An outdoor marquee in the beautiful grounds of Rowcroft proved to be the perfect place to have our first F2F post-Covid breakfast.
TBF Chair, Stephen Reynolds hosted an inspirational Q&A session with the Rowcroft team about how to cope ‘Beyond the Pandemic’ by becoming agile and innovative.Very grateful for the kind donation of food and drink by Jackie Kelly at Hampton by Hilton Torquay and Waggle Events who provided superb sound – and of course our wonderful TBF sponsors, South Devon College and Conroy Couch Jewellers.
David Rowe from Conroy Couch Jewellers thoughtfully donated a Clogau delicate butterfly necklace, which was ‘won’ by Suzanne Walker from The Pension Drawdown Company, raising another £160 for Rowcroft.
A huge thank you to all the 54 people who supported the event.
I was privileged to be invited to enlightenHR‘s recent symposium for professional business women.
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You could sense it listening to Carolyn Custerson, the champion of Torbay’s tourism and hospitality industry during its bleakest of times.
You could sense it listening to bubbly and effervescent Chloe Pavely who decided to open her first ever business just as cruel Covid struck.
You could sense it with Adam Fletcher who, with his team, has helped so many people cope mentally with these challenging times.
They are shining examples of those who have shown resilience, a dogged determination and the ability to lead and inspire others through these terrible times.
Carolyn, chief executive of the English Riviera BID Company, Chloe, owner of the now-award winning Fishcombe Cove Cafe at Brixham and Adam, from Andy’s Man Club and Women’s Wellbeing, all ‘appeared’ on the Torbay Business Forum’s latest Breakfast Bytes webinar, brilliantly hosted by chairman Steve Reynolds, superbly organised behind the scenes by Emily Tucker from South Devon College and which I have the honour and privilege of joining every session.
Like many other parents I’m unexpectedly in the deep end of home schooling for the first time, trying to find a way of fitting it around work and containing it within the physical and mental confines of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
I now spend many hours of trying to keep up with the leaning plan set for my daughter. Work occupies the remaining time, fitting around meals, tidying, government-sanctioned exercise and food shopping, planning the next day’s home school, and trying to teach my mum to use Zoom!
