Well would you believe it… 20th January. One year ago to the day, fresh from a two-month stint of unemployment very extended Christmas break, I stepped into the Sub-Arctic climate of the Stirling office meeting room and began ...
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Behind the Scenes
In the early stages of this placement, I heard quite a few references to our work being “reactive”, and I wasn’t sure what it meant at the time. In this behind the scenes look at two sessions I recently ran with St Andrews RC ...
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Autumn beginnings
As summer rolls into Autumn, the sky takes on a certain subtle shade of blue, the leaves turn yellow and orange, and the bushes around Mortonhall are heavy with blackberries. It’s hard to believe, firstly, that I’ve used up ...
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Young Carers Residential (and other stories)
Ok, so it was a month ago already, and the fact I’ve only just found time to blog about it is testament to the action-packed summer I – and the rest of the Skills and Employability team - have been having. But TCV’s very ...
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Sheep, Shepherds and Shelters
Half an hour after the above photo was taken, the six people in it were engaged in an altogether stranger activity than the shelter-building depicted here. Blindfolded and with arms outstretched to avoid walking face-first ...
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