HAPPY NEW YEAR

I promise to stop say this from next week!

As we embark on a new year, I have been reflecting on 2024 and also on my career in recruitment that started in 1986. Moving from the somewhat cut throat and competitive world of commercial recruitment, I have been hugely fortunate to enjoy eighteen years of working with charities across the South West. These charities have been delivering important and inspiring work in all sorts of sectors, from supporting people who face challenges in life to rescuing and caring for our animal friends, charities that work hard to preserve our heritage and those that fight for the future of our environment. Charities that provide educational services and charities who campaign on behalf of those whose voices are not always heard. Where would we be without these organisations?

I have met some wonderful people along the way, both candidates and clients, and am honoured to call many of them friends, people who have encouraged me and lifted me up when the going has got tough. 2024 was tough! Losing my beloved Mother, Betty, suddenly, a week after my Aunt died, knocked me sideways and I am still working my way through the moments of intense grief which arrive without warning – it’s what makes us human I guess. So I want to thank those friends who have been there for me during 2024, it means a lot. I have been a bit all over the place at times, but you have been there for me – you know who you are.

Goodness knows what 2025 will bring – challenges and opportunities I am sure, but I know Mother would face both with the same cheerful and enthusiastic energy she always had, so that’s what I shall do.