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Issue 91•May 2020 Post-Lib
RPG Committee 2020
Chair: Ian Orton
ianorton5@gmail.com
Contents
Secretary (Acting): Sian King
chair.rpg@cilip.org.uk
Treasurer: Judith Allery
treasurer.rpg@cilip.org.uk
Vice Chair: Sian King
chair.rpg@cilip.org.uk
Post-Lib Editor:
Christiana Ikeogu
editor.rpg@cilip.org.uk
christieikeogu@gmail.com;
Web Editor: Alan Cooper
info.rpg@cilip.org.uk
Marketing and
Communications: Mrs Sian King
chair.rpg@cilip.org.uk
Visits Organiser: Charmaine
Bourton Chair’s Note 03
charmainebourton11@hotmail.co.uk
Ian Orton
Editor’s Introduction 04
Other Committee
Christiana Ikeogu
Members
David Byrne
For general enquiries about the Lifestyles and wellbeing 05
Retired Professionals Group We’ve Got It So Wrong about
please contact
info.rpg@cilip.org.uk Impact of Ageing
Trending 08
● Making the Most of Lockdown
and Social Distancing
● Living In the Coronavirus Era
● Lockdown reading/Writing/Listening
Reports, Events &
Announcements 14
Please note that articles
presented in Post-Lib are not Book Review 16
necessarily opinions of the
RPG Committee or the editor
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A note from
the Chair
Ian Orton
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y name is Ian Orton and get away from the notion
and I am the new that we were purely a group for
Chair of the Retired ‘mature’ library and information
Professionals Group! My professionals. At the end of the
Contact me background is public libraries meeting it was agreed that we
chair.rpg@cilip.org.uk starting as a library assistant should broaden our focus and
ianorton5@gmail.com in Nottingham before going inform CILIP that we wished to
to library school, heading retain full membership, but our
up library authorities before future roles will include:
moving into leisure and then ●Support career development
corporate management. I am and training particularly with
now a library volunteer in North the approaching 20,000
Yorkshire. volunteers who now keep
I have become your Chair at many public libraries open
a very exciting time both for ●We should change our name
our group and CILIP. As you to reflect our new focus
all know, the role of libraries ●Strengthen our regional
and information services has base for the opportunities to
changed and CILIP has asked share library and information
that the Members Network experience, promote social
(which includes us) should events such as the Annual
reflect on the way they provide Lunch and use the networking
support at present and plan for skills to promote our group.
the future. The broad options The timescale for the CILIP
are to remain a full member Community Strategy will be held
(as we are now), merge with up by COVID19, but during May
another group, have a change CILIP plans a virtual discussion
of focus or shut down. to keep the strategy moving.
These are serious options and There will be updates circulated
a virtual meeting of the RPG to members during the summer
Committee was held on 8th and early autumn. Our Annual
April 2020 to decide our future Lunch is still in the diary for
role. It was unanimously agreed Tuesday 22nd September and
at the start of the meeting that in the meantime, I would like
we wanted to continue as a full your views on anything to do
member; but recognised that to with our group.
survive, we had to change focus Ian Orton
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Editor’s note
Christiana Ikeogu
Contact me
editor.rpg@cilip.org.uk
christieikeogu@gmail.com
Welcome to the 91st edition of CILIP RPG’s Post-Lib
C
hange! Change! Change! zoom and it worked quite well motivational energy as he tackles
It is normally said that – obviously not as good as the issues relating to COVID19, the
our generation, senior face-to-face ones. lockdown and the likely effects
citizens, resist change. But You will notice the few they can have on us, if we fail
COVID19 and what it came with changes in the official roles to get organised, focused and
is a change every Tom, Dick of your Committee. We will remain active citizens.
and Harry has loathed. What a always remain indebted to Sian I am very encouraged and
mayhem and havoc it has thrown for chairing and leading RPG hope you will be, to see how
into our lives. I cannot help but in the last two years. We now much our very own Charmaine
wonder how much impact this welcome Ian Orton who is very Bourton and her family are
must be having on our RPG eager to take us through this trying to achieve a mammoth
members and their families, uncertain period, which you task of tidying and sorting
especially when I see on a daily and I cannot predict what will their documents and music
basis what is going on all over happen in our families, let alone collections. What a job! And what
Britain and globally. My hope the organisation we belong to. a relief it will be when completed.
therefore is that this issue meets We just have to watch this space, This is probably your first time
each one well. remain positive and do as much of learning about David Byrne,
At the last committee meeting as possible within our means and who only joined the committee in
in April, it was agreed to share our abilities. Many thanks, Ian for February but is already making a
as much as possible, the coping stepping-up. lot of impact. You will be thrilled
mechanisms individuals are Peter Meadows, of with David’s active involvement
applying to alleviate the impact AfterWorkNet sheds light on with the University of The Third
of this pandemic and the the age-old confusion about Age (U3A), and the artistic talent
lockdown we are facing. You will ageing and he charges senior he is exhibiting. Well done David.
therefore notice that quite a few citizens to dispel those sayings We look forward to sharing more
articles from within and outside that put people down, and to about you on this platform.
sources dwell on suggestions, see the real sense of the matter. Lastly, please do not forget to
experiences and practical things Check it out and weigh in on check the Reports, Events and
we can all engage in. what he is saying, and see if Announcements section.
The Committee has shown all or some really apply to you. Wishing you all a safe and
example of adaptability by Further down the pages, you healthy survival through
conducting our last meeting via will also experience Peter’s this crisis.
NEXT Please send articles in MS Word for the next issue before August 3rd 2020 to the editor at the
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Lifestyles & Wellbeing
We’ve Got It So Wrong About Impact Of Ageing
On Our Brains. Ready For Some Great News?
By Peter Meadows
T
here’s a picture of ageing lives of those in their retirement remember why – again? Daniel,
that most people carry years. Put simply, his message is: a neuroscientist, cognitive
in their heads. It’s one of Though your pants might psychologist, and with five best-
inevitably being increasingly now be bigger, you are still a selling books on the science of
forgetful, irrelevant, and with smarty-pants. But what about the brain to his credit says ‘Don’t
limited ability to learn. And it’s those times you’ve lost your blame your age because you
time to see things differently. keys – again? Can’t remember are just as smart as you were’.
That’s the conviction of Daniel thingamajig’s name – again? Don’t believe the myth.
Levitin, an expert in how the Walked into a room but can’t The myth is that with ageing
brain works. And the news is comes a steepening loss of
good, because science is now “It’s the ability to being able to remember. Yet,
revealing our older years to be assess situations insists Daniel, the decline is
very different from the accepted and make the best far less than we have come to
stereotypes. Very good indeed. responses. With your believe. More than that, the way
You are still a smarty pants. brain’s ability to we frame our expectations has
Daniel Levitin’s been applying spot patterns where a big impact on how we see
his discoveries to the brains and others don’t” things. Daniel points out that
5
having taught undergraduates
for his entire career, he’s
watched them make all kinds
of short-term memory errors.
He says, ‘They walk into the
wrong classroom; turn up to
exams without a pencil; forget
something I taught two minutes
ago.’ This, he asserts, is all
similar to the kinds of things their
elders do. But the difference is
how we come to describe such
events.
These error making students
don’t think: ‘This has to be a
sign of Alzheimer’s.’ Instead they
put it down to being too busy,
not having enough sleep, or
for some other reason. But for
someone 50 years or so older,
the prevailing explanation is that
some marbles have now gone
missing – accompanied by a
worry about the health of their
brain. More than that, there’s the
fact that older adults have more our brains in later life actually to extract patterns and to make
memories to search through have distinct advantages. He accurate predictions improves
to find what they’re looking for. lists things like – because we’ve had more
Our brain becomes crowded ● Being able to resist acting on experience. For this reason, he
with memories and information. impulse argues, if you need an X-ray you
It’s not an inability to remember ● Being able to deny want a 70-year-old radiologist
that’s the issue, but that there’s gratification reading it, not a 30-year-old one.
so much more information to sort ● Being able to more easily get Daniel concedes that brains
through. But don’t we start to on with others slow down and get smaller over
forget words as the years go by? ● Being able to make wise and time. It’s a decline starting from
According to one neuroscientist, thoughtful decisions. about our mid-30s. So with
Deborah Burke, of Pomona For reasons like this, the brainy age comes a slowing down at
College’s Project on Cognition brain expert insists that those answering quiz questions or
and Ageing, when older adults entering retirement are just retrieving names. But at other
lose track of individual words reaching their prime. forms of mental processing we
it’s not the word itself that’s can get better — and faster.
forgotten but just its sound. OUR THINKING CAN For example, abstract thinking
EVEN GET BETTER improves, reveals Daniel’s
OUR BRAINS ARE BETTER In fact, insists Daniel, some research. This is the kind
THAN WE REALISE aspects of memory get better as of processing that enables
Daniel cites research showing we age. For instance, our ability mathematical ability, language
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“There’s the potential
to keep learning and
discovering into our
90s and beyond. We
just need to expect it
to involve a little more
concentration and
take a little longer.”
and problem-solving. significant remodelling of their meaningful activities.’ So it is
So, too, does practical brains. But new research tells a down to each of us to decide
intelligence – or ‘wisdom’. It’s different story. It’s one where the which story we will live by. The
the ability to assess situations brains of older adults are able one that resigns us to imagined
and make the best responses. to take great steps to adapt and inevitable decay. Or the one that
With your brain’s ability to spot learn. The only difference being grabs each moment positively
patterns where others don’t, and that it simply takes a bit longer. to make the rest of our lives the
to understand what’s likely to This means there’s the potential best of our lives. Living in the
happen next. to keep learning and discovering way God has made us with all
into our 90s and beyond. We the opportunities this offers.
DISCOVERY AND LEARNING just need to expect it to involve
ARE STILL POSSIBLE a little more concentration and Bestselling books by Daniel
Nor are those older and stuck take a little longer. Levitin include Successful
in their ways as popular myth All of which is perfectly Ageing: A Neuroscientist
suggests. Neuroscientists speak summed up in the words of Explores the Power and
of ‘plasticity’ – the ability, or not, Daniel Levitin who says; ‘I’ve Potential of Our Lives and
for the brain to adapt and learn. come to see ageing as not The Changing Mind: A
A generation ago it was a ‘given’ inevitably a period of decline Neuroscientist’s Guide to
among the scientific community and loss and irrelevance, but a Ageing Well.
that those over-60 had little period of potentially renewed
hope of experiencing any engagement, energy and
7Trending Making the Most of Lockdown and Social Distancing By Charmaine Bourton Decluttering and Sorting ALREADY DONE: scripts and programmes of books, CDs and records, and ● Clear, declutter and tidy both past performances consider online version conservatories, garden shed ● Update my Christmas card and garden IN PROCESS: collection ● Clear, declutter and tidy loft ● Clear, declutter and tidy spare ● Put remainder of postcards in ● Clear, declutter and tidy study room albums, catalogue and cross ● Go through old bank statements ● Put in albums my 50th and reference and cheque books and recycle 60th birthday cards! (yes a few ● Go through all my library those over 7 years old years behind!) paperwork and discard what ● Arrange and tidy all my drama ● Maintain my catalogue of I don’t want to keep eg PADS LOCKDOWN OBSERVATION ●W e find we are now eating to throw away, but when you we are now turning to these things like biscuits and sweets go shopping the temptation is foods we aren’t so keen we are not very keen on. to buy what you really like and on! Our cupboard is getting ● Things we have bought or eat that instead. emptier but in a good way! been given and don’t like very ● In order to avoid going much, but don’t dislike enough shopping as much as possible 8
from 15 years ago! Instructions ● Actual play rehearsal with Suitable
for use of new computer other drama group on Skype songs for
system etc!
● 100 approx VHS (yes VHS!)
● Acting jobs are now by self-
tape, so doing a lot of those
the times
By Charmaine Bourton
to watch and then discard - ● Book I am reading at time of
thus assisting de cluttering writing:
Cliff Richard:
progress! ● Mother’s Day on Coronation
‘From distance’
● About 200 books to read - NB: Street.
‘Time drags by’
I am reading hardbacks first ● Helping husband clear
because: recently deceased mother-
Police:
(a) they take up more room and in-law’s house. For someone
‘Don’t stand so
they will be passed on when who professed not to be a
close to me’
read, thus assisting de cluttering hoarder, she had a heck of a
(b) I take paperbacks on lot of stuff!
Three Degrees:
holiday and for days out, when
‘When Will I see
lockdown is over! DECLUTTERING AND
you again’
SORTING 2:
ONGOING: Chests of drawers - threw out
Songs
● Regular meetings with one 160 felt tips and pens which
particularly
drama group on Zoom have dried up!
NOT appropriate
for now:
Evita
‘Don’t cry for
me Argentina’
‘Don’t keep your
distance’
9Trending
Living In the Coronavirus Era:
Want To Do Better Than Just ‘Survive’ The Lockdown? Here’s
Some Simple Ways To Actually Flourish. By Peter Meadows
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hile in quarantine ● Make proactive phone/ the writer to the Hebrews who
during the plague, Facetime calls at least twice encourages us to run ‘fixing our
Shakespeare wrote a week eyes on Jesus . . . so that you
King Lear, Macbeth, and Anthony ● Occasionally reward myself will not grow weary and lose
and Cleopatra. And while in for good behaviour heart’. Hebrews 12.2-3
isolation, Sir Isaac Newton made
some of his greatest discoveries SET YOURSELF GOALS GET SUNLIGHT
including gravity. You and I may Again, this is about not drifting, AND FRESH AIR
not reach such great heights because having goals gives you Open those windows when
during the present lockdown. something to aim for and have inside and take every
But we can use the time to do a sense of achievement when opportunity to get outside that
better than just survive. Yet it you’ve ticked them off. Your the ‘rules’ allow. And fill your
won’t ‘just happen’. goals will be personal to you. lungs – good deep breaths –
I like the approach of the But, again, here are mine in the when you do. This is not just a
author Guy Dauncey on keeping hope they inform your thinking. good idea. Sunlight produces
SANE during the crisis. With When this season is over I vitamin D which cheers us up.
SANE stands for Strong, Active, want to – And fresh air is seen to improve
Neighbourly and Energetic. ● Be fitter blood pressure, reduce stress
With that in mind, here’s some ● Be more connected with levels and improve the way
realistic suggestions that could family, friends and neighbours we feel.
lead you to coming out of the ● Have a more rounded
lockdown with something under perspective on life KEEP ACTIVE
your belt – and, hopefully, with it ● Have touched up lots of Get things done – things that
a notch or two tighter. paintwork in the home keep both your body and mind
● Have sorted our historic family active and with thoughts other
ESTABLISH SOME RULES photographs than on the crisis. Make a list and
Avoid the risk of just drifting, and ● Have learned to play get to work - from those kitchen
letting things take their course, the ukulele cupboards to disorganised
by establishing some rules to ● Have sold some of our drawers; a new project for
follow. I’m not suggesting mine stuff on eBay the garden to a new hobby or
should be yours. But here they learning experience.
are in the hope they give you KEEP THE RIGHT FOCUS
something to think about. This is the spiritual bit. When LOOK AFTER YOUR
● Exercise 6 days a week walking on the water to Jesus, APPEARANCE
● Be productive 5 days a week Peter began to sink because his When tucked away, with no
● No TV mid-morning or eyes were on his circumstances. need to be ‘presentable’,
afternoons most weekdays Perhaps this was in the mind of the temptation is to slob
10out. Perhaps not with full-on lockdown era – including DEVELOP A NEW SKILL
slobbery; but with a gentle social media and online via OR INTEREST
drift to taking less care in Skype, Zoom, etc. Use them to Though stuck at home, it’s still
the sprucing up department. the full. This is not the time to easy to work at a new skill or
Taking care of our appearance be shy or to leave the initiative hobby. For a mass of ideas see
increases our sense of well- to others. One simple way is this list on Wikipedia. To help
being, helping keep us to hold a Come Dine With Me make it happen, Skillshare has
motivated. dinner party – inviting a few hundreds of free classes led
friends simultaneously share by those they say are ‘icons,
DON’T KEEP LOOKING AT a meal while joined together experts, and industry rock
THE SAME FOUR WALLS on Zoom. stars excited to share their
Cabin fever comes from the experience, wisdom, and trusted
impact of being stuck in the ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE tools’.
same environment for days on OF EATING WELL
end. A smart move is to change In the old ‘normal’, life could be DO SOMETHING FOR OTHERS
the ‘cabin’. Could you rearrange too busy to cook from scratch, Shift the focus from the virus
the furniture, redecorate, find a right down to making our own and yourself by helping others –
way not to spend all your time in sauces or using a range of herbs which is good for you and good
the same room? Even swapping and spices. That’s no longer the for them. A simple way is to
some of the pictures or having a case. You can now enjoy the create a list of those you could
big declutter of ornaments and relaxation of creating a self- cheer up with a phone call. But
pictures can make a positive prepared meal and the benefit you could do something more
difference. from eating less processed food. substantial either through your
So dust off your cookbooks, church or some other way.
MAXIMISE THE search Google – BBC Food The charity Rest Less has
OPPORTUNITIES FOR comes recommended. Better some practical ideas including –
HUMAN ENGAGEMENTS still see the great recipes ● Good with languages? Then
People need people and there in Rosemary Conley’s Stay put this to good use by
are many ways to engage in the Young Diet. volunteering for Translators
11Without Borders (TWB)
● Help those visually impaired.
Use the Be My Eyes app
to make life easier for
people who are partially
sighted around the world.
Anything from helping them
check food expiry dates to
distinguishing colours or
navigating surroundings.
● Give practical support to
overseas missionaries. Can
you post a magazine? Search
the internet? Audio type?
Then MissionAssist will like
your skills to urgent needs.
● Be a grandparent to children
on another continent. Though
called Granny Cloud, it links
male and female volunteers by
Skype into remote locations to
chat with, listen to, read with EXERCISE AT LEAST little slack. You won’t hit all your
and play with underprivileged A LITTLE EACH DAY goals or get everything done
children in Colombia, There’s a lot more benefit to you’d hoped for. But celebrate
Cambodia, Mexico, Greenland moving around with some what you can do and treat
and Jamaica. energy than you may imagine. yourself when you at least get
● Contribute to peace Along with strengthening your somewhere there.
and sustainable human body parts your brain gets a If you think others will be
development. As a United treat as well. This is because helped by this, please share
Nations Volunteer your time exercise causes the brain to using the links below.
will impact the wellbeing release hormones- endorphins – Do you have a ‘rule’, ‘goal’ or
of others by matching your that cheer you up and help you insight on making the most of
skills to the opportunities. to sleep. the lockdown? Please share it
Everything from writing and If this thought is new to you here or on the AfterWorkNet
editing to teaching and then start small and build up. Facebook community
training. Art and design to A short sharp walk is good for
research. Administration to starters. And check what is free
event organisation. on Google that you can do at Peter is AfterWorkNet’s
home and do as much as you Programme Director and
“A smart move is to can. For more on this see the presently under ‘house arrest’
change the ‘cabin’. AfterWorkNet webpages on and missing his grandchildren.
Could you rearrange Keeping Fit. He’s using his retirement to
the furniture, redeco- help churches, resource inter-
rate, find a way not to DON’T BE TOO DRIVEN church initiatives, and dreams
spend all your time in Finally, in these challenging and of escaping to Spain when
the same room?” strange times cut yourself a travel permits.
12DOWNLOAD
out of copyright
Living the Lockdown Life books free of
charge from Project
Gutenberg
Lockdown Reading/Writing/Listening at Gutenberg.org
By David Byrne
S
taying at home has and we now meet once a of our writing group
given us all more time: fortnight. One of our new joiners mentioned that they had
cooking and gardening prompted me to download been in correspondence with
seem to be top of the list for some short stories by P G Wodehouse as a teenager and
most people, but for me, I have Wodehouse. We all need a bit that they continued to write until
been reading and painting of humour at the moment and the year he died. Fascinating to
more. Some time ago I set up the Wodehouse short stories are find these personal connections
a “Writing for Pleasure” Group great for dipping into. You can with the authors.
for our local University of the download the P G Wodehouse
Third Age and with the arrival books for free from Project UNIVERSITY OF
of lockdown we have now Gutenberg and if you THE THIRD AGE (U3A):
moved things online then open them U3A aims to encourage groups
using the Zoom in your Books of people in their third age to
web conferencing Zoom web App you can undertake learning for its own
system. conferencing then read sake get creative and sociable.
The online sign up for free at in comfort It is low cost to join your local
version of our zoom.com and run on a tablet group and if a subject of interest
group has your own discussions with computer. to you is not covered you can
friends and family
broadened (free meetings limited One of easily start a new group.
the membership to 40 minutes) the members U3A.org.uk
13Reports, Events and Announcements RPG Annual Report 2019 In terms of Committee on the CILIP audit committee. members. Despite the speaker membership, 2019 saw the Please see p.1 of Post-Lib for a pulling out through illness, it stepping down of two long- full Committee list. was a great success and well serving members. Firstly, The main activities of 2019, organised by Ian. Joan Woollatt, for many in line with our Business Plan, years treasurer of the Retired were: Networking & Promotion Librarians Guild, and then Name change The Member Networks forum continuing to see through the The transition to the new name event was attended by our transition to the CILIP Retired of Retired Professionals Group Treasurer, Judith Allery. CILIP Members group. Secondly, has now been completed. At the Conference 2019 was attended Alison Hall, Secretary, who has end of 2019, there were around by Ian Orton (as the RPG likewise served for a number 560 members. representative, so funded by of years. Appreciation for CILIP) and Christie Ikeogu (who their dedicated service was Visits applied successfully for the RPG expressed at the AGM, and gifts ● Whitelands College, University Bursary Award). Christie also were presented. of Roehampton attended the Member Networks We are fortunate indeed to ● Frogmore Paper Mill Forum in May, and Judith have found replacements for ● Royal Courts of Justice attended the one in October. both these officer roles. Judith Many thanks to Charmaine for Allery comes as Treasurer after organising these. It was decided Finance gaining much experience in that future visits would be free of As a result of reducing the the same role for the London charge and booked direct. printed issue of Post-Lib from Regional Committee. At the end three to one, with the other two of the year, we welcomed a new Annual lunch 2019 issues being electronic only, Secretary in Sheron Burton, who This was held at the Civil Service has ensured that we have kept (among other things) serves Club in April, and attended by 36 within our budget. Announcements Retired Librarians Annual Lunch Annual General Meeting The 2020 Retired Professionals Group lunch The RPG AGM due to be held on 16th has been postponed to September. June has been postponed. We will When: Tuesday, 22nd September 2020 at 12.30 pm contact you later in the year when we are Where: Civil Service Club, Great Scotland Yard, able to announce a new date. Westminster, London SW1A 2HJ For further information about the lunch please contact Ian Orton at ianorton5@gmail.com 14
RPG Annual Accounts
Income & Expenditure Account
for the year ended 31 December
INCOME 2019 (£) 2018 (£) ASSETS 2019 (£) 2018 (£) COMMENT
CILIP Capitation 1,500.00 1,500.00 Debtors
CILIP’s Sponsorship income Income received at
Head office not yet 500.00 crec 63585
CILIP’s Sponsorship accrued income 500.00 FY19-£154.45 plus
transferred to the group
Associate subsriptions FY18-£208.26
VAT 362.72 208.27
as per bank reconciliation
London Lunch event 1,072.54 1,073.00 Cash at Bank 2,653.67 2,474.72
East Midlands Lunch event
3,516.39 2,682.99
Visits donations 215.36
Library services trust donation
Miscellaneous 12.25 LESS LIABILITIES 2019 (£) 2018 (£) COMMENT
Member Network Central Fund grant 500.00 2,164.00 Amount owed to
690.31 12.25
the head office PINV70685&7 July 19 HO
Xmas Lunch Loughborough 522.50 Credit card purchases-
VAT
3,800.15 5,259.50 gjnl16713
690.31 12.25
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RMG Magazine- Post Lib 291.95 3,147.00 2,826.08 2,670.74
Postage & telephone 4.75 16.62
Stationery & printing 22.57
Other travel & subsistence 989.50 1,126.51 ACCUMULATED FUND 2019 (£) 2018 (£) COMMENT
Xmas Lunch Loughborough 427.75 Unity Trust bank 2,670.74 3,026.35
London Lunch event 1,150.20 861.84 Surplus (Deficit) Opened Unity Trust bank
155.34 (355.61)
for the year account 28 March 2017
Bank charges 2.10
2,826.08 2,670.74
Other expenses 401.26
Honoraria 71.40
CHECK 2019 (£) 2018 (£)
Amount outstanding on Head Office inter
group a/c 690.31 12.25 0.00 0.00
Irrecoverable VAT 20.77 23.14
3,644.81 5,615.11 Independent Examiner’s report
Surplus (Deficit) for the year 155.34 (355.61) I confirm that the above Balance Sheet and accompanying income
& Expenditure Account are in accordance with the cash Book and
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statements to verify their accuracy
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Date: 02 May 2020
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15Book Review
I
felt guilty of the phrase, ‘don’t ‘Everyone has a purpose’, and
judge a book by its cover’, according to Oprah, ‘our job is
when I saw the title of Oprah to figure out as soon as possible
Winfrey’s the Path Made Clear, what that is, who you are meant
because I immediately thought to be, and begin to honor your
she was going to talk about the calling in the best way possible’.
things that led to her successes ‘I don’t believe in coincidence.
in life. My conviction was even I know there is a divine order
stronger as I saw the picture of to the magnificent mystery of
The path made clear: the lush natural environment our lives’
Discovering Your Life’s on the cover. It was however According to Eckhart Tolle,
Direction and Purpose comforting to see how not- ‘There are two levels of truth.
so-far-off my assessment was, One is to see the craziness of
Author: Oprah Winfrey as I started ploughing into the what is happening now.
Publisher: Bluebird contents. Yes, the Path Made And another is to see, from a
Audible Length: 2hrs 55 mins Clear explores the purpose of higher perspective, that what
Price: £18.99 life, of existence and success, is happening now is part of
of taking the direction we take, our evolution’.
of journeying with the people There are many wow moments
and places we touch, and of as you explore and gain insights
continuing the way we have into the minds of the contributors
gone regardless of other life’s to this work. I find the epilogues
interferences. – brief introductions Oprah
The book is divided into ten made about the contributors
chapters. And in a unique and an additional strength to the
unselfish way, Oprah brought book. One can quite easily dig
various perspectives into each deeper into the works of those
topic. She introduced each one, personalities if required.
and then invited voices of the For those of us who might think
different writers and influential they’ve been there, done it and
people she interviewed, can’t see the need to ask what
‘I don’t believe sharing their thoughts, concerns
and aspirations on the topic
life holds for them, my response
is to share what you learn from
in coincidence. in question. Each section is the work with the younger
I know there interlaced with stunning, soothing
landscape photographs. It is a
generation. It is never too late
to inspire and motivate people
is a divine coffee table type of book, very around you. Moreover, neither
order to the inviting, and once you start
leafing through the pages, you’re
Oprah nor the contributors talked
about the age to start exploring
magnificent sure to get hooked on a topic your purpose, but the urgency
mystery of or two.
Three of my favourite quotes
in the matter is to start now, right
where you are.
our lives’ and excerpts are: Christiana Ikeogu
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