On 21st May 2012 an audience of awesome people came to Somerset house for a Big society event – an evening with Martyn Sibley. Martyn is one their ‘nexters’ from his social enterprise activities online for disabled people. Karl James interviewed Martyn on his personal experiences leading into his projects and looks at the future… Continue Reading
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A new chapter
Where to start! The past weeks have been mind blowing. I have clocked up a bit of travel, mainly visiting Spain for my EVS planning visit, and had so many things to get in order before March. If you haven’t caught up on my 2 months ahead in Spain you can read about it here… Continue Reading
Speaking for the ‘Inspired Group’
The wonder of Twitter continues. Having connected with Ann Hawkins she kindly asked me to speak to her Cambridge based networking group – http://theinspiredgroup.com/. With 12 topics this year, one each month, I plunged myself into whether self belief is a key part to success. Here is my talk.
2011: The year I aimed for the stars
My fellow co-editor of up and coming magazine Disability Horizons and I decided to write an end of year article. I felt if I were to attempt a general news round-up it’d be shockingly stale and whilst I do have a reputable voice in the disability world; I decided to not pontificate on the past… Continue Reading
A romantic weekend
I find when thinking up blog topics, I swing like a pendulum. The summer is definitely more diarised as I am out and about, keen to share the where and how. Meanwhile in the winter I am watching the chest infections and staying in the warm – this leads to more ‘bigger picture’ blog topics…. Continue Reading
Why disability is a social problem and what you can do about it
Following my last blog post explaining the very new and never used before concept of ‘a day in the life of’ (ok so maybe it has been used once or twice), I tried to open up on how many inputs I require, to have the many outputs I enjoy. I also promised the next blog would outline… Continue Reading