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Run Joel Run!

June 25, 2012by Martin 7 Comments

If you’ve visited this blog over the last couple of weeks, you’re almost certainly familiar with our six-year-old son Joel and his one-boy crusade against global poverty.  Having discovered something […]

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Children & Family

Joel’s story – can children change the world?

June 13, 2012by Martin 6 Comments

Can children change the world for the better? Really? About a week ago, I’m not sure I truly believed they could. Last Thursday, my son Joel asked me if we […]

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Children & Family, Technology

A message for #TeamJoel – from Joel

June 9, 2012by Martin 7 Comments

So, clearly, this has all gone a bit bonkers. Joel genuinely was trying to raise £60, and as I write, he’s raised nearly £4,000 to help fight global poverty. I’ll […]

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Children & Family

Joel vs. Poverty

June 7, 2012by Martin 38 Comments

My son Joel is six years old. He is quite an amazing boy, for lots of reasons. One of them is this: he has worked out that the world is […]

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Children & Family

Children want to talk; listen

June 5, 2012by Martin Leave a comment

One of my hopes for this blog is that it’ll become a sort of central gathering point for a lot of my ‘stuff’. In one sense, it’s just a really […]

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Children & Family

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