Jonny Whitehead

CEO at Herts Young Homeless @hyhnews. Formerly @Girlguiding, @CH_Ghana and @age_uk. Trustee, Citizens Advice Welwyn Hatfield. AFC Wimbledon and other stuff.

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

Come on @GoviaThame73211 you say you’ve got rail replacement buses but….half an hour we’ve been waiting at potters bar. Really not good enough.

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@virginmedia @shaunabanksxo It doesn’t actually list anything though! You just get stuck in an endless loop of “check your status”…”we can’t work it out so contact us”…”Cora can’t help other than try checking your status”…and back to the beginning again. It’s really not good enough.

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@volcaholic1 Just a typical quiet day on planet earth…🙂

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@TFSS_yt @WFCTrust @DENSinDacorum @oneymca @NewHopeHQ @WatfordFC @JustWiggo you should get @TFSS_yt down to the next @DonsLocalAction sleepout at @AFCWimbledon

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@TFSS_yt @WFCTrust @DENSinDacorum @oneymca @NewHopeHQ @WatfordFC Thanks for sleeping out Christopher. It was great chatting to you and well done for your fundraising and awareness raising. All of us at @hyhnews and the other charities are really grateful.

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@adepstein1 Erm, because representing our country abroad is literally part of his job?

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@Donsboy1988 @LaurenceCombyne @TheDonsTrust Yeah, not quite the same thing but anyway. So what do you agree or disagree with in the strategy? Which things would you say we should do differently? Or is it you agree with it but you want more detail about how to get there?

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@LaurenceCombyne @TheDonsTrust I think the actual substance is way more interesting and important than the process. Championship football for both men’s and women’s teams while remaining a sustainable fan-owned community club is a spot on strategic goal in my view.

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@LaurenceCombyne @TheDonsTrust Personally, I’d expect that level of detail to be in the business plan, not the strategy which should be “where do we want to get to and in broad terms how are we going to do that”. I’m very comfortable with the level of detail in the strategy.

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@unoherts hi there. Is the 601 that was due to leave WHC at 15.40 running, do you know? My daughter’s waiting for it after school.

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@MhairiMee @Girlguiding That’s brilliant news, congratulations Mhairi!

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

These are great. And applicable to so much more in life (both professional and personal) than just diplomacy.

[David Clay @dave_clay]

British diplomat Sir Peter Marshall died in June this year. He finished his Foreign Office career as UK Permanent Representative in Geneva (1979-83) before becoming Deputy SG of the Commonwealth (1983-88).

Here are his ten precepts of diplomacy. 🧵

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

I always read this weekly dose of brain food from @george__mack. I just wish even half of it would stick in my brain the following day!

[George Mack @george__mack]

0.1% of ideas this week

The rabbit holes -- without the distractions.

7 examples:

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@stellacreasy @CoryBooker Love this ❤️

[Dons Local Action Group @DonsLocalAction]

We did it again!! We won @SBAandFBA Best Football Community Scheme – non Premier League 2023!!!

Thank you SO much for recognising all the amazing work our volunteers do for the community

& well done to all the nominees for the amazing work they’re doing for people too 💛💙

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

Really interesting and, at times, intriguing list of issues where media coverage doesn’t match what’s actually going on…..

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

8 more examples:

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

@lauracottey @RoyalVolService @Girlguiding @GirlguidingSWE Brilliant stuff Laura and so deserved. Enjoy the recognition and keep on doing fabulous stuff for girls and young women!

[Jonny Whitehead @jonnyw71]

Currently en route to @centrepointuk’s #YouthHomelessConf in Coventry. Looking forward to a day of brain food and networking….

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I love this!

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

The story of Albert Einstein meeting Charlie Chaplin is gold.

So, in 1930, Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa visited the US. It was a mini-tour of the country and Albert was slated to give a lecture at the California Institute of Technology.

While on the trip, the Nobel-winning icon met the head of Universal Studios. Einstein — one of the world’s most famous people — had one request: he wanted to meet Charlie Chaplin.

A meeting was arranged at the Universal Studios lot. And the two became fast friends (including a dinner at Chaplin’s house a few days later).

Not long after this initial hangout, Chaplin invited the famed physicist to the premier of his classic 1931 film “City Lights”.

The photo below is at the film’s premiere. And according to the Nobel Prize Organization, the two icons shared an incredible exchange.

Einstein told Chaplin, “What I most admire about your art is your universality. You don’t say a word yet the world understands you.”

Chaplin replied, “True, But your glory is even greater! The whole world admires you, even though they don’t understand a word of what you say.”