When main stream media platforms spout out propaganda blaming the poor and encouraging support for tax avoiding billionaires, it's difficult to change the thoughts of those who believe it and there will always be inequality

More education of reality needs to be shared.

I’ve been looking at grants on turn 2 us but there still isn’t a lot I can apply for myself. Often I need to get somebody else (a third party) to do it on my behalf. I would use citizens advice but they are so over used. You can barely get through to anyone anymore.

Precarity does not just affect us as individuals, but also shapes our personal lives. Many emphasized how key the support of an understanding partner (whether or not that partner is a fellow academic) can be: both for financial stability and for offering pastoral support.

This half term has been a quiet one, mostly due to the soaring cost of days out, making it difficult to plan anything big. With prices through the roof, we’ve had to keep things simple, which has unfortunately led to two very bored children! Despite the challenge of keeping them entertained without breaking the bank, we’ve made the most of it where we can. While it hasn’t been the most exciting break, sometimes just getting through the week is enough!

We need an opportunity to participate in the same groups and clubs as my children's classmates. I feel like my kids are slipping behind with basic skills like swimming, learning languages, and being able to attend sports camps.



Clubs are too expensive and half term has crunched us financially. If we stay home, my mental health worsens - so we always try to go out if we can, but everything costs money. Even a walk to the park and a coffee cost over £12 - the price of everything is so expensive. There are no funded places at camps this break and therefore I don't have the option to place them somewhere with free lunches and ease the burden. We used to have a free lunch scheme during the half term period but even that has stopped. To give opportunities to children means treating them all equally despite gaps in income.

This week is half term for my oldest. Luckily my twins still see their childminder as their free hours are spreaded.



It is hard to keep them entertained at home and, to be honest, the cost of going anywhere makes it difficult to go out. There are some food places that offer £1 meals for kids which I find brilliant! But unfortunately, going swimming or even at play areas costs too much, and I’m still getting on top of money from Christmas.



It will be much better when the weather is better - we will be able to go parks. But, for this year, I’m trying to stay positive and do the best I can.

Good morning everyone. To me, it means that things are going a little bit better. Just hoping for the best. Thank you.

Hello everyone. I hope everyone is doing well today, and I hope to see all of you at the meeting today. Please keep warm

Good morning.

Not a good day. My child is not doing well.

The opportunities I would appreciate for myself and my family are: Access to affordable lifelong learning without having to go into debt for decades to pay for it.



Access to high quality mental and physical health care by trained doctors and specialists at the time of need. It is vital to have health before other opportunities can be taken up.



Universal basic income would allow me the freedom to try to work for myself when I am well, and to have security covered when I am ill.

In a society that valued skills other than making money, I would have opportunity to contribute and not be written off, alienated and scapegoated.

Key messages of learning about care include: prioritizing individual needs and respecting choices, actively listening and communicating effectively, understanding cultural contexts, providing person-centered support, ensuring dignity and privacy, fostering independence where possible, collaborating with individuals and their families, and staying updated on best practices in care delivery.

In fact, many, many years ago—we’re talking nearly 20 years ago now—when I first met you, I was between jobs. Sitting at the Job Centre, they actually put me in the system, you know, their calculator thing, and said that me and my wife were better off staying at home than going to work. I’m perfectly okay with that.

Which is absolutely bananas because we want to contribute to society, to the economy, you know, have a bit of self-worth. Both are autistic, although one is autistic with severe learning difficulties, and the other has mild learning difficulties. Provision, if you’re a square peg and fit neatly into a square hole, that’s brilliant. It’s when you’re a round peg and getting hammered into a square hole that the issue starts. It’s just about finding the right, appropriate care. It’s a struggle, and, you know, we need to change the system on disabilities and SEND to make sure there are more providers able to look after our SEND children.