I have been advised that I should not blog about the NHS Continue reading →

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We are pleased you want to volunteer for the Ferndale Church Winter Night Shelter (CWNS). Continue reading →

I must confess, and this is especially so in more recent years, that I have a certain fascination in what is taking place across “the Pond”, Continue reading →

I arrived home today to learn that England, unsurprisingly, have lost the fourth and final cricket test match against South Africa in South Africa. Continue reading →

In recent years, when asked what I do, I often say I am a community activist. Continue reading →

One of the re-occurring themes in recent years in my dealing with the homeless is frequently supplying them with sleeping bags, Continue reading →

Tonight I attended an event that came under the title “a living conversation with Giles Goddard” Continue reading →

Sometimes, I get to read about something that I consider as significant and then have to weigh the pros and cons of writing about what it is I have picked up. Continue reading →

It is some years now, and I wrote about it in my book: “Outside the Camp” and in my “Missing Communities Report”, when I had some involvement in the setting up and running of the “SOS Men’s Group”. Continue reading →

When I first got into community work in a big way, around the turn of the millennium, it was in the area of mental health, addressing gaps in service provision. Continue reading →