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So you do fundraising then? No...

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First a quick update. Five weeks since my last chemo treatment and counting... Feeling more energetic, sense of taste is returning, numbness in my face, hands and feet still there (especially in my feet) but liveable with.  Next scan in a few weeks and appointment with the oncologist mid-July. On to another blog about my life, and this time, my work. **** Job titles are weird things. I've worked in the voluntary sector most of my life, lots of people work in the voluntary sector in lots of different roles. But the drop down menu for an insurance quote doesn't seem to offer anything other than 'Charity worker'. Even when I'm talking to people face to face, I have problems. Most of my job titles have been some variation on the theme of Campaigns officer/manager. And the usual response is: 'So you do fundraising then?'  <Sigh>   'No...' So, now I have this blog I will take the opportunity to tell the world what campaigning really is, and why it...