When writing makes a difference: Royal Mail & the Paralympians

  Not mine, necessarily, but I’m very pleased to have been there with the Facebook commenters, the tweeters, the social commentators who raised a storm and blew away discriminatory thinking.   Last week, I was passed a tweet that suggested our Paralympic gold medallists would not be honoured with individual Royal Mail stamps as the Olympians had been. I re-tweeted, inviting Royal Mail to tell us this wasn’t true. After all, who could think that was reasonable? Who would put forward a proposal that acknowledged the outstanding efforts of one group and sidelined those of another? But it was true – Royal Mail, in a massive gesture of celebration, had been delivering individualised sets … Continue reading When writing makes a difference: Royal Mail & the Paralympians

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Royal Mail to issue individual stamps for Gold medal Paralympians

  Again, I don’t often report breaking news but this is quite something. if you saw my earlier post about the Royal Mail and its decision to produce individual stamps for Olympian gold medallists but group-only ones for Paralympians, you’ll be as delighted as I am to hear they’ve changed their minds.  Paralympians now will have their own individual stamps to commemorate what will be the most extraordinary achievements over the next few weeks. Well done everyone who posted everywhere, joined the conversation, tweeted up a storm, and critically, sat down and made this decision. Here’s Royal Mail’s statement.   Continue reading Royal Mail to issue individual stamps for Gold medal Paralympians

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Paralympics, gold medals, and Royal Mail stamps

I don’t often get involved in twitter or Facebook campaigns but yesterday I re-tweeted a message asking if it was true that, unlike the Olympians, Paralympic gold medallists would not be getting special stamps in their honour. This resulted in a flood of further re-tweets and so I put out a tweet of my own for Royal Mail to elaborate, then I went off to investigate. The Royal Mail Stamps and Collectibles Facebook page seemed a good place to post a message and so I asked again, did Royal Mail really mean to deny to Paralympians the accolade accorded their able-bodied colleagues? … Continue reading Paralympics, gold medals, and Royal Mail stamps

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