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Things on the south coast have been a wee bit frantic of late. What with humanitarian citizen nominations for two groups of young people that I work with, weekends spent disturbing the tranquillity of the Hampshire countryside (and learning lots too), school speaker training, standing in for Laura (youth representative for the UK at the international delegate conference) at the gala ball and preparing for World AIDS Day there has been hardly any time to sit and document the goings on for the blogosphere.

Monday is the day when Steph, an intern on the HIV project comes into the office and works her magic. As well as restoring what little sanity I have left she coordinates the school speaker project- at the moment it is all hands on deck for world AIDS day preparations. While I leave all that in the capable hands of Steph, a small window of blogging opportunity opens. Read the rest of this post »

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Last Monday I spent the day at the mosque. I had been invited to attend a course designed for people whose work brings them into close contact with the Muslim community, with the aim of increasing understanding the Islamic faith with a view to improved service provision for the Muslim community. As I believe communication and understanding are key factors in cross community working, and indeed key factors for harmonious living with ones neighbour generally; I donned a long sleeve top, a scarf to cover my head, checked that my socks were hole-less and set off for the mosque.

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