On 2nd January 2022 my daughter Olivia and I found ourselves checking and cleaning hundreds of books that had been donated to Dee Drake‘s (Community Winner 2017) The Toy Appeal for inclusion in the Christmas sacks some 11 months later. Not withstanding the back ache, […]

A shout out to those who love an opportunity to dress up 

We all know that person who needs no excuse to don fancy dress, like Karen Campbell-Williams below, who jumped at the chance to release her inner Lady Featherington and those, like me, who avoid it at all costs.

That all changed […]

In what has become something of a tradition, more Inspiring Women Award winners have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List, the first from King Charles 111. 

Dee Drake, formerly known as, well Dee Drake, is now Dee Drake BEM.

All smiles […]