Banner photo by Sam Balye on Unsplash 5 tips every Head Teacher should tell their pupils before the Summer With the summer holidays a matter of days away, every Head Teacher will be looking to wish their pupils a safe and happy summer break. Unfortunately we should not take for granted that all Read more…
It’s nearly the New Year and driven by positive intent, many of us will be thinking about where we are in our lives and what we want to achieve in the next year. Will we change jobs, study for that extra qualification, finally do that marathon, learn Spanish or lose Read more…
This Saturday, 4 July 2020, pubs will re-open across England. In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland this event will take place in the next few weeks. Alongside this much welcomed news there is an appeal for calm celebration, as police forces across England announce they will deploy additional patrols. It Read more…
Across the United Kingdom, everybody is now into self-isolation because of the Coronavirus outbreak. We are all directed to stay at home unless we are key workers, only to leave those homes for essential activities, like shopping, and to exercise once per day. The roads around the country are visibly Read more…
For eight months, in 2015-2016, I worked in Sierra Leone as a part of the British Government effort to help the country overcome its deadly Ebola virus outbreak. My specific job was to work with their Office of National Security, to help them build capacity to manage their own disaster Read more…
unsplash-logoYou X Ventures When did you last find yourself questioning how you had responded to some event? “I wish I hadn’t said that”, or “I responded badly”, are both common internal monologues. The answer for many of us will be, “recently”, and “I do it far too often”. Even if Read more…
Oh yes, it’s the time of year when we not only pause to celebrate, but also to think about who we are and what we want to be going forward. It’s 2020 New Year Resolution time. Well here’s 5 commitments you can make, from today, which will help you and Read more…
Preparing for the adventure of your life. Taking a gap year and travelling abroad is now more popular than ever. Every year approximately 250,000 18-25 year olds from the UK take some form of gap year. It is seen increasingly as a good thing to do. In fact, did you Read more…
We are community people, stronger and far more capable together than apart. The pack uses the strengths of its individuals to its best interests and shelters less capable more vulnerable members. Within this context we often sub consciously subscribe to the pack’s ability to make the best safety decisions on Read more…