Over the past few years I’ve been getting increasingly concerned about some of the language that folks in the voluntary sector are using. In particular,…
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A presentation I made to voluntary youth leaders in Oxfordshire today… Click here to access the PowerPoint slides and associated notes.
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Tonight, France is in mourning. Last night, between 21:20, local time, and 22:00, Paris suffered a series of deadly attacks, described by President Francois Hollande as “unprecedented”.…
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My address to delegates of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Forum 2015 in Toronto, Canada Your Royal Highness, Honourable ministers, Chairman, My Lord, Ladies…
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Many years ago, I worked as a volunteer in a refugee camp on the border between Uganda and Rwanda. The experience changed my perspective…
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In France they know it as a ‘foulard’; in German it’s a ‘halstuch’. In Mexico and the Spanish speaking word it’s a ‘pañoleta’. But where…
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A little over a week ago, I wrote a blog post on the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on the cities of…
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