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		<title>Smashed Taboo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Smashed taboo. A CEO speaks about the work undertaken during lockdown on disability and mental health specifically. Passion, detail and authenticity. He describes the journey and the milestones that will let all staff know progress has been made. And he talks about the internal conversations now happening on a weekly basis around mental wellbeing on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Canada Calling &#160; A testimonial from Vancouver Airport praising the work of Purple.  Not many people would have guessed that in January 2021, recent changes to Canadian legislation protecting disabled people led us to develop and deliver training to ‘curbside’ staff in the run up to Christmas.  The training was right within our wheel in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you &#160; Thank you from me, my family and everyone at Purple for your support this year.  We are changing the disability conversation and you are helping. I really hope you all stay safe this festive season and make it a time of rest and enjoyment despite all the restrictions now in place. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ghosts of a Christmas Post &#160; Just another manic Monday. Having to leave work earlier as Covid-19 restrictions mean no after school clubs are running so I need to pick up my eldest daughter.  And then over to pick up my son from his Nanna who picked him up even earlier from Junior school.  Back [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Switching on the Floodlights &#160; A typical day can leave me feeling confused A typical joke was that meant to be funny A typical day will I forget my lines A typical day another play to try and understand A typical day and I want to tell you how I feel But typically I am [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[International Day of People with Disabilities &#160; On behalf of Purple and Purple Tuesday I am very proud to be supporting International Day of People with Disabilities.  As a disabled person working in the sector, I have been involved in the celebration for over 20 years and can see how much it has grown as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[No Sweat &#160; Waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat is not pleasant.  Not just a bead of perspiration but a fully blown stream that stings the eyes which have been rudely opened.  I didn’t have a fever. It wasn’t the radiators belting out heat.  It was the simple realisation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fobbed Off &#160; Standing in the pitch black.  In a park, alone, for 45 minutes feeling pretty vulnerable and increasingly cold.  Plenty of time for reflection.  I wasn’t looking or thought I needed it.  I wasn’t expecting it.  And at that exact moment I definitely can tell you I didn’t think it was good for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Don’t Panic Mr Mainwaring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Don’t Panic Mr Mainwaring &#160; It is almost three years to the day since I attended an e-safety session for parents at my daughter’s school, who was 10 at the time.  As a total novice to the online world I found it fascinating but equally scary.  Sitting downstairs while your child is potentially being groomed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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