joeburnsmcr.bsky.social
North West based fundraiser for Young Lives Vs Cancer & Pope of Chilli Town.
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They really are quite adorable. Doesn't help that a group of them is referred to as a 'circus of puffins' (due to their nickname of 'the clowns of the sea')
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Very windy at the cliffs this morning, but worth it.
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You'd see uni students in loads of the bars we drank in post work, or wandering around town during the day, in what is not a very big town centre. How do local businesses replace that custom, when it's gone? (And indeed, who else is opening & investing in massive new buildings there too?)
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I used to work in Huddersfield back in the day and the uni seemed to play a huge role in the place - though maybe I'm relying too much on my memory of seeing Patrick Stewart marching through the town with a load of students back in 2014! (I think a new building was being opened?)
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Ohhh I see the @manchestermill.bsky.social are doing a review of this on Wednesday, wonder what they'll make of it... (This was my view in the comments to today's Monday Briefing!)
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My dad's a self-employed accountant who has now hit pensionable age - this move to digital is what will probably make him decide to give up on the day job/sell up, for exactly all the reasons you mention - why bother with the hassle anymore?
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So that's what these lads were there for at St Mark's!
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And I still catch that strange coppery small of the pennies on my hands to this day...
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Had to go back home to collect my car cos it was impossible to carry so much weight etc back (lived nearby), abandoned counting it myself and used a local supermarket coin counter, then had to pay it all in. Whatever the donation was worth, it was likely less the value of my time & travel costs!
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Many years ago a supporter dropped off a donation at the hospital office for the charity I worked for, so I said I'd pop in and get it counted, paid in etc. What I wasn't told though was... it was several large bags for life full to the brim with pennies, the occasional 10p/20p/50p, very few £ coins
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Loved working in an office in my 20s in my 1st 'proper' charity job - loads of others in their 20s who I'd socialise with, some great nights out.
Now I'm a bit older, have a core set of friends/relationships, fully on team wfh. Especially as it means more time spent with these two wfh coworkers!
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I mean, just look how cosy Vinny is!
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One thing I learnt from my time at the first charity I worked for, which supported families whose loved ones had been killed/seriously injured in crashes, was that you can kill or injure someone with the minimum of consequences to yourself, if you do so with a car.
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A huge HUGE thank you to @freekicks.bsky.social who do amazing work helping to make experiences like this happen for young people - and THANK YOU Borja and everyone at Norwich City who made this such a special day for Albert!