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Charity amplifying lived experience stories and expertise to address social inequalities. Championing the #SDMNetwork and #VODWFutureVoices

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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Today is #IDPWD—a day to champion accessibility, inclusion & breaking down barriers for Disabled people everywhere. Shoutout to #SDMNetwork member Claire Fisher at Inclusion Barnet: a tireless advocate whose work drives real change & ensures Disabled voices are heard.
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Inclusion Barnet | We Believe in the Power of Experience
Using our lived experience of disability to create more inclusive services and communities in Barnet. Find out more about Inclusion Barnet...
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Today, we amplify the vision of Dr. Allan Njanji, PhD (Spokesperson Network), whose new blog addresses: "Who gets to tell refugee stories and why does it matter?" Allan argues that storytelling must empower, not expose. Read more www.sounddelivery.org.uk/2025/10/recl... #InternationalMensDay
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
"Teaching grief from the start honours the lessons children are already living..." - Rowan Humphries Massey via @bigissue.com. We must transform how we approach loss, this work builds resilience and emotional literacy from the ground up. Read on: www.bigissue.com/opinion/teac... #CGAM2025
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Teaching five-year-olds about grief isn't morbid – it's necessary
New RSE guidance incorporates grief into the curriculum. An expert explains why teaching loss early matters for children growing up today.
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The truth about the care system: Systemic racial bias often causes Black and Asian heritage children to be unfairly "adultified and dismissed." We must address this injustice to achieve equity. Full analysis by Johanna Bernard:
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How can we take action to bring more compassion into the children’s care system for Black and Asian heritage children? • Sounddelivery Media
As we mark Social Work Week themed ‘Compassion and Action’, Families In Harmony reflects on the gaps in understanding among public sector professionals - social workers, psychologists, education…
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Shift the narrative! A powerful read from proud trans activist @oscarsharples.bsky.social focusing on #TransJoy and radical community care. 🏳️⚧️ Read on: www.sounddelivery.org.uk/2025/07/what... #TransRights #LGBTQIA #LivedExperience #Allyship #SDMNetwork
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What I wish you'd ask me about transness • Sounddelivery Media
The trans community has been undergoing increasing attacks on their rights and freedoms over the last several years. Proud trans activist Oscar Sharples reflects upon what he wishes cisgender people…
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
@maggiegordonwalker.bsky.social credits the confidence and connections gained through our spokesperson training programme with enabling Mothers Uncovered to influence national policy. Read more below www.sounddelivery.org.uk/2025/11/the-...
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
PUNCH the story behind the bold play: Watch our Q&A, chaired by Lady Unchained of the #SDMNetwork, to hear how Jacob Dunne's life is sparking a national conversation:
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‘Punch’ the play - Learning Lunch Q&A with Author & Campaigner Jacob Dunne hosted by Lady Unchained
We’re passionate about how popular culture drawn from real experiences can drive public conversations and help drive change. Author and campaigner for restorative justice Jacob Dunne has seen key…
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
As Lived Experience Lead at @thisissurvivors.bsky.social, Christopher uses his journey of trauma & recovery to advocate for male survivors. His goal: "To offer hope to men living in silence... that recovery is possible." 🔗 Learn more:
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Christopher Egan • Spokesperson Network • Sounddelivery Media
Christopher is the Lived Experience Lead at We Are Survivors (WAS), the leading charity within England and Wales supporting male survivors of sexual harms. Prior to his current role, Christopher had…
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
#SDMNetwork leader Stephen Arnott (Redeyefeenix) and Beats Bus Records were featured in a three-part series on @bbc5live.bsky.social this week! 📻 The Beats Bus crew run a mobile studio that brings hip-hop, mentoring, and a safe space to young people. Listen now! 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5nv...
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BBC Radio 5 Live 3 Part Podcast Feature on Beats Bus Records
This week on BBC Radio 5 Live, reporter Ryan joined the Beats Bus Records crew as they headlined this year’s OuterLimits Festival in Scunthorpe. The three-part series, which aired Monday through…
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Powerful read in @bigissue.com from Hameeda Khan, CEO of PEP Enterprise and #SDMNetwork member. She reflects on the heavy price individuals pay for speaking out about racism in Britain. A necessary piece for anyone committed to racial equity. buff.ly/6ea9h7j
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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
"The way that we treat people seeking safety says something about who we are as a country." We told Three Counties Radio why the UK's attitude to people seeking asylum is getting more hostile - and how to get back to the welcome that most of us value. 👇
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Nominations are open for the @expertcitizens.bsky.social INSIGHT Awards! ✨ 🗓️Deadline is Sunday 31st of August, nominate your team or someone you admire: expertcitizens.org.uk/insight-awar...
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Insight Awards 2025
National Insight Awards 2025 - Expert Citizens - Lived experience - homelessness, mental ill-health, addiction, domestic abuse, poverty, criminal justice
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Samantha Southern, from our #SDMNetwork, was featured by the BBC this week to share her upcoming role in leading the Baton of Hope to Blackpool in honour of her husband Glen who lost his life to suicide in 2020. 📖Read the full article here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Blackpool mum 'proud' to join suicide baton relay in hometown
Samantha Southern says she's honoured to bring the Baton of Hope to Blackpool for the first time.
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🗳️ Vote for Lady Unchained for the Outstanding Contribution to Social Change Award. She has harnessed her experiences to create change for others through workshops, media, broadcasting and poetry so people are empowered for life after prison. Voting closes TODAY! inspire-awards.com/vote/#change
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Vote - Multicultural Inspire Awards
Jump to section Outstanding Contribution to Charity & Community View Nominee Bios Outstanding Community Champion View Nominee Bios Most Inspirational Entrepreneur of the Year View Nominee Bios Outstan...
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Today is #BrightonPride, the UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ festival! If you’re not able to make it to the celebrations, take a moment to read & share Oscar Sharples’ piece on #TransPride an joy. www.bigissue.com/opinion/tran... #Pride2025 #SDMNetwork
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At Trans Pride, I march for a future that teenage me didn't think I'd have
Trans Pride isn't just a celebration, it's about survival. Oscar Sharples reflects on how we all need a bit more trans joy in our lives.
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Jacob Dunne, author, campaigner & advocate of restorative justice spoke at our recent Learning Lunch. His story was adapted into the play PUNCH by award-winning playwright James Graham. He offers invaluable advice on sharing your story through arts & media buff.ly/h7meMsy
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
🏳️‍⚧️ Its London Trans+ Pride bringing the community together & calling for the necessary social & political change. Listening to the voices of the community is essential. Read Oscar Sharples’ recent piece ‘What I wish you'd ask me about transness’ today:
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What I wish you'd ask me about transness • Sounddelivery Media
The trans community has been undergoing increasing attacks on their rights and freedoms over the last several years. Proud trans activist Oscar Sharples reflects upon what he wishes cisgender people…
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our July news is out now 📣 It’s been an exciting month as our 2025 #SDMNetwork visited @itvnews.bsky.social & @bigissue.com HQs We share their 1st vlogs & opinion pieces on media narratives, challenging the welfare reforms & more. Plus what's on our storytelling radar: mailchi.mp/sounddeliver...
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
📑 NEW: Oscar’s Blog - 'What I wish you'd ask me about transness' #SDMNetwork member, Oscar Sharples shares what he wishes cis people knew about the intricacies & joys of trans identity. “But they never ask the right questions.” 🔗Read: www.sounddelivery.org.uk/blog/what-i-... #TransRights
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What I wish you'd ask me about transness • Sounddelivery Media
The trans community has been undergoing increasing attacks on their rights and freedoms over the last several years. Proud trans activist Oscar Sharples reflects upon what he wishes cisgender people k...
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
📑 NEW: Diane Johnson, Founder & CEO of EnFold, writes for The Big Issue about the Welfare Bill’s painful impact on the autistic community. She calls for lived experience to shape every stage of reform. Read her first op-ed via our #SDMNetwork: www.bigissue.com/opinion/welf... #DisabilityJustice
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Autistic people like me at risk if harmful welfare reforms go ahead
Proposed changes to disability benefits could exclude autistic people from vital support and deepen barriers to employment, says charity CEO
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🗞️ Want to hear more stories from our Spokesperson Network, updates, and lived experience voices changing the narrative? Subscribe to our newsletter: eepurl.com/dsWRCv #SDMNetwork #LivedExperience
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
📢 Today MPs debate the Universal Credit & PIP Bill. These benefits are a lifeline for many in our community - yet cuts & new rules could push more families into poverty. 🗣️ Nothing about us, without us. 🔗 Live: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... #UniversalCredit#PIP#DisabilityRights#SDMNetwork
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Labour welfare bill latest: Starmer warned secret rebels ready to sink benefits vote
Commons to vote on legislation today as dozens of Labour MPs still set to rebel
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🎥 NEW: Diane Johnson, Founder & CEO of Enfold and one of our brilliant Spokesperson Network members, shares how our residential helped her grow her skills, amplify her expertise & connect with others with lived experience. Watch her vlog: #SDMNetwork #LivedExperience #Storytelling
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📰 Our June newsletter is out! Inside: our Spokesperson Network residential, a multi-year grant from @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social, #JudesBigSwim, updates from our Network + more. Catch up: mailchi.mp/sounddeliver... #SDMNetwork #LivedExperience #SocialJustice
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Correction: Celebrating New Funding, Voices, and #JudesBigSwim
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
NEW: Marissa Begonia (Voice of Domestic Workers) writes for The Big Issue on why the UK must reinstate the original Overseas Domestic Worker visa and end the Hostile Environment. She recently took these demands to a UN roundtable on modern slavery. 🔗 www.bigissue.com/opinion/dome... #SDMNetwork
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If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights
Domestic workers in the UK face exploitation under restrictive visa rules. Marissa Begonia calls for urgent reform to protect their rights.
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
📺 What It Feels Like for a Girl is a bold new BBC drama based on Paris Lees’ memoir - centering working-class trans girlhood. We’re sharing it to amplify vital lived experience stories for Pride Month. Watch here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... #PrideMonth #TransYouth #ParisLees
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What It Feels Like for a Girl
To find yourself, sometimes you need to lose yourself. It's Y2K, and Byron's flirting with discovery and destruction, love and anarchy. Inspired by Paris Lees's raw, riotous memoir.
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🏆 She did it #JudesBigSwim is complete. Yesterday our amazing Founder Jude swam a huge 10km in the sea to raise funds for our work 🌊 🚀 Jude has raised an incredible £6,539 so far 📈 That's 65% of her £10,000 target 🫂 185 have supported her www.justgiving.com/page/judesbi... #swimchallenge
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Gemma Pettman @gemmapettmanpr.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I'm so proud of Jude. She's currently in the sea off Mallorca, swimming 10km to raise money for the brilliant charity she founded. She will tell you this challenge is nothing compared to the challenges faced by the people Sounddelivery works with, but it is going to be a tough day. #JudesBigSwim
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Today is the day! 🏊‍♀️ 🌊 Our Founder Jude Habib is taking on #JudesBigSwim, challenging herself to swim a whopping 10k in the Mallorcan sea. As we hit 9am UK time the klaxon is sounding 📣 🎉 Jude has raise an incredible £5,665 towards her £10k goal, can you help her reach it?
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🏊‍♂️🌊 After months of training tomorrow our Founder Jude is taking on her 10k swim! #JudesBigSwim is all in aid of our charity Sounddelivery Media, building a movement of lived experience leaders shaping the future. Help Jude reach her target ✨ www.justgiving.com/page/judesbi...
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Jude's 10k Swim Challenge
Help Jude Habib raise money to support sounddelivery media
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Launched today by @peerpoweryouth.bsky.social with @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social & @placematters.bsky.social - a valuable new resource to shape ethical practice in lived experience employment. It contains ‘Calls to Action’ for employers, for funders and for the sector as a whole to learn from. 👏
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Isabella McRae @isabellamcrae.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
There’s a great guide here from @turn2us.bsky.social for journalists around reporting on the benefits system. There’s so much misinformation out there in the media, and it’s leading to dangerous stigma against claimants, so please do give this a read 👇
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
#SDMNetwork @janjengba.bsky.social and @jengba.bsky.social families interviewed in @mirrortogether.bsky.social ahead of their stories of #JointEnterprise being shared on stage at #Bradford2025
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
We are thrilled to introduce our 2025 cohort for the Spokesperson Network. Joining our alumni, these new Spokespeople are driven by their lived experiences to make a meaningful impact and bring about positive change in & for their communities. Meet them: www.sounddelivery.org.uk/spokesperson...
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🎧 Love seeing our #SDMNetwork member Steve’s #BeatsBus featured as the campaign trail hits the decks! From empowering youth with music to hosting political leaders, the Beats Bus keeps community at its core.👏 📰 hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-ea... #Hull #LocalElections2025
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Ed Davey and Mike Ross hit the decks to spin up Lib Dem support in mayor vote
Cllr Ross was joined by the Lib Dem leader with just days to go before the region's first mayor is elected
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Happy #WorldArtDay! Let's celebrate the work of Lady Unchained and her Unchained Nights, a platform for artists with lived experience of the justice system. Art can be a powerful tool for social change. www.sounddelivery.org.uk/alumni/lady-... www.unchained.org.uk #ArtsAndActivism #SDMNetwork
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Lady Unchained • Sounddelivery Media
Sitting in her front room, with a group of like-minded friends, Lady Unchained and her friends would have debates and discussions about the problems they faced around everything, and write about how t...
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Maggie Gordon-Walker @maggiegordonwalker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
As founder of #MothersUncovered & advocate for #matrescence it was great to speak to spoke to Rosie Taylor for #TheIndependent about a subject close to both our hearts, the importance of #mothers mental health and how groups struggle to receive funding www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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‘Mothers will never be priority’: Postnatal support cut despite soaring need for help
One in five of the 600,000 women a year who give birth in the UK experience a mental health condition but support is patchy and on the decline
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JENGbA 🦋 @jengba.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Out Podcast series #InItTogether; The #JointEnterprise Podcast is released tomorrow morning. Find it wherever you listen to your podcasts & let us know what you think. www.jengba.co.uk
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Reading this harrowing account in The Guardian about Michelle's coercive control: tinyurl.com/ControlStory. The justice system's response feels inadequate. This highlights the crucial role of lived experience voices. Advocates like @strongerbeginnings.bsky.social (SODA) do vital work. #SDMNetwork
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‘His ability to switch from a loving partner to a monster kept me in a permanent state of stress’
‘Michelle’, a victim of coercive control, tells how she is still recovering after seven years of hell with an abusive partner. Why then was he jailed for just 30 months?
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Today we observe #InternationalRomaniDay. At Sounddelivery Media, we're committed to learning more about how to support accurate representation of the Gypsy, Roma & Traveller (GRT) community. This article is a good starting point. #RomaDay morningstaronline.co.uk/article/inte...
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International Romani Day and our shared struggle
From the struggle against the destruction of affordable housing to the fight for decent jobs, victory for Gypsy, Romani and Traveller people strengthens the whole working class, writes VICTORIA HOLMES
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Reminder! This Thursday: FREE #LearningLunch with Jacob Dunne, whose story inspired the play PUNCH (now headed to Broadway!). Don't miss out! Register: t.co/OppMrAE27W #Broadway #Theatre #FreeLearning #LivedExperience #SDMNetwork
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Thrilled to see Maggie Gordon-Walker, Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan, & Shanine Fasasi from our Spokesperson Network recognised in the #WISE100 Top 100! 🙌 So proud of their work in social enterprise. More via @PioneersPost: [shorturl.at/KNqe0] #SocialImpact
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
#WorldHealthDay inspiration via Sounddelivery Media's Network: Debs Teale's healing through community & art changed her life. Advocates #BeyondPills. 🔗 [Link: www.sounddelivery.org.uk/2022/06/debs... #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Community
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We need to talk about why school attendance is such a struggle for so many. Emma Pears from Selfa and @Sounddelivery is working to address this. The ripple effect of these issues is significant. This report is essential reading. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #educationreform #children #wellbeing
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Skipton charity helps absent pupils return to school
A charity in Skipton is helping persistently absent pupils get back into North Yorkshire schools.
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
@familyrightsgp.bsky.social and Speakup Rotherham have released a new film that could be really helpful to many parents with additional needs and those supporting them. "This powerful new film, co-produced by parents with experience of the child welfare system, offers vital support." #SDMNetwork
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Join Sounddelivery Media for a free online Learning Lunch on April 10th, 1-2pm! We’ll be in conversation with Jacob Dunne about his #livedexperience and its impact on the acclaimed play ‘PUNCH’ @oldvictheatre.bsky.social Register here: bit.ly/3E3SIs5 #SDMTalks #restorativejustice #theatre
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
“Men find it much more difficult to speak about their mental health and we wanted to break that taboo starting from the lads” - @shanine_fasasi #SDMNetwork on @BBCNottingham speaking about her project ‘Dads & Lads’. Listen below to hear from the programme participants:
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Our director Jude Habib is raising money for Sounddelivery Media to support our mission of amplifying underrepresented voices in the media & beyond. Help her reach the 1/3 milestone in her fundraiser by donating now: buff.ly/41m9kpl 🏊‍♀️
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Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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