May 2, 2014
A Day in the Life of Michelle Corrigan
06:30
Who needs an alarm clock when you have a cat! Once he’s pried off my pillow and fed it’s time to take my dog for a walk in the beautiful local park. Trying really hard to focus on playing fetch and appreciate the nice weather whilst mentally listing all of the things I need to get done today.
08:45
Arrive in the office and check who I’m due to meet. Quick catch up with Rita, Head of service for Strengthening Families, to see if we have heard from any bids and then I check out today’s tender opportunities and see a brilliant one for a service similar to Women’s Turnaround in Wales.
10:30
Meeting at Barnardos with Lorna from the Impact team. We are meeting a group of funders interested in projects that support young people affected by family members in prison. We get very excited and start planning our proposal as we head back to Seel Street.
12:30
Lunch time, but no break for me today. As a city councillor I have a stack of case work for residents in my ward. Since it is sunny I head over to the Bluecoat garden and start making my phone calls whilst I grab a sandwich.
13:00
We are submitting a proposal to expand our Aspire service into new schools. I spend a couple of hours mapping out what we need to write a really brilliant proposal and who the best people are to involve in making that happen.
16:15
Bump into Rita whilst fighting with the photocopier and she tells me we have been shortlisted for a pot of money for the Women’s Turnaround. There is a focus on digital inclusion so I dash round to the Mi team where I used to work to ask for some advice.
17:00
After work it is straight to a meeting for my councillor role. I call my sister on the way, she also works for PSS, and ask her to check in on my pets. The meeting is a really important debate with local residents about the future of local sports and library services in the midst of the cuts.
20:30
Well after a very heated meeting and lots of new ideas to consider it is finally time to head home.