Last week, I listened to four young people tell their Award stories at a lunch held in Johannesberg, to celebrate 60 years of The Duke…
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I recently had the opportunity to spend time with Johan Vilhelm Eltvik, the Secretary General of the World YMCA. Over the last few months, the…
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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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Yesterday afternoon I had the privilege of speaking at a high school graduation ceremony. At this time of year, these are happening all over…
Leave a CommentStories like this, which I’ve adapted from an American website, always have a way of putting the right perspective on life. Jean Thompson stood…
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A friend of mine is about to change roles in Scouting from working with Beavers (6-8 year olds) to working with Cubs (8-10 year…
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