Wednesday 24 March 2010

March blog

I write this blog looking out on the early spring flowers in our beautiful parkland setting. Spring is a time of renewal and reflects our own business cycle of renewal. We are currently working with our managers to plan for the year ahead. Like nature who uses the autumn leaves to feed new plants, we ask managers to reflect on what they have done, what they have achieved and use it to inform their plans for the coming 12 months. It is a time to reinvigorate, refocus and renew our efforts in providing excellent services.

This coming year will be particularly challenging as local authorities have offered no uplift on the fees that they pay us. Thus we will have to provide the same but improved services but in essence for less money. This is a challenge. But we will not be daunted we are passionate at the Trust about providing excellent, innovative and bespoke services because we are all different, have different interests and feel comfortable in different settings. Thus like the spring cycle of renewal, we are also renewing and reinvigorating our services for the year ahead.


Hilary Rowland
Chief executive
24.03.10