Dear Neighbours and Chamber Members and Ambassadors,
The Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures, especially in eastern religions, as a symbol of purity, enlightenment, self-regeneration and rebirth. This one is from nearer home. My back garden!
We are supporting a number of local community initiatives, and there are opportunities for sponsorship and the right kind of exposure for your business working with community initiatives.
Wearing your family local resident hat, Please fill in the survey below. We will publish the results next month.
Take care and thank you for your support.
Nick
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valma.james
I care about the environment and the quality of life for all residents in regards to ensuring that their physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual health serve them in the best way it can. Furthermore that the contribution we individually make to the planet is in the best interest of all!
Nick Brown
Valma hi,
How are you?
(Valma runs Luton Hospital Radio, and practices what she preaches.)
Nice one Valma
Keep up the good work.
Nick
Ian
Years of ideologically driven but economically unsound austerity policies have devastated opportunities for young people. We have a generation coming up who by all measures are predicted to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Youth services from Sure Start to Teen provision have been repeatedly slashed and underfunded. Access to education and apprenticeships has been increasingly limited, and further impacted by the pandemic. Affordable housing is completely out of reach for the majority of young people. Our young people will face the full force of economic and environmental challenges that we have repeatedly failed to address. A nation that does not invest in their young people has truly lost its way. This should be our priority.
Nick Brown
Ian hi
Absolutely.
“If not us, Who? If not now, When?”
President John F Kennedy 1917-1963
Paraphrased
“What is the point, if it’s not for them?”
Our Children – Nick Brown
Take care
Nick
Peter
Having a broad spread of information is key in obtaining a balanced view of a healthier and informed perspective of life
Nick Brown
Peter hi,
Thank you for your thoughts. Yes absolutely it is about raising the “Quality of Debate” so we can help people to help themselves and make better informed decisions.
Take care
Nick
Martin
Hi Nick
I think this is a really interesting initiative. I have responded to the survey. Will you be sharing the results at some point? Sustainability and the environment perhaps deserve an explicit question.
Best wishes
Martin
Nick Brown
Martin hi,
Thank you for completing the survey.
Glad that you like the initiative. I think it’s important.
Yes we will be sharing summary data, both on the Website and in the local press.
Take care
Nick
Rob Morgan
Thanks Nick
For me community and connection are so important so I love the initiative. Let me know how I can support.
Nick Brown
Rob hi,
Nice one. Let’s listen to what people say first, then we can have a chat.
Appreciate your support
Nick
anne clarke
I have completed the survey and would be interested in the results and what they might lead to. Hertfordshire has prided its self on being the county of opportunity for as long as I can remember so it would be wonderful if there were more opportunities – particularly with regard to training/retraining and apprenticeships.
Nick Brown
Anne hi there,
Yes this continuous adult learning is important, not just for the adults but also for their kids. Everyone wants the best for their Kids, but some people need some help. This is right across the wealth and ability spectrum. What we are seeing a lot of is successful career people having no time for their Kids, and disfunctional Kids when the parents get home tired from work.
We are thinking about things that Parents can do with the kids, and opportunitiies for them to build self esteem together. Yvonne Davis’s Charity is looking at this as well.
Any thoughts on the subject at Oakview?
Poetry books, with Poems from the Children, and response poems from the parents, grandparents, should they wish, could lead to joined up poetry readings at the school.
These thoughts around Intergenerational learning are very much at the fore at the moment.
The damage is done by perceived pressure on the parents, to be right, in control, commanding, top down control, etc. The evidence is that functional families and later life skills are best served by doing things together. Kids know their place feel secure, involved and valued. So they belong. Other approaches inherently tend to exclude and be judgemental.
That is our current thinking…
Take care
Nick
Tichea Brade
I have completed the survey. Looking forward to seeing the results.
I will be sharing on my platform too.
Thank for creating such a wonderful initiative.
This is so needed.
Tichea
Nick Brown
Tichea hi,
Thank you. We look forward to working with you on it.
Take care
Nick