Its been a busy week or so: I got back from two weeks leave (during which I singlehandedly laid a slate patio – as you do!), straight into preparation for the cdfa’s Annual General Meeting, which took place on 24th. Board members who had completed their term of office stepped down and thanks are due to them – Naomi Kingsley of London Rebuilding Society, Bas Bush of South Coast Moneyline, Paul Kalinauckas of Black Country Reinvestment Society and Tim Heath of East London Small Business Centre. Both Bas and Naomi served two years as Chair of the Association and deserve a special mention for the extra work that it entailed.
Our new board members are Sandra MaClean of DSL, Roger Millar of Goole Development Trust, Sean Dennis of Capitalise Business Support and Jonathan Girling of East London Small Business Centre. It’s an exciting and challenging time to join our board and we look forward to working with them all. The cdfa has a new chair, David Herd of Social Investment Scotland, and our new Vice Chair is Steve Waud of the Business Enterprise Fund.
I attended the Labour Party conference earlier this week where the mood was upbeat and optimistic. There was certainly a real interest in what we are doing as the provision of responsible finance is high on the political agenda at the moment – so are working hard to capitalise on it. But who knows what the future holds - so I am off to the Conservative Party Conference next week to spread the word there too.
On the homefront:
I see Strictly is back but, inexplicably, I wasn’t asked to be a contestant. I certainly have the same ‘celeb’ credentials as at least one of the participants (over 50 and divorced after a 30-year marriage) – the main difference is that I can actually dance. So I assume my invite got lost in the post, with the strike being on at the moment. Still, there’s always next year!
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