Project Twist-It @ProjectTwistIT
Our goal is to transform the way we talk about poverty & challenge stigma. Founded by @maryohara1 with support from @JRF_UK #projecttwistit Volunteer-run projecttwistit.com Joined February 2018-
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A culture that firstly enables this abuse, then effectively sanctions it as perpetrators keep their jobs. And 'calming rooms' ffs, one, an old stationery cupboard (and I was just posting about successful lives. So hard to have faith in humanity sometimes. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688973…
"If there is anything more disgusting than the sight of a half-billionaire rolling up his sleeves for a 'benefits crackdown' in the middle of a cost of living crisis... I can’t think of it": @zoesqwilliams on Sunak's proposed disability reforms theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
In what moral universe can this be the right thing to do: the lower the life expectancy of a local area in 2010-12, the greater the cuts to government funding in the subsequent years. Was this a deliberate policy to increase health inequalities?
In what moral universe can this be the right thing to do: the lower the life expectancy of a local area in 2010-12, the greater the cuts to government funding in the subsequent years. Was this a deliberate policy to increase health inequalities?
Just a couple of days into a new week and the relentless stigmatising of disabled people and those on benefits continues apace. So, I'm re-upping my @BylineTimes piece from last week. Targeted cruelty after 14 years of targeted cruelty. Shameful. bylinetimes.com/2024/04/24/wit…
Analysis by @NEF shows that HALF of local authorities are 'childcare deserts' (three or more 0-5yos for every available place) Those local authorities are much more likely to also have high levels of deprivation But this simply reflects the priorities of government policy... 🧵
Let's be clear - if we ever thought that the current government would stop hurling abuse at people in need of state assistance, they have proven us wrong these past few weeks. BUT - we don't stop fighting. Challenge the narrative they set. People deserve dignity and respect.
I really, truly hoped above all else that my last book would be redundant by now - that the toxic rhetoric so vital to the austerity project would have been consigned to history. But no. They just keep punching down. Despicable. shamegamethebook.com
I really, truly hoped above all else that my last book would be redundant by now - that the toxic rhetoric so vital to the austerity project would have been consigned to history. But no. They just keep punching down. Despicable. shamegamethebook.com
🔴 ‘With his Ratings Sinking, Sunak Goes For One More Attempt at Scapegoating the Vulnerable: The “Skivers” Revisited’ His benefits speech was not just another assault on a punitive welfare system – it was nuclear-level gaslighting, writes @maryohara1 bylinetimes.com/2024/04/24/wit…
#CRDP24 Please RT and get the word out that the UN special inquiry follow up report is out. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/Tr…
#CRDP24 Please RT and get the word out that the UN special inquiry follow up report is out. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/Tr…
🙏Jack, Phillip & Kumudu: @BylineTimes print report on a scandal ignored, the denial of rights & care to people with learning disabilities. By @sarasiobhan @RoseUnwin @GeorgeJulian @mumof3amigos & me, ed @Hardeep_Matharu (see link in🧵), driven by #JSTLaughingBoy & #JusticeforLB
🙏Jack, Phillip & Kumudu: @BylineTimes print report on a scandal ignored, the denial of rights & care to people with learning disabilities. By @sarasiobhan @RoseUnwin @GeorgeJulian @mumof3amigos & me, ed @Hardeep_Matharu (see link in🧵), driven by #JSTLaughingBoy & #JusticeforLB
So pleased @TheStage has given our Museum of Austerity installation about #DWP deaths a 5 star review, describing it as a 'jarring and urgent mixed reality show'. Next stops on spring tour, @DockyardChatham in May and @BristolOldVic in June. @weareETT thestage.co.uk/reviews/museum…
Benefits system forcing unpaid carers into ‘abject poverty’, Stormont Committee told – viewdigital.org/benefits-syste… – @Craig7Harrison @ElaineCrory
My latest piece for @BylineTimes on the scorched earth benefits bashing Sunak speech on welfare reform. Yet more of the same dehumanising language around disability and poverty that the Tories have wielded repeatedly since the onset of austerity. "The Skivers revisited."
My latest piece for @BylineTimes on the scorched earth benefits bashing Sunak speech on welfare reform. Yet more of the same dehumanising language around disability and poverty that the Tories have wielded repeatedly since the onset of austerity. "The Skivers revisited."
The absolute apotheosis of everything the Tories have stood for during 14 years of #austerity Shameless politicking on the backs of disabled and chronically ill people. Deploying the well-worn rhetoric to demonise. My book on this: shamegamethebook.com theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
No! Don't institutionalise charity solutions like food- & baby-banks any more than we already are. People need enough income for essentials. Not charity sticking plasters. Communities are incredibly generous & we're so grateful. But we are not the answer. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
@Clare_Jennifer @DanielKebedeNEU @prospect_uk Hey, cheers for saying that 🙏 Some useful background in an extended thing for @ProjectTwistIT @maryohara1 who's brilliant on this stuff. Focus in second half is on negative poverty stereotypes and why media collude w/politicians to keep pushing them. stuhennigan.substack.com/p/the-latest-n…
This is critical from @mrjamesob & his caller - people becoming unwell & feeling unable to continue to work is often about the quality of their job & manager. The government should be focused on fixing this rather than blaming individuals for seeking time off & GPs for agreeing
This is critical from @mrjamesob & his caller - people becoming unwell & feeling unable to continue to work is often about the quality of their job & manager. The government should be focused on fixing this rather than blaming individuals for seeking time off & GPs for agreeing
Thousands of disabled people will get £2,800 a year less after the Universal Credit rollout, it’s emerged. The ways in which the Tory party have found to push disabled people into poverty truly is endless. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…
We've put together this short brief on the #TwoChildLimit in NI. Child Poverty is growing in- recent stats from @CommunitiesNI show a significant increase. #Remove2ChildLimit is key to securing a better future for marginalised children.
We've put together this short brief on the #TwoChildLimit in NI. Child Poverty is growing in- recent stats from @CommunitiesNI show a significant increase. #Remove2ChildLimit is key to securing a better future for marginalised children.
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This system is such a mess. Carers allowance is so low people face hunger & debt. It's so badly designed it misses many who really need it AND disincentivises work. While the government is desperate to get more people working more. It's not compassionate, just or effective.
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My latest piece for @BylineTimes on the scorched earth benefits bashing Sunak speech on welfare reform. Yet more of the same dehumanising language around disability and poverty that the Tories have wielded repeatedly since the onset of austerity. "The Skivers revisited."
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@Clare_Jennifer @DanielKebedeNEU @prospect_uk Hey, cheers for saying that 🙏 Some useful background in an extended thing for @ProjectTwistIT @maryohara1 who's brilliant on this stuff. Focus in second half is on negative poverty stereotypes and why media collude w/politicians to keep pushing them. stuhennigan.substack.com/p/the-latest-n…
@Clare_Jennifer @StuHennigan @DanielKebedeNEU @prospect_uk @ProjectTwistIT Thanks so much everyone for being such champions for these issues. I’m so grateful my books get read and shared. In September the 10th anniversary edition of #Austerity Bites will be published. More to come…but it’s a real boost when a work is in progress, to be supported. 🙏🙏
"DWP treats people with distrust & suspicion, prioritising catching out a small minority who misuse the system at the expense of offering a supportive, compassionate & effective service to the vast majority who don't" I spoke to @Matthew_Wright on @LBC about the carers scandal
Speaking at the opening plenary of the @CitizensAdvice national conference this morning, I’ll be talking about the context of deepening poverty that’s impacting their work. Such a brilliant organisation that plays a crucial role both nationally and locally
Odd moment today: realising I'll probably never have another pain-free day, ever. Got ill 9 years ago, I've now got treatment that reduces the pain significantly & it's amazing. But there's no cure. Somehow only now thinking 'I'll never again wake up into a day without pain.'
What a ridiculous honour it was to speak at the *force of nature* that is @jen_jen_clark. Please *please* check out their vital domestic work on poverty here: amnesty.org.uk/before-our-eyes
Off to talk about #Lowborn & #Newborn at the @AmnestyUK conference. A wee bit nervous but what a huge privilege to get to talk about systemic in the uk with that room of folk…
I've also written about toxic stereotypes and media collusion with govt in perpetuating them in this piece that came from an interview with @maryohara1 @ProjectTwistIT, who do amazing work trying to challenge these bullshit narratives. stuhennigan.substack.com/p/the-latest-n…
"Unemployment is a product of the economy far more than it is of individual choice or moral worth. It rises when the economy struggles. It falls when the economy improves." Me, wearily, on the revival of bullshit tropes about benefits, for @BigIssue bigissue.com/opinion/auster…
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