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Apparently, joy is the new bleak

LarryWinger
January 21, 2022
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Perhaps we don’t think that writing follows trends, but according to @thebookseller (yes, I’m gradually getting my head around the twittertariat) the zeitgeist is moving towards joy. Agents and publishers are looking for manuscripts that deal with that particular emotion….

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Access and Inclusion Communications In-Between Times

Proofs accepted; printing in process

LarryWinger
January 10, 2020
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Well, let’s see . . . a fair bit of work has gone into the compiling of all the components for the big ‘book of the blog,’ but it’s all finished now, and the proof came back by 1st Class…

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Access and Inclusion Education External Funding Healthy Living Sports

Allendale Sports Hall

LarryWinger
December 7, 2019
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You’re never quite sure just what facility people are talking about, when you hear the words ‘Sports Hall,’ because they could be meaning the ‘Sports Club Pavilion’ over at the playing fields, or the big ‘Sports Hall’ beside the Primary…

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Access and Inclusion Community Cultural Life Organisation

Rehearsals for the ‘Peter Pan’-tomime in full swing

LarryWinger
December 6, 2019
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One of the things I always thought this diary could document is the cyclicity of events: how things are developed one year, and then re-developed on and into the coming year. The cycle of life in these parts, essentially. So…

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Access and Inclusion Faith and Worship

Christingle Celebration

LarryWinger
December 1, 2019
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Sylvia Milburn, who notes that she’s no longer responsible for the service now, having passed that lovely duty on to Craig Atkinson, Alison Fothergill and Helen Forbes, sends this enchanting piece on the Christingle service, which will be held today,…

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Access and Inclusion Community Fundraising Institutions Services

The High Forest Community Centre

LarryWinger
November 23, 2019
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Just about on the road coming down from the ‘heeds into Sinderhope, the High Forest Community Centre has become rather a busy hall over the past few years. Rescued from its near-derelict state by a combination of significant and timely…

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Access and Inclusion Faith and Worship Institutions

Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey

LarryWinger
November 17, 2019
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The Buddhist Abbey at Throssel Hole, Carrshield, welcomes visitors on Festival Days to experience their contemplative service, meditation and ‘dharma’ (loosely translated as ‘the teachings’) for themselves. And afterwards to enjoy the fellowship of a lunch with the acolytes and…

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Access and Inclusion Awards and Honours Community Education External Funding Services

Milestones at Natural Ability

LarryWinger
November 14, 2019
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Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, Natural Ability is a local success story in the charitable organisation sector. An important milestone was marked last month, as the charity attended the 2019 North East Charity Awards as a short-listed Finalist for…

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Access and Inclusion Communications Community Organisation

A word, or two, about meetings

LarryWinger
October 29, 2019
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I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve heard, or heard of the phrase: ‘I’m happy to do something, but I won’t go to meetings.’ And then the listener nods sympathetically, and wonders, silently, “Well, that’s fine, but how…

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Access and Inclusion Community Cultural Life Organisation

Rave on again!

LarryWinger
October 25, 2019
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Tonight it’s specifically the turn of the under-18s to experience the rave dance scene. The concept, developed I believe between Anna Harrison and David Porter, has followed on from August’s successful DJ-driven disco. Arriving as the half term finishes out,…

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