Note to self: Putting entries here once a week is not good enough.
This week has consisted of finalising the Single Issue Panel, researching the financial position of the Council, attending 'surgeries', having my 56 birthday, finishing marking and reporting on the latest examination papers .
Next week's promise to self: Update the blog daily.
Sunday 29 November 2009
Tuesday 24 November 2009
A recent BBC poll showed that the majority want services cut rather than taxes increased. Now the issue is; which services?
There is another way and that depends on performance improvements which, if sufficient, will enable services to be maintained and even increased by doing so at the same cost. Impossible? No! Achieveable? Yes, but only if the will to do exists.
There is another way and that depends on performance improvements which, if sufficient, will enable services to be maintained and even increased by doing so at the same cost. Impossible? No! Achieveable? Yes, but only if the will to do exists.
Sunday 22 November 2009
Friday 13 November 2009
Children's Trust
Spent the day with Children's Trust partners seeking to establish a 'new start' for it in Cornwall. It has previously not worked well; recent Ofsted report has triggered review. Sorry state of affairs that it had to take that 'shock' to get things moving.
Am I alone in finding the relationships so confusing; how does anyone outside care about what the Trust does? The challenge is to have engagement (ugly expression!) with children and all those interested in their wellbeing.
Am I alone in finding the relationships so confusing; how does anyone outside care about what the Trust does? The challenge is to have engagement (ugly expression!) with children and all those interested in their wellbeing.
Thursday 12 November 2009
Today was about building relationships and information gathering. Informative attendance, as an observer, at a Schools Forum in the morning then meeting the Children's Local Safeguarding Board representatives in the afternoon.
Everyone is so committed to wanting to do their best for all the children of Cornwall; the challenge is to contribute to harnessing all that energy and potential towards a single objective. The tasks facing those dedicated people is so great yet there is a belief that they will deliver.
Now I'm off to a Parish Council meeting - another group of committed individuals who, apart from the clerk, are all unpaid yet focussed on trying to do what is best for their community; usually without any thanks.
Everyone is so committed to wanting to do their best for all the children of Cornwall; the challenge is to contribute to harnessing all that energy and potential towards a single objective. The tasks facing those dedicated people is so great yet there is a belief that they will deliver.
Now I'm off to a Parish Council meeting - another group of committed individuals who, apart from the clerk, are all unpaid yet focussed on trying to do what is best for their community; usually without any thanks.
Monday 9 November 2009
The Beginning
This is my first blog on the Mabe Electoral Division in which I will post relevant items.
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