Getting Started
For most of my childhood and adolescence it was assumed that I would be a professional singer or actress – and indeed I did study drama with a view to a career in theatre. But I found myself continually torn between the arts and social work… and in the end my interest in social change and community development became the stronger driving force (read more in the about section). After a ‘meandering’ career path, I find that I have spent the last 30+ years deeply immersed in the world of multi-stakeholder partnerships. This has involved encouraging individuals and organisations from different ‘sectors’ (non-profit, government and corporate) to collaborate to ensure more inclusive and sustainable development – for more on this browse my CV.
Alongside this work, in 1996 I co-founded trigonos – a not-for-profit social business in North Wales set in a stunning landscape looking up to Snowdon – that provided opportunities for retreat, personal growth and professional development to a range of individuals and groups. Social business as a model of sustainable development is of great interest to me – see social innovator.
A new publication – SOCIAL BUSINESS IN ACTION – TRIGONOS IN ERYRI published by Y Lolfa and available through local bookshops and on Amazon – tells this story in detail and with some lovely illustrations. As one of its 3 authors, I am delighted that this had warm support from the local Plaid Cymru MP, Liz Saville-Roberts, and is starting to have a modest impact.
Despite being officially long past retirement age, I still do some work as an independent partnership broker and I also co-lead the Accreditation Programme of the Partnership Brokers Association – www.partnershipbrokers.org – and I remain very committed to driving change and raising the game in collaboration and partnering practice whether at local, national or global levels.
So many things have come my way over the past 50 years and ignited my curiosity for which I am hugely grateful. And, above all, as a good ‘child of the ‘60’s’, it has been wonderful not to feel caged by convention. Now, as I reach my ‘post-mature’ years, I find myself reverting to that early excitement that always comes from trying new things
Always keen to connect with other social innovators, partnership practitioners and those working in quite unconnected disciplines I draw inspiration from many different sources – see other interests!
My latest venture has been to publish some of my autobiographical and creative writings from the past 40 years – entitled REVEALING & CONCEALING based on an extract from IN MEMORIAM “…for words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within…”.
If you would like a copy or simply want to get in touch on any other things do contact me via email on: ros@rostennyson.info