Tonight I have been asked to attend the Radio 4 Programme “Any Questions” and in preparation I have been updating myself on what is happening in the wider world and, in particular, where it impacts on our industry (the Voluntary and Community Sector). I have to say that I didn’t have to look far to look. One [...]
Transition basically means change – and we all know how hard change is to cope with, particularly when the change is not of our own doing. As a parent myself I know how difficult some of the transitions are and as I approach 50+ and face the prospect of ‘empty nest’ I am increasingly beginning [...]
Who would have thought that a Fundraising Planning Meeting could be fun – well, we certainly had a lively meeting on Wednesday! 11 of us took over the corner of the bar in the Solihull Holiday Inn (perhaps that why it was such fun?) and thanks should go to the poor man who had to [...]
This week, the SILC partnership (a consortium of health and social care organisations based in Solihull – SoLO is a member) got the go ahead to undertake a review of personalisation within the borough through the LINks programme. This will mean that we in SoLO will be approaching a number of people to gauge how [...]
Well, we have finally moved into the 21st Century! SoLO is now exploring the use of social networking (I know, we are a bit behind the times!) With the help of two lovely volunteers (one courtesy of SMBC – thankyou very much!) we have set up a Facebook page – although it does have a [...]