Social Impact / Bristol Women's voice
‘More people need to come together to help eachother’
Linda Buckman received a Wonderful Women award for her tireless fundraising for local charities and causes. She has organised charity awareness walks, family fun days, karaoke nights, discos and art-auctions. Recently, Linda has set up an art auction site for donations of art and gifts for Ward 34 at Bristol Children’s Hospital.
The Wonderful Women Awards have been set up by Bristol Women’s Voice (BWV) as part of their International Women’s Day celebrations.
We put some questions to Linda to find out a bit about her and her fundraising:
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Award winner Linda Buckman
What advice would you give your younger self?
Be strong and not to let anyone take away my sparkle.
Which women have inspired you?
One inspirational lady I really look up to is Mary Temple Grandin who is an American professor and Autism spokesperson. She is one of the first individuals on the Autism spectrum to publicly share insights from her personal experience of autism.
What do you want to see change for women in Bristol?
I’d like to see lots more women coming together to help each other.
Is there anything that you have read, seen or listened to recently which has inspired you?
Something that has inspired me over the last five years of fundraising is seeing so many kind and caring people coming together to help me to support families going through such difficult times. Their ongoing kindness helps me to continue to do what I do.
Are there three words you would use to describe your local community?
The three words I’d use to describe the people that I have been surrounded by in my community are “Kindness is Magic “.
What hopes do you have for your local community in 2018?
I hope to see more people coming together to help each other.
Keep an eye out next Friday for another interview with another wonderful woman.
Find out more about Bristol Women’s Voice and their Wonderful Women Award’s online: www.bristolwomensvoice.org.uk
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