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Category Archives: Charities
The DfE ate our Brexit Homework
When I was a student, the required levels of Summer homework throughout my education was relatively superficial. However I have a friend who studies Law at Oxford where the beginning of each term commences with a series of exams, so … Continue reading
A great day out on Hove Lawns
As a Brighton resident throughout my entire adult life, one of my ongoing frustrations over many years has been the extent to which our political structures create an artificial barrier between the city and the rest of Sussex. This was … Continue reading
Today is the first day of …..
The idea that each day begins the rest of our lives is always easier to say than to apply to our behaviour. If that is the case on a personal level, imagine how hard it must be on a national … Continue reading
A clear lack of accountability
When elected Government officers make decisions to spend public money in ways that are clearly outside of their remit and go against the advice of their civil servants, there needs to be some form of accountability for them and learning … Continue reading
Cocoa Life good – fairly traded bad
The latest news in the changes to Fairtrade branding seems bound to cause challenges for consumers who are keen to support the producers of the food they purchase. Several years ago I had the pleasure of joining a small group … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Economics, Education, Environment
Tagged Cred, Fairtrade, Green and Blacks, Greg Valerio, Sainsbury
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We need our Big Lottery Refund!
Last week, Crawley MP Henry Smith used his website to encourage his constituents to apply for the Postcode Lottery’s Dream Fund. This opportunity exists across the UK. The fund consists of £3M of which one allocation will be £1M and … Continue reading
How do we combine our motivation for change?
This weekend in Brighton large parts of the city will be celebrating Pride as it falls within a few days of the 50th Anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. Last weekend I was in Liverpool where they were celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Church Teaching, Policing
Tagged Boomtown, Brighton & Hove, Liverpool, New Wine, Paul Bayes, Street Pastors
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The importance of a prepared exit route
We live in a nation that is struggling to make sense of how to leave the EU in a manner that is not destructive for either the UK or indeed the EU itself, which will remain our closest and largest … Continue reading
Too late to shut an important Stable Door
On 26th July Tim Loughton MP, for East Worthing and Shoreham asked a question of the Government. “To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which policy areas relevant to vulnerable children and young people are under consideration in … Continue reading
Loughton must extend his consultation
According to this news report, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children, chaired by Tim Loughton MP is in the process of asking Social Workers and those people currently training to be Social Workers if they believe the Government needs … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged Carers, Foster Carers, Social Workers, Tim Loughton MP
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