Recently I visited a lovely little pre-school to talk about being a paramedic. The children are aged between 3 and 5 years old. I really love this age group; they are so entertaining, that is if you can get past the fact that at any given time approximately a third of them will have a…
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Book Review: Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity by Camila Batmanghelidjh
You may know Camila Batmanghelidjh as recipient of the UK Woman of the Year 2006. Her professional work with children and young people spans two decades. Her unfailing capacity to care for some of the most vulnerable and marginalised children as demonstrated in the book is truly inspirational. Camila graphically describes through a series of…
Talking in Parliament about knife crime with the UNCUT project
The group at Parliament As we arrived at The House of Commons we were ALL blown away by the setting; the heavy sleet storm of yesterday now replaced by a very chilly evening and a clear night sky. The Houses of Parliament and the Millennium Wheel, basking majestically under the full moon as we queued…
February 10th – Speaking at the House of Commons with the UNCUT project
On February 10th I am going to the House of Commons with The Uncut Project. We have been kindly invited to the House by Karen Buck MP for Westminster to do a joint presentation about the work we do with young people in schools addressing the issues of knife crime. I have to confess that…