Mona Jethwa

Forget the suspicious figure hiding next to the suspicious potato, we may have to bring the potato masher in for questioning.

#SuspiciousPenguin
#SuspiciousPotato #PotatoGate
#PotatoMasher

Well it was dark so allowances must be made. I didn't expect my boring potato post to get any views let alone invite a penguin heist!

Small seed potatoes arranged in a large egg tray on a window sill. Some are sprouting eyes but there is one suspicious looking, very large, very wrinkly potato in the foreground with well developed eyes that look like little bunches in a child's hair.

I set my seed potatoes to chit a few weeks ago but according to my 6 year old one particularly large one mysteriously appeared and is is cheating 🤔

#Gardening #PotatoPrincess #Allotmenteer #GrowYourOwn

Retinitis pigmentosa: for patients - Gene Vision Retinitis pigmentosa is the most common form of inherited retinal degeneration worldwide. It causes progressive but permanent visual impairment. Patients typically experience night blindness and blind...

It's #RetinitisPigmentosaAwarenessMonth.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited condition that affects around 1 in 4,000 people. People living with RP will gradually lose their peripheral sight.

Read about symptoms, research & practical advice here:

gene.vision/knowledge-ba...

I'm going to have to attempt a DIY job!

Accessible Voting - Thomas Pocklington Trust We are committed to tackle the barriers blind and partially sighted people face when voting by promoting accessible voting.

Today, Julie Minns MP will highlight the barriers faced by blind and partially sighted voters through a 10-Minute Rule Bill on the accessibility of elections. We welcome this important opportunity to highlight reforms needed to #MakeVotingAccessible
Learn more👇 

@sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social folks, please add alt text! Would love to share this post as a fellow comms professional!

Thanks for sharing! I work at one of the charities who have stopped X completely. We have a good following across Meta, our newsletter & partnerships game is strong, so I feel like we've mitigated some of the dread of having to rebuild on here as we weren't heavily reliant on traffic from X.

In Touch - SEND Crisis; Period Detection - BBC Sounds In Touch assesses the impacts of a SEND system in crisis for visually impaired pupils.

Our Head of Education, Tara Chattaway, helps review the implications of a SEND system in crisis for blind and partially sighted students on @bbcradio4.bsky.social's In Touch Programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Learn more about SEND Education Reforms: www.pocklington.org.uk/education/ed...

A meme of Monica from friends who is wearing a purple shirt and has her hair in bunches. The post is a still from a scene where she looks confused. Text reads: Social media managers are organized just like Monica.

Proof that you shouldn't believe everything you see on the Internet.

#SocialMediaManagers #CommsManagers

I need to know where you get your canes from!

A photo of the entrance sign to the Houses of Parliament. White text on a black background reads "Welcome to the Palace of Westminster" underneath the text is a silhouette of the houses of Parliament.

It's been a week! A visit to #Parliament on Wednesday with the incredible young Accessibility for All #AccessForAll champions and the Confidence to Shine workshop at the TPT hub for our #GetSetProgress interns on Friday! A great week in societal change for #Blind and #PartiallySighted people 😀

One of the staff in tears was me. I'm still emotional after watching Chris and Dr Poonam on strictly this year. Representation matters.

Our friends are loving our #SightLoss Sector UK Starter Pack, a list of incredible organisations supporting #Blind and partially sighted people. Follow, or, to be added, DM or comment.

#Disability #Accessibility

Aww Becky! I felt this with every moment as a flashback. I remember the chaos of having to sign something while in the throes of a stuck baby, and the phrase that still haunts me is "your baby might have lacerations on its head" Thanks for petrifying a first time mum, doc.

Thank you @solacewomensaid.bsky.social for your commitment to providing a safe space for women.

How Keir Starmer hopes to avoid becoming Britain’s Biden The U.K. prime minister wants voters to feel the benefits of an improving economy — not just hear about them.

Here's hoping that the current abysmal narrative on #Employment for #Disabled folks is addressed. Come on, read the room guys.

#Accessible

www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...

@gwr.com

The valueof #AudioAnnouncements on a train. Currently stuck outside Slough due to trespassers on the track! The train manager made an announcement and then sought me out to check that I'd heard the message and if I need any support. #AccessibleTransport win!

Two words for certain types of people, should you need them:

microlipet: one who gets all worked up over nothing.

struthonian: the person who buries their head in the sand and says ‘Problem? What problem?’.

It's International Volunteer Day! Our chair Mervyn Williamson has a message for the wonderful volunteers that support Thomas Pocklington Trust and Sight loss Councils.

#InternationalVolunteerDay #Volunteering #CharityVolunteer #VolunteerHeroes #ThankYouVolunteers
#MakingADifference

A journalist in her final year at uni spoke to me today to help her with her final year project. The project? Addressing the inequalities #BlindAndPartiallySighted people experience in their employment journey. If the new #generation of journalists are exploring these issues, I think we're winning!

During a staff call on Monday, I shared that our organisation is moving from X to #bsky for better engagement as one of the factors. I'm just waiting for some analytics to help me back this up now!

#metrics #SocialMediaManagers #Xodus

Photo of Andy, Liam and Ashley with their message cards which reads '"I pledge to fight for a more accessible society for blind and partially sighted people." The three are stood outside a building, on a grey and rainy day, wearing hoodies and looking frustrated.

Today, we joined @rnib.bsky.social & other charities to deliver an unreadable health appointment letter to Wes Streeting, to show how we, as people with communication needs, still regularly receive vital health and care information which we are unable to read or understand. #MyInfoMyWay

We're here too! If you have #SightLoss or identify as #Blind or #VisuallyImpaired we are here to support you with #Employment, #Education and work towards equality for #BlindAndPartiallySighted people in every aspect of society.