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Sam Carlisle

@samcarlisle.bsky.social
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Charity comms expert. 25 years in national newspapers. Mum of two one of whom has complex needs.

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RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
On EastEnders, Baby Jimmy has been diagnosed with chorioretinal coloboma. And in the latest episode, his parents Lauren and Peter, met with an Eye Care Liaison Officer. But what are Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs)? 1/4
Peter Beale and Lauren Branning in a waiting room in the hospital. The walls are light blue with a tree painted on one of them. Peter is standing cradling baby Jimmy and looking at him lovingly. Lauren is slumped on a sofa in the front of the image. She's staring down at the floor with a worried look.
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social thank you for having me on your show today, Shelagh. I can’t quite believe our SEND journey with Elvi will be over in days with families still having to go through hell for their children. 💜❤️ #EHCPs
Pic shows Sam’s daughter Elvi doing her favourite thing, wheelchair skating. It is a sunny day in Battersea Park. Elvi’s dark brown hair is tied back and she is wearing a pink floral AC/DC t-shirt.
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after the Department for Work and Pensions wrongly stopped her benefits has called for a public inquiry into the years of deaths linked to the department’s actions. #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/call-for-pub...
disabilitynewsservice.com
Call for public inquiry into deaths after coroner rules suicide was ‘triggered’ by DWP
The mother of a disabled woman who took her own life after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrongly stopped her benefits has called for a public inquiry into the years of deaths linked to…
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Rail travel has become less accessible since pandemic and cost-of-living crises, researchers are told www.disabilitynewsservice.com/rail-travel-...
disabilitynewsservice.com
Rail travel has become less accessible since pandemic and cost-of-living crises, researchers are told
There are fewer staff at stations and ticket counters and increased ticket prices since the emergence of the Covid pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, disabled rail passengers have told researc…
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
In the wake of TV show Adolescence, let's stop wringing our hands about the threat of toxic masculinity and do something about it. Great to work with Maya Oppenheim of The Observer on this report on the role of focused youth work at OnSide youth charity's Youth Zones. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Youthclubs | The Observer
The lure of online misogynistic and violence is damaging vulnerable teens. A new group of youth centres is determined to turn the tide
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This is beautiful. Please read. www.specialneedsjungle.com/empty-spaces...
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Empty spaces and unwanted freedom: When caring comes to an end - Special Needs Jungle
Unwanted freedom when caring comes to an end. Catriona Moore writes of the aftermath of losing a child whose daily care structures everything
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I interviewed Alexander from The Traitors about his beautiful relationship with his brother & the funding raised by fans for @mencap.org.uk in James’s memory. Holidays can be tough for siblings, if you need support look at sibs.org.uk #SEND @thetraitors.bsky.social www.thesun.co.uk/health/34385...
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I felt I failed my brother on day he died & hid my pain, says Traitors' star
When The Traitors star Alexander Dragonetti talks about his little brother, James, his smile widens and his eyes light up. Then the tears come. He says: “James was my North Star, my world was SO mu…
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Always excited to receive a commission from Saba. In this edition I visited Willow Dene School to see how their approach includes the whole family. ❤️💜
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I love contributing to Community Living magazine. For this edition I visited a special needs college doing remarkable work with the siblings and grandparents of students.
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I wonder if it’s because we’re both skaters that Teresa and I both seek adventure AND balance 🤔
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Elvi has a super-rare genetic condition. So our worldwide RCDP family is importantly to us. Marley from Texas is probably the most like Elvi of all the young people. So it’s been a delight to host Marley’s sister Delaney this week and for her to finally meet Elves. ❤️💜
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Disabled Children's Partnership @dcpcampaign.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Really excited to be represented at the Disability Journalism Forum - and with our media lead @samcarlisle.bsky.social on the next panel. We're also sharing an SEND media toolkit for journalists disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/journalism-t... #DJF2025
A picture of a conference stage set up for a panel discussion, with the backs of audience members visible.  Channel 4 News Sport Correspondent, Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, is introducing the panel.
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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Yet they keep telling us we can trust them to introduce assisted suicide
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Parents are terrified the Government is going to slash rights for disabled children. My piece in Metro. metro.co.uk/2025/03/04/g...
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The government are at risk of making a formidable enemy - SEND parents
Parents I have spoken to across the country are in shock and are terrified.
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The Government just picked the mother of all battles. #SEND www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Ministers plan major changes to Send education in England
White paper being prepared as councils hope for relief from huge deficits in special educational needs budgets
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
First wheels and wheelchairs spring skate. Perfect day ❤️💜a
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Oh for the love of God, if you can’t even agree a calendar date to discuss social care, you’re pretty unlikely to revolutionise it. Get your act together MPs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Social care: First cross-party talks on reforms postponed
The five largest parties in England were due to meet this week - but the BBC has learned the talks have been cancelled.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 24/02/2025
A City firm is bucking convention by aiming to have 20 per cent of its partnership from “lower socio-economic backgrounds” within the next four years
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City law firm vows to hire more partners from poorer backgrounds
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
They’re not doing it on video with $900k watches, like Zuckerberg, but the way corporate US is running away from its climate commitments now Trump is in office is really significant. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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BlackRock Leaves Major Climate Group Amid Wall Street Exodus
BlackRock Inc. is parting ways with one of the world’s biggest climate-investor groups after being targeted by Republican politicians for its efforts on global warming.
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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
At its launch party Evan Davis said "A good idea solves one problem, a great idea solves two. Sammy's Foundation solves two." Sammy's mum has channelled her grief at his unjustified death into creating opportunities for other young disabled people. 💜 💔 communitylivingmagazine.com/a-legacy-of-...
communitylivingmagazine.com
A legacy of precise, practical skills
Young people are learning heritage crafts at a charity inspired by a boy’s life and abilities. Sam Carlisle reports
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Busted on MOTD supporting Will’s team. Terrific match Brentford.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Big news: the fourth and final volume of Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas is out on Bandcamp. Includes Grandaddy, The Raveonettes, Northern Picture Library etc etc. Every penny goes to @crisis_uk. Respect as ever to curator Kevin McGrath. Jump in! v4velindre.bandcamp.com/music
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Various Artists
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Exactly a hear ago we adopted a disabled rescue kitten. Elvi’s teaching assistants created a social story to introduce Darwin. ❤️💜
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Mortified. The best newsletter writer in the business, the one I actually look forward to dropping into my in box is leaving the Standard. That's it, it's over between us @jackkessler.bsky.social
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Nine yellow cards in his Prem career. Five for taking his shirt off after scoring. I love you Mo Salah.
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Gutted this is Melanie Reid’s last column. My daughter has learning disabilities so thetimes.com columnist has eloquently helped me understand the feelings, frustrations and funny moments of being a wheelchair user in a world pitched against you. Thank you, Melanie. 💜
Pic shows The Times magazine open on a train table. It features a double page spread headlined Raw And Unfiltered My Weekly Diary Was About HOpe, Heartbreak And Black Comedy. Now It’s TimeTo Stop And End On A High.
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
100% agree with the need for better SEND training in all schools. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...
cypnow.co.uk
Money alone won’t fix SEND education - CYP Now
Every child deserves the right to the best education possible. But the reality is that too many children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are still being let down and denied the ...
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Thank you @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social for raising the overlap between lack of SEND provision and the fuelling of the children's social care crisis as the govt launched its important reforms. I refer you back to Dame Christine Lenehan's @thetimes.com article. www.thetimes.com/article/5362...
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The Toon. My favourite city.
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Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Darwin the kitten ate my laptop. Chewed the corner.
Pit shows a ginger and white kitten sitting on a table. In front of him is a copy of the New Scientist magazine with the cover headline “secret life of cats”
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