{"id":9051,"date":"2026-03-05T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/?p=9051"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:15:43","slug":"hannah-writes-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah writes… food insecurity and the wider environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n
\n
Here, our CEO, Hannah, writes about food insecurity and the wider environment.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n

In February 2026, I was honoured to contribute to the Right to Food UK Commission<\/a> at Hirst Welfare Centre, in Ashington, led by Ian Byrne MP. We discussed the broader impact of food insecurity across Northumberland \u2013 looking beyond access to food itself to the effect it has on social inclusion, mental wellbeing, family life and life chances.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As a newcomer to the North East I\u2019m incredibly grateful for the generosity with which I\u2019ve been welcomed into these conversations. It was a privilege to listen to the depth of knowledge, lived experience and rooted commitment of fellow panellists, including West Northumberland Food Bank.\u00a0Some reflections have stayed with me.<\/p>\n

Firstly, we can\u2019t silo poverty. Faced with complex problems, the temptation is to reduce them to a single policy headline or intervention. Fuel, food, housing and transport poverty are not separate problems. They are different expressions of structural poverty & exclusion. When income is insecure and essential costs are high, families are constantly trading off one basic need against another.<\/p>\n

The North East carries deep economic scars. Many communities have been stripped of essential assets through the reduction of industry and long-term underinvestment. The consequences of fragile local economies, reduced opportunity, weakened infrastructure and increased precarity are intergenerational.<\/p>\n

Adapt (NE) was founded to tackle barriers, particularly in access to buildings, services and transport faced by people with disability. 30 years on, these still matter. Food insecurity is not just about provision. It\u2019s about access, mobility, digital exclusion, health, income security and dignity.<\/p>\n

Recently I reflected on the language of \u2018disadvantage\u2019. Although then it related to education, language shapes all sectors. Deficit-based language risks reducing people and communities to what they lack rather than recognising agency, capability and inherent worth. It can quietly signal lowered expectations and surprise at success rather than belief in potential.<\/p>\n

If we are not careful, the way we talk about \u2018food poverty\u2019 or \u2018deprived communities\u2019 can frame people as the problem rather than naming the structural barriers that constrain them. We must be alert to this in the third sector as in any other. Communities are not deficient, systems are.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most important takeaway was that we cannot solve this through food provision alone. Community food initiatives are vital and often heroic. But redistribution without structural reform risks normalising crisis. Solutions must operate at multiple levels:<\/p>\n

* A genuine real Living Wage
\n* Stable, secure employment
\n* Investment in local economies
\n* Transport and infrastructure that enable access
\n* Education that includes financial and food literacy
\n* Policy that recognises the interdependence of poverty drivers<\/p>\n

The answers will be both macro and hyper-local, and can\u2019t be top-down. They must be shaped with communities, not imposed.<\/p>\n

High expectations, whether in ed or economic policy, start with belief not surprise. People and places should not have to prove they are exceptions to be valued. I say it frequently but words don\u2019t just describe policy, they reveal what and who we truly value.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here, our CEO, Hannah, writes about food insecurity and the wider environment. In February 2026, I was honoured to contribute to the Right to Food UK Commission at Hirst Welfare Centre, in Ashington, led by Ian Byrne MP. We discussed the broader impact of food insecurity across Northumberland \u2013 looking beyond access to food itself […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42,14],"tags":[272,273],"class_list":["post-9051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adapt-news","category-news","tag-ceo-blog","tag-hannah-writes"],"yoast_head":"\nHannah writes... food insecurity and the wider environment - Adapt (North East)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here, our CEO, Hannah, writes about food insecurity and the wider environment, and discussions with the Right to Food UK Commission\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hannah writes... food insecurity and the wider environment - Adapt (North East)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here, our CEO, Hannah, writes about food insecurity and the wider environment, and discussions with the Right to Food UK Commission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Adapt (North East)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdaptNorthEast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-05T10:57:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-05T11:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Claire Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53152d49c4448b4137471df3d760fa38\"},\"headline\":\"Hannah writes… food insecurity and the wider environment\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-05T10:57:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-05T11:15:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":508,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"CEO blog\",\"Hannah writes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Adapt News\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hannah writes... food insecurity and the wider environment - Adapt (North East)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-05T10:57:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-05T11:15:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Here, our CEO, Hannah, writes about food insecurity and the wider environment, and discussions with the Right to Food UK Commission\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1\",\"width\":533,\"height\":432},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/05\\\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hannah writes… food insecurity and the wider environment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Adapt\",\"description\":\"Promoting an inclusive society\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Adapt - North East\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/logo_2018.png?fit=340%2C156&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/logo_2018.png?fit=340%2C156&ssl=1\",\"width\":340,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"Adapt - North East\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AdaptNorthEast\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53152d49c4448b4137471df3d760fa38\",\"name\":\"Claire Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d77fa6c63446d735cfa2c6ffb18daae27df9af1143915e23191431679149129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d77fa6c63446d735cfa2c6ffb18daae27df9af1143915e23191431679149129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2d77fa6c63446d735cfa2c6ffb18daae27df9af1143915e23191431679149129?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Claire Jackson\"},\"description\":\"Adapt (NE) is a registered charity and a social enterprise. As a community -based organisation Adapt (NE) aims to improve the quality of life of disabled people who have sensory, physical and learning disabilities or mental health problems; also people who are disadvantaged in being able to access services because they live in a rural location.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adapt-ne.org.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/clairej\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hannah writes... food insecurity and the wider environment - Adapt (North East)","description":"Here, our CEO, Hannah, writes about food insecurity and the wider environment, and discussions with the Right to Food UK Commission","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hannah writes... food insecurity and the wider environment - Adapt (North East)","og_description":"Here, our CEO, Hannah, writes about food insecurity and the wider environment, and discussions with the Right to Food UK Commission","og_url":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/","og_site_name":"Adapt (North East)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdaptNorthEast\/","article_published_time":"2026-03-05T10:57:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-05T11:15:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":533,"height":432,"url":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Claire Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Claire Jackson","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/"},"author":{"name":"Claire Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/53152d49c4448b4137471df3d760fa38"},"headline":"Hannah writes… food insecurity and the wider environment","datePublished":"2026-03-05T10:57:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-05T11:15:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/"},"wordCount":508,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1","keywords":["CEO blog","Hannah writes"],"articleSection":["Adapt News","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/","url":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/","name":"Hannah writes... food insecurity and the wider environment - Adapt (North East)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-03-05T10:57:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-05T11:15:43+00:00","description":"Here, our CEO, Hannah, writes about food insecurity and the wider environment, and discussions with the Right to Food UK Commission","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1","width":533,"height":432},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/hannah-writes-food-insecurity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hannah writes… food insecurity and the wider environment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/","name":"Adapt","description":"Promoting an inclusive society","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#organization","name":"Adapt - North East","url":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/logo_2018.png?fit=340%2C156&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/logo_2018.png?fit=340%2C156&ssl=1","width":340,"height":156,"caption":"Adapt - North East"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdaptNorthEast\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/53152d49c4448b4137471df3d760fa38","name":"Claire Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d77fa6c63446d735cfa2c6ffb18daae27df9af1143915e23191431679149129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d77fa6c63446d735cfa2c6ffb18daae27df9af1143915e23191431679149129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d77fa6c63446d735cfa2c6ffb18daae27df9af1143915e23191431679149129?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Claire Jackson"},"description":"Adapt (NE) is a registered charity and a social enterprise. As a community -based organisation Adapt (NE) aims to improve the quality of life of disabled people who have sensory, physical and learning disabilities or mental health problems; also people who are disadvantaged in being able to access services because they live in a rural location.","url":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/author\/clairej\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HH-blog-March-2026.jpg?fit=533%2C432&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9V3rp-2lZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9051"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9058,"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9051\/revisions\/9058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adapt-ne.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}