Jane Harris
@janeharrislondon.bsky.social
CEO at @speechandlanguk.bsky.social - for 2m kids with challenges in talking and understanding words. Trustee at Miscarriage Association. Co-Chair of Speech, Language & Communication Alliance. Vice Chair @dcpcampaign.bsky.social. Into cooking & charities.
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💚 Inspiring talk at Brick Lane Mosque from Dr. Rachel Bower
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
💚 Inspiring talk at Brick Lane Mosque from Dr. Rachel Bower
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.
@livingstreets.bsky.social on the health benefits of walking & cycling - including lowering blood sugar levels.
Many said they want to cycle but several feel unsafe. This is why we need to protect our LTNs: they save lives.
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Thank you, Helen of 'Epping for Everyone' for providing a side of the story that our media has ignored because there are no clicks in it.
It sounds absolutely horrific and yet you would barely know there was a resident who wasn't fully in support of Reform UK and the flag-shaggers.
#politicslive
It sounds absolutely horrific and yet you would barely know there was a resident who wasn't fully in support of Reform UK and the flag-shaggers.
#politicslive
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thank you, Helen of 'Epping for Everyone' for providing a side of the story that our media has ignored because there are no clicks in it.
It sounds absolutely horrific and yet you would barely know there was a resident who wasn't fully in support of Reform UK and the flag-shaggers.
#politicslive
It sounds absolutely horrific and yet you would barely know there was a resident who wasn't fully in support of Reform UK and the flag-shaggers.
#politicslive
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Person from this group #epping4everyone was excellent on #PoliticsLive today, giving voice to people currently being silenced, including asylum seekers and also local kids fearful of the protests. So refreshing to hear.
There's a page/group on 🐦 now called @epping4everyone - a wonderful initiative by people from Epping who campaign for respect & compassion.
![Epping for Everyone tweets:
9h
Our Everyone for Epping ribbons are still standing strong this morning in the High St. A colourful reminder that love, hope and community will always outlast hate.
#epping #eppingforeveryone
[A photo of a street, a railing full of colourful ribbons and a boy attacking one.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ysg7hp6kgncoryoll2fz2pgk/bafkreic3atzhrstufljagvhnjopduoyvil3zxybqnpka4ddl6aplm3be74@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Person from this group #epping4everyone was excellent on #PoliticsLive today, giving voice to people currently being silenced, including asylum seekers and also local kids fearful of the protests. So refreshing to hear.
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“You can’t change a child’s disability or stop them needing support to learn, by deciding they will no longer receive help.” @janeharrislondon.bsky.social
We're glad to hear that the Department for Education agree there is no such thing as ‘low-level special educational needs’.
We're glad to hear that the Department for Education agree there is no such thing as ‘low-level special educational needs’.
Pupils with ‘lower-level’ special needs may lose one-to-one support
In a bid to cut the cost of the special needs bill, Labour is considering the change for children with conditions such as dyslexia and some types of autism
www.thetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“You can’t change a child’s disability or stop them needing support to learn, by deciding they will no longer receive help.” @janeharrislondon.bsky.social
We're glad to hear that the Department for Education agree there is no such thing as ‘low-level special educational needs’.
We're glad to hear that the Department for Education agree there is no such thing as ‘low-level special educational needs’.
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Great to see Government doing more to explain how important speech and language skills are for children – we look forward to seeing how many families are reached by this campaign and what the impact is 🙌
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Parents supported to navigate early years misinformation online
Government kicks off a new national campaign to help parents cut through the bombardment of sometimes unreliable advice and false expectations online.
www.gov.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Great to see Government doing more to explain how important speech and language skills are for children – we look forward to seeing how many families are reached by this campaign and what the impact is 🙌
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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It's crucial that the Government gets the schools white paper right. We need more thinking around solutions for children with different types of speech and language challenges so every child can thrive.
Share our alternative white paper with your MP⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ
Share our alternative white paper with your MP⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ
October 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It's crucial that the Government gets the schools white paper right. We need more thinking around solutions for children with different types of speech and language challenges so every child can thrive.
Share our alternative white paper with your MP⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ
Share our alternative white paper with your MP⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ
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“Through focusing on speech, language and communication skills, Government has the chance to deliver change for both children growing up in poverty and those with special educational needs."
Read our response to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social's decision to delay the schools white paper🔽 bit.ly/49gKVEt
Read our response to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social's decision to delay the schools white paper🔽 bit.ly/49gKVEt
Speech and Language UK responds to DfE Minister Bridget Phillipson’s decision to delay Schools White Paper
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Through focusing on speech, language and communication skills, Government has the chance to deliver change for both children growing up in poverty and those with special educational needs."
Read our response to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social's decision to delay the schools white paper🔽 bit.ly/49gKVEt
Read our response to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social's decision to delay the schools white paper🔽 bit.ly/49gKVEt
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⚠️ 1 in 4 children with SEND face challenges with talking and understanding words. Too often, they don’t get the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.
📩 We need your help! Will you tell your MP to press SEND on a future where every voice is heard? https://bit.ly/3KJ2CSO
📩 We need your help! Will you tell your MP to press SEND on a future where every voice is heard? https://bit.ly/3KJ2CSO
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
⚠️ 1 in 4 children with SEND face challenges with talking and understanding words. Too often, they don’t get the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.
📩 We need your help! Will you tell your MP to press SEND on a future where every voice is heard? https://bit.ly/3KJ2CSO
📩 We need your help! Will you tell your MP to press SEND on a future where every voice is heard? https://bit.ly/3KJ2CSO
Thank you so so much to Izzy Judd for talking publicly about being a parent to a kid with PDA. These kids’ parents are some of the hardest-working in the country and need empathy, not judgement. 👏👏👏
Izzy Judd on parenting her misunderstood child 🌟 👉 https://l.netmums.com/cPQ
October 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thank you so so much to Izzy Judd for talking publicly about being a parent to a kid with PDA. These kids’ parents are some of the hardest-working in the country and need empathy, not judgement. 👏👏👏
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@janeharrislondon.bsky.social features on the @ippr.org 'Talking Inclusion' podcast – listen now! >> apple.co/470BNlL
Our alternative white paper helps Govt understand how to get SEND reform right for the 2M children with speech and language challenges. Help us spread the word📧
bit.ly/3KJ2CSO
Our alternative white paper helps Govt understand how to get SEND reform right for the 2M children with speech and language challenges. Help us spread the word📧
bit.ly/3KJ2CSO
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
@janeharrislondon.bsky.social features on the @ippr.org 'Talking Inclusion' podcast – listen now! >> apple.co/470BNlL
Our alternative white paper helps Govt understand how to get SEND reform right for the 2M children with speech and language challenges. Help us spread the word📧
bit.ly/3KJ2CSO
Our alternative white paper helps Govt understand how to get SEND reform right for the 2M children with speech and language challenges. Help us spread the word📧
bit.ly/3KJ2CSO
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“Imagine a future where every child feels understood at school, excited for lessons and confident they belong. That future is within reach if government hardwires speech, language and communication into SEND reform."
Share our alternative white paper with your MP today⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ
Share our alternative white paper with your MP today⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ
Call for more mainstream speech and language units
Charity produces alternative White Paper seeking national availability of resourced provision and access to speech and language therapists for all schools
www.tes.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“Imagine a future where every child feels understood at school, excited for lessons and confident they belong. That future is within reach if government hardwires speech, language and communication into SEND reform."
Share our alternative white paper with your MP today⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ
Share our alternative white paper with your MP today⬇️ bit.ly/4gEPhXQ
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From training all teachers to a focus on Ofsted, see what eight things we think the Education Select Committee got right in their new 'Solving the SEND crisis' report... and the key thing they missed💡👇
speechandlanguage.org.uk/about-us/new...
#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce
speechandlanguage.org.uk/about-us/new...
#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce
Eight things we loved and one thing that’s missing from the Education Select Committee report
speechandlanguage.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
From training all teachers to a focus on Ofsted, see what eight things we think the Education Select Committee got right in their new 'Solving the SEND crisis' report... and the key thing they missed💡👇
speechandlanguage.org.uk/about-us/new...
#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce
speechandlanguage.org.uk/about-us/new...
#SENDInquiry #SEND #SENDWorkforce
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Two notable shifts in position by London’s political leaders last night.
1) Sadiq Khan, following pressure from the Green’s Zack Polanski, describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocide” for first time.
2) London Tory leader Susan Hall denying the Tommy Robinson march had a far-right element.
1) Sadiq Khan, following pressure from the Green’s Zack Polanski, describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocide” for first time.
2) London Tory leader Susan Hall denying the Tommy Robinson march had a far-right element.
September 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Two notable shifts in position by London’s political leaders last night.
1) Sadiq Khan, following pressure from the Green’s Zack Polanski, describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocide” for first time.
2) London Tory leader Susan Hall denying the Tommy Robinson march had a far-right element.
1) Sadiq Khan, following pressure from the Green’s Zack Polanski, describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocide” for first time.
2) London Tory leader Susan Hall denying the Tommy Robinson march had a far-right element.
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@janeharrislondon.bsky.social was on Sky News this morning representing @dcpcampaign.bsky.social ahead of the SEND rally today!
Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
September 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@janeharrislondon.bsky.social was on Sky News this morning representing @dcpcampaign.bsky.social ahead of the SEND rally today!
Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
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It’s time to fix the SEND system. Because there’s nothing ‘special’ about an education that works for all of us.
Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.
Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.
September 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It’s time to fix the SEND system. Because there’s nothing ‘special’ about an education that works for all of us.
Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.
Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.
Up bright and early to talk to @skynewsrss.bsky.social about disabled and neurodivergent children just wanting the ordinary things in life: a place to learn that feels safe where they can make friends.
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Up bright and early to talk to @skynewsrss.bsky.social about disabled and neurodivergent children just wanting the ordinary things in life: a place to learn that feels safe where they can make friends.
Maybe James Graham could write a great play about Angela Rayner and cheer us all up?
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Maybe James Graham could write a great play about Angela Rayner and cheer us all up?
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
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We are unaware of any evidence at all that backs up Richard Tice’s random assertion. Nor are we aware of Reform having a policy on special educational needs and disabilities.
September 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are unaware of any evidence at all that backs up Richard Tice’s random assertion. Nor are we aware of Reform having a policy on special educational needs and disabilities.
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"Support, in whatever form it may come, is an investment. As a society, we need to support students even further to let them thrive – and remember that we benefit from their thriving." www.independent.co.uk/voices/send-...
I’m a secondary school teacher: We need more Send provision, not less
Jeremy Hunt’s eye on the special needs budget is short-term when schooling prepares children for their working future, writes teacher Charlotte Harrison. We need to support students even further to le...
www.independent.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Support, in whatever form it may come, is an investment. As a society, we need to support students even further to let them thrive – and remember that we benefit from their thriving." www.independent.co.uk/voices/send-...
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Children with speech and language challenges and their families just want the ordinary things that everyone should expect.
Getting the SEND reforms right would be transformational for the children at the heart of these reforms.
Join the fight >> disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/fight-for-or...
Getting the SEND reforms right would be transformational for the children at the heart of these reforms.
Join the fight >> disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/fight-for-or...
It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system.
bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
#FightForOrdinary
bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
#FightForOrdinary
July 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Children with speech and language challenges and their families just want the ordinary things that everyone should expect.
Getting the SEND reforms right would be transformational for the children at the heart of these reforms.
Join the fight >> disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/fight-for-or...
Getting the SEND reforms right would be transformational for the children at the heart of these reforms.
Join the fight >> disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/fight-for-or...
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It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system.
bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
#FightForOrdinary
bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
#FightForOrdinary
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It’s time to fix the SEND system. A whole generation of disabled children and those with additional needs are being let down by a broken education system.
bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
#FightForOrdinary
bit.ly/FightforOrdi...
#FightForOrdinary
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
This is so, so wrong. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
At least 20 Palestinians killed in crush at food distribution site in southern Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation guards used teargas or pepper spray on crowds, say health authorities and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is so, so wrong. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...