CHARLIE CONDOU - No.785

CAMERON NOT RECEPTIVE ENOUGH

PeterTatchell: I've worked for #LGBT rights for 40+ years. Led campaign for #EqualMarriage since 1992. But not invited to #Cameron LGBT reception today

Charliecondou: @PeterTatchell was it a Tory do? I wasn't invited either

PeterTatchell: @Charliecondou The Downing Street do was supposed to be for LGBT campaigners & key people in the #EqualMarriage campaign. Many not invited

andrew4mk: @Charliecondou @PeterTatchell how weird to be thanked by the PM but not invited to the do.

PeterTatchell: @andrew4mk @Charliecondou I didn't realise I'd been thanked by the PM. Odd to be praised by him but not invited. Many key people not invited

thomasdonaldso5: @Charliecondou @PeterTatchell  it's because your not the right type of gay for the Tory party purpose !!

PeterTatchell: I'm not too fussed re my exclusion from Downing Street #LGBT guest list. But EVERYONE who's contributed should've got an invite. Only fair

MycroftBrolly: @PeterTatchell @andrew4mk @Charliecondou The PM's full speech is HERE including your thank you!

AN EASILY SWAYED GUY

guy_interruptd: He has great tits ---> "@themusclemonkey: Oooh one more follower and I'll make 1,000 - help a sister out!"

Charliecondou: @guy_interruptd @themusclemonkey I'm on it!!

mikeanthonylee: @Charliecondou @guy_interruptd @themusclemonkey me too

TonysimmsBK: @Charliecondou @guy_interruptd @themusclemonkey so easily swayed Charlie!

Charliecondou: @TonysimmsBK @guy_interruptd @themusclemonkey it doesn't take much tony

themusclemonkey: @Charliecondou thanks for the follow! Last time we met I was accepting a bottle of Cava from you! @guy_interruptdd


Charliecondou: @themusclemonkey @guy_interruptd you look better in the singlet

RAISING A STINK

leo_richardson: You're allowed to unfriend someone on Facebook for 'liking' a bank and having to see it in your news feed.

damoncorrie: @leo_richardson I've unfriended for FAR lesser things x

leo_richardson: @damoncorrie you unfriended me because you thought I shat on the wall outside your house but it was @Charliecondou x

damoncorrie: @leo_richardson @Charliecondou  don't try and blame Charlie - I know what his shit looks like and it deffo wasn't his. Maybe the postman's?

leo_richardson: @damoncorrie @Charliecondou it might have been the Viteameatavegamin you gave him -- made him drunk and he lost control of his bowels

COBBLED BEDFELLOWS

Lucy4MEP: @Charliecondou @itvcorrie Hi Charlie. Started watching Coronation Street now given your kind support for my selection. Gripping stuff.

Charliecondou: @Lucy4MEP @itvcorrie careful, it's addictive! X

ALL STAR FAMILY FORTUNES

CORRIE VS CORRIE

As reported previously on this blog, Charlie and family appear on the UK show All Star Family Fortunes which is the UK equivalent of the hit USA/Oz TV show Family Feud. Keep an eye out for TV times and dates as Charlie's episode of All Star Family Fortunes is coming soon - possibly early August.

#PURPLE DOOR PROJECT

Sir Ian McKellen and Charlie Condou patrons for Albert Kennedy Trust:

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) youth homeless charity the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) is today (24 July) delighted to announce the launch of its ‘Purple Door’ housing project for LGBT young people facing homelessness. The project consists of two housing initiatives, one in London and one in Greater Manchester, and is being supported by actors and AKT patrons Sir Ian McKellen and Charlie Condou.

In London, AKT has worked in partnership with Circle 33 to open the UK’s first LGBT specific safe house which is designed for the 76 per cent of the young people coming to AKT in London to escape domestic violence or hate crime as a result of coming out. Purple Door London will take LGBT young people out of danger and off the streets. They will stay in the safe house for approximately 21 days whilst specialist workers provide a bespoke intervention which covers longer-term accommodation, support, mentoring, advocacy and therapeutic care. With six bedrooms, plus shared space and facilities, the house will work with an estimated 100+ vulnerable young people per year, providing a safe, positive space for them to regain their self-esteem and autonomy.

In Greater Manchester, AKT has worked in partnership with Threshold and the New Charter Housing Group to open a four-bedroom 6-12 month supported housing project - the first in the northwest exclusively for LGBT young people. The project will support young people into education, employment and training, and equip them with the skills they need to live independently through a structured tenancy training program. We will work to address issues directly related to their sexual and/or gender identity and reduce the impact of the disadvantage they face. We will prepare young people with training on issues that affect them, such as coming out in the workplace and improving self-esteem, as well as standard independent living skills such as budgeting. In addition young people will have access to AKT’s portfolio of support such as mentoring and befriending.

If you like to read more go HERE

If you would like to add a #Purple Door Project ribbon to your Twitter avatar go HERE

BEHIND THE PURPLE DOOR

Charliecondou: @AlbertKennedyTr are delighted to launch #PurpleDoorProject housing initiative for #LGBT #youth facing homelessness http://ow.ly/nb4dD

AlbertKennedyTr: RT @Charliecondou: @AlbertKennedyTr are delighted to launch #PurpleDoorProject housing initiative for #LGBT #youth facing homelessness http://ow.ly/nb4dD

ChesterLGBT: RT @Charliecondou: @AlbertKennedyTr are delighted to launch #PurpleDoorProject housing initiative for #LGBT #youth facing homelessness http://ow.ly/nb4dD

AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME

Charliecondou: RT @Dan_Brocklebank: For anyone wondering what's it's really like to be an actor read this hauntingly accurate piece by @michael_simkins. http://m.guardian.co.uk/stage/2013/jul/23/paul-bhattacharjee-cory-monteith-acting

BOYCOTT 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS

Charliecondou: Have you signed yet? http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/52656

tangerine_lass: @Charliecondou Signed ;)

Adey_Barrett: @Charliecondou have now!

toddlerlex: @Charliecondou good on you

SeanYeates: @Charliecondou I have signed now..thanks for publicising

scabbyaggy: @Charliecondou just signed it

tingu_tigger: @Charliecondou signed :) xx

Janrob69: @Charliecondou Done x

MikeyAMcI: @Charliecondou Signed.

NeilrobertE: @BoyGeorge @Charliecondou Vladimir Putin is a pure whopper !!! #feedhimtothetrannies

PAUSED ON ITV

gemnewton: Paused on ITV1 on demand. You look like a right pair of stoners! @realsamia @Charliecondou

Charliecondou: @gemnewton @realsamia hahaha

ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY

Charliecondou: @fishmorehall looking forward to staying with you on Friday!

fishmorehall: @Charliecondou looking forward to your visit @fishmorehall

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ALL HE DOES IS COMPLAIN ABOUT MARCUS AND MARIA

Comments from this week's Coronation Street Blog - 23 July 2013 

Helen B: A better summing up next week's episodes would have been: Mandy leaves Weatherfield taking Jenna and Sophie with her; Gloria leaves Weatherfield taking Stella and Eva with her; Paul leaves Weatherfield taking his temper with him; Sean gets a storyline.

Anonymous: @Helen B Sean doesn't have a storyline because he can't do serious. What storyline would you want Sean to do? Sean gets sick like some kind of cancer? Sean becomes an alcoholic? Sean starts stealing? Sean starts up a charity? The only thing Sean does is complain about Marcus/Maria and make silly one liners. What would you like to see Sean do?

'SOME' CORRIE STARS WERE ADVISED NOT TO TWEET FROM WORK

Coronation Street bosses have sent a letter to cast members, saying: "Please consider the set a mobile and tweet-free zone....We realise that many of you use social media and networking sites and may wish to comment on your working lives - but we would prefer it if you didn't. Remember that any images can be accessed by the public." The letter goes on: "Disciplinary action may be taken against anyone who posts inappropriate pictures of yourself or any other members of the cast or anything that would portray The Street in a bad light... "Anyone who is caught out Tweeting anything embarrassing from now on is going to find themselves in very hot water." - See more at: http://www.corrieblog.tv/2010/07/corrie_stars_to_4.html