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The Death of Mary Young, Hyphen-21 Trustee
Mary Young Born 12th December 1924. Died 29th April 2012. Introduction Mary was a long-standing Trustee of Hyphen-21 and so it is fitting that a tribute to her should appear on the charity’s web-site. Mary Young was a woman of great gifts and profound sensitivity, warmth and insight. She also masked and disguised herself with…
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High Wire Connection across a big break
This online bulletin at the end of July 2012 can serve as an update.For those interested, we shall be uploading in the near future a copy of the Director’s report recently sent in to Companies House, updating on developments up until Christmas 2012. The same report has also been uploaded on the Charity Commissions website.…
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Michael Rosen’s poem to celebrate the NHS joins “Poems for…” and goes bilingual
Photograph: Graham Turner 2008 was the 60th birthday of the NHS. As part of the celebrations, the NHS commissioned Michael Rosen, still then the official Children’s Poet Laureate, to write a poem. His “These are the Hands” is meant to be for children but is appreciated by all age-groups. With its subject a health service…
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Does Listening to People Need Skill ? Does it Matter ?
An opinion piece by Rogan Wolf has been published in the February edition of “Open Mind,” a bi-monthly periodical produced by “MIND,” the national charity. The full version of the piece can be read here. It expresses Rogan’s concern that top-down directives requiring managers to consult with the users of their services, have led to…
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“Poems for…the wall” website attracts world-wide interest
Rogan Wolf, the project worker for “Poems for…the wall”, put together the short report during Christmas 2008. It entailed tracking all the registrations the new site had received since the April launch, and establishing where they had come from and how they planned to use poem-posters once down-loaded. You can read the report here.Findings from…
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Hyphen-21 holds its AGM
The AGM took place in the Royal Brompton Hospital, South Kensington, London. It followed a bilingual poetry reading in the main reception area of the hospital. The event was organised jointly with Victoria Hume of rb&hArts and opened by Dr Mark Rigby, one of the hospital staff. Then a large, appreciative and lively audience, mainly…