Nicola Sansom

How good landlords can play a crucial role in tackling homelessness

The social purpose private rented sector is a growing movement looking to leverage good landlords to tackle homelessness.

Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.

The 201 year old Vagrancy act in the UK will finally be got rid of next year. 🥳

Criminalising people for living on the streets never helped to address the issues that led them to be there in the first place. So this is a positive step forwards.

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English local elections: Reform UK wins Runcorn byelection by six votes as Labour says result means it must ‘move faster’ with plans – UK politics live New Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin pays tribute to Farage as ‘great leader’; Labour wins North Tyneside and Doncaster mayoral races

Not the news I wanted to see this morning - Reform winning the Helsby by-election by just 6 votes...

Politics are on a knife edge right now and it's a time we need to see more caring policies and practices to help solve our big societal issues shining through!

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Happy Earth Day. Here are a few pics from the Brecon Beacons this Easter weekend.

We are lucky to get to live in a world with so much natural beauty to explore and a duty to care for it to the best of our ability.

PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online

1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes.
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Just had a wonderful afternoon where some of the amazing children from St. Margarets Primary School were presenting what they learnt about SALVE International to the community, MP Afzal Khan and Mayor Andy Burnham.

The children went on to fundraise for us making cupcakes too!

Sewage spilled into England's rivers and seas for record 3.6m hours last year Sewage spilled into England's waterways for a record number of hours last year, the Environmental Agency says.

Sewage spilled into England's rivers and seas for record 3.6m hours last year - we need more innovation, investment and care to fix our broken water system and protect our waterways.
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Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution The WHO has identified air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health globally. Each year, an estimated seven million people around the world are killed by effects from air pollutio...

Government officials, health professionals, and more are gathering at the second global conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia.

This is a crucial opportunity for policymakers to make progress on tackling air pollution globally.

Yesterday marked #WorldWaterDay, and we're celebrating what happens when you give rivers the room to do what they do best.

Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.

300 year-old Polish beech wins Tree of the Year contest The win by Poland’s Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills tree marks Poland’s fourth victory in a row.

There are some really beautiful old trees in the world. It's tree-rific to see them being celebrated.

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A friend was recently teaching me about the Japanese concept of Kintsugi - where you repair broken things using gold to make a feature of the repair and celebrate the imperfection.

I think this is a beautiful idea.

Aww thanks Jo - and thank you for being an inspirational woman in my life. Grateful to have been able to see more of you recently. 💚

P.S. I think all countries should have a public holiday for International Women's day like they do in Uganda. UK please take note!

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Happy International Women's day. Thank you to all the amazing women in my life who inspire me, walk beside me and help me to learn, grow and remain hopeful despite the challenges life throws at us. I am very grateful for you all.

Horaay thank you - and as you know you have an adopted home up north already too!

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Horaaay! Very happy for you!

Starmer and Badenoch clash over defence spending at PMQs The prime minister announced the UK will reallocate aid funds to boost military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. Taking money from the world's poorest people to increase defence spending is counter intuitive and will lead to more insecurity long term. 😪

BBC News - Starmer and Badenoch clash over defence spending at PMQs - BBC News
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Herbie would get delusions of granduer though - he might start thinking the world worships him

@himal.bsky.social it's not too late to swap your new flat for something like this...

Found my new dream house...

Activist hits back at Starmer for ‘demonising’ him as green ‘zealot’ Former councillor Andrew Boswell accuses PM of wanting to lock people out of planning process

We need to be able to have reasonable discussions and accept that disagreement and compromise can be good to help ensure we are considering multiple angles to our actions and listening to others concerns.

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Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill Exclusive: Supporters of bill say Labour has already insisted on removal of clauses requiring UK to meet targets agreed at Cop and other summits

We need to become more accountable about our progress in tackling the climate and nature crisis... hopefully enough MPs will believe that and back the CAN bill tomorrow!

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I vote to add the festive dinosaur anyway - no matter how your gingerbread house comes out a dinosaur can only make it better!

Good tips thanks

Thank you!

SALVE's life changing drug rehab programme has an amazing opportunity of matched funding - which runs out midday Tuesday and any money not yet doubled will be lost.

So please consider making a donation. It will have double the impact and we will be very grateful! www.tinyurl.com/SALVEBigGive...

Fab thanks - I'll give it a go!

Will do - thanks for the tip

Really helpful thanks

Thanks - I might need to up the tortoise game then!