Moving on

Palm Bay - Margate

In 2006 I followed a call to the Isle of Dogs, I was working at Sky News and had to make a choice - to stay at Sky and get a mortgage and buy a house or to move to Isle of Dogs chasing after a more purposeful existence - a vocation. We chose the move and have been living there ever since, but now we are having to move on. 

We have loved staying here, the people of the Isle of Dogs are truly wonderful - I have very little negative feedback to give - I see a wonderful community, we have loved being a part of City of Peace church - for sure we would not have had such a great time without this beautiful bunch.

First Love
Foundation

If you are reading this and wondering about living here, I suggest you connect with this church - they are graceful, forgiving, generous and walking the walk. You will find a space where you can be useful. 

I have also loved working with First Love Foundation, over the last year. What an amazing team - so enthusiastically reaching, engaging and uplifting those who are through circumstance or mistake facing threats of eviction, hunger, poverty and showing them hope and connecting them to solutions that can return them to self-sufficiency and dignity. I've loved meeting the clients and seeing their appreciation, their hope and their diginity being restored - it has given me hope too, you can so easily become despondent if you do not interact or engage with organisations like this, see that they exist, learn how they are doing things. Long live FLF! 

The Bellingers will be moving to Margate, the girls are all at a local school and loving it. It is a peaceful place and everywhere there's sky. The beaches are long and sandy and we have a wonderfully big back garden. To get here we've been through the mill, and with a lot of help from very loving friends and family we are now about to move. So the East End chapter closes, we will miss you London. But it's not goodbye, it's see you later.