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16th October 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Domestic Violence Protection Notices and Orders
Domestic violence can affect anybody, regardless of their gender, age, race, sexuality or social background. Most victims of domestic violence are women and the perpetrators are men, but it can also happen in same sex relationships and men can be the victims of domestic violence by women. Many kinds of domestic violence such as physical […]
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16th September 2014 by manager in Campaigns
The Equality Act 2010 – Confusion for Employees
The human brain has a hundred billion neurons, each neuron connected to ten thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist Is the fact that we experience the world through such a complex organ the reason we appear to make things so […]
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16th September 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Gas and Electricity – How We Pay More As We Go
Considering that it is only made up of five letters, the word ‘metre’ offers a number of possibilities. A metre is the fundamental unit of length in the International System of Units. Previously defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth’s equator to the North Pole (at sea level), since 1983, it has been defined […]
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7th September 2014 by manager in Campaigns
The lies and myths we tell ourselves
The three great lies. They used to be “The cheque is in the post; of course I will still love you in the morning; and I am from Head Office and here to help you”. What are today’s lies and myths? Last year, the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches published a joint report www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/truthandlies […]
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27th August 2014 by manager in Campaigns
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Scams are schemes to con you out of your money. They can arrive by post, phone call, text message or email or a scammer may turn up at your home. It could be a scam if: the call, letter, […]
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1st August 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Hidden Homelessness – Surrey’s Secret
Overheard in a Farnham pub. “When was the last time you saw someone sleeping on the streets of Farnham? Exactly. There are no homeless people around here” Homelessness means not having a home. People who have no roof over their head do sleep on the street and in doorways. However much more homelessness is hidden. […]
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1st August 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Copycat Websites – Beware of the Googly
Most people are probably aware that Googling has become synonymous with Internet searches in much the same way as hoovering did with vacuum cleaning. A googly on the other hand is a cricketing term not to be confused with Google. It is a delivery bowled by a right arm leg spin bowler to a right […]
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11th July 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Energy Companies Named and Shamed
It is difficult not to feel sorry for Brazilian football fans following their team’s ignominious exit from the World Cup. Bill Shankly, the legendary Liverpool FC manager famously said, “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more […]
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3rd July 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Doing the splits on Tuesdays
So I said to the gym instructor: ‘Can you teach me to do the splits?’ He said: ‘How flexible are you?’ I said: ‘I can’t make Tuesdays.’ (Tim Vine) Do you sometimes wish your job allowed you to do something else on Tuesdays? Well, maybe you can, or at least ask if you can. Since […]
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28th June 2014 by manager in Campaigns
HealthWatch – Caring for the NHS if we want the NHS to Care for Us
What does it mean to be British? One of the greatest Britons of all time (arguably) once said ‘History will be kind to me as I intend to write it’. Although Winston Churchill could be said to have achieved this aim and despite being a national isntitution and the most popular British Prime Minister of […]
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