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29 March 2010
Total Partnerships
During the recent financial and political uncertainty there has been a clarion call from all sectors about the need to be innovative, creative and, most importantly, bold. At a recent OTS / I&DeA conference about Total Place...
30 November 2009
A Gathering Storm.
While some parts of the country are being ravaged by storms and once in a thousand year floods, other parts are serenely oblivious to the worst that Mother Nature has to offer.
I think even the most unimaginative sixth form...
23 November 2009
What do the following numbers have in common? 9,000 and 36.
The answer is a recent research application, about which a colleague has just sent bad news: their bid for a research project has turned out to be unsuccessful. 9,000 words for the...
28 October 2009
No third sector.
The main speaker at the annual conference of the Association of Charitable Foundations is Nick Hurd, MP for Hillingdon and Shadow Minister for the Third Sector. He is eager to outline his priorities should he “get the...
26 October 2009
Water
A squally afternoon in late October. A child asks, “is it too cold to go to the splash park?” A seemingly straightforward, neatly contained question, to which the unsurprising answer is “Yes.” Resolution appears to have...