Strange Times

It’s been a strange old fortnight (and yes, by some miracle it’s only been two weeks since I last did my blog, and no, I don’t understand it either!)  In that time I’ve actually been able to fit in a bit more ‘life’ yet still been to, or done, ten council related events.

One of these was an informal meeting to look at issues which were raised at my first ever Community Centre meeting - yes, yet another first even after being on the council since last May.  I believe there is the will from the council to give support to help develop the activities put on in these centres.  Unfortunately the centre management committees spend a lot of their time on building related problems, so my aim is to give help on that front.  Then they can concentrate instead on what is far more worthwhile, making best use of the centre.

I mentioned the Wellbeing & Attainment scrutiny panel in my last blog, and this week have done the last school visit, to a special unit. The children, whose ages range from 3 to 19, all have some degree of physical and/or mental disability.  They are all different so the approach of the school is to recognise that fact by developing an individual education programme for every one.  The staff without exception were all friendly and welcoming, and their obvious patience showed in the way they worked with every child.  An amazing and quite humbling experience.

Les