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    Ajita Chamberlin posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 2 years, 7 months ago

    A reason to mentor – see a note from my external mentee that I mentored earlier this year…

    Hi Ajita, 

     

    It’s xxxxxx here, I hope you’ve been well over the last few months. I recently started my first year of sixth form and your sessions with mentoring really helped me with my exams and just finding new opportunities. I just wanted to let you know that I did extremely well in my GCSE’s – I got 8 GCSE’s at grades 7-9 – and you really contributed to that so thank you! 

     

    I got into my first choice sixth form Ashcroft and am doing the subjects that I enjoy (Biology, Chemistry and Psychology). I recently applied to an amazing opportunity from my school to get six months of volunteering experience at the Royal Neuro-Disability Hospital, which will really help me for my career interest in medicine. I managed to be shortlisted so I’ve just received my application form to compete. 

    The satisfaction and personal growth is for both mentee and mentor and receiving notes like this makes it all worth it. In my role as part of the DEI council we have talked about socio-economic inequality, so to have even made the smallest of differences is an improvement. 

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  • Helly Summerly posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 2 years, 7 months ago

    WINSOR & NEWTON COLLABORATION WITH LIBERTY FABRICS

    As a brand focused on celebrating the ‘creative process’ we were thrilled to discover that Winsor & Newton materials have long been at the very start of that process for the talented designers at Liberty Fabrics. So we invited them to come and explore the Winsor & Newton archive and then create some new floral designs in the iconic Liberty style.

    We posted the video below on social media earlier this week – if you haven’t already seen it, please do log on and give us a like and a comment!

    Great work from Jo Sass, Joe Davis and Rebecca Byrne to bring it all together – hopefully the start of a longer term partnership for two great British heritage brands…

    Winsor & Newton (@winsorandnewton) • Instagram photos and videos

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    • Benjamin Hodgson replied 2 years, 7 months ago

      Great to see, nice work! Agree this feels like a perfect partnership to nurture. Would be great to see where this could go… imagine working with their designers in a more public event, hosted in the Liberty building… Liberty open their doors to the public to demonstrate their creative practice, we supply the materials (and leverage some brand exposure)…

    • Sally Marshall replied 2 years, 7 months ago

      What are great initiative, well done team W&N…

  • Joe Davis posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 2 years, 7 months ago

    The Evening Standard have published an article on the ‘Best watercolour paint sets to buy in 2023’ – we’re pleased to see that W&N Professional Watercolours are featured as the top choice, AND Cotman sets take spots 2 & 3. https://www.standard.co.uk/shopping/esbest/home-garden/best-watercolour-paint-sets-uk-b1109594.html

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  • Tammy Sadler posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 2 years, 7 months ago

    Congratulation Graeme Reid on completing 25 years service at Colart Lowestoft and thanks for bringing your sunny smile with you each day. 

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  • CAROLE BRIQUET posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 2 years, 7 months ago

    To preserve our working environment and in particular the exteriors, around fifteen employees volunteered to clean our site, thus responding to the invitation of the well-being ambassadors. We hope that this action, organized twice a year, bears fruit because the environment is everyone’s business!

     

     

    Afin de préserver notre environnement de travail et notamment les extérieurs, une quinzaine de collaborateurs s’est portée volontaire pour nettoyer notre site, répondant ainsi à l’invitation des ambassadeurs bien-être. Nous espérons que cette action, organisée deux fois par an, porte ses fruits car l’environnement c’est l’affaire de tous !

     

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