Happy International Workers’ Day!

May Day tomorrow and the rights of workers across the globe will take centre stage for many. Rightly so, without a massive global workforce keeping the trading networks flowing the UK would run out of food in around 10 days. The majority of countries no longer retain strategic food reserves and are therefore subject to potential threats if supply chains are disrupted, through weather,…

Life in the third sector…

It’s been a really productive week, despite a bit of a knock-back. I’m Chair of the Adur and Worthing Green Spaces Partnership and we’ve just found out that our first proper funding application wasn’t successful. The three funding priorities were discussed across several meetings to confirm agreement. Firstly, groups identified their essential volunteer training needs so they can undertake their conservation work safely and…