Wonderful Sarah Browning, our head kindness cheerleader, is both speaking at and running a short session on the power of noticing kindness at the Charity Meetup on 12th April. Get all the details right here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/charitymeetup/1178945 . Read some more around this topic before you come, or even if you can’t make it!: See kind: […]
I’m on the Sports Sister podcast with Olympian, Donna Fraser! I’m speaking as a grass-roots football parent as we dive into the topic of developing life skills through sport and why these skills are so important for women and girls, among other things. Give it a listen on your favourite podcast app or through this
I’m so excited to be talking about the power of kindness at the Ethical Reading meeting on 23rd January. The theme of the session is “The power and connection of kindness” and you’re invited! You can get a ticket to the webinar here or through the Ethical Reading website.
“I was on the verge of meltdown after a Universal Credit appointment and was trying to self soothe and calm myself down on the bus home. A woman on the bus in charge of two young children saw me and gave a reassuring smile which felt a lot like her saying ‘it’s ok, I see
“For anyone who’s ever been to a Charity Freelancer Chat – thanks so much ❤. I’ve been heartened by just how willing people are to get involved and help out: In our first session, Lauren Baxter created the directory for everyone to contribute to – not just our names, services, and LinkedIn profiles, but other
I was so excited to see this book recommendation from Clare Knighton over on LinkedIn. Her post declared “I finally found my Bible! If this book isn’t on your shelf, or in your hand, then make space and order yourself a copy!” High praise and I certainly can’t wait to give Kinder Conversations by Tim
I’m delighted that my guest this month is Holly Tuke, a disability blogger, freelance writer and charity comms professional. She shares with us how the kindness of accessible communications makes her feel, as a person living with a visual impairment. She also provides some top tips for resources to help you make your comms as
“I really struggle with phone calls, partly due to being Autistic, and needed a vets appointment for my dogs. I found one that seemed to have online booking, Live Well vets, but it turned out it didn’t, but they kindly booked me in through Instagram DM & my housemate took the confirmation call. Those two
Making your communication accessible is an important kindness that we can all action in different ways. This Global Accessibility Awareness Day I want to recommend the Accessible Communication information from Charity Comms which covers: Find out more and start making your communication more accessible.
It isn’t often understood that British Sign Language is a language in its own right, not just some sort of transcription – so if you speak BSL and there isn’t an interpreter, it’s like an English-speaker being shown something in Spanish. You might also not realise that you don’t need to learn BSL to communicate
