Welcome to the Inspiration section of the Activate website. Here we hope to provide you with useful stories, articles, videos, etc., to inspire you and share with you ideas from other Activate readers.
I never had a foreign pen pal in the heyday of French exchanges. Being paired with the girl who also had a bird as a pet, ‘et une soeur’ seemed tenuous grounds for a lifelong friendship. Still, I do know people who forged incredible bonds thanks to the pale blue high school letters airmailed across the […]
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Blue Monday. We’re told that the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year, so we pick out all the rubbish that happens on that day and focus on it. Sometimes, when a few things go wrong (no milk in the fridge, stubbed toe), we can’t be bothered to bring ourselves
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The theme of friendship has popped up everywhere I look over the last couple of weeks: A Woman’s Hour interview highlighting the absence of close friendships for men; an author discussing her new book about a friendship break-up, a Sunday magazine article about lifetime friends; a TV phone-in about falling out with a friend;
Friendship Files: Someone old, someone new, someone borrowed, nobody blue. Read More »
On the afternoon of 8th Sept 2022, we lost our beloved, longest-serving monarch. You may have already watched hours of footage, read tributes and heard heartfelt responses to the news. Many friends have shared their favourite pictures on their own social media accounts. I love this image of the Queen at Balmoral, taken just two days
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Who could have missed the pure joy on Sam Ryder’s face when he heard the final vote and discovered he had come second in the Eurovision Song Contest? He didn’t make the top spot on the Official UK Chart this week either. Second place looks pretty good on him though! I was late to the
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