@elliedavies.bsky.social
Writer, PR person, and part-time printmaker. Freelancer working with third sector organisations and purpose-led businesses.
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Really enjoying this tool which was created to help people #BoycottUSA products!
Almost impossible to boycott entirely but v useful for those items/services that you can swap.
www.goeuropean.org
Almost impossible to boycott entirely but v useful for those items/services that you can swap.
www.goeuropean.org
Go European — Discover European products and services
Go European is a community-driven directory bringing you European products and services from across the continent.
www.goeuropean.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Really enjoying this tool which was created to help people #BoycottUSA products!
Almost impossible to boycott entirely but v useful for those items/services that you can swap.
www.goeuropean.org
Almost impossible to boycott entirely but v useful for those items/services that you can swap.
www.goeuropean.org
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UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart
March 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart
It's #PrintpromptMonday! The theme this week is #foliage so here's my Earth Mother print...just in time for Mother's Day in the UK 🌿
Still a few available on my Etsy 🥰
#linoprint #printmaker #nature #motherhood
Still a few available on my Etsy 🥰
#linoprint #printmaker #nature #motherhood
March 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's #PrintpromptMonday! The theme this week is #foliage so here's my Earth Mother print...just in time for Mother's Day in the UK 🌿
Still a few available on my Etsy 🥰
#linoprint #printmaker #nature #motherhood
Still a few available on my Etsy 🥰
#linoprint #printmaker #nature #motherhood
#InProgress is the perfect prompt for me for #PrintPromptMonday - so many projects started and so many left to finish!
Here's a block that I carved up yonks ago. The vase is based on the famous trousers designed by Kansai Yamamoto for #DavidBowie.
📸 by Masayoshi Sukita
Here's a block that I carved up yonks ago. The vase is based on the famous trousers designed by Kansai Yamamoto for #DavidBowie.
📸 by Masayoshi Sukita
March 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#InProgress is the perfect prompt for me for #PrintPromptMonday - so many projects started and so many left to finish!
Here's a block that I carved up yonks ago. The vase is based on the famous trousers designed by Kansai Yamamoto for #DavidBowie.
📸 by Masayoshi Sukita
Here's a block that I carved up yonks ago. The vase is based on the famous trousers designed by Kansai Yamamoto for #DavidBowie.
📸 by Masayoshi Sukita
So happy to be delivering comms for Weston Park Cancer Charity's Time for Tea fundraiser! 🍰🫖
Whether you throw a tea party, host a cake sale, or run a star baker competition - every event held will support people living with cancer. 💜
www.westonpark.org.uk/news/time-fo...
#Sheffield #Baking
Whether you throw a tea party, host a cake sale, or run a star baker competition - every event held will support people living with cancer. 💜
www.westonpark.org.uk/news/time-fo...
#Sheffield #Baking
Get ready to raise some dough: Time for Tea returns in May!
On your marks, get set...bake! Weston Park Cancer Charity’s Time for Tea fundraiser will take place in May this year.
www.westonpark.org.uk
March 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
So happy to be delivering comms for Weston Park Cancer Charity's Time for Tea fundraiser! 🍰🫖
Whether you throw a tea party, host a cake sale, or run a star baker competition - every event held will support people living with cancer. 💜
www.westonpark.org.uk/news/time-fo...
#Sheffield #Baking
Whether you throw a tea party, host a cake sale, or run a star baker competition - every event held will support people living with cancer. 💜
www.westonpark.org.uk/news/time-fo...
#Sheffield #Baking
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It’s #printpromptmonday & for this week’s theme of #water you’ll just uhh have to imagine the water part
#blockprinting #printmaking #art
#blockprinting #printmaking #art
March 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It’s #printpromptmonday & for this week’s theme of #water you’ll just uhh have to imagine the water part
#blockprinting #printmaking #art
#blockprinting #printmaking #art
This week's #PrintPromptMonday is water!
Always a favourite theme in my work 🌊
#linoprint #printmaker #wildswimmer #mountains
Always a favourite theme in my work 🌊
#linoprint #printmaker #wildswimmer #mountains
March 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This week's #PrintPromptMonday is water!
Always a favourite theme in my work 🌊
#linoprint #printmaker #wildswimmer #mountains
Always a favourite theme in my work 🌊
#linoprint #printmaker #wildswimmer #mountains
Oh gosh loved this piece by @caitjgibson.bsky.social in the @washingtonpost.com
So true that it's discombobulating being one of the first in your group to become a Mum. But can't wait to be a support system for others as they joined the No Sleep Club♥️
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So true that it's discombobulating being one of the first in your group to become a Mum. But can't wait to be a support system for others as they joined the No Sleep Club♥️
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
What it means to be the ‘first mom of the friend group’
It isn’t easy to be the first mom among your peers.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Oh gosh loved this piece by @caitjgibson.bsky.social in the @washingtonpost.com
So true that it's discombobulating being one of the first in your group to become a Mum. But can't wait to be a support system for others as they joined the No Sleep Club♥️
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
So true that it's discombobulating being one of the first in your group to become a Mum. But can't wait to be a support system for others as they joined the No Sleep Club♥️
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
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Another fantastic health breakthrough. Imagine what the world would be like if we could concentrate on this rather than stupid wars.
Scientists discover new part of the immune system
New part of the immune system - hidden inside our bodies - could be used to make new antibiotics.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Another fantastic health breakthrough. Imagine what the world would be like if we could concentrate on this rather than stupid wars.
For this week's #PrintPromptMonday - #InMotion. A linocut of a wild swimmer preparing to take a dip!
#linoprint #wildswimmer #wildswimming #printmaker
#linoprint #wildswimmer #wildswimming #printmaker
February 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
For this week's #PrintPromptMonday - #InMotion. A linocut of a wild swimmer preparing to take a dip!
#linoprint #wildswimmer #wildswimming #printmaker
#linoprint #wildswimmer #wildswimming #printmaker
💜 Such a privilege to interview the wonderful Jane who raised over £8,000 for Weston Park Cancer Charity after being treated for breast cancer.💜
Incredibly, she started training for the Sheffield 10k during her radiotherapy. A truly inspirational woman!
Read her story at: tinyurl.com/z2x39xhw
Incredibly, she started training for the Sheffield 10k during her radiotherapy. A truly inspirational woman!
Read her story at: tinyurl.com/z2x39xhw
Team Jane raises over £8,000 at the Sheffield 10k for Weston Park Cancer Charity
Jane Stuart was inspired to raise money for the charity after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023
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February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
💜 Such a privilege to interview the wonderful Jane who raised over £8,000 for Weston Park Cancer Charity after being treated for breast cancer.💜
Incredibly, she started training for the Sheffield 10k during her radiotherapy. A truly inspirational woman!
Read her story at: tinyurl.com/z2x39xhw
Incredibly, she started training for the Sheffield 10k during her radiotherapy. A truly inspirational woman!
Read her story at: tinyurl.com/z2x39xhw
I know you lot love a #mushroom. So here's a Chanterelle mushroom print for all my fungi enthusiasts 🍄
Available on my Etsy 👩🎨 Link in bio 🎨
#printmaker #linoprints #nature #fungi
Available on my Etsy 👩🎨 Link in bio 🎨
#printmaker #linoprints #nature #fungi
February 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I know you lot love a #mushroom. So here's a Chanterelle mushroom print for all my fungi enthusiasts 🍄
Available on my Etsy 👩🎨 Link in bio 🎨
#printmaker #linoprints #nature #fungi
Available on my Etsy 👩🎨 Link in bio 🎨
#printmaker #linoprints #nature #fungi
Just a little print I made of a rowan leaf 🌿
Nothing too original, but I like it 😊
#lino #linoprint #printmaker #art #leaves
Nothing too original, but I like it 😊
#lino #linoprint #printmaker #art #leaves
February 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Just a little print I made of a rowan leaf 🌿
Nothing too original, but I like it 😊
#lino #linoprint #printmaker #art #leaves
Nothing too original, but I like it 😊
#lino #linoprint #printmaker #art #leaves
The UK has the worst paternity leave in Europe - and self-employed dads don't even qualify!
The Dad Shift are trying to change that. Sign their petition, which calls on UK government to give self-employed dads paternity leave, here 👇
action.dadshift.org.uk/a/self-emplo...
@dadshiftuk.bsky.social
The Dad Shift are trying to change that. Sign their petition, which calls on UK government to give self-employed dads paternity leave, here 👇
action.dadshift.org.uk/a/self-emplo...
@dadshiftuk.bsky.social
Give Self-Employed Dads Paternity Leave: Add Your Name
Self-employed dads get zero paternity leave - so many are back to work the next day. Agree that's wrong? Add your name now.
action.dadshift.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The UK has the worst paternity leave in Europe - and self-employed dads don't even qualify!
The Dad Shift are trying to change that. Sign their petition, which calls on UK government to give self-employed dads paternity leave, here 👇
action.dadshift.org.uk/a/self-emplo...
@dadshiftuk.bsky.social
The Dad Shift are trying to change that. Sign their petition, which calls on UK government to give self-employed dads paternity leave, here 👇
action.dadshift.org.uk/a/self-emplo...
@dadshiftuk.bsky.social
As a former member of Mind's PR team, I felt very proud seeing the charity leave X yesterday.
The move has received criticism from some, but to me it just shows that the charity has real integrity.
Well done @mindcharity.bsky.social! And welcome ☺️
The move has received criticism from some, but to me it just shows that the charity has real integrity.
Well done @mindcharity.bsky.social! And welcome ☺️
January 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As a former member of Mind's PR team, I felt very proud seeing the charity leave X yesterday.
The move has received criticism from some, but to me it just shows that the charity has real integrity.
Well done @mindcharity.bsky.social! And welcome ☺️
The move has received criticism from some, but to me it just shows that the charity has real integrity.
Well done @mindcharity.bsky.social! And welcome ☺️
Very smart storytelling from @mencap.bsky.social and wonderful to hear that Alexander's #Traitors appearance led to such a flurry of donations!
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The Traitors star Alexander Dragonetti inspires thousands of donations to Mencap charity
The former British diplomat told fellow contestants he would donate some of his prize money to Mencap if he won the show, in tribute to his late brother.
news.sky.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Very smart storytelling from @mencap.bsky.social and wonderful to hear that Alexander's #Traitors appearance led to such a flurry of donations!
tinyurl.com/5n72c2pj
tinyurl.com/5n72c2pj
LOVED interviewing 64-year-old Nick, who will be running his first marathon this year for Weston Park Cancer Charity.
Nick is taking on the marathon just four years after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. Such an inspiration!
Read his story at: tinyurl.com/mskm2mmt
Nick is taking on the marathon just four years after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. Such an inspiration!
Read his story at: tinyurl.com/mskm2mmt
64-year-old runner from Doncaster to take on London Marathon for Weston Park Cancer Charity
Retired NHS worker Nick is raising money to thank the hospital that cared for him after his cancer diagnosis
tinyurl.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
LOVED interviewing 64-year-old Nick, who will be running his first marathon this year for Weston Park Cancer Charity.
Nick is taking on the marathon just four years after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. Such an inspiration!
Read his story at: tinyurl.com/mskm2mmt
Nick is taking on the marathon just four years after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. Such an inspiration!
Read his story at: tinyurl.com/mskm2mmt
Third sector workers - fill out the latest wellbeing survey from Charity Well and make your voices heard! @clairewarner.bsky.social
Sector burnout highlighted as charity workers asked to complete wellbeing survey by @clairewarner.bsky.social
Sector burnout highlighted as charity workers asked to complete wellbeing survey
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January 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Third sector workers - fill out the latest wellbeing survey from Charity Well and make your voices heard! @clairewarner.bsky.social
This was the energy that I needed today🌿
If you are feeling overwhelmed, I strongly recommend the livestream of the corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Gardens on YouTube. There are currently 1,500 people in chat waiting for a flower to open, and occasionally claiming that it definitely has moved this time.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for
YouTube video by Botanic Gardens of Sydney
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January 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This was the energy that I needed today🌿
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There is already 25 minutes more daylight than the shortest day and by the end of this week it will be around 45 minutes.
January 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
There is already 25 minutes more daylight than the shortest day and by the end of this week it will be around 45 minutes.
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Here are some nice mushrooms
January 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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Loved the most recent edition of the Double Shift from @ellalucie.bsky.social. Very much identified with the challenges (and benefits!) of juggling mum and freelancer life. Big thank you for the community you're building!
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A deep dive behind the scenes of working parents, filling in the gaps and exploring the timeless question of “how the f*ck do they make it work?”. Click to read Double Shift, by Ella DJ & Ellie A-W, a...
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November 28, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Loved the most recent edition of the Double Shift from @ellalucie.bsky.social. Very much identified with the challenges (and benefits!) of juggling mum and freelancer life. Big thank you for the community you're building!
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
Can't recommend this ep highly enough. Such an important issue that @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social speaks so eloquently on.
Hope MPs vote to give people greater dignity in their final weeks and months this Friday.
Hope MPs vote to give people greater dignity in their final weeks and months this Friday.
Ahead of Friday’s vote on assisted dying, our Rest Is Politics LEADING guest is Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the bill, with a deep dive on the issues, plus we talk about the murder of her sister Jo Cox, why Parliament needs to change its ways and much more alastaircampbell.org/2024/11/109-...
109. Is it time to legalise assisted dying? (Kim Leadbeater)
Should assisted dying be legalised? How did the murder of her sister, Jo Cox, impact British politics? Why is the job of an MP so difficult? Rory and Alastair are joined by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater to...
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November 28, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Can't recommend this ep highly enough. Such an important issue that @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social speaks so eloquently on.
Hope MPs vote to give people greater dignity in their final weeks and months this Friday.
Hope MPs vote to give people greater dignity in their final weeks and months this Friday.