{"id":2524,"date":"2020-01-22T15:40:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2020-01-22T15:40:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:40:39","slug":"from-parkwood-to-porchlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/2020\/01\/22\/from-parkwood-to-porchlight\/","title":{"rendered":"From Parkwood to Porchlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alumni Proflie – Gude Hudson-Gool<\/p>\n

\"Gude<\/a><\/p>\n

I was\u00a0<\/span>fortunate<\/span>\u00a0enough to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a student\u00a0<\/span>at UKC at the start of the<\/span>\u00a0millennium<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>found my tribe<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0freshers\u2019 week<\/span>\u00a0and forged<\/span>\u00a0lifelong<\/span>\u00a0friendships\u00a0<\/span>with the most wonderful, inspiring and\u00a0<\/span>brilliant people.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Studying Sociology<\/span>\u00a0at UKC taught me to<\/span>\u00a0research<\/span>\u00a0carefully<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0consider evidence,<\/span>\u00a0formulate an argument<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>write coherently.\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>course<\/span>\u00a0helped<\/span>\u00a0me<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>develop\u00a0<\/span>a strong<\/span>\u00a0sense of cultural relativism<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>I became fascinated with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>different\u00a0<\/span>societies<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>cultures<\/span>\u00a0and traditions<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After\u00a0<\/span>uni, I\u00a0<\/span>moved to London and\u00a0<\/span>worked in advertising and TV<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>before\u00a0<\/span>travell<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0around the world<\/span>\u00a0for 8 months<\/span>\u00a0with my husband.\u00a0<\/span>While\u00a0<\/span>document<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0our trip<\/span>\u00a0(<\/span>including<\/span>\u00a0various cultural experiences!)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fell in love with writing<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>continued to\u00a0<\/span>blog\u00a0<\/span>once we had returned to Kent<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Writing is<\/span>\u00a0now<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an integral<\/span>\u00a0part of my job<\/span>\u00a0as brand manager<\/span>\u00a0at a\u00a0<\/span>small,\u00a0<\/span>Kent-based property development company<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Watermark Homes<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0encourage<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>team members<\/span>\u00a0to give back to the local community.\u00a0<\/span>Since 2018<\/span>, we have\u00a0<\/span>been raising money for<\/span>\u00a0Canterbury-based\u00a0<\/span>homeless charity,\u00a0<\/span>Porchlight<\/span><\/b><\/a>, which\u00a0<\/span>helps vulnerable and isolated people get support with their mental health, housing, education and employmen<\/span>t<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Last October, o<\/span>ur\u00a0<\/span>MD<\/span>, John\u00a0<\/span>Friis<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>spent a sponsored night sleeping\u00a0<\/span>rough and\u00a0<\/span>raised over \u00a3500\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>including gift aid<\/span>) for Porchlight.\u00a0<\/span>In addition to this, we\u2019ve<\/span>\u00a0donated to\u00a0<\/span>Porchlight instead of sending corporate Christmas\u00a0<\/span>cards<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and regularly promote Porchlight\u2019s amazing work via social medi<\/span>a<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel incredibly lucky<\/span>\u00a0both<\/span>\u00a0to be<\/span>\u00a0able to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>write for a living and\u00a0<\/span>have the opportunity to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>support a local charity while doing so.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Please\u00a0<\/span>donate to Porchlight<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>if you can afford to. They\u00a0<\/span>not only\u00a0<\/span>bring homeless people in from the cold, but also\u00a0<\/span>help to prevent\u00a0<\/span>at-risk<\/span>\u00a0people from becoming homeless.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Thank you.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alumni Proflie – Gude Hudson-Gool I was\u00a0fortunate\u00a0enough to\u00a0be\u00a0a student\u00a0at UKC at the start of the\u00a0millennium.\u00a0I\u00a0found my tribe\u00a0in\u00a0freshers\u2019 week\u00a0and forged\u00a0lifelong\u00a0friendships\u00a0with the most wonderful, inspiring and\u00a0brilliant people.\u00a0Studying … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[118124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2533,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524\/revisions\/2533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}