Archive for November, 2009

Ealing triumphs in Children Awards

29 November 2009

Earlier in the week, Ealing had an excellent night at the Children Now awards ceremony at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham.  These prestigious national awards recognise achievements in children’s services.  Ealing was shortlisted for four awards and we took three of them.

Youth work award for excellent work at W13 Youth Centre
Corporate Parent of the Year
Council [...]

i’m not a number – I’m another statistic

22 November 2009

Apologies for my tardiness in updating my blog recently.  I’m in the rather perverse position of having had my busiest month ever at work and then being rewarded with the news that I’m likely to be made redundant at the end of the year. 
I work in the construction industry and redundancy is an occupational hazard.  When [...]

Remembrance Sunday

8 November 2009

I attended the Greenford remembrance service this year with my family.  The Greenford service is organised by the Greenford Branch of the British Legion and is more intimate than the Ealing service, which I’ve attended in the past.  This is partly because the crowd are literally much closer to the service but also there is [...]

Shame of the Lisbon Treaty

4 November 2009

Rather than being a day of celebration for Europe, EU politicians should be hanging their heads in shame.  The submission by the Czech President following the ruling by his constitutional court means the Treaty has been ratified by all countries and can now become operational.  So what was a trade agreement, [...]