Start your Impossible ! Been at University since 10 am for a series of interviews to get on a degree course starting with a foundation year. Left school with a drug habit let’s see if I can turn things around at 44. Could be my time to shine 🙏🏼💙
We have no interest in
#Tommy
or
#YellowVests
or anything else diluting survivors voices,
#Islamaphobes
do not help the movement and is undoing
#CSE
#CSA
survivors hard work stop tagging us in bandwagon jumping stuff that's devised to drive division.
Start your Impossible ! Been at University since 10 am for a series of interviews to get on a degree course starting with a foundation year. Left school with a drug habit let’s see if I can turn things around at 44. Could be my time to shine 🙏🏼💙
First time I've ever cried in training, this morning a lady was in the audience she said hi mike I was your health visitor in 2015. we'd arrived in Manchester with 2 sports direct bags mental health on the deck and no parenting skills. Listen to what she did for me she was proud
Dropping some flowers to a lady that saved my life she was
#traumainformed
before it was a thing asked me why, listened to what I had to say, showed support and didn't drop me like a hot potatoe when I disclosed being abused. BE LIKE BRIDGET. Proffesional curiosity saves lives.
We are not professionals and we are not from your world,we do however know right from wrong where safeguarding is concerned from
#LivedExperience
we know what it feels like to be sat the other side of the table
#Coproduction
is key to change pls listen to us and others like us.
Big Boys don't cry is one of the most dangerous messages we've been fed.
Doing the stuff in schools has had a profound effect on us.
The amount of kids radicalised by the Andrew T bullsh*t is very real and scary!
As if kids didn't have enough on their plates trying to…
I've got a gcse in p.e. Mike's got none were now at the general medical council building delivering on
#Trauma
at a proper posh gaff. Let's smash this 💪
#APPEAL
I Officers in Manchester are concerned for Lance, 11, last seen on Barlow Road, Levenshulme, at around 8:45pm on 14 March 2023.
Lance is 4ft 11in tall, of slim with black afro hair - he was last seen wearing black bottoms and a black jacket.
Officers are becoming…
Please RT to spread awareness 💪
Our behaviour spoke a thousand words, no one ever asked why... just labled little shits.
We won't smash into a million pieces just ask.
Use
#proffesionalcuriosity
. It saves lives and community's !
Get
#Traumainformed
Any woman who needs to travel to find refuge from domestic violence can do so for free on any uk train as of yesterday. The cost of the ticket will be covered by the relevant rail operator.
Email railtorefuge
@womensaid
.org.uk.
Spread the word 💗
#COVIDsafeguarding
👇🏼
#Recovery
from
#Trauma
&
#Aces
is possible👇🏼
IF YOU CAN SUPPORT US BY GIVING US RT AND THE VID A WATCH ✅
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF
@Lads_Like_Us
WE WOULD LOVE U TO ATTEND LINK BELOW
Massive thanks
@BarnardosTVT
I hated what being a child meant; being vulnerable and scared. I was raped and abused from 7 to 13 when I learned to fight back. I got through it, kind of. I have the mental scars from the battles within myself and some days are tough but I'm still here.
#InvisibleBoy
Absolutely humbled and mind blown to announce that we have been nominated for an I Love Manchester Award. To be nominated for the award alone is a wonderful feeling and whoever has nominated us thank you so much for considering us.
Keep your eyes out on the website for the…
By far the most emotional, thought provoking million pieces session we've delivered. Thanks so much to all who attended you where amazing mix of 100 Foster carers and social workers. We feel truly blessed to have shared with you. Amazing Foster carers conference in
#Preston
Brilliant news we've just been contacted by a hospital to come in and deliver
#Traumainformed
training to in patient staff who work on a
#Mentalhealth
unit. It's close to our heart having been those patients and friends who've been there as well. Next on the list is judges..
I stand by what I say In this article, people can call me whatever they like I couldn't careless. Survivors and victims of grooming/exploitation are being used as a tools to push the Far right agenda
#ItsNotOk
#CSE
#CSA
We came runner up for outstanding contribution to pastoral care ! We made it on to the Red carpet. It was out if hundreds of people so were well pleased 🤩
@ManchesterHypes
@2bdotfrank
Past 2 weeks have been a whirlwind of
#activism
for us. Trying our best to change culture and practice within organisations that little Danny and little Mike was let down by. We've had a better response than we could of hoped for and an evaluation to prove what we are doing.
When you go on
#Aces
training and they pull out the power point and put up that mad triangle thing and tell you you more likely to die 20 years earlier or something 😆 thanks for that but it's took me to get to 46 to become my favourite version of my self, stick that where ...
Morning 🌄 #
#EarlyRisers
back from a bit of a breakdown over the Xmas period I'm not made of stone apologies for anyone we've let down or not got back to
#mentalhealth
is the real deal. Today's the start of a new day and I'm back winning 🙌 much ❤️
#ACEs
all over me today just about to go into
#University
having to drag myself through that door. Feeling less than everyone else due to past education experiences but I'm still here like a bad smell pushing through. Got to keep challenging myself and my
#recovery
Big day for the boys tomorrow we're off down south to a fancy ceremony as we've been nominated for an award for contribution to pastoral care in schools. Fingers crossed 🤞 for us ! It's safe to say non of our teachers would of thought we'd of been up for anything like this 🤣…
Reporting to the
#Police
about being sexually abused by a drug dealer who befriended me when I was aged 15 went like this....
Get
#Traumainformed
and get support from an
#ISVA
(Independent Sexaual Violence Advisor) pls don't make the mistake I made
#FollowMeRKid
#LadsLikeUs
Heres a change for you, been invited out to have dinner with some
#SocialWorkers
in
#Bristol
and we've accepted. I'll bring the dogs in case it gets out of hand ( joking 🤣) looking forward to creating some change with them 💙
Quick slot on
@LBC
thanks to
@mrjamesob
for helping to make the invisible visible and encouraging men to speak out about
#CSA
and have the conversation that seems still to be a taboo in society
Managing unavoidable triggers when they catch you off guard. Had to sit with it, think about it, accept it, feel it then plan for the day. I refuse to be over ridden with sadness and have my day ruined by the past.
#traumainformed
#Recovery
Not to waste any time, remember that social worker I met yesterday. Took him with me to deliver a lecture to 100 healthcare staff today. He was awesome 😎
When we first started talking together and first teamed up, we was hiding our faces because of the content and stuff we'd been involved in. Last night the masks were off at the
#MPH23
policing conference. Dare I say we found a new respect for the
#Police
last night and met some…
Just come off stage so humbled had the heads of this that and the other within the police hearing us and saying they want to work with us, think we did
#LadsLikeUs
proud special shout out to GMP who had a good supportive chat with us after. Big respect from us !
After lots of paperwork and to ing and frowing and them loosing all our paper work its a monumental day for us we've got Community Intrest company Status 😊
I wanted to get vulnerable and show you the picture on the left. Lost and out of hope. I'm.proud of how far I have come and humbled to be able to show you. At first I wasn't going to share but I think it carries an important message. There is always hope never give up . Mike ❤️
I talk about the real emabarrasing stuff publicaly in hope that someone watching can identify and not feel ashamed to speak out, because of
#shame
. The stuff that keeps us in the revolving door
#sexuality
Get yourself
#traumainformed
for your
#recovery
#FollowMeRKid
Negotiating the minefield that is sharing your
#LivedExperience
some people have their best interests at heart and not yours, can't stress how important it is to have good people around you to offload to and get advice off. Sometimes we don't want to say no, which can be harmful
We've landed, get a bit of scran then get ready to deliver the after dinner speech 😁 well do the best we can tonight and then get all
#TraumaInformed
around
#mentalhealth
and policing
Official launch of
#SchoolsLikeUs
today ! We are going to hit the UK like lightning ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ with this project. They said we'd never do 15,000 staff in 2 years, we've done that let's see if we can hit an additional 15,000 school staff in 1 year I reckon we can ! ( That's not…
This woman is the reason I was able to begin to heal and get better. The first person to give me a love so pure that I was able to start to love and appreciate myself. This is my best friend my soul mate and definitely the boss. Nearly 11 years and going stronger thn ever❤️ 💙
How do we develop healthy
#relationships
with women when we've experienced
#Trauma
and got
#mummy
issues.Sounds embarrassing !
#ManUp
wasn't a helpful message I was told.Took loads of practice & surrogate mum's along the way for me to find an equilibrium and get
#traumainformed
Remember 5 mins of your time could make or break your clients !
Anyone who's been on our training here's me bringing a story from black and white into colour about a
#Probation
officer.
Don't under estimate your power if your work with people !
You literally have the power…
When you get to share a stage with
@keithfraser2017
chair of the youth justice board and
@dez_holmes
super clever lady from down south, beyond our wildest dreams when we stood on that carpark nearly a year ago today saying let's do some trauma shit together
Never underestimate the power of " Asking Why ! " it saved my life. The special and different thing about me is that someone did ask why... and look what happened. Be that
#Professional
#AskWhy
get your foot in that revolving door and yank someone out 💙
Massive thanks to Catherine from
#Gateshead
safeguarding adults Board for inviting to do a little conference. Big shout to the
#police
who attended and all the other professionals who came !
Wedding rings just arrived in time 😍 sorry for being a wedding bore just proper excited, will get my head back into work after Saturday didn't realise how much there was to organise.
Proud to say that this year we will be starting something that I have dreamed of doing for years. I said 5 years ago that education was key in protecting kids. I walked away from the hunting and swore to put that same energy in to Lads Like Us pushing the message of the power of…
We will not not put up with any trolls or anyone trying to de rerail what we are doing we use twitter as a journey of our progress from ACEs to getting our lives back. Which also includes rebuilding our families we want to keep twitter as a safe space for us so will happily block
Lads Like Us from estates were from don't talk about bad stuff that's happened.The price is high, damage to community's & ourselfs.We were scared little boys acting out that changed when someone asked has something happened to you as a kid.. get
#traumainformed
it saves lives.
10 years with my one. She has loved me when I haven't even liked myself. Here's to another ten. Love you found me in the dark and gave me light. She has played a huge part in my recovery and makes me feel lucky beyond words ❤❤❤❤
Just been to a support group to keep this looney tune head of mine in check. Started off with a
#meditation
nearly went bobies. Walked out feeling a million dollars, I'll be back again next week ☺️
Tomorrow morning we're pleased to be able to deliver million pieces to East Lancashire safeguarding and look after children team informing practice of the named nurses and others !
When you have a neurotypical child, you feel reasonably assured that class participation and decent study habits will result in good grades. These children have close friends. They get invited to participate in social things like parties, play dates and weekend gatherings. They…
Andrew was 41 when he died. 10 months prior to his death, he disclosed that Jim Torbett from Celtic Boy Club, Sexually Abused him from the age of 12. Not just once, hundreds of times. This was my Wee Brother. All he wanted to be was a Footballer. Please never forget him.
Goal achieved 👏
We are literally being inundated by different social services across the country to deliver
#TraumaInformed
training to staff.
We can't say no ones listening anymore because they are.
We strive to make a massive impact and inform future practice.
We spoke at the Youth justice Board service development day this morning
#Blackpool
then over to LET (lived experience team ) so Impressed with Steve and his team taking
#TraumaInformed
to another level, standard fish and chips on the beach ⛱️
So I found a cat 🐈 in the road yesterday. It was about to get run over, opened the car door it jumped in. Took it for a spin and brought it back to mine. Son saw the cat loved it, feeds it cat gets comfortable. It turns out it was the neighbours cat. Obviously, I gave it them…
Just been sent the comments of Tommy Robinson fans trying to shut Rape crisis down as there was an inclusive leaflet on a table and they thought it exculded white people , disgusting to say the least
#CSA
#CSE
#BreakTheSilence
So we’ve just arrived at the last prison I served a custodial sentence in to mentor some lads who’ve experienced
#Trauma
how’s that for a turn around our chance to give back
#FollowMeRKid
Waiting for the Judges Barristers and lawyers to turn up we've the amazing
@sarahpritchsp
from
@barnardos
supporting us. Massive thanks to Helen
@arfurbrain
one of the biggest days of our journeys this day. We've got to the very people we need to speak to, viva
#MillionPieces
Big morning this morning off to see a young man and his mum who watched our
@ladbible
video and has made a disclosure and wants to meet us. Absolute privilege for us let's see what we can do to support and get some wrap around Support in place.
We try…
The
#King
and I have come for a cottage break in
#Wales
desperate need for fresh air and get out of the city. Was proper run down the other day 4 day break for us boys. 💙
One of the barriers to telling some one we've been sexualy abused is the guilt and shame attached to our body's reaction to the abuse
This dose not mean you consented/enjoyed it.
Some of the best
#recovery
comes from talking about this embarrassing stuff
Get
#TraumaInformed
Nice and refreshed, plenty of self care. Ready to hit the ground running in January and carry on what we have started.
#TraumaInformed
wave.
#AskWhy
It's been an amazing year for voices of
#LivedExperience
we've reached loads of places we never imagined we would be heard.
Bit giddy this morning exited to be presenting Million pieces workshop to Newcastle Violance Reduction Unit going all European with a brew outside getting ready to carry our
#traumainformed
message
Starting the week off in
#London
for the couple of days for
@Lads_Like_Us
Mike's landed us an opportunity that's going to able to get us to reach a good few million people with a
#TraumaInformed
message
Final Episode of Million Pieces for
#NHSEngland
this morning, been a Rollercoaster few weeks felt every emotional under the🌞main one being
#Hope
, weve grafted our balls off to get this far. We feel we've got over the message of what it feels like to be sat the other side of the…
Scariest moment of my life having to pick up the cake and transport it to venue the cake was wobbling all over never known anxiety like it meanwhile misses at hotel getting a facial 😬
First time I've ever cried in training, this morning a lady was in the audience she said hi mike I was your health visitor in 2015. we'd arrived in Manchester with 2 sports direct bags mental health on the deck and no parenting skills. Listen to what she did for me she was proud
Massive shout to Holly our
#NHS
hero we've well smashed our 1,000 professionals impacted target we've got 500 professionals on this meeting that's about 1,300 she managed to get us to deliver to in just over a week
@kennygibsonnhs
@RandallCath
can you show her some love 💙💯…
Proud dad day, proud of this kid for those who know she's been through a turbulent time dealing with grief around mum and goings went a bit sideways just got a little cleaning job 4 hrs a week after school and joins the cadets next week. You go girl ! She's keeping it moving