Writer, Media Liaison, PR
Award winning journalist with more than 10 years experience of public relations in both the public and private sector.

And what if you can’t write?

Posted on Jun 9, 2023 | No Comments

What’s the worst thing that could happen? If you’d have asked me on 9 January it would have been not finishing the London Marathon in April. Not raising enough money for The Calvert Trust. I couldn’t imagine what would happen on 10 January. Or how, six months later, life could be so different. So here […]

The Big Sleep 2015

Posted on Feb 9, 2015 | No Comments

“Spend a night under the stars, raise money for Cumbria Community Foundation’s Winter Warmth Appeal and help keep older people warm this winter” that was my call to action. There was a lot of dithering when it came to The Big Sleep 2015. How could I persuade other people to do it, when … I really […]

The Big Sleep

Posted on Jan 30, 2015 | No Comments

Blimey. It is cold. But that’s the winter for you. In Cumbria, every winter, there are around 300 preventable deaths. That is 300 people who die because of health complications brought on by the cold weather. Cumbria Community Foundation goes to extreme lengths to keep older people warm every winter. It has its Winter Warmth […]