What a time for half of the children to get chicken pox... straight after the holiday, in election fortnight...... only two more children to go! 
My lovely friend Alison Baum was also at No 11 with me the other day - she was in a different category, Health and social care, and she won! this is what they say about the campaign.....
Best Beginnings
Alison formed Best Beginnings, a campaign working to break-down the inequalities that exist within the area of infant feeding. Alison argues that there are strong health benefits associated with breast feeding both for mother and child. Best Beginnings is also the founder member of the Breastfeeding Manifesto Coalition, consisting of thirty organisations. In the short time Alison has been campaigning, she has recruited cross-party champions to help her promote her breastfeeding manifesto.
www.bestbeginnings.info/
Both La Lech League (who I am a breastfeeding counsellor with) and Baby milk action ( who I am a Director of ) are members of the Breastfeeding manifesto coalition, so I was really pleased that Alison won, I think the manifesto could achieve so much of what has been campaigned for so its great news.
But I had a great time!
I went to the reception at No 11 yesterday for the Presentation of the Sheila McKechnie Awards
http://www.sheilamckechnie.org.uk/showSub.php?id=77&page=3
- an annual bursary scheme for emerging and grassroots campaigners.
I nearly didn't get in as I didn't know you have to bring your passport!
I went to the reception at No 11 yesterday for the Presentation of the Sheila McKechnie Awards
http://www.sheilamckechnie.org.uk/showSub.php?id=77&page=3
- an annual bursary scheme for emerging and grassroots campaigners.
I nearly didn't get in as I didn't know you have to bring your passport!
could there be a better party game?
found some elastic at Martha's and we couldnt resist playing!
Cat's cradle is a well known series of string figures. The name of the entire game, the specific figures, their order, and the names of the figures vary. Versions of this game have been found in indigenous cultures all over the world--from the Arctic to the Equatorial zones.
The game begins with the first player wrapping a loop of string around the hands (around the fingers or wrists) and taking one side of the string and circling the hands again. Then this player performs the last two moves of Opening A: taking the string which runs on the inside of the left arm onto the first finger of their right hand, then, reaching through the triangle created, the loop on the inside of the right hand is taken onto the first finger of the left hand).
This creates two sets of crossed string between both hands. A second player grasps each cross horizontally using the thumb and first fingers, pulls these outwards, down under the line which runs below the crosses from the first players wrists, and back up. The first player lets go of the figure and the second player stretches it open by bringing apart the thumbs and fingers. This figure is the "diamonds". A series of other alterations produce more figures, some of which lead back to the diamonds while some are dead ends and cannot be transformed. (Some say that "diamonds" is the cat's cradle from the game title, while others insist it's only the game title, and not any figures.)
This game is very simple and is always started with opening A. After that one mostly pinches the x's and wrap them around the outside strings. The others tend to need a little more practice.
found some elastic at Martha's and we couldnt resist playing!
Cat's cradle is a well known series of string figures. The name of the entire game, the specific figures, their order, and the names of the figures vary. Versions of this game have been found in indigenous cultures all over the world--from the Arctic to the Equatorial zones.
The game begins with the first player wrapping a loop of string around the hands (around the fingers or wrists) and taking one side of the string and circling the hands again. Then this player performs the last two moves of Opening A: taking the string which runs on the inside of the left arm onto the first finger of their right hand, then, reaching through the triangle created, the loop on the inside of the right hand is taken onto the first finger of the left hand).
This creates two sets of crossed string between both hands. A second player grasps each cross horizontally using the thumb and first fingers, pulls these outwards, down under the line which runs below the crosses from the first players wrists, and back up. The first player lets go of the figure and the second player stretches it open by bringing apart the thumbs and fingers. This figure is the "diamonds". A series of other alterations produce more figures, some of which lead back to the diamonds while some are dead ends and cannot be transformed. (Some say that "diamonds" is the cat's cradle from the game title, while others insist it's only the game title, and not any figures.)
This game is very simple and is always started with opening A. After that one mostly pinches the x's and wrap them around the outside strings. The others tend to need a little more practice.
The History of The Tap Water AwardsMore on the fabulous Tapwater awards.....
The Tap Water Awards are not about comedy or comedians; the only link is that they were set up after the media became aware of the Bongo Club’s decision not to participate in the Perrier Comedy awards in 2001. This boycott culminated in the creation of the Tap Water Awards. The concept was launched at the end of the 2001 Fringe Festival to highlight the fact that Perrier was owned by Nestlé the manufacturer of baby milk substitutes in developing countries.
The Baby Milk Action AGM came round pretty fast again, as the chairman has recently stood down, Me and Julie had agreed to Co-chair the AGM, but Julie then realised that she was away hanging about with the permatan celebraties on holiday that weekend so I would have to chair it alone..... It turned out to be a good AGM, and very interesting as we had a great speaker from the tap water awards (alternative to the Nestle owned Perrier comedy awards) It was fascinating and very clever and funny. more on that soon...
We also launched the new t-shirt design, very nice after the controversial sucked! and little mother sucker! range from last year!
We spent some of the day at the Boscombe chine gardens fun day, grandma collard my friend Marissa for about an hour, wouldn't let her go, then we took grandma home and went straight on to a party at Vicky's stayed up till about one, tangoing - or trying!
I am a bit excited as I am going to meet Gordon Borown, I have been shortlisted for a Sheila McKhecnie award under the catagory - Consumer action - for working on the Baby Milk action campaign, where I am a director. So I am going to number 11 later in the month to a reception hosted by Mr Brown!
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