Monthly Archives: April 2015

On the eve of a challenge

Posted on April 30, 2015 by amandacomms1

Tomorrow is the 1st May. May Day. For me it is the start of another May test. Once again I am doing the ‘blog a day in May’ challenge and will be writing a blog for every day of the … Continue reading →

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A concert and birthday party – thoughts on modern life

Posted on April 25, 2015 by amandacomms1

I had a couple of interesting events this week. Firstly, I went to watch a concert along with many others. We all came together to enjoy the live music and hear the old hits being belted out. Then today I … Continue reading →

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The opening credits

Posted on April 19, 2015 by amandacomms1

I had an odd thought today that I wanted to share. Listening to the radio and a TV theme came on I can’t remember what it was exactly but as I was driving I thought about those 1980s opening credits. … Continue reading →

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Can’t prioritise development?

Posted on April 16, 2015 by amandacomms1

In recent years being able to provide staff training and development has become an increasing challenge. With budgets being squeezed, it is easy to remove the money for anything beyond legal and critical job training. There have been attempts to … Continue reading →

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Profanities, Lent and a bit of retraining

Posted on April 4, 2015 by amandacomms1

I set myself a test more than a month ago. It was to give up swearing during Lent and it sounded like a really simple thing. Yesterday I came to the end of my challenge and found I had gained … Continue reading →

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