Career Journey Map

Back in mid 2021 (I know, I was busy!) Culham St Gabriel’s Trust approached me to produce a teacher’s career map. They wanted something which would help specialists to reflect on where they were heading and how to get help going from within the Religion and Worldviews community.

This is what we arrived at:

There are four profiles to follow across the map.

They should probably make this into a board game or something.

Each of the profiles links to a more detailed grid which is updated with useful information.

I spent many years working as a teacher in this area and it was so satisfying to make this map because I know how important this information would have been for me at different points. Professional development and a sense of direction are often crucial for surviving different (and unfortunately, occasionally toxic) work environments. I love that Culham St Gabriel’s works so hard at joining up the supportive dots in so many ways. More info here.

Thankyou to Dr Kathryn Wright for involving me in a valuable project.

The Three Forts Challenge T Shirt Design 2022

I was given the opportunity to re-design the latest Three Forts Challenge T Shirt!

This is the best I can do until I get my own (ironed) one in a week or so when the actual run happens.

This is the reverse design - having spent some time running behind people with well-designed shirts I realised that this was an opportunity to give people something to reflect on… I tried to summarise both courses (and the thrill of it) in one simple image. Thanks Duncan Anderson for the opportunity.

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In May 2018 I ran the Three Forts Half Marathon with one of my best mates. Billed as ‘The Tough One’ the course is not a standard marathon course - it rejoices in exhausting steep hills with spectacular South Downs views. Forget standard times too - this is not ideal if you are watching the clock - it is more about the experience. That day was unusually hot and I am still unsure how I managed to get round. I produced this very personal infographic celebrating the event. Overall we had a really brilliant time.

We ran it a second time in May 2021 - some appropriate post pandemic relief and a chance to catch up. Here’s a roughly chopped public edit of something I shot on the day with a 360 camera. Excuse the rough edges but you’ll get the general idea. I highly recommend this course if you haven’t tried it before - we had such a blast.

So my next adventure begins in two weeks’ time. I am stepping into my first marathon as I take the full 27 mile course onboard. To be brutally honest I don’t really care for marathons - it’s all about the experience of those hills. The cut-off time is 6 hours(!). I figured that since I’ve been doing 20 miles in just over 4 hours, if things get really bad and I walk for seven of those miles I should hopefully get to the end… will post an update when it’s all over.