Lower Falinge

Dear Lynne , As Chair of the RBH Representative Body you have apparently decided that, after an initial investigation, @andrewroche has “a case to answer to.” I am involved in this issue; I've been mentioned in the email sent to Andrew, so I am contacting you about this matter. Please see photos for a copy of the email Andrew received; red numbers denote order. Since there are no contact details available for you as Chair of the RBH Rep Body, I am contacting you here. I am very concerned about the way Andrew is being treated. RBH’s email says you are responsible for the way Andrew is being treated, however, I note this contradicts RBH’s own documentation: it is RBH’s Secretary who is responsible for this decision “in consultation with the Chair of the Representative Body and the Chief Executive”. If you treat Andrew unfairly because of his disability, or something arising from his disability, then that will be disability discrimination. Unfair treatm...

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Dear Anyone Who Reads My Writings, In response to the letter I received from RBH yesterday , I'd also like to say that I'm really disappointed and unhappy with RBH's behaviour towards me. This intimidating and threatening letter is an obvious and desperate attempt to prevent me from having a voice and speaking in public. It is also clearly retaliatory and malicious in nature. I am just trying to have a voice; RBH presumably feel threatened by this and so in turn, RBH threaten me. RBH's accusations are apparently based solely upon the two short statements of fact that form my personal Twitter biography. One would think that RBH would require more evidence before serious accusations and threats were made, but apparently not. One would think that RBH would behave fairly and impartially when investigating something like this, but apparently not. Apparently, just asserting that I am in the wrong and jumping straight to accusations and threats based upon no a...

Dear RBH, Thanks for your intimidating letter. What you are quoting is my personal Twitter biography. My personal Twitter biography is not an advert. You already know that I am not running a rat rescue service/business. We had this conversation years ago. I won’t be providing details of my business to you because I am not running a business. I won’t be describing the service I provide to you because I do not provide a service. You already know the conditions I keep my pets in. You even have photos. These conditions were confirmed as suitable by the RSPCA, RBC’s Animal Welfare Officer, and my Vets, several years ago. I do not know what “previous agreement” you are referring to. Anyone who knows me even slightly knows that I would never agree to “no further rats”. For one thing, I have autism and rats are my specialist subject. There is just no way I would ever agree to give them up. For another thing, when the RSPCA told you I was an expert in rat-care, that was the tr...

Dear RBH, Since you ask for specific examples, let me break this down for you as simply as I can. When I explained to Blue Chula that I needed to discuss things in writing with one point of contact, this is what they did: Provided one person who could speak to me by email. Talked to me by email using the format I'd requested (quoting me and replying to what I'd said). Behaved in a friendly, open manner whilst retaining an appropriate level of professionalism. Treated me like a person, as though they were face-to-face with me. Treated me as an individual. Treated me as an equal. Discussed things with me. Listened to my concerns. Responded to each of my questions and concerns. Explained things when I asked them to. Gave me examples and links to relevant information published by others, to further my knowledge. Actively engaged me and actively sought my opinion. Respected my opinion and took me seriously. Gave me information and data I asked for. Gave me clear timescales. Gave m...

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing recently scolded me on Twitter for trying to interact with them. I replied to each of their scolding tweets (there were four), and this is what they tweeted to me in return: You can view the whole  exchange   on Twitter. This is my open letter reply: Dear RBH, You're so committed to meeting my needs that I've been waiting for over 18 months for you to meet my needs. You're so committed that I've had to take a complaint about you not providing me with the reasonable adjustments I need to the Housing Ombudsman Service (HOS). You’re so committed that you took 7 weeks to reply to the HOS, and you only replied after I called you out on Twitter for not having replied. You’re so committed to meeting my needs that you won’t deal with me as an individual any more, even though you did previously. You’ve also inferred on Twitter that my interactions are so numerous that I am harassing you, and that it will cause detriment to othe...