Changing lives stories

Sakima Kadish

“I had been in prison for 18 months for possession with intent to supply and sentanced to 3 years. I was heavily involved in gangs, very one track minded and money motivated”.

Vivian Howells

“I was so unhappy, I would stay home all the time I had very few friends and no confidence. I could hardly read or write. I left school with no qualifications”.

Jessica Jones

“Rows with my Mum started getting worse, almost to the point I was getting arrested every week due to me being violent in the home”.

Nadish Abhiman

“I was involved with the wrong circle of people who I thought were my friends. I felt the need to be someone who I am not in order to fit in’’.

Laura Jenkins

“I felt very lonely, lost some of my confidence and was disillusioned with my life”.

Catherine Morris

“I became unemployed after being out of work due to illness, lost my confidence, stayed in the house a lot”.

Pamela Robinson

“I ended up leaving school before exams had even taken place”...”I suffered with bouts of depression which resulted in me becoming isolated from the outside world”.

Angela Wilkin

“After a number of months of applying for jobs my confidence went down, I felt very low and thought I would never be able to get a job”

Jarvis Warburton

“I was unable to find a placement anywhere and felt deflated”.

Fraya Jenkins

“When I started my first IT lesson, I didn’t even know how to turn the computer on”