Charity CEO, Deputy Lieutenant & Social Mobility Commissioner
Every journey has struggles, triumphs, and lessons along the way and I’m happy to be sharing mine with you through my new podcast ‘When X Doesn’t Mark The Spot’. In more than one episode we’ve discussed funding and support to get your idea off the ground. I was always tempted by The Apprentice in my…
Read More "Funding, Friends and Lessons – How to get through it all"
I spent my primary school years causing mayhem swearing at teachers and getting myself excluded on countless occasions. Amazingly, still quite young, I turned my life around. Not only am I the CEO of Xplode Magazine, a youth charity I established, I am also a trustee of a national youth social action movement and various…
Read More "Why it’s important to ‘just do it’ – My Motivation for My Social Action"
Young people have been deprived of opportunity and now things are changing and politicians are finally listening. The recent announcement of half-price bus travel for 16-18 year olds across Greater Manchester was a much needed policy. For too long, the high cost and low availability of public transport has been a significant challenge for young…
Read More "Barriers to opportunity broken: Why subsidised travel for young people is a winner"
It’s incredibly common for a manager to think they’re a leader and a leader who thinks they’re a manager. They’re incredibly different but they do need to work hand-in-hand. Leadership is about using our personal power to win the hearts and minds of others, to achieve a common purpose. It sounds flowery but incredibly true!…
