Monthly Archives: July 2013

Seasides, mugging donkeys, and the importance of feeling good

This week’s summary has been an endurance trial just to find the posts and create the summary list. I have had to do it all on a mobile device because my laptop is broken. Although the WordPress app has been

Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, animals, beaches, childcare, communicating, disability, friendship, hardware, health services, holiday, mental health, patient care, performing arts, photography, public relations, social care, therapy, working practices

Thinking, Singing, Dancing

Hello lovely bloggers, it’s me Kate Bentham, sitting in the Weekly Blog Club seat for a second week on the trot. How’s your week been then? Have you been enjoying the sun? Had any ice cream? I have, natch. We’ve

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A Social City of Culture

Hooray! Dundee is getting it’s very own social media surgery. This week Kenny McDonald blogs about how this came about, why it’s important to the city, and how people can become involved. A Social City of Culture by Kenny McDonald

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Thinking out loud

Artist Janet Davis has been looking for some inspiration for her own work and future direction, in particular around the idea of books and multiples, and the opportunity of pulling together some of her images she has of Ouseburn. Janet

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Menopause in the workplace

With such a significant proportion of the workforce being women, and being over the age of 50, many are experiencing the hormonal changes of the perimenopause and of the menopause. Heather Currie blogs about the effects of this in the

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Creative.Digital.Likeable

A really useful blog post this week for anyone looking to break into a career in PR. Ross Wigham has asked some influential comms people what they consider to be key skills and attributes needed to stand out from the crowd and get hired.

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Six ‘award winning’ tips

A great blog from Ross Wigham this week, who offers some top tips for anyone considering entering a piece of work or campaign for an award. Ross talks from experience having won awards himself, and who is now also involved

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DonateLife Transplant Choir

An inspiring guest blog this week from Rob Graham, husband on Kathryn Graham who is waiting for a new heart and lungs, and who blogs to raise awareness of organ donation. Rob tells us of the first public performance of

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Dancing with myself…integration – my personal journey (so far!)

On the Ayrshire Health Blog this week we have Kerry Gilligan, an Occupational Therapist, discussing Integration.Kerry suggests that whilst the partnerships are important, self integration is key and one which delivers Occupational Balance. Kerry reflects on her own occupation imbalance

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Things I’ll miss: Cats and social media

In 4 weeks time Graham Budd sets off on a new adventure, with a one way ticket to South Korea. This week he considers some of the things he’s leaving behind and will miss. As well as the cats, there

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