No more shielding or self-isolating but a crucial time for recovery, reflection and a reality check for Calderdale charities! When the coronavirus pandemic is a distant memory one word will stand out for me more than any other – that word is UNPRECEDENTED. Every Government press conference, every interview every news bulletin described the spread…
It’s now been just over 80 days since the UK went into lockdown. 80 days is as long as it took Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg character to circumnavigate the world and in that time 7.5 million people have been infected by the corona virus called Covid-19 (corona virus disease 2019). 420,000 people have succumbed to…
Monday 23th March 2020 will be indelibly etched on all our memories for as long as we live on planet Calderdale because it was the day we officially went into lockdown to protect ourselves and others from the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown has meant a number of things but from a work perspective it meant closing…
I am generally a half glass full type of person and try to look for the positives in life. I like to support the underdog in a sporting contest to hopefully see David sleigh Goliath. I like to see the best in people, take people at face value and most of all I like to…
What prompted this blog was that I have been asked by my Chair of Trustees to produce a discussion paper on Diversity for my Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation for Calderdale (the Foundation). This is a very important piece of work given the re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement brought to the…
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