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Birthdays, Values, Art and 1984

It would seem that you have all been out enjoying the fine weather this week and simply haven’t had the time to blog, or you might have heard that it was me Kate Bentham in as your rubbish host and

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Nineteen Eighty-Four as lived by Karl

I absolutely loved this blog by Karl S Green. The blog includes extracts from a message book between home and nursery when it was 1984 and Karl was 3 years old. It highlights some of Karl’s interests at the time

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Highlights, hopes, growing places & 2013 in review

This is the #WeeklyBlogClub Week 52 summary. That means that we’ve been going for two whole years – which is not bad since I thought that the blog would trail off and end by March 2012. We have had over

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Careers, kids and having it all

A very personal blog this week from Nicola Davies who writes about giving up her much loved career as she tried to juggle work, children and her own expectations. Nicola has since gone on to continue to make her career

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Posted in Business, childcare, equality, family, freelancers, gender, public sector, relationship, setting goals, working practices

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

Letting go

Phil writes on the Shropshire Family Information blog about being the father of teenagers, about letting go, and yet continuing to be a parent. Letting go by Phil on the Shropshire Family Information Service blog.

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Work, babbies, campervans and life. Part 1

By Darren Caveney The older I get the more chilled I become about many a thing. I’m comfortable in my middle-aged skin, recognise my flaws but we co-exist quite happily. I have a job, so I am one of the

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No money? No food? No Problem, Go online

Kate Bentham understands the practicalities of how some people who most need help (for example, care leaver with young baby) are able to communicate, and provides a reality check. No money? No food? No Problem, Go online by Kate Bentham.

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Posted in childcare, communicating, digital technology, family, food, poverty, public sector, social care, working practices

Inspiring youngsters + research, resilience, randomness

It became clear when going through the Week 11 contributions that inspiring youngsters was a theme that had emerged over the previous few days. Sometimes themes emerge organically, with one post sparking off an idea for another one. This one

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The relevance of resilience in healthcare

Angela Rowe is a first-time contributor to the Ayrshire Health blog and to Weekly Blog Club. She considers how resilient some children and young people can be in very difficult circumstances; and why and how healthcare services can be developed

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