Jul
23
PSR and CSR
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Towards the end of my time with Ernst & Young I led a project to look at the firm’s CSR profile in Scotland and Northern Ireland. This was a fascinating exercise. I kind of sensed that my day job was about to end and when the chance to be involved in something completely different came […]
May
1
Caring for the wellbeing of others
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I have come across a couple of stories about caring have touched me for differing reasons.
Firstly, as a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development ( CIPD) here in the UK I get the magazine People Management every fortnight. I have to admit that sometimes it goes onto the shelf ( or into the recycling) […]
Apr
16
Social Justice
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In comments on my post on WILF Odd Jobs Robyn and Mark both asked about my sense of social justice and where that came from. I had never really thought about either having a “sense of social justice” as such or what had influenced that so I have taken a couple of days to mull […]
Feb
26
Admiration for those working in the charity sector
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When my friend Beth Edberg called me on Friday to ask if I would scribe at the Scottish Community Foundation Women’s Fund lunch yesterday I agreed because she asked so nicely and I was going to be there anyway. Little did I know what I would learn from the women who were there. It was […]
Feb
18
Hope for the future
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Hope - a wish or desire accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfilment.
Some time ago I attended an awards event for young people with diabetes. They had been asked to share what living with diabetes meant for them and there was an excellent array of posters covering all age groups. The young people themselves were accompanied […]