Penny Shinfield

Marketing professional. Yorkshire roots but living in the West Midlands. Eternal optimist and a do-er not just a talker AVMO

[Penny Shinfield @PennyShinfield]

It's #LifelongLearningWeek and today we held our inhouse follow-up session to our recent and excellent @FeLeadership training. Our session was impactful with key themes of equity, justice and action. #lifelonglearning is for the educators as well as the students! 💪🙏

[Fircroft College @FircroftCollege]

We can't wait for #CollegesWeek to start next Monday. We will be welcoming our brand new Access to HE Diploma students; holding our October Politics Cafe: Let's Talk About Social Housing and we have an MP visit on Friday! Join us #Loveourcolleges https://t.co/1JJW2TClls

[Penny Shinfield @PennyShinfield]

Great to get out and about at the National Trust once again. Lots of picturesque outdoor spaces @MoseleyOldHall #everyoneneedsnature

[Penny Shinfield @PennyShinfield]

What a year @FircroftCollege

https://t.co/D4gEymhReC

[Penny Shinfield @PennyShinfield]

A great example of @FircroftCollege students and staff working together to create something amazing! Beautiful and colourful activity books including one in partnership with @mailbcat . Great work! 👏🙏

[Fircroft College @FircroftCollege]

Last week we helped deliver over 300 ESOL and wellbeing bundles to ESOL individuals and families across Birmingham. To read about this please visit https://t.co/vbD844NZPA @RefugeeWeek @celsancfest #RefugeeWeek2020 #ESOL #fircroftcollege

[Fircroft College @FircroftCollege]

We are extremely proud of our student Chelsea who is bravely working on the front line to help fight against Coronavirus. She is currently on our Pre-Access to HE Health course funded by @WestMids_CA Please read her story #WMCA #Preaccess #FrontLineHeroes #COVID19

[Mel Lenehan @mellenehan]

An emotional celebration and goodbye today to @FircroftCollege’s Access to HE. So very proud of them all. Despite everything 100% completed.

[Bham&SolWomen's Aid @bswaid]

The UK government must stand by its pledge to protect victims of domestic abuse and underwrite the cost of emergency accommodation NOW @SBSisters https://t.co/aJ4I9TmmFe

[West Midlands Growth Company @WMGrowth]

It's #ShakespearesBirthday today and during these unprecedented times, we are reminded of this quote from Othello:
"The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief"

The #WestMidlands is resilient and endlessly good-humoured whatever we face.

#RoyalShakespeareCommunity

[Penny Shinfield @PennyShinfield]

Making the time to really invest in your internal comms now and taking more of a humanistic approach will pay dividends later

[CIM @cim_marketing]

Employee engagement is central to long-term brand resilience in times of crisis: https://t.co/xcNiew9xmi

[Mel Lenehan @mellenehan]

I’d like to say an huge thank you to all the staff @FircroftCollege what they have achieved this week has been phenomenal. I’m so proud of them all. I have the greatest team and they are still making me smile and laugh even through we are for the time being a virtual College.

[Prof Adam Layland @agclayland]

There is nothing else more important than following this message #StaySafeStayHome

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

The spirit of NHS staff is absolutely astonishing ❤️

Please RT if you’re proud.

WE WILL BEAT THIS!

[Penny Shinfield @PennyShinfield]

Want to help adult learners move forward by giving them that valuable real-life insight and knowledge? Applications gratefully received @caroledonnelly

[Fircroft College @FircroftCollege]

We are always looking for Employer Partners to work with us by giving talks, hosting a tour of their premises, offering a bit of work experience or helping to shape our curriculum. Any sector but especially IT, Health and business start-up. Contact us today [email protected]

[Fircroft College @FircroftCollege]

We are here in Oldbury for the launch of the Sandwell Language Network which aims to bring partners and communities together working with ESOL. Looking forward to some exciting discussions,networking and promoting our @TalkEnglishReg & @midsengine @FircroftCollege courses

[Fircroft College @FircroftCollege]

Great to be a part of this @AoC_info and @CityofSanctuary event last week in Leeds. The synergy between the @CityofSanctuary charter and Fircroft’s values are on point. Very exciting work ahead to further our welcome to refugees and asylum seekers to our college!

[Penny Shinfield @PennyShinfield]

@andy4wm As a regular rail user yes @andy4wm - I could not agree more that "rail services should be accountable to the people they serve". I try to do my bit for the climate and travel by rail but get home late and miserable most days. Thank you for speaking out!!

[Andy Street @andy4wm]

WMT have rejected a number of suggestions I have made to improve services, yet I have no DIRECT POWER as Mayor to compel them. Rail services should be accountable to the people they serve. Therefore I've asked DfT to devolve control of rail to me (& my successors) as Mayor. (2/3)

[Andy Street @andy4wm]

The current service provided by West Midlands Trains is 🔴🔴🔴WOEFUL🔴🔴🔴. I have lost all faith in WMT's ability to run our network. If not sorted by midnight 31/01/20, I will formally ask @transportgovuk to STRIP WMT of the franchise. READ MY MESSAGE TO RAIL COMMUTERS 👇 (1/3)

[Laura Pidcock @LauraPidcock]

An absolutely stunning video from @KenLoachSixteen & team. Take two minutes to watch this & then make sure everyone you know sees it. “The choices we make reveal who we are...There’s a fork in the road. Is it ‘I’ or is it ‘We’?” #ForkInTheRoad #GE2019