Dear friends and fellow adventurers,
A short and sweet 5 Bullet coming to you today from Leeds, during a whistle-stop tour of the UK over the past week. Today, I’m delighted to share with you 5 social tips, treats and talking points that I’ve come across or re-discovered over the past fortnight! Please enjoy!
1. What I’m visiting: The Vagina Museum – London – I have Aurelio to thank for putting me on to this. A brilliant 2-floor museum dedicated to the education and celebration of female bodies and health, run by a brilliant charity of the same name. Free entry with donations recommended!
2. What I’m saddened by: The continuing rise of factory farming – This Guardian article is not good news. A continuing rise in factory farming (something I literally see happening across the Catalan countryside with the rapid construction of intensive pig farms). Hailing from very close to the Wye Valley and Severn myself, I was particularly sad to read: “In the Severn and Wye Valleys, a UK hotspot for intensive poultry farming, there are 79 chickens per human, the Guardian has revealed.“
3. What I’m exploring: Open Collective – I can’t believe I haven’t come across the Open Collective before, seemingly an effective way for charities – but more importantly unregistered and informal groups – to transparently and ethically raise funds. I love the principles upon which this technology is produced and how it potentially enables groups that don’t yet have charitable status to raise funds. I have personal experience finding workarounds to the lack of charity registration when we set up AFE in 2017 – we opted to go under the auspices of Prism the Gift Fund in London. I think I would have much preferred to go with Open Collective! Useful for anyone organising community-based fundraising. It also offers its services (for free) to registered groups with bank accounts, so I’ll also be testing and recommending to groups I work with!
4. What I’m cooking: Cheese Biscuits – It feels fitting to share this delicious recipe that we’ve had for 30 years on a dirty green post-it notes as a family from my wonderful granny (who would have turned 100 yesterday) – and originally a Mrs Beaton recipe I believe! Growing up, me and my sister would cook these for my dad as a special treat – and we still do! Easy to make vegan by simply omitting the egg and using vegan cheese (with a tablespoon or so of nutritional yeast too).
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5. Who I’m partnering with: Gaza Sky Geeks – At Circular Design, we’ve been on a fresh recruitment round recently. Aside from the EBE Employment Initiative, we’ve also partnered with Gaza Sky Geeks, a brilliant non-profit group helping to connect Palestinian tech talent with organisations (such as ours) internationally. We’re excited to already welcome new team members with their support! Thoroughly recommended!
📣 Opportunities from me and my network
🎼 Know a school looking for an Indonesian Gamelan? We’re selling one! Email me!
💻 Time for a new website? Visit Circular Design, my non-profit web agency
🔥 Need pro bono legal support for your charity? Try out PILnet and TrustLaw
🥦 Become a Vegan Society Member for free if you’re under 26!
📖 Don’t forget to order your copy of Remnants of War, Migration, Love by Taha Salim.
🎨 Looking for fabulous art to gift? Support my brilliant friend and artist Nadine here.
⭐️ Know someone critically-minded? I’d love to nominate them for Aspen Rising Leaders.
That’s it for this fortnight! As ever, please let me know your thoughts and feedback – and send anything you’d like me to include in upcoming editions this way.
