a lot to think about

Well, I got the Parson X gig and it is going very well. I love being back on my old estate.
A far cry from when I left 35 years ago.

I have been very busy trying to juggle Other Things, the Parson X work, GRAFT, work for the Institute for Lifelong Learning at Sheffield University, the Open University, counselling and we have a new Freeman College student staying with us from tomorrow - so all the many preparations for that.
I can be sure that I am nowhere near as busy as Tim Etchells though.
See you soon.

Hello

Well, I feel as if I have gone from being a semi-critic of the Parson Cross project to being not exactly the old guard yet!! Anyway, I had one of the best top 10 days of my life on Tuesday.
After a great, liberating meting with Kate and Steve, I found myself outside Remington Community Centre meeting the PCSO for the area Nigel. He was great and took me into the centre. Within about 2 minutes of being inside, after a short discussion with Lesley from the centre, whom I had just met, I was offered the use of a space (free!) for the 2 days I want to work with young people. Fanatastic! As an aside, I also ended up volunteering for the management committee for the centre but that's great too. I want to be involved in Parson Cross for a long time.

Then on for tea with the vicar at St Paul's Church! Ian is defintely someone who gets himself out into the community. After savouring some of his collection of paintings - which were very interesting - we had a good chat about the project and he gave me some very good contacts which I am currently following up.

I''d like to be working on the project the whole time but alas my day job gets in the way.
I'll post again soon with an update....
Paul