Blog & Articles of Interest

Back-to-Work succeeds when hearts and minds support

Interesting report and data about combining psychological treatment with employment support. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/mentalhealth/bulletins/theimpactofemploymentadvisorsinnhstalkingtherapiesonemployeeearningsandemploymentstatusengland/april2014tomarch2025 After decades running programmes helping disabled people back to work, it was clear that

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Multi-tasking.

Life runs from one extreme to another.  Over just three days: co-chairing an external consultation group for a major HMRC project; making 90-odd mini-pork pies

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Great day working with pewter.

I’ve been going to Fleur’s Metal Studio near Rustington, Sussex https://fleurgrenier.co.uk/ for many years. This time, alongside Kathy and Liz, I was creating star moulds

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Disabled parking badge.

Renewing this was a nightmare! According to them, the “easiest” way is on-line.  Not if you are one of the thousands of eligible severely visually

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The Bee Widow.

We had a long weekend at the national bee convention at Harper Adams University. The beekeeper spent all his time at erudite lectures and quizzing

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Vicious cycle.

Recent ONS data and their report highlighted the links between parents’ and children’s mental health problems, making each other’s situation worse and, for the children,

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Listen Up!

This week I’m doing an in-person talk for the Portsmouth Association  of Wrens on Tuesday evening.  It will be good to be amongst so many

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Making Tax Digital exemptions

Making Tax Digital is nearly upon us. www.gov.uk/government/collections/making-tax-digital-for-income-tax But there are some exemptions: 1. Automatic exemptions – based on information already held by HMRC There

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