The aftermath of the conflict in Attercliffe, where we closed the Forum to set up a Development Trust and so receive significant European funding, cannot be described as irenic.  Positions were deeply entrenched between the remnants of the Forum and the fragments of various groups who came together to run the Trust.  Our strategy was

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Chris Sissons, Market Together and Jemma Rosenthal, Find Your Voice co-host the Podcast “Find Tell Share” in Sheffield.  It’s the storyteller’s podcast, featuring everything storytelling, especially if you use stories to promote your business or charity (and you should!).  We plan to produce an edition once a month with a guest. August’s guest is Carmel

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The Retail Co-operative Museum on Toad Lane in Rochdale is based in the very premises of the first ever retail co-operative innovation.  I visited a while ago and remember “the hat Robert Owen wore while he was alive” (presumably they were unable to find his other hat!)  More important was the first floor co-operative library. 

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I was in the queue at a chain coffee shop the other day and overheard a conversation.  A man in the queue explained to the woman behind the counter that his father had died a few days ago.  The two were regular customers and the father had wanted the staff to know.  The man reassured

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You can play, download or share the Podcast using the panel above. If you wish to follow the Podcast, there are two options. (1) Visit Find Tell Share on the Podbean site and click Follow in the top right hand corner. This means you receive notice of each Podcast as soon as it’s published. (2)

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This story looks back to the recession in the 1980s. The story was first written in early 2019. In the Postscript I ask, what we can learn from the 80s and where to seek inspiration today. Recently, I attended a storytelling workshop for business owners.  One woman told the story of her young son’s death

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