Solihull Action Through Advocacy

🎊🎉 It's only 4 days until our Exhibition Day! 🎉🎊
Join us at the Church Hall, Hampton-in-Arden on Saturday 18th May to learn more about Solihull's #HiddenLives.
There will be tea and cake! ☕️🍰
... https://www.hiddenlivesremembered.com/… /2019/5/18/exhibitio…
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Interested in social history? 🔎
Want to learn more about your local area? 🏘
Fancy a free cup of tea and a cake? ☕️🍰
... Then join us at our Exhibition Day on Saturday 18th May! We've been exploring the histories of people with learning disabilities in Solihull and we'd love for you to join us.
Have your say and join in remembering Solihull's 'Hidden Lives'. 🗣
We look forward to seeing you there!
https://www.hiddenlivesremembered.com/… /2019/5/18/exhibitio…
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#DidYouKnow:
Today it is #LocalElections2019. Residents at #LearningDisability hospitals had to fight for the right to vote. In 1981, 3 residents at Calderstones Hospital were successful.
... Read more here: https://inclusivearchive.org/story/10/win ning-the-vote/
https://mediala.s3.amazonaws.com/…/Mart ine_G_2017-03-28_173…
Credit: Martine Grange
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Looking to learn more about your local area and an often 'hidden' part of social history?
Then join us at our Exhibition Day on Saturday 18th May!
We will see you there 👋
... https://www.hiddenlivesremembered.com/… /2019/5/18/exhibitio…
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Interested in social history?
Want to learn more about your local area?
Join us on Saturday 18th May for an Exhibition Day all about #Solihull's #HiddenLivesRemembered!
... https://www.hiddenlivesremembered.com/… /2019/5/18/exhibitio…
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It was #InternationalWomensDay yesterday!
Learn more about the lives of the women who used to live at Hampton Manor in our YouTube series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist…
.. . https://www.hiddenlivesremembered.com/ham pton-manor
Keep checking back as we add more in the coming months!
#LearningDisability #IWD2019 #DisabilityHistory
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#PancakeDay was celebrated with pancake races at Middlefield in the 1980s 🥞🏃‍♂️
Staff and residents teamed up!
The text is written out in full on our blog:... https://www.hiddenlivesremembered.com/… /pancake-day-middlef…
We also discuss some of the labels used.
#TuesdayThoughts #CharityTuesday
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Roger tells us how people's lives changed before and after living at Middlefield Hospital:
https://youtu.be/ns-L0fqlqlU https://youtu.be/uTxo5LtjVIA
... He talks about how we view our quality of life can change over time.
#HiddenLivesRemembered
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Support #FairtradeFortnight and vulnerable people in Solihull at the same time by supporting us with your Co-op membership!
Find out more here: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/2990 4
#TheCoopWay #CharityTuesday