The annual BBC Children In Need Telethon on BBC TV made UKP 32.6million overnight when the show was broadcast, with a final total due after sales of two singles and other charitable exploits are added in.
UK viewers can catch up with the highlights on BBC’s iPlayer and the general site is at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey
Let’s start the conversation, where do you go when you want to see some good news? Do you check out a site like Upworthy.com? Do you follow someone making fun content or beautiful art on social media? Do you find fun music on your favorite streaming app? What can we do to bring more kindness into our newsfeeds?
Where do you go to find the good in this world?
Nick’s entire article about the importance of not just the Movember movement, but a year-round refocus on mental health issues for men is spot on, but the numbers he quotes are what I want to focus on, because the math is truly astounding when you start to break it down. “In Europe, there are just…
In the end, here’s the thing. You, and your kids, are not a study. You are all individuals, who may be negatively impacted by social media, or not. You may need to consider not using it, you may need to consider changing up who you’re following to get stuff that is good for your mental health into your feeds, or you may be perfectly fine using it the way you are. It might even be helping you and having a positive impact on your lives.
Only you can truly judge that. If it’s harming you, I hope you’ll consider making changes. Follow the social media accounts for this blog if you want to start getting more information like this, or just stop using it altogether. If it’s helping you feel supported and less alone in the world, then enjoy that and I hope you’ll continue to share that within your social media circles.
As I have said many times – do what works for you.
The BBC’s Panorama recently examined police failings, in one case where four forces failed to track a sex offender before he abducted and murdered a child. The show has had its second repeat, so you have until Sunday 13th November to watch it on BBC iPlayer at the address below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016n2s0/Panorama_Cops_Behaving_Badly/ …
434 Applications for witnesses to speak and a timescale from 1922 to 1995 makes the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry, the largest in British history. The BBC has the story here although any evidence leading to a prosecution of accused former employees will be held in closed sessions.
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