Our colleagues joined us in March 2025. One year on, they reflect on what they’ve learned — about our community, our organisation, & the realities of advocacy in an increasingly digital world.
👉 Read their blog below, where they share their reflections.
www.connectedvoice.org.uk/news-and-inf...
This course equips frontline staff with practical tools — including how to use the Hate ID App — to better support people affected by hate and repeated abuse. #AdvocacyWorks
Details below 👇
www.connectedvoice.org.uk/our-programme
Our Head of Advocacy, Jane Kingston, reflects on the new stage adaptation of I, Daniel Blake at Northern Stage.
She shares why language matters — choosing “People” and “Person” to uphold dignity and humanity.
Read more:
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Robert Reich to America’s allies: don’t mistake the president for the people
“We’re doing everything we can to resist, contain & remove him. Thank you for your patience”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/1...
We are Independent Advocates, supporting people in vulnerable situations to be heard and have their rights upheld.
In 2026, we’re offering practical, person centred training for anyone in a supportive role.
📩 Get in touch to find out more at: advocacy@connectedvoice.org.uk
Supporting people with neurological conditions?
We have been helping people with acquired brain injury, serious injury, and neurological conditions since 2015.
We created this training, plus a full resource library, with the Northern Neurological Alliance.
Ready to grow your skills?
Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.
Just Lucas Fox, Mikkey Dee and (astonishingly) Robbo left.
Sad to hear of the passing of former Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell at only 64.
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⭐ Know Your Rights
Want more control over your life?
This course helps you speak up, know your rights, and make informed choices in health, housing, and social care.
👉 Interested? Email advocacy@connectedvoice.org.uk
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Support people with neurological conditions? This training allows you to learn about disability models, the nervous system, rehab, communication, advocacy, law/policy & person‑centred practice.
ideal for anyone in a helping role.
Ready to grow your skills?
www.connectedvoice.org.uk/.../support....
Trump's decision to bomb Iran is now the greatest windfall to the Russian war effort on record. If it continues, it might save the Russian war economy.
“HIELANMAN'S UMBRELLA” should be a new law of journalism, which states that if AI generated photos are used in a news article, all reporting from that publication should be instantly distrusted.
Enjoy!
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My brilliant colleagues made this inspirational video for International Women’s Day 2026.
So proud to work with these amazing women. #IWD20026 ✊💪🏋️♀️
As #InternationalWomensDay approaches, we stand for gender equality and recognise how intersecting discrimination impacts women.
Our Advocates have something important to share.
🎥 Watch the video 👇
#RightsJusticeAction #ForAllWomenAndGirls
⭐ Know Your Rights
Want to feel more confident speaking up & getting what you need?
Join our self‑advocacy course & learn how to communicate clearly, ask the right questions, & understand your rights.
📩 Email advocacy@connectedvoice.org.uk to find out more.
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We are here attending the North East Anti-Racism Coalition Become the Bridge pledge event today.
If you or someone you know needs support around hate crime, our Advocacy Service is here to help.
www.connectedvoice.org.uk/.../hate-cri...
#AdvocacyWorks #BecometheBridge
Supporting People with Neurological Conditions Training
If you support people living with neurological conditions, this training will help you strengthen your practice, confidence and skills.
Ready to grow your skills?
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Do you work with people in vulnerable situations?
Would your team benefit from stronger advocacy, communication, and person‑centred skills?
📩 Want to learn more, get pricing, or arrange training?
Email: advocacy@connectedvoice.org.uk
Four years have passed since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia was supposed to win in three days. Instead, Ukraine reinvented modern warfare, built a drone industry, and can destroy a thousand Russian soldiers in a day. Ukraine can win.
The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?
At the recently opened One Centre, @outnortheast.bsky.social and wow — the facilities are fantastic! We’ll be hosting our advocacy drop‑ins here soon.
If you or someone you know needs support around hate crime, our Advocacy Service is here to help.
www.connectedvoice.org.uk/services/adv...
Happy Birthday to The Queen from all of us all over here and there. 💥🎂😻🙏🏽💕🌟🛸
Build confidence in recognising, responding to and tackling #hatecrime and Anti‑Social Behaviour.
Equipping front line staff with practical tools including how to use the Hate ID App to support people affected by hate and repeated abuse.
Details below 👇
www.connectedvoice.org.uk/.../hate-cri....
I wrote for the Guardian about why Jim Ratcliffe's talk of Britain being "colonised" by immigrants crosses the line between legitimate debate and inflammatory rhetoric. It fuses echoes of Powellism with great replacement conspiracies of "civilisational erasure"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Huge thanks to Sandeep at Haref Network members #SpiceFm, Tyneside's only Asian radio station, for inviting Mehru-Nisa Shah from #Haref and Gus Ironside from Connected Voice Advocacy for a chat about the Hate Crime Advocacy Service on this morning's breakfast show!
spicefm.co.uk
Race is a protected characteristic. Our Independent Advocates use the Equality Act 2010 to uphold rights and tackle inequality through our #HateCrime service.
Learn more: www.connectedvoice.org.uk/.../hate-cri...
#ChangeNeedsAllOfUs #AdvocacyWorks
Build confidence tackling hate crime & ASB.
Practical training for frontline staff, incl. using the Hate ID App, to better support people facing hate and repeat abuse.
Ideal for housing, care, health, justice, community & advice roles.
Details 👇
#HateCrime #AdvocacyWorks
🚨🚨Striking but welcome development in Portugese politics: To stop the explosive growth of the ultranationalist #Chega party, Portugal’s leading conservatives are doing the previously unthinkable: endorsing the center-left candidate for president. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/port...
