Leanne Ratcliffe @lear777

Work hard and care lots. mum to 2 gorgeous boys, two whippets and CYP Clinical Quality lead Rawtenstall, England Joined December 2016

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Leanne Ratcliffe @lear777

a month ago

@BurnleyOfficial It was tchaouna who was announced at the turf.....

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Burnley FC Clips @BurnleyFC_clips

2 months ago

Get in!

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2 months ago

WE HAVE DONE IT 🙌

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RT if you love a walk 🙌 You don’t need a gym. You don’t need fancy kit. You don’t even need loads of time. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for your body and mind… is go for a walk. Walking is one of the most underrated forms of exercise. ☺️

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Leanne Ratcliffe @lear777

5 months ago

@TurfCastPodcast

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Leanne Ratcliffe @lear777

5 months ago

It needs to happen.... #twitterclarets #alanpace #ashleybarnes

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8 months ago

Suicide. I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis. You take a rope. You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away. You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck. Then you drop. Some are decapitated. Some aren't. All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them. A son. A daughter. A brother. A sister. A mother. A father. I know 2 men who hung themselves. One was found by his Mom. One was found by his brother. Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on. A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something. So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"? A segway for a moment. I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group. After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is.. "Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue". Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling. "Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom. After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle". Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard". And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying. Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag. If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention. They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up". They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them. If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine. Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out. So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are. You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked. For those who struggle, you're not alone.

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Burnley FC @BurnleyOfficial

10 months ago

Knock, knock 🚪

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Cleft Lip and Palate Action @CLAPACOMMUNITY

a year ago

We now offer telephone counselling for our community. Whether you are an adult born with a cleft, or a parent of a child born with a cleft - free counseling is available to you through CLAPA.⭐ To find out more visit: buff.ly/PaaLjhl

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Leanne Ratcliffe @lear777

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Leanne Ratcliffe @lear777

a year ago

Some lovely photos of Connor Roberts @BurnleyOfficial

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Alan Pace @AlanPaceBFC

a year ago

You better win the league now lads 😂😂

Burnley FC @BurnleyOfficial

a year ago

The ice bucket challenge is back. 🤣 @AlanPaceBFC

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Leanne Ratcliffe @lear777

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@TurfCastPodcast 🤚

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TurfCast - Burnley FC Fan Channel @TurfCastPodcast

a year ago

BEAUTY!!

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Damian Roland @Damian_Roland

a year ago

Important that in the recent transformation of Healthcare the core purpose of what a National Health Service could, and should do, isn't lost. rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/ne… HT @RCPCHtweets