by Helen P. Stephens | 11 May, 2022 | Blog |
Last month I was elected Chair of the new Self Employed Section at Community Union. It was unexpected, to say the least, there are more experienced Trade Union members with more connections, but it is a huge honour to have been elected by the rest of the committee and...
by Helen P. Stephens | 25 Mar, 2022 | Blog |
Every week, I get lots of emails asking for advice and ideas for grant applications. “There’s this fund, can you think of something we can do to apply for for it?” And the short answer is: “No.” If you read the guidelines on a grant...
by Helen P. Stephens | 13 Jun, 2021 | Blog |
Isn’t it always the way, that when you have nothing much to say, you have lots of time to write blog posts, but when you have lots to write about, it’s because you’re so busy, you don’t have the time to write it all down. If you live in...
by Helen P. Stephens | 15 Oct, 2020 | Blog |
September flew by didn’t it? Midway through the month we got the keys to 361 Aigburth Road and started the ball rolling with our new venture. I mentioned it on Twitter and for the first time in my Twitter history, lots of people noticed and I was inundated with...
by Helen P. Stephens | 29 Aug, 2020 | Blog |
August: It’s been a strange month. The weather has turned autumnal, with random bursts of mediterranean summer followed by crazy tropical storms, like someone keeps turning the weather dial from 0 to 10 and back again, when it should’ve just been on 6 all along. This...