This newsletter is really to introduce you more fully to our new Chair and also a new Trustee, exciting times for Grit as we move into a new era for the charity.

This newsletter is a very short one just to let you know about two things we'd love you to read/take a look at.

I hope you are all well and coping with the changes as we return to some aspects of ‘normal’ life. Here at Grit we’ve been thinking hard about certain elements of ‘life in lockdown’ that we want to capture and take forward with us as new ways of working….

It’s almost a month since I last wrote to you although time does seem to have taken on a different property recently, I’m frequently having to remind myself of what day it is! I do hope you and your families are keeping safe and well and that you are staying connected to the support around you

What a strange and unsettling time it is for me to write to you all for the first time as CEO. It is not quite the transition I had in mind but then I’ve been working for Grit for long enough to know that the ‘meal’ really does not even resemble the ‘menu’ sometimes….