How do you get kids interested in and excited about biodiversity? Take them out into a rich habitat and let them catalogue everything they find! Fortunately you don’t have to go to the rain forest, one of the oldest natural parkland spaces is just south of Bristol‘s city centre at Ashton Court. The 30 hour… Continue reading Bristol BioBlitz
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Uncovering Strengths and Building Resilience
I recently attended a Mental Health Update workshop entitled: Uncovering Strengths and Building Resilience with CBT: A four Step Model. I wasn’t sure what to expect as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is not an area I have worked in. I think the workshop description outlines it better than I could: Resilient people face and manage positive… Continue reading Uncovering Strengths and Building Resilience
Entrepreneur Gardening
This is a re-post from the Open Coffee Bristol blog. This morning’s Open Coffee Club meeting took place in the very pleasant surroundings of The Boston Tea Party‘s garden. A lovely summer’s morning complemented the positive ideas being discussed in the light of HP Lab’s partial pull out of their Bristol facility. Stephen Maudsley was… Continue reading Entrepreneur Gardening
Centipedes & Summer Fetes
Some time ago Sam started volunteering at the Child Development Centre (CDC) in Plymouth as an Assistant Clinical Psychologist. This weekend was their first Summer Fete, so we went along to help out. Sam put her culinary qualifications & skills to use planning and organising the refreshments stand with lots of cream teas, and I… Continue reading Centipedes & Summer Fetes
Design, faster than a bullet
[This is a re-post from the Bristol Design Festival blog where I’m guest blogging the festival. And updated with better graphics thanks to Mike.] Just back from a cracking talk by Mike Turner, Senior Designer on the Bloodhound SSC project. [Full disclosure, I’m a member of the Bloodhound SSC 1K Club; everything I say is… Continue reading Design, faster than a bullet
Grafikea – the good, the bad & the WTF?!
[This is a re-post from the Bristol Design Festival where I’m a guest blogger – check out the original and all the other action over their blog.] Along with a couple hundred others, I thoroughly enjoyed the Bristol Design Festival’s launch party last night, however, I was taking a specific interest in the Grafikea entries.… Continue reading Grafikea – the good, the bad & the WTF?!
PEGs are not just for hanging out the laundry!
The clothes peg is a commonly used (at least in the summer) household object. Most of us have them, though we rarely regard them. They are so basic yet so useful, they have the ability of serving many functions in addition to it’s original one. It can be used to hang stuff, to hold, to fasten, endless number of uses. The… Continue reading PEGs are not just for hanging out the laundry!
Should I pay or should I go?
I had a really good discussion with Jack & Nigel in the Watershed a couple nights back. Jack’s launching a new venture and wanted some advice. Nigel and I pitched in our thoughts, as did Micheal when he turned up a bit later. Jack’s key question was around the business model. How much of his… Continue reading Should I pay or should I go?
Show me the Money – BSSP
In my earlier post, I revealed some analysis that I’d asked Nigel to undertake and my interpretation of that analysis. Here I offer some thoughts on what actions businesses might take away from this. The first thing to note is that unless you’re a Bank or car company, Government support for you probably won’t change… Continue reading Show me the Money – BSSP
Business Support Simplification – an analysis
Is it possible for a Government to provide simple support to businesses? Well the UK Government thinks it is, but recognises that it hasn’t been very good at the simple part. A few years ago some wag pointed out that there were over 3,000 different grants, programmes, schemes, advice networks, etc (nobody really knew the… Continue reading Business Support Simplification – an analysis