Thanks to our friends @EngageNews1 for sharing info about the Laureus Sport for Good Response Fund. Grant funding and in-kind support available to help ensure Sport for Development programmes can continue. More info here 👉 bit.ly/3fih2EX
Comic Relief have launched a £9m Change Makers programme. Funding for organisations looking at the social and structural changes needed to address the longer term impact of Covid-19 on communities. Open for applications Mon 13 July. Find out more 👉: bit.ly/2ZaEBKc
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All SEN Members | Supporting Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing. Join us on Friday 17 July from 1.30pm - 3pm to talk about helping staff return to work post lockdown. See 👇and 👉 bit.ly/38E1V6w for more info #socent#mentalwellbeingpic.twitter.com/AbV4…
Exit Interview
Blake Morrison
October 2013
This poem is my exit interview.
I'm giving HR my reasons for leaving.
They sit there like psychiatrists, taking notes.
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The Guardian
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Craig Dearden-Phillips
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The Jimmy Reid Foundation
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Introduction
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Your editorial (Comment, 29 December) makes the vital point that we each need to think about how we will act if o…
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Never mind a new fitness regime for 2014, resolve instead to make things better witho…
Homeless World Cup
Homeless World Cup
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It’s been more than a decade since we started the Homeless World Cup and over that time, what an impact we have made. What started as a simple idea…
Pairc Estate buyout: Crofters offered public funding
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