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Thanks Julian. Just spotted it on LI so shall share there and on UKF.

Jingle Jam 'open now' graphic. Text also includes 'expressions of interest' and 'charities, we want you!'. Smaller text at the top reads: 'more info on jinglejam.co.uk'.

Want to be one of our charity partners this Jingle Jam? Now is your time to apply! We've officially opened our Expression of Interest form (EOI) for 2026.

Know a charity you'd like to see apply? Tag them below!

Greenpeace UK humorous legacy ad.

Greenpeace has long had a creative and darkly humorous approach to encouraging people to leave a gift in their will.

Their current one invites you to push the agenda while pushing up daisies.

Enhanced by a strapline underneath ‘we won’t rest in peace’ with the last word in Greenpeace’s green font.

Rhubarb growing in our allotment. Taken from ground level.

Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb - and thank goodness for that.

Visually AI by Heather Cooper | Substack Your weekly dose of AI news, tools, and innovation with a visual twist. Breaking down barriers to make AI content creation accessible to all. Click to read Visually AI by Heather Cooper, a Substack pu...

Having run Graphic Traffic training courses and then a Substack on the wonderful world of presenting information and stories graphically I can certainly recommend 'Visually AI' by Heather Cooper for enjoyable and extensive inspiration:

heatherbcooper.substack.com?r=qvt6&utm_c...

Muddy path in Great Tey, with view ahead obscured by most. Filtered with Prisma.

With plenty of muddy and slippery paths to navigate after weeks of rain.

A railway viaduct in mist with a weak sun in the top right just appearing above an evergreen tree.

Chappel viaduct (Essex) nearly obscured in the heavy morning mist as we started out on our run this morning.

Let's Talk Fundraising logo - CIOF's podcast

The @ciofundraising.bsky.social has started a new series of its podcast, Let's Talk Fundraising.

The first episode features Alan Clayton @revolutionise.bsky.social talking with CIOF Chair Harpreet Kondel on why fundraiser wellbeing can't wait.

open.spotify.com/episode/0MCq...

GSK Community Health Programme | The King's Fund The GSK Community Health programme is open to small charities working in the UK to tackle health inequalities. Successful charities will receive up to £10,000 of unrestricted funding.

Each charity will receive a £10,000 donation plus a training and development programme delivered by The King’s Fund worth an additional £5,000. Our congratulations to all of these organisations.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/49Iz80t

Great Fundraising Masterclass 26-28 January 2026

@howardlake.bsky.social is joining Nassau Fundraising again next week to co-present the Great Fundraising Masterclass to a group of Dutch fundraising and charity leaders.

Inkrite Multipack Ink Cartridge for Canon PIXMA (4 packs of five inks) | in Colchester, Essex | Gumtree The Inkrite Multipack Ink Cartridge is specifically designed for use with Canon PIXMA printers, including models like the MG5450, iP7250, MX925, and MX725. This ink cartridge set includes five indivi...

Need some new and unused ink colour cartridges for a Canon PIXMA?

I'm selling quite a few on Gumtree:

www.gumtree.com/p/cartridges...

#GotStuffGetCash

Amuses me how when this was first mooted, the ‘cynical’ objection was all ‘Oh no! The Tube is the one place I can get away from having to hear everyone’s else’s tedious phone conversations!’

A decade on and making a phone call isn’t even listed as a benefit by the Mayor, cos no one does it anymore.

Dear Friends and Supporters, It is with a very heavy heart that we are writing to let you know that, effective from 9th January 2026, RoadPeace will sadly have to stop its crucial work for road crash victims and close permanently.

Sad news from RoadPeace today.

Loved The Unexplained magazine. Still have all the copies. Lovely mix of odd, enlightening, unnerving and downright terrifying!

Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son

The organizer is a partner and trainer at The Management Center, a progressive nonprofit based in Minneapolis. She was seeking $50,000 and has so far raised $893,000.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Dozens of people walking on Frinton beach on the afternoon of New Year’s Day 2026. Wind turbines on the horizon in the distance. A blue filter has been applied.

Frinton beach on New Year’s Day 2026.

Great Fundraising Masterclass, Netherlands, 26-28 January 2026. Large colour photo of the North Sea coast at Nordwijk.

Do you have the ambition to grow your fundraising income substantially and structurally in 2026, so that you reach your goal faster? Become a Great Fundraising organization and sign up for the Great Fundraising Masterclass (January 26 - 28).

It's delivered in English

www.nassau.nu/great-fundra...

I knew the composer of the Carol Symphony was Victor Hely-Hutchinson.

But I’ve only just discovered that his full name was Christian Victor Noel Hope Hely-Hutchinson!

There’s some seasonal nominative determinism for you!

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Warning sign of bears. Nikko National Park, Japan.

Triangle warning sign in yellow and black for "volcanic gas warning". Hakone, Japan.

Two memorable warning signs on our trip to Japan. From Nikko National Park (beware of bears) and Hakone (beware of volcanic gas - and other volcanic activity).

A bare branched oak tree silhouetted against a last light and reflected in the water in a garden table.

Root and branch?

Our garden oak tree reflected in the dying light.

To arrive sooner leave faster.

Travelling on the Shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima with the family.

I’ve enjoyed the low-cost and easy to use Suica card, with its penguin mascot, on my family’s holiday in Japan.

“It got its name from the onomatopoeic phrase sui-sui, meaning to glide smoothly (through the turnstile)”.

But farewell penguin.

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From Osaka to Nara with the family to see its famed herd of deer.

Kura sushi restaurant in Osaka.

Shanghai airport terminal 1

“Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Shanghai airport”.

Orient Express, The Concerts in China, Jean-Michel Jarre, 1982

Welcome to Shanghai airport, 2025. I’ve taken my time…

A model dinosaur about 12 foot tall outside a half-timbered house against a blue sky. The T Rex type dinosaur is opening its mouth as if it were roaring.

A very old house!

Thangam Debbonaire to ‘champion’ opera as CEO of new ACE-backed trade body - Arts Professional Former shadow Culture Secretary THANGAM DEBBONAIRE has been named CEO of a new trade body representing the UK’s opera sector.

Thangam Debbonaire to ‘champion’ opera as CEO of new ACE-backed trade body www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Great Fundraising Organizations book at the CEntral and Eastern European Fundraising Conference in Bratislava.

The Central and Eastern European Fundraising Conference is as good as I’d heard. I enjoyed presenting a masterclass there last week on Great Fundraising with my @revolutionise.bsky.social colleague Nyasha Njela.

Spotted on Sainsbury’s last night. Humour my own.