Five times Kirstie Allsopp stood up for issues she believed in on Twitter
She’s best known as one of the nation’s most iconic home gurus fronting shows including Location, Location, Location, Love it or List It! and Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft Masters.
But while the 48-year-old’s passion for all things property has been well documented, her regular flurry of tweets has also revealed her to be vocal on a number of other issues from parenting to perils of the world’s over-reliance on plastics.
Below are five times the mum-of-two took to the popular social media platform to share her stance on issues she wants to take a stand for.
1. Supporting the younger generation needs to become our priority
Last night on @BBCnews at 10pm & on @BBCNewsnight two deeply disturbing reports which in their different ways said we’ve got it wrong, we are badly letting down our young, as a state AND as parents. Just now I saw a young teen in tears, I just wanted to give him a huge hug 1/2
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) July 19, 2019
Is it financial deprivation, sleep, school pressure, social media, parents too busy, diet, our own obsession with our lives/devices, living further from family support or all of the above, whatever it is we need to address it, kids are suffering. 2/2
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) July 19, 2019
As both a parent and step-parent it’s understandable why the above is close to Kirstie’s heart.
2. Recycle, reduce, reuse is a motto we should all live by
It’s single use plastic that we’re fighting, and going on @BBCr4today and saying that “we shouldn’t “villainize” plastic is irresponsible & bloody patronising. #singleuseplastic
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) June 14, 2019
I’m sure @EnergySvgTrust and @thecarbontrust have advice on optimum temperature for office A/C, great to be the one that sorts out the freezing office and helps the 🌍
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) June 12, 2019
Is it weird to LOVE litter pick films? https://t.co/igHvWs0bBV
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) May 31, 2019
Let’s hear from those retailers & producers who have already signed the #PLASTICPACT and get the word out, I’m particularly keen to hear from those already using recycled plastic for their packaging. https://t.co/SBywvfQd1U
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) May 21, 2019
As an ambassador for Keep Britain Tidy – an environmental charity which campaigns to reduce litter, improve local places and prevent waste – it’s no wonder Kirstie regularly tweets/retweets posts that shine a light the world’s waste and plastic pollution.
3. The world needs to rethink the way it thinks about dyslexia
I am #MadeByDyslexia so are my stepsons & sons. https://t.co/wWpJyohndH
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) August 19, 2019
Kirstie regularly tags global charity Made by Dyslexia – which is led by successful (and famous) dyslexics with the purpose to ‘help the world properly understand and support dyslexia’ – to help change perceptions of dyslexia, which is described by the British Dyslexia Association as a ‘neurological difference and can have a significant impact during education, in the workplace and in everyday life.’
4. We need real homes for real people
All Hail Theresa! And I’m not kidding, if this succeeds it would be bloody brilliant. https://t.co/xOpmiL2Bfi
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) June 26, 2019
Haven’t seen it but nothing would surprise me about the new homes market. https://t.co/1jOBMPhGnu
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) July 15, 2019
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5. We can all honour our own health choices
When I need to take HRT I will do so without worry, I know that alcohol & obesity will make it much more likely that a develop Breast Cancer than HRT. Don’t be put off, do your own research, understand how the benefits balance the risks, headlines so rarely tell the whole story.
— 🅺🅸🆁🆂🆃🅸🅴 (@KirstieMAllsopp) August 30, 2019
Despite some research highlighting the risks of taking HRT, the presenter has revealed that she will take HRT, if, and when, she needs it.
