Blogs

As the ambassador programme completes I may finally be getting the hang of this networking lark having come away from the reception on Tuesday with some really useful contacts. It was a great evening and I’m only sorry I had to dash back to Leeds on the last train and couldn’t join my fellow ambassadors for a celebratory drink.  We’ll all work hard I’m sure to keep in touch and keep the momentum going.  What I’ve really loved about the programme is how inspired I am by the o...

READ MORE »

Sometimes good fortune just falls in your lap and today it did in the form of Divine Chocolate. I was just about to start planning my first visit ‘ambassador’ to Lawnswood School, where I’ll be talking with business students about social enterprise,  when the Sunday Times dropped through the letter box.  One of my favourite features is ‘A Life in the Day’ and I duly turned to the back of the magazine to read about Comfort Kumeah a Fairtrade cocoa farmer from Ghana. She work...

READ MORE »