Wednesday 20 December 2017

Sunday 17 December 2017

#Human Rights #Civil rights #Liberty TheLastQueenOfScotland The Most have #Christmasbook this year as helps fund our work whilst telling untold story of the Scottish Woman who took on the power of State

Ok this #Christmas. The need to help people in crises will be at its greatest in our life time and under this government I do not expect any change soon .
My We Care & #ChrissySentUs. Projects demand on the profit we get when you buy my #Books To fund our work !
This weekend my new play , book ,ebook has come out , you can buy it from any book seller or from any online ebook outlet or you can down load it for free .
This money is crucial to our work and we need every penny not just for food but to top up energy supplies .support people & out reach projects with equipment so success of my latest book very important , not to me , but the huge number of people & pets we help !
The book' liberty' tells the true story of one amazing #Scottish #Womab who took on the power of state to win the civil rights everyone reading this enjoys Today, so why do we celebrate our Kings & Queens but ignore & erase from #History OUr Working class #Heroes & the Woman who fought our battles so hard ! This book I hope creates a wider debate about why this is & when we have chance to read their stories & in this case the story of #KathDuncan. We just turn the page or just think a tweet is enough !
For some people this #Christmas. It's about life & death .Jesus was the most famous activist & campaigner 4 social justice whatever your faith or none ! Today , pplease share widely across All your social media .Review the. Ok & Go online .Order 'Liberty' at £4.99 what gift you can put in some ones stocking could possible deliver more ?

Wednesday 13 December 2017

#Liberty The true story of the Struggle to establish civil rights in UK in the 1930s and one Scottish Womans fight


After 3 years research , my first of 2 books on the amazing activism of Kath Duncan , how is it we remember our Kings and Queens but forget OUR working class heroes? . This book and play is not about making loads of cash, but about making people remember how amazing ordinary people like you and me can be. So please BUY this book or buy the ebook , give it as a present , treat yourself, but please help me raise the debate and insure working class woman heroes are no longer left in the shadows. Make this book a success and lets get the Country proud of Kath , the role of Unions and the power we people as community have when united in dark times, this written about true events in 1930s but could so be Tory Britain 2017 if you only buy one book this year or next . make it be * Liberty*  #Amazon
Liberty the story of Kath Duncan who took on the might of King Parliament and the entire legal establishment to lay the ground work for The National Council of Civil…
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Friday 1 December 2017

Kath Duncan #TheLastQueenOfScotland

Delighted the publication date for this book will be May 2018 as my play * Liberty* about just one aspect of her activism is published on January 2018 although advance copies will go on sale from 18 December 2017 .


I am so pleased people are supporting the call for Kath Duncan in the year we celebrate 100 years of #Women #Activism to be recognised as the National #WorkingClass #Hero she was. i just hope YOU come see this extraordinary production with the most diverse and talented cast to be found on any stage..hear her story, get a ticket .https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/deptford-heritage-festival
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The International Deptford Heritage Festival will pay homage to Kath Duncan 100 years on from key civil and LGBTQ rights battles with a production of the play Liberty. Red Blouse Theatre, a local radical theatre

Thursday 23 November 2017

#Budget2017 Ray Barron-Woolford talking what needs 2B done #Housingcrises #NHS #UniversalCredit #right2buy #foodbanks #foodbankbritain

My interview in the news room last night prior to the budget & my thoughts as to what it should contain !

The must read book for everyone with an interest in this sector is food Bank Britain , on sale from ALL booksellers or online  


#universitycredit Ray Barron Woolford Interview on its impact and needs from #Budget 2017

My take on #Universalcredit with my mate Charlotte on this evenings RT Television news ! My Second night on the main news , although last night in studio was able to talk & get across all my issues & Gov concerns

My book is Food Bank Britain on sale from ALL book outlets and online 

Wednesday 15 November 2017

#londonTerrotrattack #ChristineArchibald #ChrissySentUs #JustSayChrissySentYou

This latest article on one of my best community projects.
If you would like a free flask for your out reach project or willing to donate, direct mail me or go to Gofundme Christine  Archibald  appeal . Click on the link

http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2017/08/04/londoners-follow-through-with-chrissysentme-request.html

#UniversalCredit being interviewed for RT television on the likely impact of this reform being rolled out at #Christmas . Poverty the media story of our times

Thanks to my book Food Bank Britain, have been invited to share my concerns on Universal Credit which will make a terrible impact on millions this Christmas, for a news programme going out on RT Television  one of a long line of media interviews on this issue.
My point is that the concept of a single welfare payment not unlike a basic universal wage, is a great idea...but here is the catch, this is being imposed at Christmas when most people are in need of fuel to keep warm, the school holidays and all the economic pressures that Christmas puts on families, so to stop people having  any income in December and having to wait until January , is not just a bad idea, in my view is cruel and mean spirited, but then Welfare from this Government long ago moved away from being about help and support for people most in need, to be a punishment  for those  at the bottom of the food chain, although the Mrs May seems to have not noted that some of the hardest hit by this policy will be the self employed and small business the back bone of the UK economy who need people with pounds in their pockets to spend at Christmas, further more, this Gov seem to think that the crises can be addressed and picked up by the only growth from this Gov, Food Banks, which clearly they cannot be expected to feed millions more than the 3 million plus they already do as direct result of Gov ill thought out policy agenda.
My RT Television spot should be on your screens first week December, Will the Gov listen? Clearly not Hate, bashing the poor is very 2017 .
Buy my book, clearly we are going to need the funds it produces to feed ever more people in the coming months.



Monday 13 November 2017

Kath Duncan #LastQueenOfScotland the stunning new play & Book by Ray Barron -Woolford Published December 2017

Just delighted that i have at last finished the play i never thought i would write to promote a book and a Woman we should all be taught about from primary school .
This is the cover i have chosen, just waiting for final proofs and setting to be done to go to print, although will also be available  on Kindle etc . Come see the play ;https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/deptford-heritage-festival






I am so pleased people are supporting the call for Kath Duncan in the year we celebrate 100 years of #Women #Activism to be recognised as the National #WorkingClass #Hero she was. i just hope YOU come see this extraordinary production with the most diverse and talented cast to be found on any stage..hear her story, get a ticket .https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/deptford-heritage-festival
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The International Deptford Heritage Festival will pay homage to Kath Duncan 100 years on from key civil and LGBTQ rights battles with a production of the play Liberty. Red Blouse Theatre, a local radical theatre








Easington Colliery Peterlee Durham 2 bedroom miners cottage to let £92 per week No fees

My We Care housing project has this charming 2 bedroom cottage to rent long term own the stunning Durham Heritage  coastline.
The Cottage is to home some one who is in housing crises this Christmas and is community minded  as this area is extremely friendly and the way we allocate homes is to people in need, such as homeless friends , victims escaping domestic abuse, homeless friends that find it impossible to get housing, because they have pets. We allow pets.
The Cottage has been totally refurbished with brand new kitchen and bathroom. 2 double bedrooms and a small rear yard, however you are in a stunning location with the sea just feet/yards away and stunning countryside, whilst the wonderful historic and university city of Durham is just a bus ride away or 5 miles by bike.
The Cottage is Available NOW.
Email me raymondwoolford@aol.com if you need the cottage or are a project that is looking to home clients in crises.
We give priority to people who have at some stage before finding themselves in housing crises have helped others, Be it in tenant association, Union, charity shop worker. Charity fund raiser or home care worker.
This place is a wonderful opportunity for some one friends or family to get a fresh start in an area in which every one says hello .




Friday 10 November 2017

Kath Duncan Liberty my new play on the struggle 4 civil liberties based on true historical events as published in my new 2B published book #LastQueenOfScotland

When i started my food bank four  years ago, i never thought three  books later i would have spent three years researching  the life of a woman , in my view probably the most important civil rights activist of the past 100 years and shamefully erased almost from history in Scotland and UK.
My book Last Queen of Scotland will be out after Christmas , but my play and this chapter in Kath Duncan life will be published December, so hope you  buy a copy, best £10 you will spend, supports my work and helps restore this amazing woman to her rightful place in history.
I hope every drama , theatre production group across the world will think about performing this play, based on true events that lead to the establishment of The National council of Civil Liberties, that to day we call LIBERTY.
I do find it amazing that more people in the UK no about the USA civil rights movement than the one in their own country, i hope this plays, does Kath and the story justice.
These are the 3 cover designs for the play-Book, which from 1-3 do you think is the most commercial and most likely to buy tickets ore the book ?.
You can direct mail me to order a signed copy ready for Christmas.
Welcome interest from Publishers and Theatre groups looking to perform this play. The first time the story of UK civil rights movement been written .



Monday 6 November 2017

Million Mask March London 2017 #Millionmaskmarch

With the budget set to profile housing as a key objective or news paper headline, i chose to use this years Million Mask March to highlight just one of many issues the Gov  must address to end the housing crises





Tuesday 24 October 2017

Barnard Marcus Auctions . Probably the worst Auction house 4 Customer service in UK best stay away

Barnard Marcus Auctions is all that is bad in the property sector, it is so driven by making a fast buck that they will tell you anything to get your cash and then stuff you like a kipper once they got your hard earned cash.
We Care runs a homeless project that buys cheap homes that it does up and rents to homeless charities to help people in crises , however our experience using Barnard Marcus is probably one of the worst examples of a business sector that needs regulation and controls to stop it ripping of its customers big time.
As i write this my Charity  is unable to put a homeless family in a house we bought, because we do not have any keys for access..
The first problem we had was reading the legal pack in which it stated fees would be charged, however despite being told over the phone and in person on the day that we would only be charged £850 including fees, We ended up being charged the Auction fees of £3000 and the other side solicitors another £600.
Having been aware that Barnard Marcus once they get their fee just ignore their  customers, i insisted our solicitors confirmed that the keys location would be clear upon completion.
Surprise Surprise upon completion even though we had been told Barnard Marcus had the keys , once they got our money the access to the property and any attempt to complain was ignored, no one would take our calls, in fact when we did get hold of a person  the phone was just put down, hence the reason i am writing this blog and as a direct result of this company greed and failure to locate the keys a family in housing crises will spend another night on the street , you may think this is a one off, but last year my housing project bought another flat in Liverpool through Barnard Marcus, the same access issues and poor customer service was offered and as this was a flat we could not change the locks as it would be an issue for other people living in the block,  so last Christmas another family we had bought a house to home had to spend Christmas in a shelter because Barnard Marcus failure to insure we had keys for access .
History is repeating itself from the most unpleasant company i find shocking exists in 2017, the £3500 extra they charged us could have furnished the house and helped at least one family have a secure place to call home this Christmas,
Thanks to the terrible service or rather none existent help from Barnard Marcus ,yet again plans to house a family this Christmas blocked by the greed of a company that does not deserve to be in my view in Business. Buying or selling , plenty of Auction houses in UK, find one that actually  gives a toss as clearly  Barnard Marcus Do not.

Wednesday 27 September 2017

Saudi Arabia Exclusive kidnap plot #SaudiKidnapButhaina #FreeHisham Must read and share

My latest shocking exclusive , just published NOW. Please read and share.
The war in Yemen has taken a fresh twist after extraordinary claims emerged that Saudi government agents infiltrated a humanitarian charity to kidnap the most…
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Monday 4 September 2017

Sanction figures exposed by Ray Woolford freedom info request

It looks like anyone who claims benefits is being sanctioned" Ray Woolford from Lewisham People Before Profit
“"It looks like anyone who claims benefits is being sanctioned" @Raywoolford whose FOI request shows welfare reform distorts extent of cuts. https://t.co/psuQpUQbmt

Thursday 31 August 2017

Best value local printer . All Work carried out Nationwide

I have just discovered Chris who as a homeless man set up this amazing print business near Goldsmiths Uni on Lewisham way , New Cross Lewisham.
No work is 2 small or 2 large .

He has dome amazing job with our #ChrissySentUs  out reach street project and offers great old fashioned service with fast sopped turn around , with the Internet you can send hime work from across the UK and he can help you. whilst your supporting the sort of business that deserves massive success.
Give him a call or an email and say #ChrissySentYou

Tuesday 29 August 2017

How to Twitter Storm #FreeHisham Al -Omeisy

Tuesday 29 August will see the Launch of the first twitter storm in the UK in support of #FreeHisham and in Solidarity with Yemen and then EVERY Tuesday until his release.

New York started this last week and civil rights campaigners are also organising country by country to insure Hisham  Al -Omeisy profile is so high that the people who snatched him from his wife and two children in the night will not want a International backlash by torturing him  or being party to his murder like far to many civil rights activists before him.

This Twitter Storm is to help people get active even from their sofa.
To lobby Governments MPs and media to force action and talks to end the War in Yemen and for the UN to carry out investigation into War crimes and the missing.

Tuesday  Twitter Storm is 7-8PM UK (  GMT ) time just match the time on your smart phone to get the time in your City and Country.

We Need to work with people we may not like , but must for the common good on this issue.
Hisham life is in OUR hands.


If you cannot join the twitter storm at these times, please tweet as many messages and stories with #FreeHisham    a  hash tag is this    # and then by Adding FreeHisham you get the tag and tweet before or after the time slot.

If you are new, just go to the search twitter on top right of your phone and put in the search section #FreeHisham.

You can just click on the #FreeHisham  hashtag if it makes life easy , but always include the Hashtag, you can also plan in advance and put your tweets into draft, it is also good to include leader political leaders in your tweets even if they ignore you, your tweet will hit their timeline and be read and noted. So Heads of State. leaders of your country who have power to speak out . UN .EU and ALL Saudi embassies and saudi Organisations.

To reply and comment click on the bottom right of the tweet next to the like and favourite  button this will make it easier to follow and engage in this specific aspect of our campaign.

If you do not wish to comment or reply tweet as many tweets as you can with the #FreeHisham  hash tag within the copy.

People in Yemen are tweeting at huge personal risk so it would be great if you follow them, the more followers they have the safer we can protect them

Every week a action will be taking place at a Saudi Embassy of the Offices of the Government Department  that deals with International affairs.

We are  organising  protests at Saudi Embassy across the World starting with UK  September 1pm 16 Curzon Street Mayfair
2pm at Foreign Office London  King Street Westminster SW1A@AH. Email raymondwoolford@aol.com to help or to list your event/Action for the twitter storm.

You can organise your own protest and print of the many images to use and then tweet from the location.

At Home ? You can go to google and search all Saudi Embassy sites and you can in the review part Upload FREE a FreeHisham Picture as below and in the review say #FreeHisham Solidarity 4 Yemen  it costs nothing takes seconds and YOU can help insure every Embassy in the World is aware of This campaign

Even as one person your tweet and action can be seen by people across the World. Our Main stream media and Government is failing the people of Yemen we are Hisham..
 His life can be saved by YOUR Support.  every tiny tweet , letter, blog email to your MP , brings peace closer .

The images below show Hisham, The Children injured in war are alive, the family were killed by a Saudi bomb , probably made in the UK

When you tweet . Seek always to include twitter accounts of  Saudi Embassy , and your countries Minister responsible for International affairs..they will not respond but they will note the global concern , do the same with anyone in public life in your Country again even if they do not reply, they will be aware and Saudi Government will have no idea what is going on but should take MORE care and be we hope more supportive of peace.

Play include your countries Media in your tweets and why not organise your own twitter storm in YOUR country? does NOT need to be in English

Ray Barron Woolford






Sunday 27 August 2017

#FreeHisham Al-Omeisy ..global #Twitterstorm to show #Solidarity with #Yemen tuesday 29 August 7-8pm GMT Make the world Listen

We are Organising a global twitter storm on Tuesday to insure Hisham is kept alive and well and that we can organise a global network to lobby Governments and Embassys to get The Voice of
#Yemon free .

We also want to set up protests at Government offices and be the media the MSM chose not to be when it comes to Yemen and the conflict it creates for our Govwith its mates the saudi Government.

Please Join and help make this trend and from your sofa you can use you social media to put one our elected leaders to act on Hisham and Yemen . This is about Life and Death.

Happy to give TV and Radio interview links with people directly in Yemen NOW and those of us fighting to raise profile in all countries . 

Friday 25 August 2017

Yemen the War our media due to Saudi Arabia arms trade, refuses to talk about or challenge the missing civil rights activists kidnapped

My latest article , busy week for my activism & issues I care passionately about
On Monday at 2:45, Hisham Al-Omeisy, a civil rights activist and documenter of Yemen’s often-ignored war, was taken from his family by armed guards loyal to the Houthis. Three years ago these people had swept into Sanaa,
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#freeHisham Hisham Al-Omeisy kidnapped 10 days ago whose only crime reporting what is going on in #Yemen

When staying silent on the kidnapping of advocates of peace, is no longer an option #FreeHisham
On Monday at 2:45, Hisham Al-Omeisy , a civil rights activist and documenter of Yemen’s often-ignored war  and voice of Yemen,  was taken from his family by armed  guards loyal to the  Houthis . In 2014, these people swept  into Sanaa, the capital of Yemen,   and overthrew president Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s internationally recognised Government  and sought to secure military support from Arab Gulf states. 

In March 2015, a Saudi -led coalition , which  have led many to label this war as the Saudi Proxy War,  began a campaign in support of the Government and against the  Houthis , allied with the ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
This conflict has led to over 10,000 civilian deaths and displaced over 3 million people, whilst starvation and cholera are further adding to the country’s misery. Much of this would never have been known without the constant Twitter feed, reporting and criticism of both sides from Hisham.

Samah Hadid , Amnesty,s head of Middle East campaigns , said al-Omeisy’s detention  “illustrates the lengths to which local Houthi-saleh authorities are willing to go to silence activists”. Whilst the Washington Post  newspaper, calling for his release stated, “ What makes Hisham’s detention surprising is that he was critical of the Saudi-led coalition backing the government  of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who is seeking to oust the rebels from Sanaa and much of the north. 

In recent months , dozens of activists, journalists and lawyers, critical of the rebel Houthi government  have been arrested or vanished into the security shadows. Human rights groups report that many have been tortured or have died in custody.

Hisham Al-Omeisy has been held without charge or a court appearance, in breach of Yemen’s own constitution , which requires anybody arrested to be presented to court within 24 hours.


  This humble man was able to use his social media platform to raise awareness globally of the plight of Yemen. This was necessary because the western media are loath to be critical of the Saudis, who have bombed hospitals and schools with weapons bought from the UK Government and made in the UK.

 Hisham’s reports and films gave a real human insight and built a global awareness, demonstrating a love for his country and country men to his 24,000 Twitter followers.  His ability to speak and communicate in English,  insured he was able to report live from Yemen  exclusively  on the  monthly  Talk Radio  Europe show I was co- hosting with one of the finest broadcasters of her day, Pippa Jones. Due to these broadcasts, many of us became enlightened by his insight and were warmed by his friendship.

Across the world, more people are demanding his release so he can return to his wife and children and carry on reporting in his fair and balanced way on this war that no- one really wants to talk about.  Hisham’s kidnap is a campaign none of us should ignore; staying silent on the kidnapping of this advocate of peace is NOT an option. We can all, from the comfort of our sofa, demand  #FreeHisham  , lobby MPs, take part in radio phone- ins and use our social media to keep his name alive and insure his safe return.

We are all Hisham