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14 Jun 2013
Wednesday again - so quick; Miguel's beach, 4pm, 30 degrees. Today I had Lenguado (Sole), simply grilled, with chips and side salad. It's mainly family trade here - Spanish families - I enjoy watching their 'gusto'; children are highly valued in this culture. What attracts me to the Med is the sunshine - and today, I feel the heat reaching deep into me. Some of it must surely be trickling into my 'reserve tank' - where sunshine is converted into resilience - to face the grey skies of my homeland.
Apart from eating and sleeping - my main occupation this week has been reading; I was enchanted by Mitch Alboms "The 5 people you meet in heaven"; soul food. Eddie dies ages 83, and finds that heaven is a place where your earthly life is explained to you by 5 people who were in it. Old Eddie dies feeling that his life has accomplished little - but as his story unfolds… It's a simple tale - yet somehow it achieves the feel of classical mythology. Inevitably, I've been musing on which 5 people would be chosen to explain my story; so many adventures - so many relationships; sometimes I behaved honourably, sometimes not; I suspect my 5 stories would be contradictory. We were always taught that once you die it's too late - the die is cast; I find this a much more attractive fable. That we will come to fully comprehend the hurt we have caused each other - get a chance to earn forgiveness.
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We still have copies of 'Kindness' - Laurence's latest selection of bulletin intros (2007-12). If you'd like a copy, see http://www.senscot.net/musings.php
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It appears that the understanding and definition of 'what is social enterprise' within the UK is clearly taking different paths. Last week, the UK Govt's Cabinet Office published findings on...Read more
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Networks 1st is the name Senscot gives to our work with Social Enterprise Networks (SENs) - both thematic and geographical. SENs provide members with opportunities for peer support, collective action and market development. The vision is of a growing community of 500 frontline social enterprises across Scotland - connected and energised through a network of Networks.
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Networks1st Weekly Update: 6- Jun 2013
After 8 great years at New Lanark, this year's SE Conference and Ceilidh will be taking place at the Westerwood Hotel in Cumbernauld. We've set the dates for 14th/15th November. This year, we're hoping to run the event in closer association with Social Firms Scotland (SFS) and Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) - as part of our Supporting Social Enterprise (SSE) Alliance. The event will, as always, focus on the work of the SENs and getting a blend of the thematic and local activity. Whilst we're sad to be leaving New Lanark, holding the event at Westerwood gives scope for more folk attending. We plan to have a draft programme available by the end of June and will open for bookings over the summer.
In recent months, Karina MacRitchie (Senscot Legal) has attended Dundee SEN and Falkirk TSI, offering free legal surgeries to their members. These visits have been very well received with a number of organisations commissioning Senscot Legal to carry...Read more |
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