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Aisling Duffy

@aislingduffy.bsky.social

Chief Executive of Certitude - a leading not for profit organisation supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and autistic people. Views my own.

504 Followers  |  743 Following  |  15 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  1.8243

Latest posts by aislingduffy.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Overhaul ‘unsustainable’ incapacity benefits system, Lords committee urges Peers call on Labour to carry out ‘fundamental review’ amid rising concerns over retention of Tory plans for £3bn in cuts

Overhaul ‘unsustainable’ incapacity benefits system, Lords committee urges www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

20.01.2025 07:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Charities forced to ‘evict’ adults in their care to stay solvent, survey finds Annual sector review says tax and wage rises and council funding cuts have left services in ‘state of acute precarity’

The sad reality, up and down the country. Shortsighted to think this isn’t impacting on the opportunities for disabled people to lead gloriously ordinary lives www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

14.01.2025 08:58 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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The Guardian view on social care: there can be no more excuses for inaction | Editorial Dame Louise Casey must not allow the review she is leading to become another means of deferring change

The Guardian view on social care: there can be no more excuses for inaction | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.01.2025 07:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For more information, there’s a typically thorough @BBCNews piece by @AlisonHoltBBC here bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…. And one from Wes
Streeting here https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/03/britain-social-care-crisis-labour-plans-to-fix-it

03.01.2025 07:45 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 1

So happy 😀 to read this Saba! Happy birthday to your lovely Pa. And a happy new year 🥳 to you and all the family 💛

31.12.2024 18:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Children with special needs are now the focus of the culture war and the budget debate – Labour must tread carefully | John Harris With the yawning gap between available funding and rising demand, parents are right to fear the government’s reaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Children with special needs are now the focus of the culture war and the budget debate – Labour must tread carefully | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

30.12.2024 08:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre sample song by London learning disabilities charity Prolific US hip-hop artists have used the track Watermelon Fantasy, created in 2018 by Daylight Studio

www.theguardian.com/music/2024/d...

29.12.2024 20:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre sample song by London learning disabilities charity 😊

29.12.2024 20:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Raana is a bit of a legend 🥰! Wishing you both a very merry Christmas 🎄! xx

24.12.2024 08:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks Angela! 😀

23.12.2024 12:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Man in an allotment smiling and holding out his hand with a worm on it.

Man in an allotment smiling and holding out his hand with a worm on it.

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We're Certitude, and we support people with learning disabilities, autism & mental health needs to live the lives they want.

Social care isn't just about day-to-day support—it's about living life to the fullest. We're here to share real stories of what great #SocialCare looks like.

26.11.2024 10:34 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you 🤩

23.12.2024 12:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This is great thanks Angela. Please can you add me? Thanks ☺️

23.12.2024 12:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So helpful thanks Ian! Please can you add me? 😃

23.12.2024 12:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks Neil 👍

23.12.2024 12:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Any tips on making the best of being here very welcome 🤗! Feel like I am starting all over 😳

23.12.2024 11:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Looking forward to making the most of my move to Bluesky and connecting with longstanding contacts and new people too! Thanks for following me 😊

23.12.2024 11:21 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 8    📌 0

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