Rebekah Pierre
@bekahpierre.bsky.social
Deputy Director - Article 39
Care Experienced Author & Campaigner
OUT NOW - Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System as Told by People who Actually Get It:
https://unbound.com/books/free-loaves-on-fridays
Care Experienced Author & Campaigner
OUT NOW - Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System as Told by People who Actually Get It:
https://unbound.com/books/free-loaves-on-fridays
Article 39 has sent an open letter to @JoshMacAlister, urging an end to care-less accommodation for 16-17 year olds.
No loving parent would leave their GCSE aged child in a caravan alone, or in a hostel with vulnerable adults. The risks are obvious.
#KeepCaringTo18
No loving parent would leave their GCSE aged child in a caravan alone, or in a hostel with vulnerable adults. The risks are obvious.
#KeepCaringTo18
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Article 39 has sent an open letter to @JoshMacAlister, urging an end to care-less accommodation for 16-17 year olds.
No loving parent would leave their GCSE aged child in a caravan alone, or in a hostel with vulnerable adults. The risks are obvious.
#KeepCaringTo18
No loving parent would leave their GCSE aged child in a caravan alone, or in a hostel with vulnerable adults. The risks are obvious.
#KeepCaringTo18
A reflection on my care files, three years after sharing “An open letter to the social worker who wrote my case notes”, which ended up going viral at the time.
Here’s how my perspective has shifted:
(Original letter available at basw.co.uk/articles/ope...)
Here’s how my perspective has shifted:
(Original letter available at basw.co.uk/articles/ope...)
July 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A reflection on my care files, three years after sharing “An open letter to the social worker who wrote my case notes”, which ended up going viral at the time.
Here’s how my perspective has shifted:
(Original letter available at basw.co.uk/articles/ope...)
Here’s how my perspective has shifted:
(Original letter available at basw.co.uk/articles/ope...)
his role on the Cambridgeshire council’s “children’s scrutiny committee” - a position I trust the council will be revoking immediately.
June 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
his role on the Cambridgeshire council’s “children’s scrutiny committee” - a position I trust the council will be revoking immediately.
My childcare fell through ahead of a keynote presentation this week and I was faced with a dilemma. Here’s what happened:
May 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
My childcare fell through ahead of a keynote presentation this week and I was faced with a dilemma. Here’s what happened:
My childcare fell through this week ahead of a keynote presentation. Initially I thought about joining virtually; I was concerned that my little one might cause too much disruption, and detract from my message. /1
May 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My childcare fell through this week ahead of a keynote presentation. Initially I thought about joining virtually; I was concerned that my little one might cause too much disruption, and detract from my message. /1
I used to avoid the 20th December. It marked a painful ending as a child in care whose placement broke down at Christmas.
Now it marks a new beginning in a book where 100 care experienced people reclaim our past.
Find your Christmas copy of Free Loaves on Fridays here: unbound.com/books/free-l...
Now it marks a new beginning in a book where 100 care experienced people reclaim our past.
Find your Christmas copy of Free Loaves on Fridays here: unbound.com/books/free-l...
December 20, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I used to avoid the 20th December. It marked a painful ending as a child in care whose placement broke down at Christmas.
Now it marks a new beginning in a book where 100 care experienced people reclaim our past.
Find your Christmas copy of Free Loaves on Fridays here: unbound.com/books/free-l...
Now it marks a new beginning in a book where 100 care experienced people reclaim our past.
Find your Christmas copy of Free Loaves on Fridays here: unbound.com/books/free-l...
What Jim said 🎁 🎄Free Loaves on Fridays is the gift that keeps on giving long beyond Christmas Day, containing stories, poems & letters from 100 care-experienced children and adults.
Proceeds to Article 39 & The Together Trust.
unbound.com/books/free-loa…
Proceeds to Article 39 & The Together Trust.
unbound.com/books/free-loa…
November 21, 2024 at 8:48 PM
What Jim said 🎁 🎄Free Loaves on Fridays is the gift that keeps on giving long beyond Christmas Day, containing stories, poems & letters from 100 care-experienced children and adults.
Proceeds to Article 39 & The Together Trust.
unbound.com/books/free-loa…
Proceeds to Article 39 & The Together Trust.
unbound.com/books/free-loa…
A few months back, Lemn Sissay & I spoke to Pod Save the UK about the gross privatisation of the care system.
The government’s new children’s social care strategy could have halted this. Yet it treats providers with kid-gloves, asking them to ‘voluntarily limit profit’ before legislative🧵
The government’s new children’s social care strategy could have halted this. Yet it treats providers with kid-gloves, asking them to ‘voluntarily limit profit’ before legislative🧵
November 20, 2024 at 9:43 PM
A few months back, Lemn Sissay & I spoke to Pod Save the UK about the gross privatisation of the care system.
The government’s new children’s social care strategy could have halted this. Yet it treats providers with kid-gloves, asking them to ‘voluntarily limit profit’ before legislative🧵
The government’s new children’s social care strategy could have halted this. Yet it treats providers with kid-gloves, asking them to ‘voluntarily limit profit’ before legislative🧵
A book review so brilliant it’s worth bleeting (is this the Bluesky equivalent of tweeting?) twice.
Open access - Free Loaves on Fridays review in the Scottish Journal of Residential Care:
www.celcis.org/application/...
Open access - Free Loaves on Fridays review in the Scottish Journal of Residential Care:
www.celcis.org/application/...
November 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM
A book review so brilliant it’s worth bleeting (is this the Bluesky equivalent of tweeting?) twice.
Open access - Free Loaves on Fridays review in the Scottish Journal of Residential Care:
www.celcis.org/application/...
Open access - Free Loaves on Fridays review in the Scottish Journal of Residential Care:
www.celcis.org/application/...
Truly delighted with this review of Free Loaves on Fridays, by the inimitable @JimGoddard1.
With 100 authors and a no-rejection policy, this book really could have been an editorial nightmare. But it turned out inspired.
Open access. Link below:
With 100 authors and a no-rejection policy, this book really could have been an editorial nightmare. But it turned out inspired.
Open access. Link below:
November 22, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Truly delighted with this review of Free Loaves on Fridays, by the inimitable @JimGoddard1.
With 100 authors and a no-rejection policy, this book really could have been an editorial nightmare. But it turned out inspired.
Open access. Link below:
With 100 authors and a no-rejection policy, this book really could have been an editorial nightmare. But it turned out inspired.
Open access. Link below:
Wonderful to see this PSW piece by Free Loaves author @ChanBillson about the legacy of her social worker Gail “one of the few people who has known me my whole life”.
Read her chapter “Addiction to Adoption: Care through the Eyes of a Child” in the...
Read her chapter “Addiction to Adoption: Care through the Eyes of a Child” in the...
November 22, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Wonderful to see this PSW piece by Free Loaves author @ChanBillson about the legacy of her social worker Gail “one of the few people who has known me my whole life”.
Read her chapter “Addiction to Adoption: Care through the Eyes of a Child” in the...
Read her chapter “Addiction to Adoption: Care through the Eyes of a Child” in the...
Shout out to @harrymvenning, who drew this witty illustration about Free Loaves on Fridays today.
It really captures the book’s essence; that care-experienced people are denied real choice. Something the book aims to change by allowing > control over how stories are told.
It really captures the book’s essence; that care-experienced people are denied real choice. Something the book aims to change by allowing > control over how stories are told.
November 22, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Shout out to @harrymvenning, who drew this witty illustration about Free Loaves on Fridays today.
It really captures the book’s essence; that care-experienced people are denied real choice. Something the book aims to change by allowing > control over how stories are told.
It really captures the book’s essence; that care-experienced people are denied real choice. Something the book aims to change by allowing > control over how stories are told.
If you work with children in care, please consider investing in a copy of Free Loaves on Fridays for your office.
The headteacher/social worker below say they wish they had one at the start of their career.
Hear from 100 voices from care below:
http://amazon.co.uk/Free-Loaves-Fr…
The headteacher/social worker below say they wish they had one at the start of their career.
Hear from 100 voices from care below:
http://amazon.co.uk/Free-Loaves-Fr…
November 22, 2024 at 11:45 AM
If you work with children in care, please consider investing in a copy of Free Loaves on Fridays for your office.
The headteacher/social worker below say they wish they had one at the start of their career.
Hear from 100 voices from care below:
http://amazon.co.uk/Free-Loaves-Fr…
The headteacher/social worker below say they wish they had one at the start of their career.
Hear from 100 voices from care below:
http://amazon.co.uk/Free-Loaves-Fr…
There are moments in life which people can trace back to as that which called them to action or lifelong service.
Without a shadow of a doubt, @samuptonn’s poetry reading at the Free Loaves on Fridays launch was on of them.
Watch now on link...
Without a shadow of a doubt, @samuptonn’s poetry reading at the Free Loaves on Fridays launch was on of them.
Watch now on link...
November 22, 2024 at 11:54 AM
There are moments in life which people can trace back to as that which called them to action or lifelong service.
Without a shadow of a doubt, @samuptonn’s poetry reading at the Free Loaves on Fridays launch was on of them.
Watch now on link...
Without a shadow of a doubt, @samuptonn’s poetry reading at the Free Loaves on Fridays launch was on of them.
Watch now on link...
A short message of thanks to Free Loaves on Fridays subscribers (which may have got lost in spam/never been received by wise folk who prefer to unsubscribe to emails!) @unbounders
November 22, 2024 at 12:19 PM
A short message of thanks to Free Loaves on Fridays subscribers (which may have got lost in spam/never been received by wise folk who prefer to unsubscribe to emails!) @unbounders
Glad to see @BASW_UK’s manifesto focus on care-experience, particularly:
📍Protected chatacteristics
📍#KeepCaringto18
In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to ask for the latter; it’s the bare minimum. But whilst teens in care continue to be abandoned, we must keep speaking up.
📍Protected chatacteristics
📍#KeepCaringto18
In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to ask for the latter; it’s the bare minimum. But whilst teens in care continue to be abandoned, we must keep speaking up.
November 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Glad to see @BASW_UK’s manifesto focus on care-experience, particularly:
📍Protected chatacteristics
📍#KeepCaringto18
In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to ask for the latter; it’s the bare minimum. But whilst teens in care continue to be abandoned, we must keep speaking up.
📍Protected chatacteristics
📍#KeepCaringto18
In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to ask for the latter; it’s the bare minimum. But whilst teens in care continue to be abandoned, we must keep speaking up.
Five Fridays till #FreeLoavesonFridays hits shelves.
The legendary @lemnsissay is one of our 100 authors. Can’t wait for you to meet the rest, aged 13-68 years old. There is strength in our unity 💯
Proceeds to @article_39 & @TogetherTrust
Order here:...
The legendary @lemnsissay is one of our 100 authors. Can’t wait for you to meet the rest, aged 13-68 years old. There is strength in our unity 💯
Proceeds to @article_39 & @TogetherTrust
Order here:...
November 22, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Five Fridays till #FreeLoavesonFridays hits shelves.
The legendary @lemnsissay is one of our 100 authors. Can’t wait for you to meet the rest, aged 13-68 years old. There is strength in our unity 💯
Proceeds to @article_39 & @TogetherTrust
Order here:...
The legendary @lemnsissay is one of our 100 authors. Can’t wait for you to meet the rest, aged 13-68 years old. There is strength in our unity 💯
Proceeds to @article_39 & @TogetherTrust
Order here:...
After two years in the making, Free Loaves on Fridays has made it to the warehouse!
To know future generations of children/adults from care will see themselves represented in mainstream bookshops means everything.
2 Years
1 Book
100 Authors
Thank you to all our supporters 🥖
To know future generations of children/adults from care will see themselves represented in mainstream bookshops means everything.
2 Years
1 Book
100 Authors
Thank you to all our supporters 🥖
November 22, 2024 at 1:21 PM
After two years in the making, Free Loaves on Fridays has made it to the warehouse!
To know future generations of children/adults from care will see themselves represented in mainstream bookshops means everything.
2 Years
1 Book
100 Authors
Thank you to all our supporters 🥖
To know future generations of children/adults from care will see themselves represented in mainstream bookshops means everything.
2 Years
1 Book
100 Authors
Thank you to all our supporters 🥖
For far too long, care experienced people have been subject to other people’s words in meetings, reports & care files.
The exception has been the odd feedback form, where our words are shoehorned in.
This #CareDay you can support us to share our own words on our own terms by /1
The exception has been the odd feedback form, where our words are shoehorned in.
This #CareDay you can support us to share our own words on our own terms by /1
November 22, 2024 at 1:21 PM
For far too long, care experienced people have been subject to other people’s words in meetings, reports & care files.
The exception has been the odd feedback form, where our words are shoehorned in.
This #CareDay you can support us to share our own words on our own terms by /1
The exception has been the odd feedback form, where our words are shoehorned in.
This #CareDay you can support us to share our own words on our own terms by /1
….and here is the cover, designed by the wonderfully talented care-experienced artist @_AbiMorris_. It felt crucial that CEP had ownership of both what was in and outside of the book, and together that’s what all 100+ of us have achieved ❤️
November 22, 2024 at 2:37 PM
….and here is the cover, designed by the wonderfully talented care-experienced artist @_AbiMorris_. It felt crucial that CEP had ownership of both what was in and outside of the book, and together that’s what all 100+ of us have achieved ❤️
Today marks 1 year since the launch of @JohnLewisRetail’s Building Happier Futures project, dedicated to changing the lives of care-experienced people.
This is what real commitment to social responsibility looks like. No platitudes - just action.
Other businesses, take note!
This is what real commitment to social responsibility looks like. No platitudes - just action.
Other businesses, take note!
November 22, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Today marks 1 year since the launch of @JohnLewisRetail’s Building Happier Futures project, dedicated to changing the lives of care-experienced people.
This is what real commitment to social responsibility looks like. No platitudes - just action.
Other businesses, take note!
This is what real commitment to social responsibility looks like. No platitudes - just action.
Other businesses, take note!
Following book cover reveal, here’s the backstory!
Even when we put out an open call for care-experienced artists, almost all respondents were individuals without experience of care. Many didn't even know what care-experience was, highlighting the reason this book should exist.
Even when we put out an open call for care-experienced artists, almost all respondents were individuals without experience of care. Many didn't even know what care-experience was, highlighting the reason this book should exist.
November 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Following book cover reveal, here’s the backstory!
Even when we put out an open call for care-experienced artists, almost all respondents were individuals without experience of care. Many didn't even know what care-experience was, highlighting the reason this book should exist.
Even when we put out an open call for care-experienced artists, almost all respondents were individuals without experience of care. Many didn't even know what care-experience was, highlighting the reason this book should exist.
Snippet from today’s @guardian piece re #KeepCaringto18.
Unregulated placements can be so extortionate that just 3 weeks of “care” for a 16 yo could pay for their future degree.
It’s time children were put before profit. Don’t you agree, @Ofstednews?...
Unregulated placements can be so extortionate that just 3 weeks of “care” for a 16 yo could pay for their future degree.
It’s time children were put before profit. Don’t you agree, @Ofstednews?...
November 22, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Snippet from today’s @guardian piece re #KeepCaringto18.
Unregulated placements can be so extortionate that just 3 weeks of “care” for a 16 yo could pay for their future degree.
It’s time children were put before profit. Don’t you agree, @Ofstednews?...
Unregulated placements can be so extortionate that just 3 weeks of “care” for a 16 yo could pay for their future degree.
It’s time children were put before profit. Don’t you agree, @Ofstednews?...
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More info on how to/safeguarding here:...
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November 22, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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The inbox will be monitored this weekend for any final qs freeloavesonfridays@gmail.com
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The inbox will be monitored this weekend for any final qs freeloavesonfridays@gmail.com
More info on how to/safeguarding here:...