UK Social Worker in Spain supporting people to access E.U. health/welfare systems. UK Social Worker of the year 2015. Look where that got me! RAOC/RLC Veteran.
@dublin_damo Acceptance of EU subsidies from Governments of all persuasions.
I once worked for a northern council who were offered (not requested) EU financial support to assist with flood reduction infrastructure. Declined.
@JHCPAL A client of mine once said how grateful he was for the Germans bombing Gateshead.
When asked how surprised I was at his statement and was he sure, he said “they used soap”.
For someone whose Dads Family were from The Felling, I laughed.
@JHCPAL Once they stopped selling ham & pease pudding and French salad stotties or even a Peach Melba, Greggs should have been removed from the lexicon.
@Porkchop_EXP I live in a Spanish urb with Germans. Frequently they complain about gardening etc on a Sunday.
Yet ask them to spend funds on improving the community & it’s always
“NO. It’s has always been like this”.
Strange culture & doesn’t change. I lived in Germany for 6 yrs from 1989
@mrmarksteel Christmas is cancelled. Daddy has recently qualified as a child protection social worker and is now cutting across the whole of sm lecturing on levels of independence.