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April 2023

Stickles & Pikes
April 30, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Stickles & Pikes

Today we walked the Langdale Pikes in the Lake District and it was, if I’m honest, a bit of a slog. I think we bagged 5 Wainwrights. The cloud was all around once we’d climbed a couple of hundred

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Ey Up
April 28, 2023
Journal of a Journey

A Good Old Chat

Yesterday we were out & about delivering EyUp to shops & services & having a good old chat. Made some great new connections too. Stuart who owns the local guitar shop sourced us a brillian

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Cuppa and Cake with the Councillors
April 25, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Cancelled Hustings

Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway? I remember Susan Jeffers book, Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway having a great influence on me many years ago. I no longer have it, it’s one of the many books I le

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Connected Community
April 25, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Connected Community

It’s great to have my feet back in the local ground. I feel at home and have missed and been missed. I took the mother of the groom dress to the dry cleaners & dropped off some copies of Ey Up f

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The Big One
April 23, 2023
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The Big One

This weekend sees the Big One – an invitation for everyone to Unite to Survive – a non violent family friendly four day long protest in London. A protest which culminates in a demand to th

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Ey Up
April 22, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Ey Up (How are you?)

Ey Up – It’s Wigan West Community News has almost reached every letterbox in the ward of Wigan West.  Once we know it’s landed on everyone’s door mat we’ll post a copy online. We we

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Rewilding
April 20, 2023
Journal of a Journey

Weddings to Rewilding

Over the last two weeks I’ve gained a family member and a heap of new relations at the eldest sons wedding, having the most joyous and fun time with family and friends.  Then we took off to the

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Cuppa and Cake with the Councillors
April 6, 2023
Journal of a Journey

It’s A Sad Day for Democracy

After agreeing chat and a cuppa with local Councillors, over a brew, in the heart of the community, it now turns out that Labour Councillors have been advised by the Town Hall Legal team not to attend

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Cuppa and Cake with the Councillors
April 5, 2023
Journal of a Journey

 Cuppa & Cake with Councillors

At NH&S we believe that the more you support a community to get involved in doing things and making decisions together, the more they become interested in representative democracy. In ensuring its

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We say this work requires an open heart and a strong spine.  Anything that challenges capitalism and those who hoard power is notoriously difficult to do.

On the Springfield, Beech Hill and Gidlow CommUnity website, we document the joyful story of the community becoming more connected.

Here, the journal of the journey intends to talk more about the behind the scenes work that relates to the theory of change. To hold the looking glass as we walk.  

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