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Living without (much) money

The only real experience I have of a life without money came I was quite young.  My father was a war pensioner and as a family we lived in the expectation of the “20th” of the month when the brown envelope came, addressed to Captain Marriott.

Published on April 5, 2012, by Caroline Jackson
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An Outstanding Intergenerational Project

 This is a story about Sean (not his real name) his identity has to be kept secret, for reasons that will become clear as I tell this tale. Sean would have had an interesting past life, not all of it on the right side of the law, consequently spent some of his time here on earth enjoying the benefits of her majesty’s hospitality.

Published on April 1, 2012, by Marella Fyffe
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Faith: reasons to be cheerful

I'm not what people generally know as a "man of faith", and sometimes the religious responses to the crises of the world have left me exasperated and despairing.

Published on March 27, 2012, by Ben Brangwyn
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Fun Funding

by Judith Hoad

Published on March 12, 2012, by Guest Blogger
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Tales from Honeysuckle Cottage 1

From the tale of the little grey mouse and the chestnuts, to the cottage whose identity shifted with each owner that inhabited it, the teller of tales of Our times brings you an occasional flavour of life in a small English village.

Published on February 29, 2012, by Steph Bradley
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Diversity Omagh Style

Looking around the Transition group in Omagh with a focus on diversity, one could be forgiven for thinking that perhaps we had an exigent exclusion policy against anyone who is not white Caucasian, middle aged and middle class. 

Published on October 20, 2011, by Marella Fyffe
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From Diversity Coordinator to Diversity Embedding

Published on October 3, 2011 by Catrina Pickering
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Catrina Pickering, Transition Network’s Diversity Coordinator is leaving the Network at the beginning of October, having worked for Transition since March 2010.  Unfortunately, we were unable to find funding to keep her position going and we're sad to see her go.  On the plus side, we’re now looking at embedding diversity and social justice in the work of the rest of the s

Your thoughts needed: Where does equality fit in Transition?

Published on August 24, 2011 by Catrina Pickering
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Where does equality fit in Transition?  Are the recent riots in the UK in some way separate to Transition's work? Or could it be said that the riots are symptomatic of a deeper malaise of separation and status differences that sets people against one another and scrapes away at a community's resilience?  The staff team at Transition Network have been mulling over these

Transition Network Diversity Newsletter July 2011

Published on July 26, 2011 by Catrina Pickering
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Transition Network Diversity and Inclusion Newsletter

WELCOME to the Transition Network’s Diversity and Inclusion newsletter. This newsletter is compiled by Catrina Pickering, Diversity Coordinator, Transition Network.  I aim to get this newsletter out to you approximately every two months.  

TRANSITION NETWORK DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION NEWS

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