in England and Wales alone. What needs to improve for #SocialCare to better support people with dementia? www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/wha...
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What needs to improve for social care to better support people with dementia?
The number of people living with dementia in the UK is rising. Even if treatments can be developed quickly, the social care system needs to change in order to better support the growing numbers of peo...
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Lee @mrlphilimo.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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ASDC Conference: Shaping the future of science together: Citizens for the future: Exploring minds...
View more about this event at ASDC Conference: Shaping the future of science together
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rufaro17.bsky.social @rufaro17.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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purpleSTARS @rix-purplestars.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Lee @mrlphilimo.bsky.social & Kate presented Operation Dragon Mindsets + Missions research project co-produced with Innovate Trust and St Fagan’s Museum to the Association of Science & Discovery Centres Conference at the Royal Society of Science London
First Slide showing who purpleSTARS are, screen grab from Mindsets + Missions project page and group photo of purpleSTARS protesting at the former Museum of London.Second Slide shows 6 step Action Research towards more inclusive museums, front page of a Rix Wiki and images of purpleSTARS creating Operation Dragon role play quest for St Fagan's Museum Life Is Gallery.Third Slide shows three speech bubbles with impacts for people who took part in the project, and image of Operation Dragon in progress and the start of a video showing a red dragon.Image shows conference panel sitting at a table of 4 men and women and one woman standing at a lectern. On a large screen is a slide titled Citizens of the future:Exploring mindsets, missions and opportunities.
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