Comfort the Afflicted
Comfort the Afflicted, Afflict the Comfortable ? A phrase penned by American humorist & writer Finley Peter Dunne, some hundred years ago, when writing about how newspapers should impact soci
A Charming Man
A Charming Man or Human and Equal? Yesterday I wrote about the way in which I thought that placing link workers in community space might damage or weaken community systems. And, afterwards I thought m
Mutual Musings
Expert in a Corner Had a lovely time at Make to Mine yesterday. I painted a bag with the Ey Up logo. I’ll use it when I’m visiting shops and services in the community with copies. It was a l
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
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
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
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
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
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
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