Christopher Buckley
@christopherbuckley.bsky.social
HIV Social Care Co-ordinator- Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust | Former Chair - The Food Chain
Passionate about Social Justice for minoritised communities - if that makes me “woke” - sign me up!
Passionate about Social Justice for minoritised communities - if that makes me “woke” - sign me up!
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Good morning from Chelmsford, Essex, where people living with #HIV are finding advice and support from someone who's really been there before. Positively UK is now part of the team at eight different clinics across the East of England! Retweet (or re-bluesky? repost?) to help us spread the word.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Good morning from Chelmsford, Essex, where people living with #HIV are finding advice and support from someone who's really been there before. Positively UK is now part of the team at eight different clinics across the East of England! Retweet (or re-bluesky? repost?) to help us spread the word.
Thank you @ramfel.bsky.social for commissioning and publishing this vital report. All too often the media paints an impression that asylum hotels offer some sort of luxury. This report exposes the shameful truth.
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
Asylum Hotels Report
Our new report, Profiting from People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels , exposes the true horrors that refugees face whilst housed for years on end in asylum hotels. We’ve long known this, and now...
www.ramfel.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thank you @ramfel.bsky.social for commissioning and publishing this vital report. All too often the media paints an impression that asylum hotels offer some sort of luxury. This report exposes the shameful truth.
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Our August newsletter is out! Read all about what we've been up to and what we have coming up 💚🍏💚 conta.cc/4lsuqYq
August 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our August newsletter is out! Read all about what we've been up to and what we have coming up 💚🍏💚 conta.cc/4lsuqYq
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🧑🏼🍳 Kitchen Magic ✨
Behind every delicious plate at The Food Chain is a team of volunteers keeping the kitchen buzzing 🍽️✨
Thank you to everyone who’s donned an apron, stirred a pot, and served up care on a plate. We appreciate you!
#VolunteersWeek #TheFoodChain #KitchenCrew #foodwithlove
Behind every delicious plate at The Food Chain is a team of volunteers keeping the kitchen buzzing 🍽️✨
Thank you to everyone who’s donned an apron, stirred a pot, and served up care on a plate. We appreciate you!
#VolunteersWeek #TheFoodChain #KitchenCrew #foodwithlove
June 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🧑🏼🍳 Kitchen Magic ✨
Behind every delicious plate at The Food Chain is a team of volunteers keeping the kitchen buzzing 🍽️✨
Thank you to everyone who’s donned an apron, stirred a pot, and served up care on a plate. We appreciate you!
#VolunteersWeek #TheFoodChain #KitchenCrew #foodwithlove
Behind every delicious plate at The Food Chain is a team of volunteers keeping the kitchen buzzing 🍽️✨
Thank you to everyone who’s donned an apron, stirred a pot, and served up care on a plate. We appreciate you!
#VolunteersWeek #TheFoodChain #KitchenCrew #foodwithlove
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London Trans Pride sees record-breaking turnout of 100,000 people
"This is now the largest Trans Pride event in history, in the world"
"This is now the largest Trans Pride event in history, in the world"
MSN
www.msn.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
London Trans Pride sees record-breaking turnout of 100,000 people
"This is now the largest Trans Pride event in history, in the world"
"This is now the largest Trans Pride event in history, in the world"
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BREAKING: Attendance at Trans Pride London today has been estimated at more than 100,000!
Lewis just said over 100k people this year at London Trans+ Pride! Record breaking levels of attendance this year! 🙌🙌🙌
July 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
BREAKING: Attendance at Trans Pride London today has been estimated at more than 100,000!
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If you didn’t already think they’re coming for all of us…
Anti trans activists have just won a case against the Police because they marched at Northern Pride.
They objected because it implied support for ‘trans rights’ - bad enough in itself but also, it’s not hard to see how this will develop.
Anti trans activists have just won a case against the Police because they marched at Northern Pride.
They objected because it implied support for ‘trans rights’ - bad enough in itself but also, it’s not hard to see how this will develop.
Police 'breached impartiality' by marching with Progress Pride flag at Pride, judge rules
A chief constable in the north of England "breached impartiality" for allowing a police force to march with the Pride progress flag.
www.thepinknews.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you didn’t already think they’re coming for all of us…
Anti trans activists have just won a case against the Police because they marched at Northern Pride.
They objected because it implied support for ‘trans rights’ - bad enough in itself but also, it’s not hard to see how this will develop.
Anti trans activists have just won a case against the Police because they marched at Northern Pride.
They objected because it implied support for ‘trans rights’ - bad enough in itself but also, it’s not hard to see how this will develop.
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26 HIV orgs, incl. The Food Chain, call for the EHRC’s draft guidance to be withdrawn. It will worsen stigma + exclusion in HIV care.
Trans people have always been central to this work — and always will be.
🔗 www.foodchain.org.uk/2025/06/30/o...
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #HIVSupport #TheFoodChain
Trans people have always been central to this work — and always will be.
🔗 www.foodchain.org.uk/2025/06/30/o...
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #HIVSupport #TheFoodChain
June 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
26 HIV orgs, incl. The Food Chain, call for the EHRC’s draft guidance to be withdrawn. It will worsen stigma + exclusion in HIV care.
Trans people have always been central to this work — and always will be.
🔗 www.foodchain.org.uk/2025/06/30/o...
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #HIVSupport #TheFoodChain
Trans people have always been central to this work — and always will be.
🔗 www.foodchain.org.uk/2025/06/30/o...
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #HIVSupport #TheFoodChain
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One of the most moving panels in the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is the one that no-one sees.
It remains covered up because the parents of the person who died are ashamed.
HIV stigma creates barriers to testing and treatment.
It perpetuates the epidemic.
#MakeStigmaHistory
It remains covered up because the parents of the person who died are ashamed.
HIV stigma creates barriers to testing and treatment.
It perpetuates the epidemic.
#MakeStigmaHistory
June 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
One of the most moving panels in the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is the one that no-one sees.
It remains covered up because the parents of the person who died are ashamed.
HIV stigma creates barriers to testing and treatment.
It perpetuates the epidemic.
#MakeStigmaHistory
It remains covered up because the parents of the person who died are ashamed.
HIV stigma creates barriers to testing and treatment.
It perpetuates the epidemic.
#MakeStigmaHistory
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People living with #HIV should have equal access to services - the experience of @jasonreiduk.bsky.social shows that stigmatising practice still exists and must be challenged: “I had this horrid feeling that I’m not equal to other people.”
inews.co.uk/news/specsav...
inews.co.uk/news/specsav...
Specsavers turned away customers with HIV due to misguided safety fears
Jason Reid, 44, was turned away from an earwax removal treatment after telling a member of staff he had HIV in a routine questionnaire
inews.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
People living with #HIV should have equal access to services - the experience of @jasonreiduk.bsky.social shows that stigmatising practice still exists and must be challenged: “I had this horrid feeling that I’m not equal to other people.”
inews.co.uk/news/specsav...
inews.co.uk/news/specsav...
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A beautiful piece by Charlie on the UK Aids Memorial Quilt, which he was able to bring to Tate Modern.
The most moving thing I think I've ever seen there.
The most moving thing I think I've ever seen there.
‘People weep in its presence’: how the UK Aids Memorial Quilt became one of our great works of art
It began as a simple act of remembrance, dedicated to those who lost their lives to AIDS. Now this ever-growing patchwork of gravestone-sized panels has taken on new meaning as one of the most signifi...
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A beautiful piece by Charlie on the UK Aids Memorial Quilt, which he was able to bring to Tate Modern.
The most moving thing I think I've ever seen there.
The most moving thing I think I've ever seen there.
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Prides in London, Brighton, Manchester and Birmingham suspend political party participation in their Pride events.
‘We will not stand by as the dignity, safety, and humanity of our trans siblings are debated, delayed, or denied.’
💜
www.attitude.co.uk/news/london-...
‘We will not stand by as the dignity, safety, and humanity of our trans siblings are debated, delayed, or denied.’
💜
www.attitude.co.uk/news/london-...
London, Brighton, Birmingham and Manchester Prides suspend political parties from taking part
Read the full joint statement here
www.attitude.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Prides in London, Brighton, Manchester and Birmingham suspend political party participation in their Pride events.
‘We will not stand by as the dignity, safety, and humanity of our trans siblings are debated, delayed, or denied.’
💜
www.attitude.co.uk/news/london-...
‘We will not stand by as the dignity, safety, and humanity of our trans siblings are debated, delayed, or denied.’
💜
www.attitude.co.uk/news/london-...
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2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
May 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
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How nice to be told by Keir Starmer that my mother who delivered babies, as a midwife, worked nights and damaged her back lifting patients as a nurse, was a pillar of her community as a health visitor has caused “incalculable damage” to the UK !
May 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
How nice to be told by Keir Starmer that my mother who delivered babies, as a midwife, worked nights and damaged her back lifting patients as a nurse, was a pillar of her community as a health visitor has caused “incalculable damage” to the UK !
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Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
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Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
May 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
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I wrote about the devastating impact that international aid cuts will have on the HIV sector globally for @the-independent.com
“We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act.”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...
“We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act.”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...
I’m a doctor specialising in HIV – we should be very afraid of cuts to Aids funding
Hospitals will see a surge of people with Aids-related conditions that we should no longer see in this age of effective treatment, warns Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan
www.independent.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I wrote about the devastating impact that international aid cuts will have on the HIV sector globally for @the-independent.com
“We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act.”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...
“We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act.”
www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...
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. #IDSky, #HIVSky , #hepatitisSky #HepSky
Today we launched Emergency Department #Hepatitis & #HIV Opt-Out testing in #Birminham
Have a look and pass it on, it works+
www.itv.com/news/central...
@sebpoule.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drericding.bsky.social @docdelrio.bsky.social
Today we launched Emergency Department #Hepatitis & #HIV Opt-Out testing in #Birminham
Have a look and pass it on, it works+
www.itv.com/news/central...
@sebpoule.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drericding.bsky.social @docdelrio.bsky.social
www.itv.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
. #IDSky, #HIVSky , #hepatitisSky #HepSky
Today we launched Emergency Department #Hepatitis & #HIV Opt-Out testing in #Birminham
Have a look and pass it on, it works+
www.itv.com/news/central...
@sebpoule.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drericding.bsky.social @docdelrio.bsky.social
Today we launched Emergency Department #Hepatitis & #HIV Opt-Out testing in #Birminham
Have a look and pass it on, it works+
www.itv.com/news/central...
@sebpoule.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @drericding.bsky.social @docdelrio.bsky.social
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The huge impact of US funding cuts are clear at #CROI2025 conference - with every session reporting crisis.
Poster spots left empty as registrants unable to attend.
Increased #HIV mortality predicted.
#BHIVA & UK protestors demonstrating in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco.
#SaveOurSciences
Poster spots left empty as registrants unable to attend.
Increased #HIV mortality predicted.
#BHIVA & UK protestors demonstrating in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco.
#SaveOurSciences
March 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The huge impact of US funding cuts are clear at #CROI2025 conference - with every session reporting crisis.
Poster spots left empty as registrants unable to attend.
Increased #HIV mortality predicted.
#BHIVA & UK protestors demonstrating in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco.
#SaveOurSciences
Poster spots left empty as registrants unable to attend.
Increased #HIV mortality predicted.
#BHIVA & UK protestors demonstrating in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco.
#SaveOurSciences
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Thinking about fed employees, scientists, & anyone resisting, I am reminded of the words of Jonathan Mann speaking about the AIDS response: "Our responsibility is historic...our most precious contribution may well be that at a time of plague we did not flee; we did not hide; & we did not separate"
February 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thinking about fed employees, scientists, & anyone resisting, I am reminded of the words of Jonathan Mann speaking about the AIDS response: "Our responsibility is historic...our most precious contribution may well be that at a time of plague we did not flee; we did not hide; & we did not separate"
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📢 NHS is expanding BBV opt-out testing to 30 more A&E departments across England! 🌍 This initiative aims to detect more cases of #HIV and #Hepatitis, providing better access to life-saving treatments. 💉 #PublicHealth #HIVTesting #NHS 🩺
www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/nhs-...
www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/nhs-...
NHS England » NHS expands HIV opt-out testing to 30 more A&Es
Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more A&E...
www.england.nhs.uk
February 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📢 NHS is expanding BBV opt-out testing to 30 more A&E departments across England! 🌍 This initiative aims to detect more cases of #HIV and #Hepatitis, providing better access to life-saving treatments. 💉 #PublicHealth #HIVTesting #NHS 🩺
www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/nhs-...
www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/nhs-...
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Excellent overview of the challenges we face in trying to achieve zero #HIV transmissions by 2030, the greatest of which is HIV-related #stigma. Better understanding of #PrEP, current HIV treatment and #UequalsU is essential in turning the tide!
February 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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To be woke is to be compassionate, empathetic, understanding, reflective and willing to learn and grow.
Be woke 🤗
Be woke 🤗
January 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
To be woke is to be compassionate, empathetic, understanding, reflective and willing to learn and grow.
Be woke 🤗
Be woke 🤗
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#Migration: The global refugee crisis is made worse by countries closing their borders and turning their backs on the most vulnerable people. This is a humanitarian crisis, and it demands a more humane response.
Seeking safety is not a crime.
Seeking safety is not a crime.
January 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#Migration: The global refugee crisis is made worse by countries closing their borders and turning their backs on the most vulnerable people. This is a humanitarian crisis, and it demands a more humane response.
Seeking safety is not a crime.
Seeking safety is not a crime.