New year starts off on the centre spot. Yesterday it was announced on BBC World TV. With FA Cup fever gripping the nation ahead of this weekend’s Third Round, The Football Association is releasing Read more [...]
FA Cup poem kicks off 2015.
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It’s One minute to Christmas Day 2014
It’s Christmas Eve. Both the Manchester and London teams have packed the presents and designed the rooms and prepped the meals. Each dinner sits 65 care leavers. Two dedicated teams of eight individuals Read more [...]
Hackney Christmas Dinner & Manchester Christmas Dinner
In approximately seven meetings over a few months my team in Manchester have found a venue and presents and food and a chef and volunteers for the young care leavers of The North West of England. They Read more [...]
The Locksmith, The Safe and Wembley Stadium
I walk past the clever artwork of “Levy Safe Co and Locksmiths” on Bethnal Green Road every week on my way to Shoreditch House. Tuesday was no different except the safe had an olive tree growing Read more [...]
Question the Unquestionable
Martin Sixmith’s documentary “Ireland’s Lost Babies” discovers that “In Ireland thousands of so called illegitimate children were taken from their mothers and sent off for adoption”. It has Read more [...]
Did they leave care or did care leave them?
I'm of two minds to show you this email. I asked the person who wrote it if I could publish it here. She gave me permission. I have changed the names and identifiable geographics. Both of the men were Read more [...]
Manchester Christmas Dinner Needs Help
All we hear in the press is the negative news about what happened to young care leavers - This is a positive story. The Manchester Christmas Dinner is a free Christmas dinner for Care Leavers between Read more [...]
My Rookie Mistake on Channel Four News
The care system is where young people go for safety and protection yet many of the child victims of abuse cases, that have dominated the news agenda this year, were already in the care system.The Read more [...]
A Poetic Christmas Card by The University of Huddersfield
This Christmas Card was made by The University of Huddersfield and I think it's beautiful. It features Let There Be Peace. The Poem is also on the walls of The University. Read more [...]
I need your help.
Asking for help is a big deal for me. I used to think it was a sign of weakness. Now I realise it's a sign of strength and development. If you can't ask for help you can't grow. So help me please. Read more [...]