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Karina de Castro – Project Manager at Trinity Community Garden
“It has been a challenge to get people engaged but once you get people to come and see what they can do, people get comfortable around each other and start asking questions” – Karina de Castro What is/was your project about? The Holy Trinity Church was built between 1829-1832 and ceased to be a […]
Claire Dinsdale – Project Officer at the Conservation Volunteers
“I had a Zoology Degree, which is the study of the natural world, that was very interesting and allowed me to know a little bit of everything but unfortunately did not really set me up for a career in conservation. So volunteering has made gaining a career in conservation possible”. Claire Dinsdale What is your […]
Roger White – Founder of Somerset Local Food Direct
“I couldn’t think of anything else to do. It’s a challenge that I want to get my head around and if you have no alternatives then you keep going. It’s absolutely something I believe in”. What is/was your project about? Most of my life ive been a pig farmer. Its always been quite a difficult […]
Matt Little – Director of Real Ideas Organisation
“Of course there have been times when I have thought I would give up – I think anyone who says otherwise isn’t telling the truth, (or they have such a thick skin they don’t really know what they’re doing). The motivators to keep going? You have to see the fun in it”. Matt Little What […]
Rosalind Turner – Director of Netwalking Southwest
“I have learned over the years that standing back to take a good long hard look can be really helpful. Whether that is undertaken on my own, or with a trusted critical friend. Equally I have learned it is important at times to simply walk away . . taking a break from my passion for […]
Bec Cork – Founder and Chief of the Honeywoods Events
Bec has never thought to give up. She has to live frugally and misses a lot of parties! Bec reads the reviews from her last event if she needs a pick-me-up! What is/was your project about? Bec has a lot of projects but Honeywoods Camping is ‘pop-up’ camping in the woods – wild food/festival. It […]
Mike and Liz Zeidler – Founders and Directors of Happy City
“Happy City exists to demonstrate that being happier needn’t cost the earth. The world needs a new story: less ‘stuff for stuff’s sake’ and more ‘life for life’s sake’. A story that redefines what it means to prosper”. What is/was your project about? Happy City exists to demonstrate that being happier needn’t cost the earth. […]
Alix Hughes – Coordinator of the Bristol Council Town Twinnings
“When I was 17 I hitchhiked around Brittany and met some German guys who had worked in Chile with some street kids. They gave me a new insight on the world. They had seen the yeyegue government overthrown by a military koo and had gone out to try and keep some of the social gains […]
Adrian Snell – Music Therapist and Arts Therapy Consultant at Three Ways School
“We should be living in a world where the most vulnerable and the most dependent are focused upon the most”, Adrian Snell. What is your job about? I’m a Music Therapist and Arts Therapy Consultant for Curriculum Development at Three Ways (special) School, which has students from 4-19 years old. Music therapy and the arts […]
