Our friend and colleague Albus (Upsetting content)

This is so sad news to hear.

I remember if I had a Macbook related question, Albus would be the first person to answer.

R.I.P Albus, you will be missed.

Is there any way Scope could honour Albus in anyway .He was very reassuring on his answers. Taken to soon. He will be really missed.

I am really shocked to hear this and so very sorry. My condolences to his family and friends.

I’ve not been here very long and @Albus_Scope was so lovely in replying to me and offering support. I’m sending my condolences and thoughts go to those who knew him and of him far longer than I had x

So so sad, he obviously left an impression personally and professionally, and anyone who is kind to animals goes up in my estimations.

Hope in time those closest smile when remembering Albus.

RIP.

I am so sorry Albus of SCOPE died.

I cannot pretend to know him well, but:

• he was genuine in what he said, in his emotional vulnerability, because of the UC and PIP bill.
• he was kind and helpful when my 33 disabilities, prevented me from participating in SCOPE discussion forums,
• he accepted the help offered by me, and others and that takes courage, given distress and disability stigmas, he was courageous, and a good worker.
• he was a good man
• Or was he a she its hard to tell in email, and I do not want to be sexist, having been brought up by a single mother, who was battered by my stepdad.

you are welcome to pass on these and others comments if they consent? And if it might help his friends and relatives.

The best tribute we can make to Albus, and many others like him is:

Yes, we need to express sorrow, and grieve, each in our own way, with compassion for ourselves, and others, to mediate thus

on his life with gratitude,

and determination to continue our work as a union of more powerful than we know,

compassion, of disabled and distressed. mental health service users, survivors and thrivers.

Forhe isgone, we are still here the struggle for equality, human civil and political rights, and less or no stgmas, goes on.

Never give up, please sublimate your grief, joy, fond memories of Albus, and others,

in our movement, for social justice, who have died, and will die, into the quest for more equality, freedom, continued benefit rights.

All of that and more.

Albus would not want us to give up,

was brave, daring, and courageous re expressing his vulnerabilities, and as a man in a sexist society, I know how hard it can be to be emotionally expressive, and kind with it too.

So

- let us grieve;

- be ever stronger, and determined with love, not bitterness,

- in our personal lives boosting our spirit in the face of often brutal stigmas

- and keep Campaigning for more socialism, equality and the valuing of disabled peoples, even in the adversity of a Labour, a Labour (?!) adopting Tory, cruel policies, no matter how hard or easy.