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One Year to the Day! (and an invitation)

January 20, 2015 by andyruck

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

October 31, 2014 by andyruck

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

September 26, 2014 by andyruck

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)

July 15, 2014 by andyruck

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

June 3, 2014 by andyruck

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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