George Julian
@georgejulian.bsky.social
I like people watching, good food and people who speak out about injustice. Crowdfunded #OpenJustice journalist, reporting mainly about #LearningDisability and #Autism. Also can be found with a needle, all things #sewing #quilting #knitting
This makes for a difficult listen but is so important, the brilliant @ellychapple.bsky.social and myself on The Skies We're Under podcast talking about Ella's human rights claim and the impact of unlawful care proceedings on their family open.spotify.com/episode/2rRf...
Entering the Gladiator Ring with Elly Chapple and George Julian | S4 | E22
The Skies We’re Under · Episode
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February 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This makes for a difficult listen but is so important, the brilliant @ellychapple.bsky.social and myself on The Skies We're Under podcast talking about Ella's human rights claim and the impact of unlawful care proceedings on their family open.spotify.com/episode/2rRf...
Holocaust Memorial Day: remembering learning disabled people www.georgejulian.co.uk/2025/01/27/h...
3mins positivity and hope from @blueappletheatre.bsky.social
“This better future did not come by accident, or by luck, but by will, by struggle and it will not stay by accident" #LearningDisability
3mins positivity and hope from @blueappletheatre.bsky.social
“This better future did not come by accident, or by luck, but by will, by struggle and it will not stay by accident" #LearningDisability
georgejulian.co.uk » Holocaust Memorial Day – remembering learning disabled people
Blue Apple Theatre Company have produced a new film to mark Memorial Holocaust Day. While the Holocaust is remembered rightly as an act of genocide against Europe’s Jewish population, the Nazis also sent close to 250,000 people with disabilities to their deaths. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust have information about the treatment of disabled people […]
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January 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Holocaust Memorial Day: remembering learning disabled people www.georgejulian.co.uk/2025/01/27/h...
3mins positivity and hope from @blueappletheatre.bsky.social
“This better future did not come by accident, or by luck, but by will, by struggle and it will not stay by accident" #LearningDisability
3mins positivity and hope from @blueappletheatre.bsky.social
“This better future did not come by accident, or by luck, but by will, by struggle and it will not stay by accident" #LearningDisability
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Coroners issue prevention of future deaths reports to inform organisations about risks they could manage to reduce needless fatalities.
@georgejulian.bsky.social looks at how effective these are.
communitylivingmagazine.com/reducing-ris...
@georgejulian.bsky.social looks at how effective these are.
communitylivingmagazine.com/reducing-ris...
Reducing risks of further deaths
Coroners issue prevention of future deaths reports to inform organisations about risks they could manage to reduce needless fatalities. George Julian looks at how effective these are
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January 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Coroners issue prevention of future deaths reports to inform organisations about risks they could manage to reduce needless fatalities.
@georgejulian.bsky.social looks at how effective these are.
communitylivingmagazine.com/reducing-ris...
@georgejulian.bsky.social looks at how effective these are.
communitylivingmagazine.com/reducing-ris...
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Call out for case studies: I am looking to talk to disabled people who have experienced access issues on any part of the TFL rail network. (And that can include people who have taken up an Equality Act claim.) For a @londonspy.bsky.social piece. #JournoRequest
January 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Call out for case studies: I am looking to talk to disabled people who have experienced access issues on any part of the TFL rail network. (And that can include people who have taken up an Equality Act claim.) For a @londonspy.bsky.social piece. #JournoRequest
Serious Christmas cloud cover in Torbados this year; Xmas Eve was beautiful but today is like living in the cloud. Out walking for an hour and my hair looks like I’ve just washed it. Hoping everyone else’s weather is clearer/brighter.
December 26, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Serious Christmas cloud cover in Torbados this year; Xmas Eve was beautiful but today is like living in the cloud. Out walking for an hour and my hair looks like I’ve just washed it. Hoping everyone else’s weather is clearer/brighter.
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Here’s a story about how researching the racist origins of Jingle Bells helped me uncover some antique family drama.
Quiz: what is jingle bells about?
A) Christmas
B) Street racing
C) Picking up women
D) A vehicle accident?
Quiz: what is jingle bells about?
A) Christmas
B) Street racing
C) Picking up women
D) A vehicle accident?
December 25, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Here’s a story about how researching the racist origins of Jingle Bells helped me uncover some antique family drama.
Quiz: what is jingle bells about?
A) Christmas
B) Street racing
C) Picking up women
D) A vehicle accident?
Quiz: what is jingle bells about?
A) Christmas
B) Street racing
C) Picking up women
D) A vehicle accident?
Just read my 693rd Prevention of Future Deaths Report this year. Only:
16 relate to learning disabled people (who aren't autistic)
3 relate to learning disabled, autistic people
16 relate to autistic people (without a learning disability)
5% of all PFDs, feels way too low to me #NotFullyHuman
16 relate to learning disabled people (who aren't autistic)
3 relate to learning disabled, autistic people
16 relate to autistic people (without a learning disability)
5% of all PFDs, feels way too low to me #NotFullyHuman
December 24, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Just read my 693rd Prevention of Future Deaths Report this year. Only:
16 relate to learning disabled people (who aren't autistic)
3 relate to learning disabled, autistic people
16 relate to autistic people (without a learning disability)
5% of all PFDs, feels way too low to me #NotFullyHuman
16 relate to learning disabled people (who aren't autistic)
3 relate to learning disabled, autistic people
16 relate to autistic people (without a learning disability)
5% of all PFDs, feels way too low to me #NotFullyHuman
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Joyous.
You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇
December 24, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Joyous.
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Unbearable.
David Lodge's inquest finished on Friday, coroner found he died from natural causes contributed to by neglect at Hull Royal Infirmary.
His family statement www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/23/d...
"David was a person, first and foremost, but that was forgotten by those treating him"
#OpenJustice
His family statement www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/23/d...
"David was a person, first and foremost, but that was forgotten by those treating him"
#OpenJustice
georgejulian.co.uk » David’s Inquest: Family Statement
David overcame a lifetime of challenges, not least the attitudes of professionals in health and social care who did not understand that, just because a person cannot speak words, it doesn’t mean they can’t think and feel. David was the bravest brother, son and uncle, but what he endured in his final days is unimaginable. […]
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December 23, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Unbearable.
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“David overcame a lifetime of challenges, not least the attitudes of professionals in health and social care who did not understand that, just because a person cannot speak words, it doesn’t mean they can’t think and feel.”
David Lodge's inquest finished on Friday, coroner found he died from natural causes contributed to by neglect at Hull Royal Infirmary.
His family statement www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/23/d...
"David was a person, first and foremost, but that was forgotten by those treating him"
#OpenJustice
His family statement www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/23/d...
"David was a person, first and foremost, but that was forgotten by those treating him"
#OpenJustice
georgejulian.co.uk » David’s Inquest: Family Statement
David overcame a lifetime of challenges, not least the attitudes of professionals in health and social care who did not understand that, just because a person cannot speak words, it doesn’t mean they can’t think and feel. David was the bravest brother, son and uncle, but what he endured in his final days is unimaginable. […]
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December 23, 2024 at 6:45 PM
“David overcame a lifetime of challenges, not least the attitudes of professionals in health and social care who did not understand that, just because a person cannot speak words, it doesn’t mean they can’t think and feel.”
David Lodge's inquest finished on Friday, coroner found he died from natural causes contributed to by neglect at Hull Royal Infirmary.
His family statement www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/23/d...
"David was a person, first and foremost, but that was forgotten by those treating him"
#OpenJustice
His family statement www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/23/d...
"David was a person, first and foremost, but that was forgotten by those treating him"
#OpenJustice
georgejulian.co.uk » David’s Inquest: Family Statement
David overcame a lifetime of challenges, not least the attitudes of professionals in health and social care who did not understand that, just because a person cannot speak words, it doesn’t mean they can’t think and feel. David was the bravest brother, son and uncle, but what he endured in his final days is unimaginable. […]
www.georgejulian.co.uk
December 23, 2024 at 5:46 PM
David Lodge's inquest finished on Friday, coroner found he died from natural causes contributed to by neglect at Hull Royal Infirmary.
His family statement www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/23/d...
"David was a person, first and foremost, but that was forgotten by those treating him"
#OpenJustice
His family statement www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/23/d...
"David was a person, first and foremost, but that was forgotten by those treating him"
#OpenJustice
Something so arrogantly ingrained about #NHS refusing to listen to family members.
Why didn’t they listen to her?
David Lodge’s inquest finished today, finding of neglect, his sister a Cons Psychiatrist in Learning Disability wasn’t listened to either www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
Why didn’t they listen to her?
David Lodge’s inquest finished today, finding of neglect, his sister a Cons Psychiatrist in Learning Disability wasn’t listened to either www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
December 20, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Something so arrogantly ingrained about #NHS refusing to listen to family members.
Why didn’t they listen to her?
David Lodge’s inquest finished today, finding of neglect, his sister a Cons Psychiatrist in Learning Disability wasn’t listened to either www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
Why didn’t they listen to her?
David Lodge’s inquest finished today, finding of neglect, his sister a Cons Psychiatrist in Learning Disability wasn’t listened to either www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
Relatively recent additions to this #LearningDisability starter pack are @communitylivingmagazine.com @samc-change.bsky.social @billrlove.bsky.social @ruthnorth.bsky.social and @emmadimps.bsky.social
Lots of brilliant people on that list that give me faith things might eventually improve 🤞
Lots of brilliant people on that list that give me faith things might eventually improve 🤞
December 20, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Relatively recent additions to this #LearningDisability starter pack are @communitylivingmagazine.com @samc-change.bsky.social @billrlove.bsky.social @ruthnorth.bsky.social and @emmadimps.bsky.social
Lots of brilliant people on that list that give me faith things might eventually improve 🤞
Lots of brilliant people on that list that give me faith things might eventually improve 🤞
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SHINY NEW handle: @communitylivingmagazine.com
Give us a follow, we'll post soon!
Love my freelance editor role communitylivingmagazine.com
Kudos to Digital Guru @lesteph.com (title's digital producer; guru's more accurate) and Eagle Eye Christine Mottley, also not official title but should be.
Give us a follow, we'll post soon!
Love my freelance editor role communitylivingmagazine.com
Kudos to Digital Guru @lesteph.com (title's digital producer; guru's more accurate) and Eagle Eye Christine Mottley, also not official title but should be.
Community Living
The campaigning magazine on equality, inclusion and living life: learning disabilities, care, health, welfare, housing, arts and more
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December 20, 2024 at 5:35 PM
SHINY NEW handle: @communitylivingmagazine.com
Give us a follow, we'll post soon!
Love my freelance editor role communitylivingmagazine.com
Kudos to Digital Guru @lesteph.com (title's digital producer; guru's more accurate) and Eagle Eye Christine Mottley, also not official title but should be.
Give us a follow, we'll post soon!
Love my freelance editor role communitylivingmagazine.com
Kudos to Digital Guru @lesteph.com (title's digital producer; guru's more accurate) and Eagle Eye Christine Mottley, also not official title but should be.
Eurgh typo but I blame fury at repeated failings. Why aren’t #LearningDisabled people treated as fully human?
David died from natural causes contributed to by neglect
Why no chest exam? Why no NEWS escalation? Why no admission to ICU #DeathByIndifference #DiagnosticOvershadowing #OpenJustice
David died from natural causes contributed to by neglect
Why no chest exam? Why no NEWS escalation? Why no admission to ICU #DeathByIndifference #DiagnosticOvershadowing #OpenJustice
Hull Asst Coroner, Edward Steele, concluded David Lodge died from Natural Causes contributed to by Neglect.
No chest examination conducted; local of monitoring of NEWS scores; failure to admit David to Intensive Care
11 findings of fact (in link below)
www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
1/5
No chest examination conducted; local of monitoring of NEWS scores; failure to admit David to Intensive Care
11 findings of fact (in link below)
www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
1/5
georgejulian.co.uk » David Lodge’s Inquest: Coroner’s Conclusion and Prevention of Future Deaths
In November the evidence was heard over two days in the inquest of David Lodge, who died on 13 January 2022 at Hull Royal Infirmary. Today, Assistant Coroner for East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull, Edward Steele, returned to court to give his conclusions. He opened by expressing his condolences […]
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December 20, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Eurgh typo but I blame fury at repeated failings. Why aren’t #LearningDisabled people treated as fully human?
David died from natural causes contributed to by neglect
Why no chest exam? Why no NEWS escalation? Why no admission to ICU #DeathByIndifference #DiagnosticOvershadowing #OpenJustice
David died from natural causes contributed to by neglect
Why no chest exam? Why no NEWS escalation? Why no admission to ICU #DeathByIndifference #DiagnosticOvershadowing #OpenJustice
Hull Asst Coroner, Edward Steele, concluded David Lodge died from Natural Causes contributed to by Neglect.
No chest examination conducted; local of monitoring of NEWS scores; failure to admit David to Intensive Care
11 findings of fact (in link below)
www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
1/5
No chest examination conducted; local of monitoring of NEWS scores; failure to admit David to Intensive Care
11 findings of fact (in link below)
www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
1/5
georgejulian.co.uk » David Lodge’s Inquest: Coroner’s Conclusion and Prevention of Future Deaths
In November the evidence was heard over two days in the inquest of David Lodge, who died on 13 January 2022 at Hull Royal Infirmary. Today, Assistant Coroner for East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull, Edward Steele, returned to court to give his conclusions. He opened by expressing his condolences […]
www.georgejulian.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Hull Asst Coroner, Edward Steele, concluded David Lodge died from Natural Causes contributed to by Neglect.
No chest examination conducted; local of monitoring of NEWS scores; failure to admit David to Intensive Care
11 findings of fact (in link below)
www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
1/5
No chest examination conducted; local of monitoring of NEWS scores; failure to admit David to Intensive Care
11 findings of fact (in link below)
www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/20/d...
1/5
“I used to tell David that Wednesdays were my favourite day of the week” – an introduction to David Lodge www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/11/06/i...
Assistant Coroner for Hull will conclude David Lodge's inquest tomorrow morning. It was adjourned on 9 November as the court ran out of time #OpenJustice
Assistant Coroner for Hull will conclude David Lodge's inquest tomorrow morning. It was adjourned on 9 November as the court ran out of time #OpenJustice
georgejulian.co.uk » “I used to tell David that Wednesdays were my favourite day of the week” – an introduction to David Lodge
It’s over 2.5 years since David died, in the Acute Assessment Unit at Hull Royal Infirmary (run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) in mid January 2022. David turned 40 five weeks before he died. He had lived in Hull, in his family home his whole life. David was the middle of three children, […]
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December 19, 2024 at 9:33 PM
“I used to tell David that Wednesdays were my favourite day of the week” – an introduction to David Lodge www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/11/06/i...
Assistant Coroner for Hull will conclude David Lodge's inquest tomorrow morning. It was adjourned on 9 November as the court ran out of time #OpenJustice
Assistant Coroner for Hull will conclude David Lodge's inquest tomorrow morning. It was adjourned on 9 November as the court ran out of time #OpenJustice
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A catalogue of trauma, breaching rights, with an enduring impact on a young person and her family.
A council unlawfully issue care proceedings, during which time Ella's mother and siblings were required to leave the home, and it made changes to care and education support, with devastating impact.
A council unlawfully issue care proceedings, during which time Ella's mother and siblings were required to leave the home, and it made changes to care and education support, with devastating impact.
An epic read for Monday: Ella's Human Rights Claim www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/16/e...
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
December 17, 2024 at 4:46 PM
A catalogue of trauma, breaching rights, with an enduring impact on a young person and her family.
A council unlawfully issue care proceedings, during which time Ella's mother and siblings were required to leave the home, and it made changes to care and education support, with devastating impact.
A council unlawfully issue care proceedings, during which time Ella's mother and siblings were required to leave the home, and it made changes to care and education support, with devastating impact.
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Truly horrific experiences
@ellychapple.bsky.social I am so sorry for what you have had to endure 💔
Working with parents of disabled children I know this is a fear that the majority of families have
How hard do you ‘fight’ for your child before the wrath of the professionals descends ??
@ellychapple.bsky.social I am so sorry for what you have had to endure 💔
Working with parents of disabled children I know this is a fear that the majority of families have
How hard do you ‘fight’ for your child before the wrath of the professionals descends ??
An epic read for Monday: Ella's Human Rights Claim www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/16/e...
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
December 16, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Truly horrific experiences
@ellychapple.bsky.social I am so sorry for what you have had to endure 💔
Working with parents of disabled children I know this is a fear that the majority of families have
How hard do you ‘fight’ for your child before the wrath of the professionals descends ??
@ellychapple.bsky.social I am so sorry for what you have had to endure 💔
Working with parents of disabled children I know this is a fear that the majority of families have
How hard do you ‘fight’ for your child before the wrath of the professionals descends ??
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@ellychapple.bsky.social I literally have no words..I have tears 😭
What have I just read ? There are literally no words I can find that would offer any comfort to your family. How can a system that is set up to protect/support families used instead to weaponised against them? I am so sorry 🙏
What have I just read ? There are literally no words I can find that would offer any comfort to your family. How can a system that is set up to protect/support families used instead to weaponised against them? I am so sorry 🙏
December 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM
@ellychapple.bsky.social I literally have no words..I have tears 😭
What have I just read ? There are literally no words I can find that would offer any comfort to your family. How can a system that is set up to protect/support families used instead to weaponised against them? I am so sorry 🙏
What have I just read ? There are literally no words I can find that would offer any comfort to your family. How can a system that is set up to protect/support families used instead to weaponised against them? I am so sorry 🙏
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Idon’t think I could have survived something as unspeakable as this. It’s incredible that @ellychapple.bsky.social has the strength to tell the story, & George has done a wonderful job putting it in the right context
December 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Idon’t think I could have survived something as unspeakable as this. It’s incredible that @ellychapple.bsky.social has the strength to tell the story, & George has done a wonderful job putting it in the right context
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Please read this if you can - it’s masterfully written, a very difficult read in places, but it’s well worth your time
An epic read for Monday: Ella's Human Rights Claim www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/16/e...
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
December 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Please read this if you can - it’s masterfully written, a very difficult read in places, but it’s well worth your time
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Essential reading. What happened to the Chapple family is horrifying.
My admiration for Elly is boundless.
My admiration for Elly is boundless.
An epic read for Monday: Ella's Human Rights Claim www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/16/e...
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
December 16, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Essential reading. What happened to the Chapple family is horrifying.
My admiration for Elly is boundless.
My admiration for Elly is boundless.
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Absolutely terrifying and heartbreaking in equal measure.
An epic read for Monday: Ella's Human Rights Claim www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/16/e...
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family
Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB
December 16, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Absolutely terrifying and heartbreaking in equal measure.