How much are memories worth?

Posted by on Aug 31, 2008 in updates | 17 comments A guest post by Audrie Reed. I met Audrie at a friend’s house recently and she told me about her business of capturing family memories on video and recording them for posterity, and I thought it would make an interesting post. However, it’s not all plain sailing. She would appreciate any advice on how to take this forward and make it a success. This is her story: I received a...
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MPs boost funds for Headway

Posted by on Aug 25, 2008 in updates | 13 comments I received a cheque for £750 yesterday from John Hayes MP, a generous patron of Headway Cambridgeshire of which I am vice chair of the trustees. John,Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills, suffered a serious head injury following a road accident in his early 20s. The money was the proceeds of a charity cricket match held last year in Moulton, Lincolnshire where John lives, and it...
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Time now to ditch Strasbourg parliament

Posted by on Aug 25, 2008 in updates | 7 comments My MEP Robert Sturdy has a letter in The Times today stating it is time to ditch the absurd "travelling circus" to Strasbourg following the partial collapse of its ceiling. He says: Surely this is the perfect time to stop throwing away good money after bad. I am referring to the partial collapse of the European Parliament’s ceiling in Strasbourg, which proves that it is a flawed...
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Have you tried punting?

Posted by on Aug 21, 2008 in updates | 15 comments My son David is taking part in a sponsored punt race in Cambridge this evening, and he has banned me from going to watch. I doubt he will end up with a Cambridge blue as this is his first try at steering the long pole, along with team mates from the city’s Dune Shoes where he works at weekends. As I understand it, Cambridge and Oxford stand at opposite ends of the punt when they steer. I...
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Becoming a facilitator

Posted by on Aug 19, 2008 in updates | 18 comments Because of my increasingly involved role chairing trustees’ meetings at Headway Cambridgeshire, I have signed up for a two-day facilitator’s course in London next week. I am quite shy in the leadership role and am keen to learn the skills required to carry out this new role with confidence. I am undertaking lots of other new tasks for the first time too, helping to set up...
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From student to soldier in South Ossetia

Posted by on Aug 12, 2008 in updates | 14 comments On Facebook, I read a message from a Ukranian friend Katerina saying how she was fed up reading "so much contradictions and lies" on British and Russian websites about the situation in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia She has been following the conflict on a blog written by a student turned soldier from South Ossetia who was in Tskhinvali sending updates to his blog via his mobile as there...
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Taking a summer break

Posted by on Aug 1, 2008 in updates | 21 comments I have a hectic month ahead of me, so I shall be taking a summer break from blogging. We are spending some time in London over the next few days and have booked into a boutique hotel in Covent Garden for a few nights. I am so looking forward to the buzz of city life and a brief cultural swap from my quiet Cambridgeshire village. I asked bloggers for recommendations about which London show teenage...
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