Mother Teresa is reported to have responded to a reporter who had commented that her contribution to helping the poor was just a drop in the ocean, by pointing out that an ocean is simply a collection of drops. I have been thinking as we near the Christmas break of all the little contributions which…
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The Importance of a Soft Foundation
Opposite my house at the moment is a huge building site which makes for a messy outlook and a lot of noise from dawn to dusk. What struck me most was the huge number of people that turn up each day and then seem to get swallowed up in some big hole somewhere and nothing…
Any Job Will Do?
When I was a keen young drug worker, full of my own self-importance and believing with all the naivety of youth that I actually knew something, I tended to think in terms of outcomes rather than achievements. It was only after lots of hard lessons about real life that I began to fully realise that…
New Disclosure Rules: What Happens Next?
On 30th November 2020 changes come into law which significantly alter the situation for many people who have been denied access to jobs they have been suitable for, because of disclosure issues relating in some cases to old offences with little or no relevance to the job they were applying for. This is an area…