Petra’s Corner The technical musings of a geek girl! As we enter the month of December our thoughts turn to Christmas and, I suspect, in many homes to purchasing presents for family and friends. This year many more of us will be buying our presents on-line, we will be reaching for the Internet and seeking … More Christmas Cheer!
Well here we are again, another month has past by and we’re in lockdown v2, with us moving to Tier 2 in December. Lockdown v2 doesn’t seem the same as the last one. Our children are in education, our young people are in universities, lots of shops are open and a lot more footfall in … More November Oasis Blog
Hello, Do you live in any of the following areas? Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Hertfordshire and West Essex Mid and South Essex Norfolk and Waveney Suffolk and North East Essex? The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Healthcare (NCTH) with Cambridge and Peterborough Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are at the very early stages … More Local Transgender Healthcare Service
I am indebted to Petra for the two articles that appear in this post. As we all know Transgender Awareness week ran from Friday 13th to Friday 20th November, with Transgender Day of Remembrance taking place on Friday 20th. Transgender Awareness Week is to help raise the visibility of transgender people and address issues members … More Transgender Awareness Week
I thought long and hard about changing the Oasis website. People have commented that the writing is quite small and does not stand out against the pink background. So now I’m experimenting with a different theme and colours. Your thoughts are always valuable. What do you think of this theme?
November the 20th, a date to remember for the Trans community. … More TDoR 2020
Get ready to Zoom at our November Virtual Meeting. … More November Zoom meeting
Hello again Oasis ladies, partners and friends. Another month has passed and we are still no nearer being able to hold Oasis meetings in person. Beccie’s October blog painted a bleak picture of a sharp rise in Covid cases and, almost inevitably, we find ourselves in ‘lockdown 2’. By an extraordinary coincidence, at this precise … More Down and Ups
No sooner had I expressed concerns in the September blog that infection rates had moved from 600 to 6,000 cases, did the government state that due to test results not getting counted the cases had shot up to over 26,000. Now the average cases are approximately 20,000 a day giving over a million positive cases … More October Oasis Blog
September the 22nd was a busy day for the Government with a lot of noise being made about Covid19. So you would have been forgiven if you missed the Minister for Women and Equalities (Liz Truss) announcement in the House of Commons give the Governments response to the 2017 GRA consultation. No surprises in the … More Gender Recognition Act (GRA) Reform
In the Deep South of Norfolk sits Bressingham Gardens, this was the venue chosen for the October Oasis Covid safe outing. So on Friday 9th October Beccie, Serena, Lorraine and myself, Theresa, decided to chance the weather and meet for a day out, the weather forecast was dire but hey just go for it we … More The Bressingham Four
I have just had a wonderful three days and it would be easy to forget we are all still in a precarious position (apart from the need to wear a mask from time to time!). On Friday, I along with Beccie, Theresa and Lorraine, enjoyed a truly great day out at Bressingham Gardens in beautiful … More October Zoom Meeting
Don’t miss Lilly latest instalment of her Escape series. … More Escape from the Country – Part 3
The Book Worm has new spectacles! Now the nights are drawing in it’s an even better time to put your feet up and start reading. Do make sure that you have adequate lighting though. I’ve just got new spectacles which are helping. There is Macular Degeneration in my family so I am keen to have … More October Book Worm
A month of Thanks I remember writing in July about my concerns with infection rates running at 600 a day and never giving any new change from lockdown a chance to work. Well here we are in August with an infection rate of 6000 a day and the possibility of further local/national lockdowns if the … More September Oasis Blog
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