Clare Laxton
@ladylaxton.bsky.social
Founder & Director Hawkins Laxton & Co - a Comms and Influencing Consultancy📱Criminal Justice academic - PhD specialising in intimate partner homicide & coercive control 🎓Trustee at Working Chance 💜 Podcaster at Killer in the family podcast 🎙️
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Clare Laxton
@ladylaxton.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hi everyone 👋 I'm Clare & I'm all about creating change through powerful stories. I do it through: Running a communications & influencing consultancy 📚
Doing a Doctorate in Criminal Justice - focusing on intimate partner homicide 🎓
Hosting a podcast about familicide - Killer in the family podcast 🎧🎙️
Doing a Doctorate in Criminal Justice - focusing on intimate partner homicide 🎓
Hosting a podcast about familicide - Killer in the family podcast 🎧🎙️
Who's heading off to Liverpool for Labour Party Conference? Let's try and make the conversations on Bluesky like the old Twitter?
#LPC25
#LPC25
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Who's heading off to Liverpool for Labour Party Conference? Let's try and make the conversations on Bluesky like the old Twitter?
#LPC25
#LPC25
There are no words
“If a man has a little fight with the wife they say this was a crime”
Trump downplays domestic violence to imply it’s only being counted as a crime in D.C. to hurt him 🤔
There is no bottom
Trump downplays domestic violence to imply it’s only being counted as a crime in D.C. to hurt him 🤔
There is no bottom
September 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There are no words
So excited that the launch of Hawkins Laxton & Co has been featured in @prweekuk.bsky.social
Check out our new consultancy and all the services we offer here 👇
www.hawkinslaxton.com
Check out our new consultancy and all the services we offer here 👇
www.hawkinslaxton.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
So excited that the launch of Hawkins Laxton & Co has been featured in @prweekuk.bsky.social
Check out our new consultancy and all the services we offer here 👇
www.hawkinslaxton.com
Check out our new consultancy and all the services we offer here 👇
www.hawkinslaxton.com
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It's been an absolute joy working with Clare and she brings loads of expertise and skill to everything she does. If you're after any comms or influencing support then do get in touch.
Today I'm so excited to be launching a new strategic communications and influencing consultancy - Hawkins Laxton & Co! 🎉💜🎉
If you need support with comms, influencing or thought leadership then get in touch!
clare@hawkinslaxton.com
www.hawkinslaxton.com
If you need support with comms, influencing or thought leadership then get in touch!
clare@hawkinslaxton.com
www.hawkinslaxton.com
Hawkins Laxton
Discover our expert consulting services for improved communications and influencing.
Where strategy meetings storytelling.
www.hawkinslaxton.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It's been an absolute joy working with Clare and she brings loads of expertise and skill to everything she does. If you're after any comms or influencing support then do get in touch.
Today I'm so excited to be launching a new strategic communications and influencing consultancy - Hawkins Laxton & Co! 🎉💜🎉
If you need support with comms, influencing or thought leadership then get in touch!
clare@hawkinslaxton.com
www.hawkinslaxton.com
If you need support with comms, influencing or thought leadership then get in touch!
clare@hawkinslaxton.com
www.hawkinslaxton.com
Hawkins Laxton
Discover our expert consulting services for improved communications and influencing.
Where strategy meetings storytelling.
www.hawkinslaxton.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Today I'm so excited to be launching a new strategic communications and influencing consultancy - Hawkins Laxton & Co! 🎉💜🎉
If you need support with comms, influencing or thought leadership then get in touch!
clare@hawkinslaxton.com
www.hawkinslaxton.com
If you need support with comms, influencing or thought leadership then get in touch!
clare@hawkinslaxton.com
www.hawkinslaxton.com
Reposted by Clare Laxton
Raneem’s Law: How death of woman led to more support on 999 calls for domestic abuse
The government has launched Raneem’s Law to add domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, after the death of Raneem Oudeh who was 22.
news.sky.com/video/raneem...
The government has launched Raneem’s Law to add domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, after the death of Raneem Oudeh who was 22.
news.sky.com/video/raneem...
Raneem’s Law: How death of woman led to more support on 999 calls for domestic abuse
The government has launched Raneem’s Law to add domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, after the death of Raneem Oudeh who was 22.
news.sky.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Raneem’s Law: How death of woman led to more support on 999 calls for domestic abuse
The government has launched Raneem’s Law to add domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, after the death of Raneem Oudeh who was 22.
news.sky.com/video/raneem...
The government has launched Raneem’s Law to add domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, after the death of Raneem Oudeh who was 22.
news.sky.com/video/raneem...
Reposted by Clare Laxton
🥶 It may be cold outside, but all signs point to spring! 🌸
Join @charityexcellence.bsky.social and @alsteve.bsky.social (and over 100 charities) as they explore how your #charity can bloom using #freelancers!
Spaces are filling quickly, so don't miss out: www.eventbrite.com/e/be-ready-t...
Join @charityexcellence.bsky.social and @alsteve.bsky.social (and over 100 charities) as they explore how your #charity can bloom using #freelancers!
Spaces are filling quickly, so don't miss out: www.eventbrite.com/e/be-ready-t...
Be ready to hop into spring: How small charities bloom with freelancers
Get ready to learn how small charities can thrive with the help of freelancers this spring - join us online!
www.eventbrite.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🥶 It may be cold outside, but all signs point to spring! 🌸
Join @charityexcellence.bsky.social and @alsteve.bsky.social (and over 100 charities) as they explore how your #charity can bloom using #freelancers!
Spaces are filling quickly, so don't miss out: www.eventbrite.com/e/be-ready-t...
Join @charityexcellence.bsky.social and @alsteve.bsky.social (and over 100 charities) as they explore how your #charity can bloom using #freelancers!
Spaces are filling quickly, so don't miss out: www.eventbrite.com/e/be-ready-t...
Perpetrators must be recognised as culpable in domestic abuse related suicides - Wellings sentenced to 6 years for coercive control and physical assault - not the death of Kiena.
She literally told the police she was trapped - she deserved more 💔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
She literally told the police she was trapped - she deserved more 💔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Ryan Wellings sentencing live: Kiena Dawes' abusive partner being sentenced - follow live
Judge Robert Altham says
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Perpetrators must be recognised as culpable in domestic abuse related suicides - Wellings sentenced to 6 years for coercive control and physical assault - not the death of Kiena.
She literally told the police she was trapped - she deserved more 💔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
She literally told the police she was trapped - she deserved more 💔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
This! 👇
This sounds great and would probably shift me from Instagram, which I've never really understood. But... does 'flashing' not mean the same in the US as here? Because atm it sounds like a website for unwanted dickpics.
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
January 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This! 👇
Just discovered Must Watch on BBC 5Live and it is now one of my Must Listens - check it out if love TV and want all the recommends 🎧📺👌
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - Must Watch - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Must Watch on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Just discovered Must Watch on BBC 5Live and it is now one of my Must Listens - check it out if love TV and want all the recommends 🎧📺👌
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
Reposted by Clare Laxton
Domestic abuse plays a role in as many as a third of all female suicides, and campaigners are demanding better recognition of the ‘undeniable’ links between them.
metro.co.uk/2025/01/13/s...
metro.co.uk/2025/01/13/s...
Suicides after domestic abuse are not rare - they are the 'tip of the iceberg'
Campaigners and experts say the links between domestic abuse and suicide are 'undeniable'.
metro.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Domestic abuse plays a role in as many as a third of all female suicides, and campaigners are demanding better recognition of the ‘undeniable’ links between them.
metro.co.uk/2025/01/13/s...
metro.co.uk/2025/01/13/s...
Reposted by Clare Laxton
Links to all my charity sector starter packs
Starter pack 1 of UK charities (early adopters): go.bsky.app/UVMCfpi
Pack 2 of UK charities (2nd wave): go.bsky.app/7mP5Af9
Pack 3 of UK charities: go.bsky.app/VshNPMC
Support organisations: go.bsky.app/TnicTFM
Community centres: go.bsky.app/9LNkxRN
Starter pack 1 of UK charities (early adopters): go.bsky.app/UVMCfpi
Pack 2 of UK charities (2nd wave): go.bsky.app/7mP5Af9
Pack 3 of UK charities: go.bsky.app/VshNPMC
Support organisations: go.bsky.app/TnicTFM
Community centres: go.bsky.app/9LNkxRN
January 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Links to all my charity sector starter packs
Starter pack 1 of UK charities (early adopters): go.bsky.app/UVMCfpi
Pack 2 of UK charities (2nd wave): go.bsky.app/7mP5Af9
Pack 3 of UK charities: go.bsky.app/VshNPMC
Support organisations: go.bsky.app/TnicTFM
Community centres: go.bsky.app/9LNkxRN
Starter pack 1 of UK charities (early adopters): go.bsky.app/UVMCfpi
Pack 2 of UK charities (2nd wave): go.bsky.app/7mP5Af9
Pack 3 of UK charities: go.bsky.app/VshNPMC
Support organisations: go.bsky.app/TnicTFM
Community centres: go.bsky.app/9LNkxRN
A very frosty, floody day 💦❄️☀️
January 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A very frosty, floody day 💦❄️☀️
Today's episode of #KillerInTheFamily talks about Debbie, Trevor and Killian Fox 💔🎧🎙️ Check it out here 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
Episode 52 - The Fox Family
Podcast Episode · Killer in the family podcast · 10/01/2025 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Today's episode of #KillerInTheFamily talks about Debbie, Trevor and Killian Fox 💔🎧🎙️ Check it out here 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
Reposted by Clare Laxton
Just like much of the furore this week, here is an example of a law passed 4 years ago and the Tories did nothing with it. Within months of us being in power we delivered the scheme because we are about actual actions and real outcomes. They talked we walked. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2484314...
Man sentenced as GMP secures biggest penalty in Bury domestic violence pilot scheme
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has secured the biggest penalty so far for the breach of a domestic abuse protection order (DAPO) as part of a pilot…
www.burytimes.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just like much of the furore this week, here is an example of a law passed 4 years ago and the Tories did nothing with it. Within months of us being in power we delivered the scheme because we are about actual actions and real outcomes. They talked we walked. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2484314...
Reposted by Clare Laxton
It’s been a while but I’ve been prompted to do some #StarterPack admin!
If you work in or around UK charities and you’d like to be added, just let me know!
#Charity folks Part 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk Part 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
Charity folks Part 3: go.bsky.app/U9Thoeg
If you work in or around UK charities and you’d like to be added, just let me know!
#Charity folks Part 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk Part 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
Charity folks Part 3: go.bsky.app/U9Thoeg
January 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s been a while but I’ve been prompted to do some #StarterPack admin!
If you work in or around UK charities and you’d like to be added, just let me know!
#Charity folks Part 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk Part 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
Charity folks Part 3: go.bsky.app/U9Thoeg
If you work in or around UK charities and you’d like to be added, just let me know!
#Charity folks Part 1 go.bsky.app/7dPWqWQ
#Charities folk Part 2: go.bsky.app/QWpFmRe
Charity folks Part 3: go.bsky.app/U9Thoeg
Jess Phillips has more care and respect for victims of sexual and domestic abuse in her little finger than Musk has ever had, ever.
Under this barage of abuse she is getting on with her job supporting constituents and victims.
#WeStandByJess
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
💜
Under this barage of abuse she is getting on with her job supporting constituents and victims.
#WeStandByJess
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
💜
January 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Jess Phillips has more care and respect for victims of sexual and domestic abuse in her little finger than Musk has ever had, ever.
Under this barage of abuse she is getting on with her job supporting constituents and victims.
#WeStandByJess
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
💜
Under this barage of abuse she is getting on with her job supporting constituents and victims.
#WeStandByJess
@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
💜
Really important campaign - please sign if you can 👇
The petition to make Non-Fatal Strangulation a standalone crime in Scotland is live!
This is vital: 53% of victims are later killed by the same perpetrator.
Help take action (anyone can sign):
Please read, support, and share ⬇️
This is vital: 53% of victims are later killed by the same perpetrator.
Help take action (anyone can sign):
Please read, support, and share ⬇️
Petition: Make non-fatal strangulation a standalone criminal offence in Scotland
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make non-fatal strangulation a standalone criminal offence in Scotland.
petitions.parliament.scot
January 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Really important campaign - please sign if you can 👇
‘We stand by Jess’: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on Phillips
Exclusive: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Reposted by Clare Laxton
Professor Alexis Jay, who led a 7-year review of sexual abuse which reported in 2022, says starting a new inquiry would delay any implementation of her own recommendations:
January 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Professor Alexis Jay, who led a 7-year review of sexual abuse which reported in 2022, says starting a new inquiry would delay any implementation of her own recommendations:
MP Alex Mcintyre has a Bill in Parliament today to give paid leave to victim- survivors of domestic abuse - can only be a good thing. It's a Ten Minute Rule Bill so unlikely to pass but good that the issue is being raised www.bbc.com/news/article... #DomesticAbuse
Gloucester MP's new bill proposes time off for abuse victims
Alex McIntyre is presenting his Bill to MPs for further consideration this week.
www.bbc.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
MP Alex Mcintyre has a Bill in Parliament today to give paid leave to victim- survivors of domestic abuse - can only be a good thing. It's a Ten Minute Rule Bill so unlikely to pass but good that the issue is being raised www.bbc.com/news/article... #DomesticAbuse
Reposted by Clare Laxton
Telford abuse survivors condemned Elon Musk’s attack on Jess Phillips, highlighting her dedication to protecting women and girls.
The @killedwomennw.bsky.social campaign group also stressed her commitment to survivors, calling Musk’s accusations baseless and harmful.
The @killedwomennw.bsky.social campaign group also stressed her commitment to survivors, calling Musk’s accusations baseless and harmful.
‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on Phillips
Exclusive: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Telford abuse survivors condemned Elon Musk’s attack on Jess Phillips, highlighting her dedication to protecting women and girls.
The @killedwomennw.bsky.social campaign group also stressed her commitment to survivors, calling Musk’s accusations baseless and harmful.
The @killedwomennw.bsky.social campaign group also stressed her commitment to survivors, calling Musk’s accusations baseless and harmful.
First recording session of 2025 for Killer in the family podcast
💔🎙️🎧
Episode drops Friday 10 January - subscribe here 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
💔🎙️🎧
Episode drops Friday 10 January - subscribe here 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
January 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
First recording session of 2025 for Killer in the family podcast
💔🎙️🎧
Episode drops Friday 10 January - subscribe here 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
💔🎙️🎧
Episode drops Friday 10 January - subscribe here 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
Beautiful moon tonight 🌙
January 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Beautiful moon tonight 🌙