Fresh muffins cooked on a bus
Event photography helps HALE to promote healthy living with their mobile outreach venue
Read MoreYorkshire Air Ambulance’s 10th anniversary
Yorkshire Air Ambulance reached ten years of age in October 2010 and they invited me along as freelance photographer to capture images of an exceptional event.
Read MoreSprucing up copy for Oblong Design Collective
Just recently I was asked to improve some copy for the Oblong Design Collective web site which is in the process of being re-designed by one of their volunteers. Although in name the organisation sounds a bit like a chocolate bar crossed with a cybernetic race from the future, in reality they’re a charitable organisation providing a valuable design resource for their local community and other charities. I won’t dwell too much on explaining what they do – that’s sort of the point of this article… Their graphic designer had lifted the existing (‘old’)...
Read MoreHow a blog helps your charity
It’s time to turn the spotlight on one of my charity clients: Orb Community Arts in Knaresborough. I spend a few hours on-site per week, copywriting interviews, writing about upcoming events and making exciting announcements to the Orb community from their creative musicians and artists then putting it all together on the Orb Community Arts blog. So it’s time to share some of the benefits that blog copwriting support can offer to a charity after only a couple of months. Interview with Leon from Orb Community Arts The Orb Community Arts blog has been up for almost two months now...
Read MoreLoyalty and trust
On Friday 9th July another important chapter in my life came to an end. After a seven year love affair, the 7 Spices Indian restaurant and I acrimoniously parted company, they got the house, while I get custody of the 25% discount card. And while it breaks my heart to see an era come to an end, what happened makes an interesting case study on reputation, loyalty and trust. So let me begin: As is customary for Leeds reunions, our friendship group went for a few social drinks then sauntered over to Woodhouse for a curry at the hallowed palace of meat: 7 Spices restaurant. Once seated, we...
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