Party & Produce
On 7th May we hosted picnic in the park, the local Coronation Party. The idea was to keep it as cost free as possible for local families. The only chargeable item on the day was an ice cream, provided
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