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Category Archives: Obituary
The tragic death of a man I had the privilege to work with
Joel Edwards is a man who I first met when he was the General Director of the Evangelical Alliance and we spent many years working together on a number of issues and connections. One of his early roles before that … Continue reading
It is vital that unitary Councils are not the only solution to consider
Earlier today two pieces of news emerged that both relate to local Councils albeit in very different ways. The first was the sad news that ex Council leader of Oxford County Council Keith Mitchell has died. I worked with Keith … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Obituary, Parliament and Democracy, Planning Rules
Tagged CCN, Keith Mitchell, SEERA, Unitary Councils
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Happy Birthday Florence, and thank you to all Nurses and Midwives including Mary!
I am very proud of all of the people I have ever met who are Nurses, Midwives or who work in the NHS in contexts that help to make the settings better for all of us. One of my friends … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Health Reform, Obituary
Tagged Candy Morris, Florence Nightingale, Lisa Rodrigues, Mary Seacole, Yvonne Doyle
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The Tragic death of Tracey Allen
The death of Tracey on Thursday morning has become public today and her departure will leave a very significant gap in our city for a long time to come. The announcement arrived as so often is the case from twitter … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Obituary
Tagged Community Works, Tracey Allen, Vervate
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HMY Iolaire and SS Mendi and nearly 900 tragic deaths
Earlier this year I had the privilege of travelling to Stornaway as part of our trip to the Isles of Harris and Lewis and was able to spend a few minutes at the Memorial set up a few months earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged HMY Iolaire, Isle of Lewis, Isle of Wight, South Africa, SS Mendi, Stornaway
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The loss of some utterly amazing people
Yesterday thanks to facebook, I discovered the loss of two people, one of whom I have known for many years and who made an enormous contribution to the South East National Offender Management Service. Soraya is pictured here, her death … Continue reading
Remembering a great bloke
Yesterday I received a very sad message announcing the death of a man who I had got to know over the last 5 years. Peter died in the arms of his wonderful wife on Wednesday, having suffered from prostrate cancer … Continue reading
