All posts tagged Charity

Great South Run 2011

Fiona, her sister Charlotte and our son Euan took part in the Great South Run. The race was in its 22nd year and took place on Sunday 30th October in Portsmouth.… Read more

Unintended Consequences

I first learned about ‘the law of unintended consequences’ ten years ago while working with a public sector body. They had to deal with the fall out of legislation that hit its target and many other unintended targets too! … Read more

Christmas Donations

As usual, we will be supporting our two favourite charities in lieu of sending out Christmas Cards and they are the PCD Family Support Group and RP Fighting Blindness.… Read more

Rugby Sponsorship

Well, it’s not quite on a par with O2 and their collaboration with England. However, the Stonac logo is on the team shorts of the Bedford Modern Under 15 team that toured Italy in October.… Read more

Great South Run

Fiona and a small group of similarly hardy runners took part in the Great South Run. The race was in its 21st year and took place on Sunday 24th October in Portsmouth.… Read more

London Duathlon 2010

I’ve always been more interested in ‘playing the sport’ than the ‘training for the sport’ and so have never been a keen runner. However, when Fiona asked me to join a team of medics from the Royal Brompton (our boys are patients there) taking part in the relay event of the London Duathlon, I thought that the bike leg was for me!… Read more