I very rarely blog about things to do with my work on here, but meeting John Bird (the Founder of The Big Issue) was a too exciting for me to not mention.  On Tuesday I attended the Wedge Card ’Shop Local Challenge’ day. The event was hosted by Wedge Card and welovelocal.com was one of the supporters. The event was kicked off by a really moving talk from John about the benefits of shopping locally. He spoke not only of the economic benefits but also of the benefits to the social  fabric of our communities. The idea that local shops help to keep our communities together, and without them we would lose a huge part of not only our community, but also our identity and consumer choice. 

As a graduate of Sociology, and a big fan of The Big Issue meeting John was a pretty big deal. It was just great to here some of his and Wedge Card’s ideas about shopping locally. It is very inspiring stuff. I know I carry around my Wedge Card with pride - the discounts are good! Money off in most of London’s best independent and unique shops is too good to be missed.

So, I can’t believe it is so close to Christmas, I am totally unprepared. This is most unlike me I haven’t even managed to get round to opening the last three doors on my yummy Thorntons advent calendar! Oh just a little girls tip here, I have recently discovered (well with help from Holly) a magazine called Lula, it is divine - take a peek you’ll see what I mean.