The Pioneer View Dear Friends,


I write this month’s Pioneer view when the Growing Compassionate Communities Charity has just held its inaugural conference at St Nicholas in Corfe Mullen. It was a well-attended and immensely successful event.


As with everything we are involved in its good to reflect and draw some key themes and lessons to carry forward to our next conference in 2021 and perhaps disseminate to other events and activities we deliver across Dorset.


The overarching lesson from this event that emerges for me is the importance of been able to step outside of our comfort zones and step into the unknown. I am reminded of some words, a poem I have on my study wall:


To love is to risk not being loved in return To live is to risk dying To hope is to risk despair To try is to risk failure.


But risks must be taken, for the greater hazard is to risk nothing.


They avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, change, grow, love or live They are chained by their attitude; they are a slave. they have forfeited freedom Only a person who risks is free - (Anonymous)


I find these words both inspiring and challenging. They have the potential to ease you out of your comfort zone and try something new.


To take risks in life invite you to swim against the tide. It invites you to stand out in a crowd and be different. We risked as a team to step out from the crowd to deliver this conference because we felt it was needed for the greater good.


As with everything we do as a charity with new ventures we choose to be countercultural and challenge the status quo.


“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others” Martin Luther King Go well


Peter Jones


Chair: Growing Compassionate Communities www.corfemullendfc.uk


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