Personal Reflections, until next time…

Phase 1 of my journey is completed; I’m surrounded by scribbles, papers and data. I am hugely grateful to colleagues who filled in for my “day job” and especially those who supported me in the dark week when jet lag, depression, disaster and climate nearly …nearly… dimmed the lights. I feel privileged and valued to …

Close Encounters nobody wants

To understand this post, some background. I have a thing about sleeping in beds that other people have slept in; I’ll opt for the floor or lie on top of the duvet. And I get up early. For this reason, I have camped all but 4 nights of my Fellowship travels. I’ve slept under the …

In the beginning…

After a long tortuous journey and many personal “firsts”, let’s backtrack to the beginning. Time has glossed over nearly every delay, multiple airport cat-naps, the giant millipede and the tent in the tree incident… North Carolina, the Tar heel state, with a median family income of $65,964 in 2017 (about £ 54,250). Where I discover …

The best laid plans

Nearly two weeks in and still now news from me? It’s not from lack of wanting to shout about it. 24hrs in saw a complete IT failure….epic…or in the words of a tech guy I visited , “Woow, it’s like you are homeless…”. He knew how I felt. But my plans were laid, places to …

The work begins

Hi, I am Rima Berry. I am an aspiring Manager working in rural economic and community regeneration. This blog is to document my travels and research as a 2019/20 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow. I have been working in community/economic regeneration for over 30 years, both as a freelance consultant and as an employee. I’m …

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