Christina Gabbitas
@ChristiGabbitas
Writer : Patron @BWDLibraries- Founder @ChildrensLfests Honorary Member @nspcc @No2CountyLines @TrappedCLines Coronation Champion 👑 & Points of Light Award ✨
Thanks @yorkpress 🙌 yorkpress.co.uk/news/24707895.… As an author and writer, I have been engaging with children and young people for the past 13 years. I firmly believe in the power of storytelling to convey important messages and topics. Since 2019, I have focused on county lines…

Article via @Warwickshire_CC about my story Vaping Scars. Funded by @WarwickshirePCC warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/6… Councillor Dale Bridgewater, Warwickshire County Council’s Portfolio Holder for Community Safety and Chair of the Safer Warwickshire Partnership Board, said: “ ‘Vaping…
Author gives students talk on her new 'Vaping Scars' story ift.tt/pBSZG03
🎉🌟 Wow, what an amazing response to the Blackburn & Darwen Children’s Literature Festival writing competition!🌟🎉 @ChildrensLFests Since 2019, I’ve been on a mission to inspire our young writers at the festivals, and this year, they’re sharing their stories about their…

🌳 🏃🏼♀️Had a fabulous run this morning and snapped a pic of my favorite tree! Shoutout to #TreeClub for the inspiration! 💚 A huge thank you to everyone who's supported my 4th London Marathon for @NSPCC Childline. 🙏 I'm gearing up for the #Southport 10k on August 3rd! If you'd…

I had the honour of attending a powerful event in Loughborough Park Community Centre organised by the inspirational Pastor Lorraine Burrell Jones MBE, whose son Dwayne Simpson, was fatally stabbed just before his 21st birthday. We celebrated his incredible legacy of establishing…




Welcoming new members to the NFRSA family.. 𝐑𝐏𝐃 𝐊𝐀𝐈 - @gwentpolice - 3 years 𝐑𝐏𝐃 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐓 - @MODPolice - 9 years 𝐑𝐏𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀 - @MODPolice - 6 years 𝐑𝐏𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐘 - @DogsHmpps - 4 years 𝐑𝐏𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐗 - @gwentpolice - 4 years 𝐑𝐏𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘 -…
On my way to meet the incredibly inspiring Pastor Lorriane @dwaynamics , who has turned her heartbreak into a powerful campaign against knife crime and violence. After losing her son, she has devoted years to raising awareness about the tragic impacts of this issue. Lorraine…
I left St James’s Palace in tears today. As we prepare to honour my late son Dwayne’s memorial birthday on 17th July, I’m reminded why I’ve been campaigning through pain since 2014 for trauma hubs and urgent knife crime intervention. The news of trauma hubs is welcome but I’m…
A mother who helped run an international crime group used her own children to smuggle millions of pounds of cocaine into the UK. FULL STORY ➡️ nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/bradford-…
On July 19, I’ll walk 17 miles to raise funds for essential bleed kits across Essex. Lives depend on it. Please share and donate to help us make a difference. Every bit counts! gofund.me/51dfb003
Have you ever wondered how storytelling can be a powerful tool for education? As a writer, I find it very rewardng in knowing that my stories serve a vital purpose in educating children and young people about serious issues like county lines exploitation and knife crime. Since…


Congratulations to our winners who will all receive an award!🏆 Huge thanks to publishers, teachers, librarians, and all who support this growing initiative that gives children and young people a voice about the books they enjoy! 📚💖 #clfbookawards @ChristiGabbitas
I’ve had a wonderful few days relaxing, walking, and chatting while supporting my incredibly talented artist friend, @UrsulaHurstArt #ArtintheHills Enjoy your #Sunday




Delighted that Hide and Seek has won @ChildrensLFests book award! Big thanks to the team at @piccadillypress, @DoodlesByDavid for the lush cover, @guidedogs for the help with Kip 🦮 and @bletchleypark for continued support for the #BletchleyParkMystery series!
This is fantastic news! @Literacy_Trust @educationgovuk @bphillipsonMP We have been concentrating our efforts on areas of deprivation since 2019 - organising free literacy festivals and books! #NationalYearOfReading2026 #clfbookawards #readingforpleasure
With support from 30+ amazing partners & funders so far, we’ll launch school & community events across the UK. 72,000 books will be given to children in high-poverty areas this summer to kick-start the campaign. #NationalYearOfReading2026