At the time when I was losing my central vision my Dad heard an inspirational speaker. The speaker was Miles Hilton-Barber, a blind adventurer who makes his living as a corporate speaker. With my situation in mind, my Dad asked if I could contact Miles.

I was considering my career options at the time and hoping to return to the fashion industry. Having never actually met Miles and going through a tough time Read the rest of this entry »

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I had the pleasure of speaking with Liz Jackson recently. She is the founder of Great Guns Marketing and one of Channel 4’s Secret Millionaires. Great Guns marketing turns over £3m annually and employs around 130 people. Her success speaks for itself and Read the rest of this entry »

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I was delighted to be invited to contribute to a recent Action for Blind people career coaching event for young blind and partially sighted people.

The day included an active career fair featuring BT, Boots Opticians and LOCOG. All the representatives of the various organisations Read the rest of this entry »

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It is said that we all have a book in us and many of us harbour a dream to  become an author, but few of us follow that dream into print. I was keen to speak with Mary Wilkinson who has turned her idea for a book into a reality. Her book is on a topic directly Read the rest of this entry »

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Met with Ray Edwards at the Naidex National at the NEC yesterday. Ray‘s charity, Limbcare provides hope, help and support to people who are limb impaired.

What struck me the most upon meeting Ray was his sense of fun. Mickey taking was high on the agenda and Ray was great company, as was the other guys from his charity. The resounding sound from Read the rest of this entry »

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I spent this morning at a Jaluch managers meeting giving a talk on my services and how they add value to their HR training and consultancy services. I like Jaluch because they Read the rest of this entry »

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This week I spent an interesting day at a farm in Cambridgeshire. It is not your typical farm. This place is run by ex-servicemen who live with injuries and impairments that prevent them continuing serving in the Armed Forces.

The ex-servicemen had a range of impairments from severe Read the rest of this entry »

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Today’s Lemonade Maker is Vanessa Heywood. Vanessa won the Stelio’s Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs last year in recognition of herentrepreneurial achievements.

Vanessa was a star on the West End stage until her MS meant she could not continue performing in Read the rest of this entry »

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This week I was the motivational speaker at a Business Link event for disabled business owners and aspiring disabled business owners.

I shared with them my business start-up top tips based on my own enterprise experiences.

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Last week I had my first PechaKucha experience. It was fast, furious and funny and left me wanting to go to the next one. I don’t think I have ever described any other networking event in these terms before, but this is definitely different. Read the rest of this entry »

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