2020 – Lucy Watts MBE / Lucy Watts Ltd

Lucy named 2020 Digital Leader of the Year

October 15, 2020
Lucy Watts MBE
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Lucy has been named the 2020 Digital Leader of the Year by Digi Leaders. Lucy said: "It's a true honour to have been awarded - and considered worthy of - the 2020 Digital Leader of the Year in the DL100.…

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Making The Digital Leaders 100 List – Will You Vote For Me?

June 20, 2020
Lucy Watts MBE
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I am delighted to announce I have made the Digital Leaders 100 List in the Digital Leader of the Year category. The Digital Leaders list recognises leaders who are working hard to advance and secure digital transformation and are using…

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These are our realities, and we are the casualties – COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Lucy Watts MBE
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This blog is part writing therapy, part rant, part activism, part distress, part processing, part making peace. It flicks seamlessly between all of the above, so you never know quite what ‘part’ you’re in when you read it, heck sometimes…

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International Wheelchair Day – 1st March 2020

March 1, 2020
Lucy Watts MBE
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Today it’s International Wheelchair Day and it celebrates the life-enhancing and life-changing benefits of having the right wheelchair, and celebrating the individuals who rely upon this piece of equipment to mobilise and live their lives to the fullest. I’ve…

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My TEDxNHS Talk is live! “One Sentence That Transformed My Life”

January 22, 2020
Lucy Watts MBE
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