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Paul Windo
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Charity comms / faith / philanthropy / football / (park) running / wild swimming / parenting… probably a fair amount of nonsense too.

Living in Biggleswade (Beds), championing vital community organisations across London.
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Paul Windo @paulwindo.bsky.social · Nov 17
I like the feel of this place so far. Like the original, pre-monetised Twitter. But it also feels like starting a new school… and I’ve yet to work out who to sit with at lunch!
a picture of dolphins in the ocean with the words happy first day of school below them
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If you know why my son made me take this photo on our day trip to London, then you are probably suffering like we are…
A railway station departure board at London Bridge, for platforms 6 and 7
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Do good anyway
October 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Official photos from last weekend’s Vitality London 10k - looks like I was enjoying myself (and have no idea how to put a number on straight!) Donate here for @londoncf.bluesky.com: 2025vitalitylondon10000.enthuse.com/pf/paul-windo
Paul running at the Vitality 10K with arms raised aloft Paul running with Big Ben in the background Paul running with a group of other runners, near Trafalgar Square, with Nelson’s Column in the background. Paul showing off his finisher’s medal at the end of the Vitality 10K near Buckingham Palace.
October 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I’m running the Vitality London 10K on Sunday for @london-cf.bsky.social - you can sponsor me at: 2025vitalitylondon10000.enthuse.com/pf/paul-windo (Thanks!)
September 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Missing the sea already… people who live by the coast, how do you ever get anything done?!
September 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The whole family ‘unexpectedly’ did #Felixstowe #ParkRun… nice way to finish off our little break in the sun ☀️
August 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Double #rainbow over the #NorthSea at #Felixstowe (#Suffolk #UK) earlier today…
August 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Ah… #SnakesOfBluesky apparently 😂
paulwindo.bsky.social Paul Windo @paulwindo.bsky.social · Jul 16
Disappointed to discover a relative lack of #SnakesOfBlusky this #WorldSnakeDay…

This little beauty popped up in our garden earlier this week 🐍 #GrassSnake #UKReptiles #Bedfordshire #UK
July 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Disappointed to discover a relative lack of #SnakesOfBlusky this #WorldSnakeDay…

This little beauty popped up in our garden earlier this week 🐍 #GrassSnake #UKReptiles #Bedfordshire #UK
July 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Apparently I am a ‘runner’ now… #Couchto5K completed and first proper run completed with my eldest too 🙂 #RunTheWade #Biggleswade5K
May 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Yesterday I filmed a steam engine racing past near my house - it’s not often you get to see them in full flight like this… a nice bonus on my lunch time walk! #Britannia
March 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Any of the #wildswim folks on here seen #RaveOnForTheAvon? I saw it last night in London and it was brilliant. They are taking it round the country so catch it if you can: www.eightysita.com/raveonforthe...
Rave On For The Avon - movie poster Theatreship - independent film venue on the water at Canary Wharf in London A ‘What’s On’ chalk board showing the different presentations throughout the week - Rave On For The Avon is shown as the last listing A discussion panel at the end of the screening, including the film’s director, Charlotte Sawyer
February 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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A great day of family time - including a player of the match performance… now I have just finished making 12 origami doves for Sunday School in the morning 😂 (Can anyone relate?!)
Family sat around a table in a restaurant Ethan posing in his football kit, with his player of the match trophy
January 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Being a parent means, no matter how old your kids are, it becomes inbuilt when driving past a field with horses in it to automatically exclaim “Look! Horsies!”
January 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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It probably betrays my age (and my long association with children’s work) but I feel like the meeting booths at our new office space are a bit too much like gunge tanks… 😂
Person sitting in a narrow office booth, looking up to the ceiling where the lights are The outside of the narrow office booth, containing a desk shelf, a tall stool, a laptop and a yellow water bottle.
January 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Actual Christmas was good but Swimmer’s Christmas was even better! Only my second ice-breaking ice swim, but so so good #wildswimming #iceswimming
A group of people in a frozen lake, wearing swimming costumes and woolly hats, holding up large slabs of broken ice triumphantly.
January 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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We’ve just sent out our latest grant’s newsletter of 2024, full of funding opportunities from around London. Don’t miss out on the next editions (monthly throughout 2025) and sign up to get them straight to your inbox: londoncf.org.uk/newsletter
A laptop computer open on a desk, next to a coffee cup, a plant, a notebook and a phone. On the laptop screen is the words ‘Sign up…’ along with a range of symbols.
December 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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"We are all better off with a strong and vibrant community and voluntary sector in London. But we need to come together to provide resources and support so the sector does not just survive, but thrives for the long term..."

Read our 2023-24 annual report: londoncf.org.uk/blog/strengt...
Two young people standing together, hugging. They are on an all-weather sports field and wearing football training kit
December 16, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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This feels like a big result, eh? #WatfordFC
watfordfc.bsky.social Watford Football Club @watfordfc.bsky.social · Dec 15
SIXTEEN UNBEATEN AT OUR PLACE! 🤩
Full-time: Watford 2-1 West Brom.
December 15, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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From the ridiculous to the sublime… #FestiveFriday in full swing at 6am this morning.

I’ve always suspected my #wildswim counterparts are mad but today confirmed it… in the best possible, most joy-filled and bright-shining sense 🤩
Four people wearing change robe coats, festive headbands and hats (complete with lights) and novelty glasses, on a dark and cold morning. Three people wearing change robe coats, wellies, festive headbands and hats (complete with lights) and novelty glasses, on a dark and cold morning. One person is holding a torch below their face and another is holding a brightly lit towfloat, full of fairy lights. Four people wearing swimming costumes, festive headbands and hats (complete with lights), on a dark and cold morning. One person is holding a brightly lit towfloat too Paul is wearing a change robe coat plus novelty Christmas tree glasses and two brightly lit festive headbands
December 13, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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Took the kids to a local #Christmas show this evening and got pulled up to do one of those human ventriloquist masks, complete with singing and dancing… 😂🤪🤭
Paul is interacting with an actor who is dressed all in white. Paul is wearing a Superman t-shirt, a black Superman plastic wig and a face mask that’s being controlled by the actor. In the background you can partially see a slide that says ‘Duggie Dug Dug. The Nativity Delivery.’
December 12, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Had to post this one. This morning’s 6am is getting more festive - with the Christmas spirit only set to rise! #WildSwimming #Christmas
Three people taking a selfie in the early morning dark. They are all wearing dry robes or similar and beanies etc. Two of them have Christmas lights around their necks too. A lake at night with swans and cygnets in the foreground and a bit of early morning light pollution in the background. The same lake at night, seen in silhouette through a thin group of bankside trees. A large tote-style swimming bag, made from recycled inflatables, featuring a Stormtrooper from Star Wars on its design. Through the bag you can see Christmas lights despite it being pitch black outside.
December 11, 2024 at 9:05 AM
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Talking of things that calm the soul, I’ve nearly finished ‘A Man on the Inside’ with Ted Danson… and it is good 🙂
a man in a suit and tie says " i 'm in " in a netflix ad
Alt: Actor Ted Danson in a suit and tie with glasses, saying "I'm in" in a scene from ‘A Man on the Inside’ (on Netflix)
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December 10, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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One of my favourite things to do this time of year is to sit in the house with just the Christmas lights on… it genuinely brings me rest and stills my frantic soul 🎄#ChristmasLights
A lit Christmas tree in a darkened living room with a fake fireplace and star decoration nearby. In the foreground you can just make out the outline of living room furniture
December 10, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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🎅Our Christmas Spectacular is now underway! 🎄

Thanks to our fabulous live audience at the Prince Edward Theatre - and listen out for the recording on next week's podcast!
December 8, 2024 at 3:22 PM