Samantha Dixon
@sjdixon70.bsky.social
Charity Chair and CEO, should-have-retired netballer, passionate about social and health equity. Make 2nds Count, The Snowdrop Project, Barnsley College All views my own
A great opportunity this morning to tell a room full of breast cancer CNS' in South Yorkshire about the work of @make2ndscount.bsky.social . Even better to be joined by #secondarybreastcancer Patient Advocate, M2C ambassador and Tea and Chat host ( and all round fab woman) Sammy Burrows.
A renewed sense of hope today on the doorstep campaigning for Councillor John Williams, Rt. Hon John Healey MP ( Rawmarsh & Conisbrough CLP) and @labouruk.bsky.social as part of the National Campaigning Weekend. I feel so much more oprimistic ( and safer) than doing this 12m ago.
A brilliant Tuesday @labouruk.bsky.social conference yesterday. A packed day of policy debates at the fringe, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones and 'that' speech.
Session 2 @labouruk.bsky.social conference ' Delivering the new government's policy agenda: why nursing is the key'. Powerful discussion about the importance of workforce plan, listening to nurses and how nurses are the answer to so many health challenges. Key is fixing social care.
Took to the streets of #Sheffield today for the #race for life 10k in conjunction with the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. Jane's diagnosis was before @make2ndscount.bsky.social was created, but it's good to know our charity is here to help anyone with #secondarybreastcancer live longer and better lives.
We, at @make2ndscount.bsky.social ,are delighted to announce our newest Ambassador - Trisha Goddard! Trisha is a powerful voice for the #secondarybreastcancer community. We look forward to working with her in the future #metastaticbreastcancer
A great Friday night 'in conversation' between @chrishawkinsdj.bsky.social and Badly Drawn Boy at the Old Woollen in Pudsey. Never been to this venue before - a great use of a beautiful old mill and the sort of venue which needs supporting.
Did you know that 1 in 5 jobs require driving but too few young people can't afford to learn to drive (costs on average £2.4 k). That's where Barnsley College's DAS driving academy comes in. Great to be at today's opening
The news that #enhertu is to be made available to #secondarybreastcancer patients in England is testimony to the unrelenting campaigning of the secondary breast cancer community alongside breast cancer charities including @make2ndscount.bsky.social . Well done to all involved.
The £36m donations are legal and to change the law retrospectively would be outrageous! Yes, it was announced in Parliament on 25 March that the legislation would apply to any donations from that day onwards, but that was the day all Reform MPs staged a walk-out, so we missed it.
The display of the Bayeux Tapestry in the UK prompted me to advertise the Quaker Tapestry museum in Kendal but I've just realised that, due to funding cuts, it has closed :(. The tapestry charts the history of Quakerism including its contribution to thinking and society over centuries.
Andy Burnham summed it up perfectly yesterday. The #greatnorthrun really is the best of British. 60,000 people mostly raising money for great causes and many, many more supporting them financially, emotionally or simply through the power of encouragement. Always a great atmosphere
"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it about a system favoured by money launderers that allows donations to be totally untraceable that first attracted you to crypto?"
A hot #greatnorthrun so especially proud of our @make2ndscount.bsky.social runners all lacing up their shoes for someone they love with #secondarybreastcancer
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Just think of the good the struggling charity sector could do with a gift like this? In a week in which the leading charity in kids' suicide prevention went into administration, this story in @theguardian.com has made me more despondent than it would usually
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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EvERY work trip from London to home has been delayed over last 8 months resulting in either running for my connection or missing the once-an-hour train from Doncaster to Swinton. Surely we can do better than this???
The SMC decision to make available two new drugs available to #secondarybreastcancer patients in Scotland gives hope...but is bittersweet. Scotland does not yet have in place the means to make the necessary genomic testing available through NHS.We will keep pushing for change to prevent inequities.
If the Government and BBC can ( partially) move 'up North' why can't more (large) charities and with them their top jobs? #itsbetterupnorth
The news of actor Lucy Davis'#secondarybreastcancer is sad; my thoughts are with her and family. For anyone affected by secondary (metastatic) breast cancer you aren't alone. Organisations like @make2ndscount.bsky.social provide information, suppprt and the opportunity to meet others who understand
As a parkrun volunteer and runner, it was good to hear @rory-stewart.bsky.social give a shoutout on The Rest is Politics to Crieff parkrun in the context of skills development and building community. I love volunteering and the nearby cafe has thriving trade at a time which would otherwise be quiet
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
One of my favourite places to eat in that there London. Vegan food using surplus stock from local businesses and employing local people. Where else will you get a plate of lentil dahl with rice, chocolate orange cake with icecream for £6? St. Pancras Library
My excellent MP, John Healey, is currently talking to Andy Burnham in #10. Just yesterday John was delivering leaflets , alongside me and others, on an estate in Doncaster. A man of principle who always remembers that his first job is as a constituency MP @labouruk.bsky.social
The last two occasions Ive been at Kings Cross Station, spanning a 3- week, heat-wave intensive period, the water refilling machine has been out of operation. Pull your finger out @networkrail
Thanks to @marykfoymp.bsky.social @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social and @novartis.bsky.social for their continued support of breast cancer patients and of preventing breast cancer, this time through the launch of Check Her Out campaign with @breastcancernow.bsky.social @make2ndscount.bsky.social
Feels timely to share this again #grifter
Led By Donkeys@ledbydonkeys.org · 12mo agoFarage: epic grifter
