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Hi folks, sorry I have missed two Fridays worth of blogs, but it was my wife’s birthday on Friday 4 May, so I took the day off so we could go to Kew Gradens..in the cold..and rain..I then had last … Continue reading →

The early part of the week has required concentration on Governance – with Trustees’ meeting on Tuesday evening, and a meeting early on Wednesday with the facilitator of our forthcoming strategy awayday. The Trustees approved the Business Plan for 2012/13 … Continue reading →

Hi everyone – back from Easter break this week. Our figures show 3,000 blog visits last year (2011/12). I know that’s not quite Stephen Fry, or Barack Obama but hey – who knows?!! I have to hit a new target … Continue reading →

Well the petrol strike that never was (as yet), and the hosepipe ban that causes it to rain – how contrary life is! The PM launched Big Society Bank and I watched Sir Ronald Cohen (Chairman) on the tv talking … Continue reading →

We had a very successful Celebration of Youth at Esher High School last Saturday, although there was a great deal of traffic chaos in the surrounding area that afternoon causing many of us, including me to be late in setting … Continue reading →

Well an intensely busy week – I am off shortly to the Surrey Sports Conference which is again at Kempton Park , and organized by Active Surrey for the Surrey Sports Partnership. The TV rugby and tennis presenter John Inverdale … Continue reading →

It has felt like a tough week, partly self-inflicted as I took Wednesday off to undertake some interviews with clergy about their approach to pastoral care – being the subject of my MA Theology dissertation due in by the end … Continue reading →

Well it’s been a slightly nuts and bolts week by my standards, with no particularly discernible theme. I have now met up with the new interim CEO of Surrey Community Action who are engaged in the difficult process of reshaping … Continue reading →

Another really enjoyable week, and 1 March means that in the gardening calendar Spring is here, which is great. Slightly more seriously, I gave a presentation to a Children England SE Families Network about social finance, pointing out that historically … Continue reading →

It’s been a brilliant and enjoyable week.  As any regular readers will know, one of my constant themes is that the voluntary sector needs to link more closely with businesses and corporates, and vice versa, to fill the gap caused … Continue reading →