…and 7 years since everyone thought I’d died that day. That’s because I was going to be on the beach in Phuket on Boxing Day 2004 when the Tsunami hit at 10.58am (3.58am GMT). And I still struggle to this day with the ‘random’ events that lead me away from the Tsunami to a place [...]
Read more“It’s upsetting the theatre company for disabled actors is still open”
November 21, 2011
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These were the words of Nabil Shaban, disabled founder of 21-year old theatre company Graeae. And I must admit I do agree with him. He also talked about the impending war in Iran, how our welfare system would be stronger if we weren’t at war in Iraq and Afghanistan and how at 16 years old [...]
Read moreWhere you live doesn’t have to matter…
November 3, 2011
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24 years ago, I was 16 years old, unemployed and living in a poor community in Manchester. My parents couldn’t afford to send me to college so I had to try and find work which wasn’t easy in a place of high unemployment and lack of opportunities. I imagined a career for myself in hi-tech [...]
Read moreA good solution to unemployment is killed off. Again.
December 28, 2010
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The coalition government need only look back 24 years to see why they should not cancel the Future Jobs Fund and the vital help it’s providing to people suffering from long-term unemployment. Future Jobs Fund really does work. I know it does firstly because we’re taking part and have evidence of it working after creating 233 employment opportunities in 7 towns and cities across [...]
Read more1 in 7 NEET young people died within 10 years in a recent study
August 8, 2009
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Posted by David Barker, founder of Whitebox Digital A recent study in the North of England showed that one in seven 16-24 year old ’NEETs’ - those not in Education, Employment or Training – died within ten years of falling out of the system. Following this report Jon Coles, the director general of schools, said he [...]
Read moreWith the financial crisis – what happens if you go homeless?
May 23, 2009
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The number of people becoming homeless and walking the streets to find a place to sleep is increasing – especially with the number of houses being repossessed the highest since 1971 and UBS Invesment Bank warning the financial crisis will get worse before it gets better. We’ve captured some of the rough sleepers stories on video so [...]
Read moreFrom a rich lifestyle to eating in soup kitchens
January 31, 2009
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Back in 2004 I was earning £150,000 per year with a 25% stake in a successful internet company However I was unsettled. Living in a world where unemployment and poverty was getting worse globally year after year, I decided to take a handbrake turn off the corporate highway, sold my assets and start a journey to [...]
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