I don’t know about you but I like to help as many people as I can. If possible then I do practical things to help like carry suitcases up the stairs on the London Underground or assisting the elderly or people with disabilities on and off buses. I do that as many people don’t… Continue reading Helping people with loans and not donations
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Thomas Coram and The Foundling Hospital
Whilst researching for a new book which I am writing on ‘Things To Do In London’, I came across a park which piqued my curiosity. The park is called Coram’s Fields and remarkably it is only open to children with adults only being able to enter if they are accompanying young children themselves. I thought for… Continue reading Thomas Coram and The Foundling Hospital
Changing The World, One Step At A Time
I’ve been extremely busy the last week or so which isn’t normally a reason not to blog post but that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. I’ve been very busy with working on my V1 book and other real-life issues. Additionally I was also approached to write for a new Facebook Page and… Continue reading Changing The World, One Step At A Time
Let Me Help – Doing more than feeling sorry for those in need.
I’ve written before about being A Good Samaritan. I spend a lot of time thinking about those in need. Whether it is homeless persons or those fallen on hard times in other ways such as ex-service people. Even my first book was called Let Me Help before it I re-wrote it and got it published… Continue reading Let Me Help – Doing more than feeling sorry for those in need.
The British Schindler Sir Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport
Not many people have heard of Sir Nicholas Winton even in his own country but his actions undoubtedly mean that thousands of people are alive today that would not have been without him. The Kindertransport has its origins on 15th November 1938, just five nights after the terrible events of Kristalnacht and a series of… Continue reading The British Schindler Sir Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport
Charity begins at home but is it now big business?
Every now and then comes a heartening good news story whether it is one of those homeless people who help a passerby only to end up the centre of a massive fundraising operation or the story I wrote about last year about a man who was about to commit suicide only to be talked out… Continue reading Charity begins at home but is it now big business?
Band Aid 30
There are many problems with the world at the moment and certainly with our country but one thing that we can be proud of is our record of charity and giving to countries that are poorer than our own. In fact we are the only G8 country and one of only 5 in the world… Continue reading Band Aid 30
Is the ALS Bucket Challenge a waste of time?
It’s been hard to move on the internet or television the last few weeks without stumbling over a video of the great and the good or at least the self-publicist celebrities volunteering to have themselves splashed with ice and cold water in the name of a good cause. Motor-Neurone disease or ALS as it is… Continue reading Is the ALS Bucket Challenge a waste of time?
Have you ever been a Good Samaritan?
Have you ever been a Good Samaritan? You don’t have to be religious to be one. I’d like to think that I am quite often, in fact most times when I leave the house. Whether it is carrying heavy bags for old people in the street, running up the road to give people back their… Continue reading Have you ever been a Good Samaritan?
The Hidden Horrors of People Trafficking &Domestic Slavery
As regular readers to my blog will know, we open up our house on the Airbnb website and have been doing so now for more than a year. I even wrote a Kindle book on how to create a successful listing on Airbnb that currently like a comets swings between the bottom of Amazons top… Continue reading The Hidden Horrors of People Trafficking &Domestic Slavery
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