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And her ideas became a reality .... like ours will be

A company set up by a woman who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

An inspirational story for CLP and BAC - how ideas were turned into a reality by a woman with MS, and how she engaged with others, valuing their ideas and experiences.

This is a website/blog that features fundraiser stories. They share their tips and insights. Fab! They're on twitter

Hi lovely show ponies ;-) did an article on my blogpost which thought would be interesting when you got time to give it a look ;-) something inspired by the last book I read ;-)

US article helping volunteers with their CVs (resumes)

Community organisations are increasingly agents of the state, and no longer radical champions of social justice. Ruth Townsley, Voice and Impact manager, questions whether community organisations are losing their critical voice. The independent voice of the sector, the voice that challenges the 'one size fits all' policies of government, and which calls to account statutory services, the voice which connects with marginalised groups of many types to ensure they are not bypassed by the generic central government solutions, is being eroded.

If you are drawing down public funding, there has to be some agreement between funder and community organisation - otherwise why would we be given the money? I think we have to be subversive and creative, and tweak funding to fulfil our learners' needs.