Today Child of the North launch a report into Children in Care.

The north of England accounts for just over a quarter (28%) of the child population, but more than a third (36%) of the children in care.

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💚 Really proud to be supporting Samaritans, at the TCS London Marathon with Dame Kelly Holmes. The fact they’re there for absolutely anyone who’s struggling, to listen and offer support at any time of day, every day of the year is amazing. Good luck to all the runners..I’ll be…

Best of Luck!

It is so important to keep this issue high on the agenda as we need to do so much more to help protect venerable people across our communities.

Liz Twist MP - @conservative government inaction has enabled Adam Cole to still be active … 🤦🏻‍♂️ #footballindex

I’m incredibly alarmed by this.

#footballindex users have raised many questions into the failures following the collapse of the platform and have suffered losses of millions of pounds through regulatory failure.

I will be looking to raise this when the House returns.

Parkinson’s. There isn’t one journey. There isn’t one ‘day in the life’.

This #WorldParkinsonsDay , we’re shining a light on the daily lives of people with Parkinson’s and their loved ones. The good. The bad. The funny. The sad. The ons. The offs. And everything in between.

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Around 153,000 people in the UK have Parkinson's, and everyone’s journey is different. Today is #WorldParkinsonsDay , & I am proud to unite with the #Parkinsons community. For info & support visit Parkinson's UK or parkinsons.org.uk

As someone who has long campaigned for better bus services I am pleased to see this announcement form Louise Haigh

This is great to hear.

Labour are proving that we will be strong on the economy while making real differences to peoples lives!

Labour has turned our NHS around before. And we have a plan to do it again.

It was great to asked along by Lawerence and the team to see the work that Big Local Gateshead is doing

So many great ventures that are making the most of community spaces across the area and it was amazing to here about the local take up from resident groups and schools.

📢 PAPYRUS WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Despite it being half-term in most places across the nation, our dedicated team remains tirelessly active in their communities, spreading awareness and support for suicide prevention. Here's an insight into our activities this week:

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We're here to face anything with you.

It was a lovely morning at Hope for Hedgehogs hearing about their amazing and important work.

Thank you Sandra for showing me round and talking me through all of the exciting projects (and thanks to Monica for let me hold her)

Yesterday we were invited back to BBC Breakfast
to talk about our new book published today.
Three Dads Walking - 300 Miles of Hope
The story of our girls, how we came together and our first walk
#SuicidePrevention
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It was great to visit Emmaville Primary School just before the Easter break.

Needles to say I got a good grilling off the children who have such great and invigorating questions, it’s always a pleasure to hear their views.

Fantastic piece from 3DadsWalking

The book sounds like an important read for so many people as we look to better the lives of all those under 35 and tackle the issue of young suicide.

Thanks for helping to raise the profile of this important cause!

Sympathy? How insulting.

Workers at Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe don’t need sympathy. They need action, they need security.

It’s a political decision not to save 750 jobs. The Tories have given up on County Durham and they’ll blame anyone but themselves.

A great weekend out talking to voters 🌹

Some really engaging conversations in High Spen, Ryton and Blackhill and it was great to be joined by amazing local Labour councillors in their wards.

If you want a North East Mayor who loves our region as much as you do, a Mayor who will tell the world there’s more to the North than Manchester and Leeds, who will make our region the home of real opportunity- that’s me.

Find out a bit more about me ⬇️

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