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Fillip - "Something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity."

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Holding Page!

It seems that you’re here and I’m not....sorry about that!

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0223 My friend @getfillipped is one of the best people I know, so for his birthday I bought him an all-expenses-paid trip to The Misprints woods. (With apologies and huge respect to Maurice Sendak.)

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So - my amazing and talented friend @themisprints did this comic strip for my Birthday, which is today!! I am very honoured and privileged to have such a friend. This has also prompted me to dust off this blog get blogging again!! Yay!!

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You were born a tool....

Check out my LinkedIn post over here.....Thanks!

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There’s this great book that you should read if you want to really help young people and their families…so much excellent content.

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I'm re-posting this because this is still an excellent book!

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Everyone’s Organ-ized Crime

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Marmite may boost brain and even help stave off dementia - The Telegraph

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Master Of Facial Expressions

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I need this dog!

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Toddler shuts down cashier who questioned black doll choice - The Telegraph

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Hilarious Chase

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Giraffe Fact

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I was vulnerable and wanted a home. What I got was a workhouse | Daniel Lavelle

A homeless charity offered me food and board. But I had to work a tough 40-hour week for a meagre allowance – and others like me are being treated the same way

You may be distracted like I was by Brexit, Trump, famine, terror attacks, etc., etc...But this story caught my eye. Whatever you feel about the reasons behind homelessness and what a civilised society such as ours should do about it, this story should wake us up somehow. 

Essentially the arrangement was, you want accommodation you need to do voluntary work. If you don’t do enough hours then you are no longer eligible for accommodation. In this instance the work was 40 hours of heavy lifting in return for ‘bed and board.’ The voluntary element is both voluntary in the sense of being unpaid and in the sense that he didn’t have to do it. He could choose to go back and sleep on the streets if he wished. 

I’ll leave you to read the rest of the article whilst I consider how we should, or could respond differently....

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It’s World Social Work Day today folks!! I won’t take the opportunity to go on about it...but will just say this.... The next time you hear about, or read, a human story that has distress, poverty, disability, tragedy, abuse, illness at its core then spare a thought for the social worker in the background who will have worked so hard to find a way forward into the future for the individual involved. 

You might also want to read this article in today’s Guardian.....

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North Wales trains delayed as tracks are TOO HOT...at 14 degrees - Daily Post

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That Squirrel Is Nuts

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Don't mess with nature folks....

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The volume of your voice does not increase the validity of your argument.

Steve Maraboli (via onlinecounsellingcollege)