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Sometimes your expectations are blown out of the water – I love it when that happens.
I recently met Michael. He was a fellow speaker at an event and blew me away with his humanity, humour and ability to tell his story. Read more »
I’m not a geek, but I must master social media…
I’m a serial workshop attender – how to market, fundraise, teambuild, whatever – I’m there. The bacon butties are a draw and it’s a good way to network.
The trendy workshops recently have been on social networks. They’ve helped me; I’m on LinkedIn and Twitter; but recently I went to one that stood out from the crowd. It was practical, recognising that social media can take over your whole life if you let it, with little to show except a superficial knowledge of Justin Bieber, the occupy movement and what everyone’s watching on TV. Today may just have saved me from becoming a disillusioned ex-tweeter. Read more »
Hats off to the unsung many
Six months ago on my allotment I got an insect bite. It made me very ill and I’m only just recovering – slowly. I took the good fortune of my health for granted; it’s been a huge shift to adjust to my new reality.
We good people in the voluntary sector are so great at caring; we’re champions of those we work for. It has been a shock to discover I didn’t know a fraction of what it really is like. I just had no idea until I ‘walked in their shoes’. Read more »
This is what it’s all about
I felt shocking as I came into work recently – temperature,
headache, aching joints – but something happened just as I arrived which made
me feel very good.
Although employed by The Adsetts Partnership, my workplace
is in Autism Plus’ Sheffield Centre. It is a great place to work; there is always a buzz. Based here are two day service groups,
a group of teenagers from a local special school waiting for their new school is
being built, Jobsteps, which runs various activities for groups and individuals, and a
health champions group that runs the tuck shop. Forty or more individuals
receiving community support use the centre too.
What? Collaboration again? But maybe we can make it work……
Careful what you wish for, my granny used to say. National
media interest in our sector that we would have given our last Rolo for a year
ago. And we’re so busy working out
how we fit into the new world and how we’ll hang on long enough to be a part of
the cake-sharing, we can’t appreciate it.
