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For the prolific academic writers, I am yet to add one more to the list. For now I will populate the internet. Lefebvre, Marie; Lofthouse, Vicky; Wilson, Garrath (2018): Towards a circular economy: exploring factors to repair broken electrical and electronics products by users with pro-environmental inclination. Loughborough University. Conference contribution.  https://hdl.handle.net/2134/34474   Lefebvre, Marie (2019): To repair or not to repair: an investigation of the factors influencing prosumer repair propensity. Loughborough University. Thesis.  https://doi.org/10.26174/thesis.lboro.11365325.v1

 Here are few podcasts on which I appeared on: Leicester Build Back Together - Episode Three Decentered Media 081 - Dr Marie Lefebvre and Community solutions to Break The Silence About the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse with Dr Rob Watson On Leicester Community Radio with Claire Marie Jones talking about Quetzal Discussion about the Census with Leicester Stories Restart Radio: Leicester Fixers I have been several times on the Ben Jackson Morning Show on BBC Leicester to talk about Leicester Fixers and Waste - Unfortunately, I have no record of it write now - I did write a reflection after one of the show

Videos I collect videos  here Articles Here you can fi nd a li st of articles and posts I've written. Academic and Non-Academic . Book Contribution Welcome to Britain: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction  Paperback – 15 April 2023  pen name Marie Adrien Bitty Healing Words 2024 - Short Story Podcasts and Radio Interviews A list of the  radio interviews and podcasts  on which I featured Speaking Inquiries I am always happy to speak to groups about the various projects I work on and my overall vision for sustainable, kinder and fairer communities. If you would like to invite me to speak, think first about the contribution you are able to offer. Everything I receive is reinvested back into the projects. Send me a message via on  social media . About Marle Hello. I am Dr Marie Lefebvre. I am a researcher and I do  projects . In the last 10 years, my work has been about refining and gras ping my purpose, the meaning of my work and mastering my skills as a researcher and project man

This week, I built two different websites for two different projects.it gave me plenty of time to reflect on the steps to build a successful website. The most important thing to consider is your business model:  Who are your customers and their pain gains and relationship to you, your partners, your revenue streams, channels, cost, activities and more. Then, as you build website, ensure that the information  you've included as part of your business model are reflected on your website. It will save great amount of time. 

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 1. Who is she? Fatima 2. What is it htat you respect and admire about her? the confidence and light that she has to bring forth everything she desires 3. In what ways she is a leader? she knows exactly what she wants, and move forward swiftly to get it 4. what and how she is in leading

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What happened this week? I published many resources online for people to pick upon and disseminate.  Our Quetzal Stories of Change event and the list of artists and organisations who will display at the event is on Quetzal Website . On Monday I will send the invitations to all and disseminate across the stratosphere. I also shared the results of our community discussion on what we can do to raise awareness in BAME communities about the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. I had a great meeting with the team if Let's talk about sexual violence about creating a bigger impacts with their exhibition both in Leicester and Liverpool by paying to a pot of fundings and determining some key activities. Watch this space! I had a great conversation with a funder about the questions to ask oneself when applying fundings . To give you a bit of a back story, I applied for some funding to tour the exhibition in Leicestershire. We received only part of the funding to support with our counselling act

If you browse through social media to see the various community repair groups across the UK, you may notice, pictures after pictures, men are fixing loads of items - electrical, electronic, mechanical even book binding and more - they have the skills and we cannot help to take pictures of them, the process they go through to repair and finally the fixed item. Where are the ladies who fix? they exist. Can we encourage them to come along to Fixers events? Can we encourage more women to fix as well as children Across all the repair events I organised over the years - more than 30 events, I met seldomly female fixers. One was a wizz with everything she touched. Another was an expert with repairing sewing machine. A last one found her way around computers. Over the years, I also learnt few tricks up my sleeves and gave it a go to fix few items too. It was about claiming the space to learn by asking 'can I try?' Writing to one of the female fixers about Leicester Fixers developmenet,

https://think-boundless.com/how-the-gift-economy-will-help-us-bridge-the-gap-to-a-better-working-world/  https://marketingforhippies.com/gift-economy-caveats/ 1. Tribe,kith and kin  — share openly with each to strengthen community Share openly  2. With strangers (and I would add, organizations) , you enter into exchanges out of a sense of fairness in a way that strengthens social trust Exchange with a sense of fairness  3. With ones friends or other strong connections , you offer what you can based on what you have — this creates hospitality Let me check what resources I can share.

After a lovely weekend in a lodge in a middle of the forest, I wore the holiday glow proudly at the serie of meetings lined up for me on my day back in the office. As the day back went on, my notebook became filled up by notes to process, more emails added to my to do list to send for Monday and my work hours just vanished... I thought: 1. No more meetings on my way back from holidays 2. I shall limit the number of meetings to one a week maximum 3. I shall always ask for an agenda 4. Delegate so others write minutes  What else?

Leicester Fixers   received an invitation to join Climate Action Leicester Leicestershire for the launch of their Climate vigil on Saturday 21st 12-1pm at the Clock Tower, Gallowtree Gate in Leicester .  The vigil are silent, wearing Black or White, and are to show and signal that local groups care and stand together about the issue of climate change and are concerned for all the people and places suffering from climate change across the world. Are you joining?  

Cinderella is my favourite Disney Princess Movie of all time.  Why? Despite the trauma of losing both her parents at a young age and being abused by both her stepmother and stepsisters, she remains kind, compassionate and strong completing all her chores with a positive spirit. She finds refuge in fantasy and by dreaming of a better life, she takes great care of those around her who return her favours. She is not even looking for the Prince Charming or for someone to save her, she is waiting for all her dreams to become reality. At the time when she almost lost all hopes after her stepsisters viciously attack her, she materialises a fantasy - the fairy godmother - who washes her tears and make her dream come true: to go to the ball and have a magical experience. At the ball, the prince finds her meandering in the hall and approach her for a dance.  The dance with the Prince gives her an opportunity to dream furthermore about a complete different life made of love and delight.  When she

Mentoring is critical for leadership development. This week I was reminded of the latter after meeting with my mentor. She has been supporting me for the last 3-4 months in defining further ehat type of leader I want to be and how I want to relate to people around me. It supports with confidence, greater trust in your decision and give a great sounding board when wondering how to navigate a specific issue. They share experience and expertise to guide us in our next steps towards greatness. My mentor suggested that I shall go through a small exercise called the Golden Circle introduced by Simon Sinek to define my why and revisited from time to time. She also said that it is a great exercise to do with a team to ensure vision and purpose are aligned. It became clear to both of us that I had many projects and I needed to think more deeply about my purpose and it will help me to better redefine my relationships with others. Do you have a mentor? How do you find it? Have you use Simon Sinek

  Ways to Wellbeing is a 9 online session programme delivered by Lightseekers  in May 2021 featuring 10 practitioners The project aimed to equip communities with   techniques, knowledge and information to support individuals and communities in their journey towards better mental, physical, social, environmental and spiritual wellbeing. The project was funded by Near Neighbours. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Founded by @kajalnp (@lightseekers)

Quetzal is a charity supporting female survivors of childhood sexual abuse aged 16 and above living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland More about the project visit Quetzal website Read our latest blog posts related to the project Quetzal on social media Instagram Facebook Twitter Linkedin Update by Marlefeed Marlefeed Projects at Quetzal 2019 Breaking the Silence Initiative 2019-2022 Service Improvement Quetzal Heartbeat 2020 Event production Community Awareness-Raising Session Programme Breaking The Silence Initiative Resource design and development Self-Help Guide Quetzal Website Fundraising Campaigns Crush the Hush Covid-19 Edition Communication Campaign Let's Talk About Sexual Violence Online Exhibition Launch White Ribbon 2020 Service Improvement Lamplight 2021 Event Production Bhensexplaining Kitty Party Breaking the Silence Key Learning Webinar Community discussion about what we can do better to support South Asian Female Survivors Ways To Wellbeing 9 session online pr

Bitty Adrien is a family invested in creating bridges, through visual arts, theatre and cinema, between cultures. Projects 1995-2005 Actor,  Acting in various plays over Les Rencontres à La Cartoucherie de Vincennes Mefiez Vous de La Pierre à Barbe written by Ahmed Madani Le Songe d'une Nuit d'éte by Shakespeare 2009 Communication & PR Assistant, Théatre de La Tempête Assistant, Poetry Event by Nazim Hikmet, with Carolyn Carlson directed by Philippe Adrien Exhibition for Eugénie Bitty, Maison de Houphouet Boigny, Paris 2021 June, Collective Exhibition, Expo 3 Femmes 3 Artistes 3 Axes, Maison Muller, Paris December, Exhibition Solo, La Maison d'à Côté, Théatre de l'Épée de Bois, Cartoucherie de Vincennes, Paris December, Christmas Market with Eugénie Bitty Creation C'est Beau et C'est Triste à La Fois, lecture Learn more about Eugenie Bitty Arts Their Website

Leicester Fixers met this week with FlowFinder to discuss areas of focus and next steps to consolidate what has been and do better moving forward. In the next few months, Leicester Fixers will do the following activities: redefine their vision, mission, objectives and value with the input of all the fixers. Here is a first draft Consider their delivery focus against their aims, objectives, funding streams and operations Develop their delivery plans A meeting will be organised to discuss some of the elements with people working together to repair and mend items.

Leicester Fixers is a community of citizens  that work together to mend the broken, reduce waste going into landfills, and campaign for the right to repair.  We operate under the umbrella of Transition Leicester which aims to create more resilient and sustainable communities. They do this by  Sharing tips and suggestions on how to repair  Promoting repair and upcycling businesses Organising Restart Parties and Festival - e.g. Green Festival of Making and Mending Delivering Outreach Programme to support citizens to start their own repair group - e.g. Leicestershire Community Repair Outreach Programme Delivering presentations and talks to inspire others to start their own repair community Contributing to research and discussion about the Right to Repair and the factors influencing prosumers to repair Delivering training and workshops Participating in National and International Days of Repair How can you connect with Leicester Fixers FB Group Instagram Restarters Footpaths Leicester Youtu

Leicester Fixers is in the process of redefining its vision, mission, values, as well as its delivery focus and operations. Here is what they drafted so far and we are looking for feedback, please comment: Our vision is To make repair always the best, easiest, cheapest option for citizens and their broken items in Leicester Their mission is  To empower individuals and organisations to repair and mend in Leicester  Their objectives Reduce Carbon Emissions  Increase number of items repaired Improve Communities Connection and Wellbeing Improve Individual and Community Training Achieve Financial Sustainability Their Values Fairshare,  People Care Earth Care Embrace an asset-based community approach where all are recognised and identified as having a gift that they can share with their community What do you think? There is definitely more work to do on this - It is the first draft - Looking forward to hearing your thoughts Email LeicesterFixers[at]Gmail.com

I was asked to provide an update about My Monday Email Run It is now my third week sending only emails on Monday. It remains very rewarding, though it is long stretch of work. Today, I started replying to emails at 6am this morning. It is now 9pm and I am on the last stretch dealing with my personal emails. Why did it take me all that long? Well today, I changed slightly my schedule. I had a meeting with a coach to support Leicester Fixers - Durgha from Flow Finder (a bit about this in this Last Update ). It meant that 3hours of my time were dedicated to travelling, chatting, planning and more.  Writing emails on Mondays also include writing articles, newsletters as well as updating websites including Quetzal and Marlefeed plus doing a bit of design work. It is required since I want to update my teams about upcoming events and resources to share. I am working towards writing most of the content to send on Monday - On Thursday instead so I can reduce the workload for Monday. Once my M

I am glad we postponed the idea of having a child. I was able to work, study and expand my mind with many different thoughts and thinking, nourish my soul with many different perspectives, engage with many different activities and go through an healing process that will benefit generations. I am now able to have deep conversation with people and this is not limited to nappies, boobs and poops, and the trauma that goes with it.  I am now in the process of bringing my children into this world and oh they are going to be some healthy magical beings who will transform our lives and this world for the better.