What love letter would you write…
A report this week says that writing love letters is a dying art. Yet we all still yearn to receive one… The survey was performed online by the National Trust, with over […]
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My breakfast TV debut…..
Under most circumstances I’m not an early morning person. Now I’ve struggled with this for most of my life so when you have to appear on breakfast TV the next morning, frankly it […]
In front of your own eyes…
It’s amazing what you can discover in the window of your local post office. And sometimes things you search for in distant places are right before you if only you’d […]
Talking of collaboration….
When I wrote on UK Fundraising about the need for both the right mix of co-operation and competition and independence and collaboration in the sector I hadn’t expected to see such […]
Charlie’s a hero – one of many…
Charlie Simpson is a small hero today. When the 8-year-old from Fulham wanted to do something to help earthquake victims in Haiti he simply got on his bike and raised money […]
The greatest peak in your life..
Erich Segal, the man who wrote Love Story died this week from Parkinson’s Disease. Segal was a classics professor at Yale University when he wrote the book, which became an Oscar-winning 1970 […]
Why wait for someone else….
I attended the Legacy Marketing Groups session on challenges for 2010 yesterday. And we have a few by all accounts. I, along with Richard Ratcliffe, Meg Abdy and others set out our […]
A story that made a difference…
I was reminded this week of a story that I found both inspiring and helpful at just the right time when I needed one. It’s amazing that there always seems […]
Laughter and tears….
I spent the day doing radio interviews for Remember a Charity, with the UK’s no 1 Funeral Director, Barry Albin Dyer, best known for ITV’s Don’t drop the coffin and the […]
Where were you when you first saw 3D..
So, where were you when you first saw a 3D movie?. For many, the first experience will have been at your local multiplex watching Avatar this week. It really does have the […]