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Transcript have the word. It's been hearing this weekend and reading online and the amazing things that are happening. You know we talk about how bad the world is and how difficult things are getting and how challenging they are and it's easy to get despondent but on the flip side we always, in those moments, we've always got to look to see what God is doing and his power at work is changing people and is doing amazing things and we do live in exciting times, challenging times certainly and even as God moves more in power there'll be more challenges ahead but we are seeing, you know, in our own lives, in our own community, in our own church what God is doing and beginning and continuing to do and a few weeks ago, I'm going to take a break today from our genesis journey and a few weeks or months ago at the edge on a Thursday morning we had a visit from a whole team of people from Matasey Hall, Green Pastures, which is a community of people. Some of you will remember Pete Kavanagh who came to preach here, powerful word but funny guy, remember him? Yeah, but he's, I don't even know, maybe we'll find out low, you know, he's involved in that. I don't know if he's in charge or whatever he is but he's, and he brought a team over on a Thursday morning and we were just blown away by the life and the faith and the energy and the excitement that these guys and girls had from very, very difficult backgrounds and challenging situations and yet the power of God had changed lives and they were just so full of the life and just, and you just see again, just renew, just the gospel is a wonderful, wonderful thing that changes people's lives from the inside out. And so what we said we'd do is we would invite some of the people from Matasey Hall to come and speak on a Sunday morning and so that's what we've got. So I'm going to introduce them and leave them to whatever they've got for us but we've got Darren and Wayne and Christina, that's right, and I'm going to invite Darren to come and speak now. Darren is one of the leaders of the whole setup and he'll be able to explain more clearly what he does than I can and he's going to speak for a while and then Wayne and Christina are going to share some of their story and trust that you're going to be really encouraged and blessed by what we hear this morning. So thank you, now let me pray for you and we'll go. Father, we thank you that your power at work is changing lives and we want to thank you for real life testimony and I want to pray for Darren and now as he speaks, Lord God, I pray that you're filling with your Holy Spirit for Wayne and Christina, give them confidence and boldness to speak all that is in their hearts, all that they've seen you do, Lord God, and we just want to share with them in the celebration of the power of God that changes and transforms lives, not just today but forever, in Jesus name, Amen. Thank you so much. So blessed. We have been so blessed this morning, just been lost in worship, it's just wonderful. Something special happening here and you are so right, something is happening across the nation. The Lord spoke to us prophetically through Isaiah 43 18, behold I'm doing a new thing, can't you see the green shoots of revival happening, behold I'm going to bring life into the wilderness and the hyenas are going to worship me. You are in revival, we all think revival is you're going to turn up here and suddenly heaven's open, but when winter turns to April, it's the green shoots that show you're in the new season, look for the green shoots, that is the evidence you're in a new season, it is happening everywhere I'm going, I'm seeing green shoots moves of the Holy Spirit, like nothing in history is seen, behold I'm doing a new thing, it's going to move the spirit, I'm telling you that's going to transform our nation, I'm telling you and I also have a word maybe, I've only got 10 minutes of me which is absolutely fine, I'm going to let these the students speak, but I really have this word that just kept coming about this church, unspoilt, you have something here that is so precious and unspoilt, I mean you come here, I say this respectfully, it's not a place of great wealth or grandeur, but you have a wealth that is far greater than material wealth, you have the presence of the Holy Spirit here and I believe that God has kept you, whether that's in the leadership or your decision making, because I kind of saw a tribe and you know when you go through the Amazon rainforest and suddenly you come across a tribe that's been kept for years, almost unspoilt culture values and I could see that, I really felt that word for the church, that the Lord has kept you from certain things, he set you apart as a community because you have something unspoilt here, something very precious and you know a beautiful time of worship, you feel the presence of Jesus, gosh I might just sit down now and yeah I oversee Massey Hall training centers, formerly Dissemblies of God Bible College, 50 years Dissemblies of God Bible College, we are not doing anything new, we are just honoring the legacy, the heritage of the mighty men and women of God that walked at that place, it was going to be bulldozed when the AOG moved over to Manchester but God said no these grounds are precious to me, that was a place when I was there in 2004-2007, gosh where people were trained up to go on missions around the world, well we are training men and women up to go on missions but to our locality, we need to send missionaries to our nation because I have never seen our nation so broken, so bankrupt in many ways, in Isaiah 60 it says the darkness is upon the land but the thick darkness is on the people, there is a darkness upon people now that is so thick but I don't get scared about that and I just sense revival is imminent and Jesus, but didn't Jesus say we need some preparation, the harvest is plentiful and the workers of you, so where are the workers of you coming from, God gave us Dissemblies of God Bible College, a place where these men and women would never had a chance to sit on those grounds, never had a chance to do a three-year degree but God has rose up a generation, I call them the King Davids, who was one of the greatest leaders in the Bible, David, where did he come from, what happened in his life, well he was overlooked, he wasn't first in line, he wasn't the first pick but Samuel said no there's somebody else that's going to be a great leader, there's someone else that's going to be the next pioneer, the next visionary, the next builder, the next creator, the next support worker, the next whoever it may be, he's in the fields right now, he's overlooked and God is rising up a generation that have been overlooked, a generation that have gone through difficult circumstances, a generation perhaps like David that have been homeless, being wrote off by life, being told that they'll never amount to anything but God is rising that generation up and has called them to matters and they are being trained with theology, NVQ health and social care level three, we're training them to be disciples before leaders, you know, I say this so respectfully, all leaders are Christians but not all leaders are disciples, you know, we've got to look at discipleship, servanthood, sacrifice, take up my cross every single day, follow Jesus Christ and it's like God has brought these precious men and women to the college where I am in awe, we have 45 of men and women wrote off by the the world that are worshipping in the chapel every day for an hour, they're learning theology, Peter Kavana, the head of theology and spiritual development and they're learning, they're growing, I said Lord why are you bringing, why are you bringing this beautiful generation here to the grounds and the Lord said their hearts have not yet been tainted by religion, you know, Jesus says, Jesus says in the book of Revelation I stand at the door and knock, that's not a salvation message, it's Jesus trying to speak to the church but we've become so busy, so trapped with all of the Sunday morning stuff and Jesus says I'm going to rise up a remnant, I'm going to rise up a group of people, I'm going to rise up and they may not be perfect and they may have been battling through some stuff but they're teachable and they're like blank hammers where they're like sponges absorbing all of the stuff we're teaching at Matheson, it's beautiful, they're growing, they're learning and it's a safe place to take your mask off and stumble, we have to stumble safely, I have learned more through stumbling than I ever have from success, you know, we live in a world now where the moment you stumble as a Christian that's it, you're wrote off but we've got to walk and journey with each other when we make mistakes, let's get up and grow and learn like David, the man after God's own heart, so we can journey with our boys and now we're sending them out doing missions work from the college, they do practical social care missions to the poor, the broken, the hurting, the elderly, the widows, the orphans, the outcasts, the destitute, all of those that Jesus says go to you, go to them, in fact Jesus says in Matthew 25 if you truly are a disciple of mine the evidence of that is you'll have a heart to go to the widows, the orphans, the outcasts, the homeless and those in hospitals and prisons, so they're going to work, they're going out serving, Mathesi, the whole creation of Mathesi, the vision of Mathesi is not hey look at us what a great place it is, it's to serve the local church, how can we serve you with the generation of workers that will serve, that will love, that will commit themselves to the poor and just help the vision that's going on on here, so my own little journey and just a few scriptures, I'll try and get off at 10 past so give me a nudge when it's 10 past but I did love it when you said about your men's group, if my wife was there she'd have give me a little nudge right there in the in the ridge you know when you said about men don't listen to instruction you know she'd have just give me a little little nudge one of those things but she'd have also said can you please bring it to the men's group why they can't open cardboard boxes properly, I don't know about you but but have you ever tried to open an apple juice box, it's got the little lines and I try and get my scissors and I'll cut here and I'll cut here or I'll do this on any cardboard box and I don't know whether it's a man thing or a darren thing but I'll go I'll follow it and then it sprouts out or shoots out like a fountain all over the place, my wife will get some scissors like this she'll go and it's the most beautiful flow, is that just me or or do men generally have an issue, a cardboard box, so I was a royal marine commando, I was searching for many things in life, maybe like some people here, I didn't want to know Jesus although I had a sense from birth that I was on this earth to do greater things, you've all got that, you know I don't know where you are with the Lord but you're born with a sense of eternity, purpose, destiny, I didn't want to know church, I always felt church was boring, I didn't know this type of church, priests and dog collars and all of that stuff, boring songs but I always had but I always, that was my negative view of church honestly and but I always had a sense of more that there was a God and I was shot through both my legs and I remember in my lowest moment and I just said I remembered the Jesus from my Sunday school, Jesus from school assembly and I said Jesus if you're real will you heal my legs, one broken night just crying out to the Lord, all my bravado gone just weeping and crying and to cut a long story short four and a half inches of my femur bone just grew back, you know signs, wonders, miracles, must follow those as well as love for the poor and the broken and the hurting. In the book of James it says religion that is pure and faultless is to keep ourselves polluted from the world so we have to talk about purity, you can't just have a social gospel you know we're either too far this way or too far this way but you know he's called us to be pure and then to look after the widows and orphans in their distress so you have the the pure and the poor and then you see the power of God come as well when you've got those three together I'm telling you now and then I rose up from that hospital bed left the marines but my heart was burdened for the poor and the broken and the hurting. I just had this compulsion came across David Wilkerson's crossing the switchblade after only eight months as a Christian and sleeping homeless had nowhere to live after the marines but had God's call upon my life stripped me down bare all I had was Jesus and that's why we go for the poor and the needy and the broken and the hurting because they they may not ever have a Ferrari may not ever have caviar but Jesus says I'll always take care of their leads but I will be their treasure and all I had was Jesus Christ the clothes on my back but I felt like the wealthiest person in the world and I learned some great lessons that Christ is my treasure that I didn't need a great amount of money I didn't need even a career then you know he was my everything the love the guidance the trust the faith that was built every day he took care of my every need and he directed me overseas to work with David Wilkerson amongst the broken crossing the switchblade then I hopped on to YWAM's missions trip to China just wanting to know more about why the broken and the hurting poverty injustice slavery and all of those things and then the Lord taught me to Massey Hall Bible College in 2-4 and 2-7 and I just wouldn't shut up about the poor and the broken I felt like the weeping prophet Jeremiah and I remember when I left there 2-7 the Lord put a calling upon my life and we set up our first lighthouse hostel in in Rotherham and the songs that you played today amazingly are songs that have journeyed with us all of our all of our life all of our all the time setting up projects so we set up our first hostel and I hate the word hostel and let's call them family homes a 15 bed in Rotherham but they were just a place where we set the right culture the values it was never going to be a place where we just put men in there and saw them on benefits in sickness and just stay there for the rest of their life God had more for them and my hero is William Boo, Salvation Army hostels from very very early years where he was able to put the social the supernatural and spiritual development under one roof and that's what we did we just set a culture where Christ honored him made sure we were right with ourselves purity and holiness we prayed constantly over these these hostels and we started to see amazing changes and transformation broken men just rising to a destiny and a calling and then over the next 15 years another one and another one we took over blocks of flats a whole block of flats in Chesterfield notorious blocks of flats it's not hard once you've got a culture protect your culture we grew and protected our culture we never compromised the core values of why we saw growth no one got any glory every place we did we honored Jesus we kept those simple values and we saw moves of the Holy Spirit a whole block of flats Jesus Bible studies didn't make sense 15 years later but the Lord said this you know we're only touching the surface here we need the next generation of workers our towns and cities are broken God spoke to me through Nehemiah slavery is like no other time in history but we don't hear it preach much in church you know it's not a calling to reach the poor it's a command it's not a request by God it's a responsibility there are three thousand scriptures in the Bible that tell us to reach the poor the destitute the outcast and when we do we honor God you know in Jeremiah 22 16 my my favorite scripture in the Bible about King Josiah we all talk about this man of God who was holy and and brought spiritual revival and reform like Nehemiah but he says this in 22 16 he defended the cause of the poor and needy and so all went well is that not what it means to know me declares the Lord three power points there he defended the cause of the poor and needy defended in the Hebrew means to set a straight course no matter what I do no matter what we do he's saying no matter how we are always going to defend the cause of the poor and the needy it's going to be ingrained in our in our strategies our memorandums our vision of the church whatever we do we're going to defend the cause of the poor and the needy the cause you know their well-being their hopes their dreams their education opportunities you know we can tick a box with an outreach we can tick a box with a with a coffee but that's more about making us feel better you know God's called us to defend the cause and the rights of the poor and the needy and he wraps it up under the word injustice and justice in Micah 6 8 it says I've told your man what to do what does the Lord require of you to do justice to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God but the Jeremiah scriptures are finished now it's powerful he said he defended the cause of the poor and the needy and all went well is that not what it means to to know me declares the Lord if we go backwards on that one if we don't have a heart for the poor and the needy and the broken the adult elderly the widows the outcast the destitute the oppressed and those who are struggling with prejudice racism on all of those things that's wrapped under the banner of injustice this isn't about homelessness this morning this isn't about drugs it's about injustice that banner that we operate under it's unjust that people are struggling with addictions it's unjust that people don't have the right access to education because they live in a certain area it's unjust that that that people are battling with with mental health issues and they struggle with this lonely in their home isolated it's unjust that there are 60 000 children in our nation in care homes and we've got empty rooms to foster and adopt these children religion that is pure and faultless is to look after the widows and orphans in distress it's our responsibility as the church of Jesus Christ it will challenge us it will take us to that point of I foster me and my wife foster we look after a 12 year old boy did I do it hop skipping and jumping no because that's my home but when God says I'll be a father to the fatherless it's when he puts his spirit in you men and you start to become a father to those kids now on the estates in youth clubs who don't have dads that's all about injustice reaching out to the broken the fatherless the lost the widows the orphans and all of those things and you know it's glorious the blessings and the power of the holy spirit fall upon those who give themselves to the poor and the broken you know the blessings are through the bible those who give themselves to the poor lack nothing proverbs 1917 he was gracious to a poor man lends to the lord and he will repay him for his good deeds and finally isaiah 58 10 if you give yourself not just do a small measure but if you give yourself to the hungry satisfy the desire of the afflicted then your light will rise in darkness your gloom will become like midday the lord will continually guide you and satisfy your desire in scorched places and give strength to your bones and you will be like a water garden and like a sprinter of water whose waters do not do not fall what incredible blessings promises of god move to the spirit you're like nothing and what does it seem of the conditions for those that gives themselves to the poor and the needy and the broker and the impressed supernatural blessings of the holy spirit you know we can all pray for revival but i want to suggest that we all need to look at what are our hearts like towards the afflicted and the broken are we filling these 3 000 scriptures in the bible to help the lonely the affirmed the elderly the widows and the orphans and i think this church is doing it very nicely by the way okay so that's the remit of the college god gave it back to us after 15 years miraculously the aog moved out and the lord said the harvest is plentiful the training the workers are few so god gave us the assemblies of god bible college the very place where the vision was birthed 15 years before and now it's a bible college that's training up men and women to go and reach the poor and the broken and the hurting and isiah 58 to go and rebuild our broken walls our infrastructure the education system the school system the political system everything that pushed jesus christ out now i'm telling you that revival will permeate every area of life and that's all that we're doing at the college the same thing that's been going 50 years these men and women are heroes their courage is remarkable they love jesus and they're out there in the world serving him every single day wayne do you want to go and share uh seven or eight minutes your testimony young man and then christina new crowd so i'm a bit nervous um so yeah my name is wayne i'm 39 years old um i'm from wales originally um so i'm gonna start off from the age of 11 because i lost my dad when i was 11 years old he died in my arms literally in my arms he had a heart attack on his birthday and that's where my journey really began because i was broken i was lost and i was really angry with god taking my dad away from me died on his birthday at age 44 and it led me to getting in with the wrong crowd i started drinking with him at age 11 taking cannabis getting into trouble arguing with my mum all the time me and my mum didn't get on because she got into another relationship and i was quite angry with my mum as well because it was only a month after my dad died and i thought why are you doing this it's a broken family as it is but you're making it worse so um we were arguing and arguing all the time and the age of uh 13 14 my mum started to have enough of me because i was rebelling from her so and when i got to 15 and she was like i can't have you she kicked me out at the age of 15 i started living on the streets i started taking heroin i started taking speed um and i was just going around in circles i was homeless for three years living under branches park park bridges and that and then my daughter come along so i was quite proud of that i got clean for a little bit um but then our relationship with her mum fell and that's when i started using again um and then my daughter got taken off me so my my addiction went worse um i lost my house i lost everything and i was living in the horse's stable for a bit and i stayed at the friend's house one night because he wanted to get me off the street for the night and i had a phone call at three o'clock in the morning wayne where are you you're okay i says why what's the matter the stables you're staying in someone's lit put it on fire we thought you were dead so you can see god was there then protecting me from that and then um i got to got to a point where i was like i need to move away from the area i lived so i moved to a place called clanathley in wales um i got clean again i was doing really well and they moved me into another place in camarban and i got into the wrong crowd again i started taking all sorts of stuff um i lost hope and that and then i owing money and my dealers was getting coming to my door kicking it in i got beat up i got stabbed um and i just lost all hope in myself so i decided to move back to clanathley closest to one of my sisters and um i just started going really bad with the drugs and i was walking around town at three o'clock in the morning and i just felt something because my friend said to me you need to go to rehab you need to go to a place called battalion i was like no i'm okay i don't want that and i was walking around this town and i felt someone say what have you got to lose and i thought i'm hallucinating here what's going on so i went back to my flat and it just played on my mind and i didn't know this at the time but i truly do know and it was god speaking to me so i went to my friend i said yeah get me to this place and he goes it is a christian place i'm not going to become a christian i just need to get clean so i went to batal and i felt the peace in there soon as soon as i went through the gates i just seen everyone happy and full of joy and i was like you're all nuts what are you doing but it was a nice feeling when i got in there because you feel the love and then within a month we were in a service and um i was in the middle row and we were worshiping and then all of a sudden i started crying i thought what's this why am i crying and i said to my friend why why am i crying he said you've just been hit by the holy spirit i was like wow and at the end of the preach the preacher goes whoever wants to come to the front of the thing to give their life come through and next minute i was at the front on my knees hands up saying lord please i need this and that's when i gave my life to the lord and then the journey got it even more interesting because i couldn't do the work because it was a work in rehab and i couldn't do the work because i had arthritis in both legs i couldn't walk so they had to carry me up and down the stairs so they said they said we need to ask you to leave but we're going to put you somewhere else so and this is when they said we're going to send you to the lighthouse and i was like oh another place and that i was like i don't know i'm going to pray on it so i went up to the bottom of the field i started praying on it and then again god said what have you got to lose i was like come on lord come on so i moved to rothram um i started doing amazing there i got connected in the church i uh got i got my life back um i got my own place um i got a job as a chef i was doing amazing and then i relapsed again two years two and a half years ago got in the wrong crowd and my head was just wasn't in the right place i lost connection with god um and my the pastor from liberty church said wayne we're gonna um you need to go to matisy or somewhere you you've lost everything so i was like okay so um we got in contact with darren and that and um i turned up and i was in a mess when i turned up um they had to put me in a hotel for five days because i turned up off my face i didn't even tell him about it um and they they'd love they gave me when i got there they put me in hotel they come and see me every day they've um they fed me every day and then they brought me back and this is where i truly surrendered was on the friday in the chapel i walked through the doors and i just broke down i was like lord i am fully surrendering to you now i says i need a difference in my life and matisy has completely changed my life i i've just finished an intern in the kitchen i'm going into support work i've done my health and social care people don't think there's a god look at the difference in me i was in a right mess and some god god's just amazing i've got my daughter back in my life i'm i am just thriving i've got the most confidence back in me again i feel the love i feel the joy and someone gave me this when i was uh in riaban this is a song that everyone should keep with them psalm 91 whoever dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the almighty i will say of the lord he is my refuge and my fortune my god in whom i trust and i trusted god all the way through this and look at the difference matisy is just amazing place and our god's just there every day so yeah and thank you for listening go on wayne um hi guys so i'm christina um um i've got a really similar story to wayne's not not exactly similar but um so i'm from mansfield and i grew up with three brothers and i grew up in a very dysfunctional family my dad was an alcoholic and we grew up with domestic violence um as a child i always knew there was something different about me but i just didn't know what and i never really felt part of my family i felt like the outcast i was always being picked on bullied and beat up by my brothers um which for me in them days i just thought it was normal um we grew up in an estate where our family was absolutely hated and i could never really make any friends or be accepted um so that really you know had an impact on my self-worth and my confidence and you know i never really knew what unconditional love was because we never had it in our family um i remember i've always believed in god from a very young age so it started at sunday school and it was my older brother he took us to sunday school because they gave out sweets it was the only way we were going to get there so unbeknown to me though i did learn about someone who really loves me and cares about me and is watching over me and and i took that i took that as gold that that i held on to that because i had nothing else to hold on to and growing up for me was really difficult you know i struggled academically at school and stuff um and i struggled to fit in i could never make friends so you know i grew up feeling really lonely um and i remember one summer i was grinding for six-week holidays and i remember pasting up and down my bedroom and it was a really nice summer as well it was really hot i remember it and i remember pacing up and down my bedroom and i must have been speaking to god i must have been um asking him why me lord why this family you know um had a lot of questions um there only there was only two things i ever really wanted to be in life um first one was a christian and the second one was a social worker um i joined the brownies and the girl guides so i loved helping people i loved you know helping people um and that's probably because you know no one ever cared about me no one wanted to help me and i just had a big heart for that and i still have um i left home at 16 years old and that was it i went straight into addiction started on on speed and it gave me a confidence i'd never had before um so i continued taking it you know i lived a life of partying and drugs and drinking um and i did that for 24 years um you know rolling around the same mountain um i have two children um my oldest is 22 my name's alexi but she was actually born paris but she changed her own name to alexi by depol and i have a son who's 17 now when dylan his name's dylan when he was um nine seven months old he was taken from me by social services um and you know that devastated me that that had a massive impact on me and but you know i just knew god was in that because he went to a really good family i got to meet his parents i was asked if i wanted to meet his parents and i did and i'm so glad i did because i knew he was going to be safe and i knew he was going to be happy and usually what they usually do when they get adopted is change their names um but i asked them to keep his original name apart from his last name obviously and and they did that they honored me so i knew i just knew god was in that and we have letterbox contact um so my daughter uh wasn't in my life for a long time so the last time i was a mum to her properly she was eight years old um the last time i saw her before we got she came back in my life was at the age of 16 and she came back into my life in 2022 in october and i knew god was all over that i just knew it and we're on a journey of finding out who we are you know mum and daughter building a relationship and i can only really give god the glory for that um you know it's been so faithful to me throughout my life there's been times when i've shouldn't even be here i'm honest um i should have been dead but you know god's grace you know he was watching over me and i know he's all over my family he's definitely over my daughter um so uh yeah so i had a flat and i lost it and this was in 2016 and that's that's where my life just spiraled i was in the darkest place ever i ended up homeless on the streets nine months every door shut in my face nobody wanted to help me um and i had no hope but one day i went to the beacon project in mansfield um the night a couple of nights before that i was beaten up and had everything taken off me drugs wise um by a couple of males and i remember walking the streets um feeling really scared and i went into the beacon project and i just sat in the corner and a woman came over to me can i pray for you and i just looked at her clutching me i'm back to get um so she prayed for me and within days i went to a different church and there it was god had sent three people from the freedom project in shybrook and within that i filled out forms to go to the lighthouse which is what darren was just talking about he set up lighthouse homes and his wife then i started on a journey of um of being loved back to life finding who i was finding an identity i got clean at the lighthouse um i had to do treatment before before i decided to go to rehab um but i did a teen challenge program and i went there in july 2018 um it was the hardest thing that i've ever done but i'm so glad i did it because it was the most rewarding it's where i got my foundations um in the lord you know and while i was on the program i always struggled with identity and you know self-worth and when i was on the program a we have what we call advisors and i remember talking to her about my family situation and she gave me a scripture and it's equal 16. um you'll have to forgive me because i'm a little bit blind um on the day you were born your cord was not caught nor were you washed with water to make you clean nor were you with salt or wrapped in clothes no one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you rather you were thrown out into the open field for on the day you were born you were despised then i passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood and as you lay there in your blood i said to you live i made you grow like a plant in the field when i got that script scripture my life just made sense i knew who i belonged to i was meant to be a child of god like we all are but i actually literally got that revelation all my walls of jericho just came tumbling down you know finally i knew why god placed me within that family and it's for a greater purpose than what i could have seen at the time and so i was quite thankful for that after i did the tc program and i went back to the lighthouse to do an intern um no i didn't i went to tcla um leadership academy and then i went back to the lighthouse to do an intern um and then i got a job i left the lighthouse i got my own flat i got a job did everything in my own strength you know at this point like i was just like focused on what i wanted but god was still faithful he gave me a job provided um a bed one bedroom house for me um in war and i fell back into addiction and i was in a job where i was working with broken people and i really struggled to not be allowed to talk about jesus um so but i was suffering with a condition um and it embedded me for months or weeks you know depending on how painful and how severe it was and i ended up losing my job um but before that i remember going to a friend's wedding and seeing julie and julie said to me have you thought about coming to madison well the year previous i'd already applied to come to madison and then i took back the application and decided to go and do my own thing um and i was like no not really um but when i went back after that wedding within a week i'd lost my job and i just knew god had opened the door for me to go to madison and i'm so glad i did because i've just embarked on a beautiful journey and i think first and foremost we we need to be mindful that we live for the benefit of others you know um and that that's a process there is there is a time of healing there was time of growing learning to be educated and i'm really thankful for madison you know what comes to mind really is you know i'm thankful that our leaders are first and foremost led by the spirit and obedient to god because if it wasn't for the obedience we wouldn't get um the things that we get the blessings that we get and madison is truly wholly sacred ground it's a very very special place to be and it's that special i don't even really want to leave so um i really don't it's beautiful grounds and um so i've completed my health and social care um well the class side of it anyway and um i was put in to an intern in resettlement and now i've just been moved into an intern in support work which is truly my real calling this i really want to help people but i remember being at madison and god said to me dream dream big so i have dream big um i only came to madison with a desire of wanting to be a support worker but now you know it's in my heart that i want to manage and run my own center to help vulnerable women to empower them to be mighty women of god and to make firm decisions and find their worth and their truth and identity in god um and i know god will make that happen i've just got to remain faithful be obedient and allow him to do what he does so um i'm still on a journey and i'm happy about it so i hope it's really encouraged you all you know god is on the move um all the time and god is good you guys oh for that um just uh just the openness honesty the passion it's just so exciting to hear what god can do as wayne said people think there's no god but look just come and see what the lord has done and uh it's just amazing just amazing to hear and uh just thinking about it the wayne and christina darren were talking about the journey of life that they've been on in discovering what they were born for what they were made for and by god's grace they're tapping into that but we're all in that position aren't we and whether it's as individuals or whether as a church what are we here for what are we here for this is the whole thing and i believe that you know darren and the guys have just opened up our eyes to see again just what it's all about what what we have one there's a and i think the same impact of the visit that we had on the thursday morning to this morning just the excitement again of the gospel of what it's about um mentioned about not being tainted by religion i trust that we're not tainted by religion but we can get into the routines can't we we can get into the routines of life and i think the fire of god uh needs to touch our hearts again and to remind us what it's all about and in response let's consecrate ourselves set ourselves to do actually not split our minds but actually god this is what you've called us to do this is what you've called us to be a place of refuge a place of safety a place of security a place of justice that's the word that we on a thursday morning and and and through other things that we do one word that keeps coming up is justice and i was really encouraged when darren emphasized that over and over but we need to be a place of justice that we need to have it in our heart in our dna that uh that these things matter that this is our center of gravity that it's not about a project that we do like i said not an outreach but it's actually it's in our hearts it's it's it's it's what it's what you meet when you actually come and you and you're part of this community and i know across this room we've got people from every different imaginable background but yet the opportunity for us all to consecrate ourselves to that command what does the lord require of you to act justly to love mercy and to walk humbly with your god and we can apply that in any and every circumstance whatever you're going to be doing tomorrow morning we can apply that in our hearts and so i just want us to to respond in our hearts just ask the worship team maybe if they could come and i would love us to uh to begin just by praying for mattasy um for darren away increase maybe you could join me again at the front here darren and wayne and christina is that possible and i'd love us just to to just as a worship team prepare just to stand together if we can and let's pray for them and then i'll ask them to pray for us as well okay so we're going to pray let's let's stand let's reach out our hands let's pray god the the richest they've experienced so much of the richness of god's grace and we just pray for more and more and more that you haven't actually uh i think wait you've only just scratched the surface and i believe that you only just scratched the surface even in the wonderful things that you've seen and the wonderful things that you're doing and the wonderful things that you've experienced there is still more there are unsearchable riches of christ and he has called you to discover them and to and to spend the rest of your lives just going from room to room to room seeing all that god is able to do and not only in your life but in all those that will come christina you said the vision that god has given you for the center for for vulnerable women there are there are so many women that are going to be touched by the fire that god has put in your heart so many that are going to be reached so many that are going to be changed god is going to give you the fulfillment of your dreams and your visions we believe that wayne god has called you for a purpose he's called you for a purpose he's seen you even before he didn't discover you when you reached out to him but he as you know he came after you he pursued you and it's for a purpose and every step forward every step back and everything he's been drawing you to himself like a magnet and you're going to be a blessing to so many and we're just going to pray for you and pray for darren and the team at matter c just pray for the an outpouring of god's spirit that this revival that we're beginning to see this will be a center of it we pray and so we let's let's just let's just lift our hands and our voices to god father we pray for matter c we thank you for this morning we thank you for darren and wayne and christina we thank you for the whole community the 45 men and women that are there lord god that they are called from every different background come and see what the lord has done it is just amazing what you can do it is just incredible there is no limits to what you can do in the lives of men and women and so we pray for them we pray for them as they put themselves into your hands we pray for them as they consecrate themselves to you that you will pour your fire onto them lord god just as they are like an offering on the altar and the fire comes down from heaven i pray your fire will come down from heaven and burn up everything that is that has been uh considered worthless and you will replace it with the treasure and the jewel and the precious metal that you put into their hearts i thank you for their lives and i thank you for their calling and i thank you that you're going to fulfill what each and every one of them has on their hearts individually and as an organization lord god may the fire of god fall and and and burn in that place and go from there to many many places and for everything that you you've put in their hearts it represents people and for those 45 people we know that that represents thousands upon thousands of people that are going to be touched by the same fire we thank you for them and we pray your blessing upon them in jesus name amen amen and um we uh as you say as you know this is in our hearts we feel like we started you know there's all sorts of things that we a bit like you said you know we don't know which way to go sometimes we go forward we go back with all sorts of stuff but it's in our hearts we want to do it want to consecrate ourselves to this calling of god on our lives so i just want to ask you as people that have gone ahead of us if you would pray for us as a church and and all that god is going to do here father your word is there for us to draw from to learn how you interact with your people uh lord it's not complicated there there was an a man nehemiah who looked at the mess looked at the ruins there was a group of people who lived in that ruins and he never affected their consciousness and maybe we've become like that as christians we've just accepted that this is the norm or we've took our eyes off the ball but nehemiah was a man who said hey this is not right and he wept over the ruins the the political system the education system a society that turned it back spiritually on god and i prayed lord god that god that this would be a church and a people that are like nehemiah that says we need to do something about it that you will break their hearts for what breaks yours that they would be a set apart holy remnant you don't need a whole denomination society and history is changed by just a small group of people of a certain type may this be a church and nehemiah just thought i need to do something about it he did not have a clue as to how this would unravel he was almost led like a spiritual compass and i pray that this that would be for the leadership lord that they will be led by an overwhelming sense every day of what needs to be done where they need to go where they need to be built and i pray like nehemiah lord that you will use this church to bring others inspire others motivate others to join together in the rebuilding of the walls and lord nehemiah lord he didn't have the qualifications he wasn't an architect but in record time he rebuilt uh the jerusalem socially and spiritually so god we ask that you will use this church to rebuild the social walls and the brokenness and all that that means within our schools again within every area of life but i also pray that you will use this church to bring spiritual revival upon our nation starting with our locality this locality god that you will take this church just like nehemiah before he did the work he prayed and it's that simple he sought your presence before he moved and i pray you'll ignite in this church in the leaders that hunger and fresh passion that fresh desire for prayer and your presence and for the word that this will be a holy remnant first and foremost who love the word who love purity who love your presence and also love the poor and i pray you'll do mighty things in this church there will be such a move of god that these four walls can't contain it in your precious name amen thank you thank you i'm just going to ask the worship team will lead us i think the thing will go up if you want to go and collect children that would be great but i just want to yeah thanks

About Dance of the Dead On a moon-lit night, Diké , heir to the Kingdom and leader of the terrifying warrior cult, the Ogwumii, falls asleep inside his bedroom. He wakes up to find himself trapped within the secret shrine of the village deity, a dark cave forbidden to all save the powerful witchdoctors. Overnight, the mighty warrior-prince becomes an Osu— an untouchable and outcast.In disgraced exile in the forbidden shrine, his sole companion is the raging ghost of a murdered slave girl, wrongly sacrificed to the gods on the false prophecy of a lecherous witchdoctor. To break the Osu curse, Diké must find the traitors who orchestrated his downfall and embark on a terrifying journey to the ancestors' realm, a deadly quest that could end his life or return him to full citizenship and glory. About the Author Nuzo Onoh is a Nigerian-British writer of Igbo descent. She is a pioneer of the African horror literary subgenre. Hailed as the "Queen of African Horror”, Nuzo's works have featured in numerous magazines, podcasts, and anthologies, as well as in several academic studies and publications. Nuzo holds a Law degree and a Masters degree in Writing, both from Warwick University, United Kingdom. She is also a certified Civil Funeral Celebrant, licensed to conduct non-religious burial services. An avid musician with an addiction to JungYup and K-indie pop music, Nuzo plays both the guitar and piano, and holds an NVQ in Digital Music Production from City College, Coventry. She currently resides in The West Midlands, UK, with her cat, Tinkerbell.    

Kevin Tingley AKA The Paint Warrior returns to discuss how he got into the trade, A life changing incident that happened to him three years ago and going into a prison to meet the prisoners completing an NVQ in Decorating

My guest this week is Justin Pugh with whom I went to school in the 1980s. Justin recalls those days of playing cricket at lunchtimes and the two of us reflect on our years at the Bishop of Llandaff Church-in-Wales High School in Cardiff. Justin talks about how Cardiff has changed since the 1970s when it had a much lower profile, and how since the 1990s Cardiff suddenly became cool, and Justin refers to how the city flows through his veins. We reflect on the devolution campaign of 1997 and how Justin speaks Welsh as a second language. Justin has been fascinated by the cause of the Liberal Party since he was young and we learn why David Lloyd George and Harold Wilson are among his political heroes, and why he thinks David Steel was misrepresented on Spitting Image, as well as how some politicians can grow on us when they are out of office. Justin has always liked classical music and ska and he talks about what he thinks is the golden age of cinema and how Julie Christie was a teenage heartthrob of his. Justin studied Economics at university but wishes he had done something different, and he discusses how it is better to do something one is interested in as that motivations you to hit the top grades. Justin nearly did a Masters in Psychology and is doing an NVQ in Counselling. He has a particular interest in Wellbeing, and we talk about how there was more of a stigma around mental health a few decades ago when people who were perceived as different were derided. We talk about experiences of bullying in school and the need to know why people behaved in the way that they did. The negative things that happened in the past do impact on our present, and Justin reflects on how it isn't acceptable to say ‘just move on'. Justin talks about what student life was like for him living at home, how it was a largely yuppie culture which he was watching from the outside in, and how the world is a lot less innocent now than it was a few decades ago. Justin has been collecting toys and other mementos from the 1970s and the effort one might go to in order to find them, and how it can deepen existing friendships – as he recently discovered through watching an old Tom Baker set of Doctor Who episodes with a friend which took him back to his childhood. Then, at the end of the interview, we discover why Justin ringfences positive memories and why he believes everything happens for a purpose which can make us a better person for it. We learn what his younger self wanted to be, why it is good to have role models to aspire to, how it is important not to get too isolated, and we discover whether Justin is a looking back or a looking forward type of person.

Your vibe attracts your tribe ~ How to create the best outcome for 2023 Jennifer Louise is the Salon Marketing coach.She believes that the way you start your day is up to you- how do you talk to yourself? Are you grateful for what you have?We discuss how attitude affects your progress, and how we can get the best from our clients and business in 2023.Jennifer left school at 14, recognising that the education system didn't work for her. She began working in a salon and ended up negotiating with her head teacher a way to work towards her NVQ in hairdressing alongside her GCSEs!By 24 she owned her own salon, but spent ten years learning important lessons in business along the way.She believes it is important to get clear on who you serve and base your business and culture around your ideal client.We explore the impact that behaviours, thoughts and actions can have on your success.Connect with Jennifer:InstagramFacebookWebsite Connect with Hair therapy: Facebook Instagram Twitter Clubhouse- @Hair.Therapy Donate towards the podcast Start your own podcastGet 15% off all Tony Maleedy products! Click Here and use code HAIRTHERAPYUK

Richard and Craig join me to discuss the NVQ 3 portfolio and the differences between an apprenticeship and re-trainee variation. I hope this helps answer some of the questions that followed the EAL3, 2365, 8202 and experienced worker podcasts. If you are currently working through your electrical portfolio on the NVQ3 let us know how its going in the comments or across social media. The city and guilds handbook Craig refenced can be found here https://www.cityandguilds.com/-/media/productdocuments/building_services_industry/electrical_installation/2357/level_3/centre_documents/2357_-l3_diploma_logbook_v4-1-pdf.ashx Huge thanks to Richard and Craig once again! I learn something every time I chat with these guys. Absolute super stars! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apprentice121/message

Greetings friends of Essential Aromatica! I'm pleased to introduce Liz Hill, the host of the Spiritually Speaking with Liz podcast and proprietor of Karma Ripon, a store that draws you in and makes you feel like you belong because you intuitively know something is there for you. Join us for banter about the number 22, paying attention (!) and getting into the intricacies of Aromatherapy. Liz shares her journey of how she came into the practice and studied with the esteemed Shirley Price. We get into the nitty gritty of the safety, quality and responsible, educated application of essential oils. This episode highlights how the incredibly concentrated nature of essential oils sets the foundation for the practice of aromatherapy. What happens when essential oils are in the hands of the untrained? Join us to ponder such questions. Liz is a certified yoga and meditation teacher who is also certified and practices several “-ologys” including reflexology, iridology, kinesiology and remedial massage and manipulative therapy; these influence her life-practice, shop and podcast! She is a clinical aromatherapist who wrote the NVQ 3 (National Vocational Qualification, level 3) in Aromatherapy and taught Aromatherapy on a Higher National Diploma. She was course tutor and on the steering committee of a complementary therapy degree at Bradford University as well as an Aromatherapy principal tutor and examiner for the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (the IFPA), which is a prestigious Aromatherapy organization. Check out her beautiful shop at www.karmaripon.co.uk | Listen to her podcast | Find her on social media: Instagram: @spiritually_speaking_222 & Facebook: spirituallyspeaking222 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/essential-aromatica/message

"From this month's rebalancing, Qraft's AI-Enhanced U.S. Next Value ETF, NVQ did not invest in FedEx which fell 26% due to weakening global demand. NVQ has been delivering positive performance. The key achievement behind the AI powered NVQ is its stock selection capability. NVQ has been overweight in Valero Energy (VLO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Cigna Corporation (CI) over the last 1 year, where those stocks performed +77%, +70% and +42% respectively. Also AI model sent signal to underweight typical value names like GM, MU, and INTC," says Francis Oh.

Abigail James (@abigailjames1) is an A-list facialist, well-being expert and author. She is widely known in London as ‘the queen of skin' and the ‘priestess of facial massage' and is one of the most sought-after skincare experts of the British Capital. Abigail's YouTube tutorials have been a huge hit, with some of the videos garnering nearly 6.5 million views. In our interview, the single mother of three talks to Anne about her journey, from working for her father's food business to her start in training as a milliner before she switched to study to become a beauty therapist. Abigail had the chance to find her way to Lady Bamford's organic wellness space in the Cotswolds, which was an important stepping stone in her career. In addition, the skin expert, who's also trained as a yoga teacher, shares the successes and the emotional ups and downs in her journey, or ‘mental health tweaks' as she calls them. Of course, Abigail talks about the art of face massage, its physical benefits, and the power of positive touch, as well. When it comes to looking after our skin, Abigail affirms that education is important. And indeed, knowledge is power — both on the product side but also in understanding the underlying tissues, muscles and bones. The woman who's been named by the press as a ‘skin genius' doesn't just use a holistic approach, she also loves to use what technology can offer, relying on safe and advanced tools that support her clients for treatments that are completely bespoke. Anne and Abigail discuss the pressures of being online, with Abigail in front of the camera herself, as well as what she sees as trends in the tweakments space. The interview ends with Abigail sharing insights from her new book, “The Glow Plan”, and describing her life philosophy — break down, dust yourself off and try again! A moving, inspiring, and very joyful interview. Happy listening! ***You can find Abigail at: https://www.abigailjames.com/On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/abigailjames1/On Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTLWxHt0O27w6Xg2X4EyLrgOn Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AbigailJamesLondonOn TikTokOn Twitter https://twitter.com/abigail_jamesAbigail's books - The Glow Plan and Love Your Skin - https://www.abigailjames.com/book/ Beauty NVQ2 and NVQ 3 - what is an NVQ course UKLady Bamford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_BamfordBamford in the Cotswolds - https://www.bamford.com/uk/pages/cotswolds-daylesford-farmCoworth Park, a Dorchester Collection Hotel - https://www.dorchestercollection.com/en/ascot/coworth-park/Francesca White, Tatler - https://www.tatler.com/profile/francesca-whiteGrace Belgravia - https://www.studiorhe.com/gracebelgraviaLiz Earle Skincare - https://www.lizearle.com/Suzanne Faith Yoga - https://www.suzannefaith.com/Anusara yoga - https://www.anusarayoga.com/Burnout, a book by Emily and Amelia Nagoski - https://www.burnoutbook.net/Emily & Amelia Nagoski interviewed by Brené Brown - https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-emily-and-amelia-nagoski-on-burnout-and-how-to-complete-the-stress-cycle/Rise Up, the song by Andra Day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBuIBaDSOa4***If you enjoyed this episode, click subscribe for more, and consider writing a review of the show on Apple Podcasts, it helps people find us and also helps to secure future guests. Thank you  so much for listening! For all notes and transcripts, please visit Out Of The Clouds on Simplecast - https://out-of-the-clouds.simplecast.com/  Sign up for Anne's email newsletter for more from Out of the Clouds at https://annevmuhlethaler.com. Follow Anne: Twitter: @annvi  IG: @_outoftheclouds  

Havering are a family run business in the centre of Hornchurch, Essex well-known for their flexible and intensive training courses and NVQs which introduce beauty therapists and hair stylists to the fastest growing industry in the UK. A career in hair, beauty, nails or massages is very rewarding and can be very profitable. Depending on your needs, Katie and the team offer hair and beauty training ranging from half a day Diploma courses to long term NVQ training. Hair and Beauty Training courses are suitable for beginners or those already in the industry- including refresher courses and teaching certificates, courses are personalised to suit you. On completion of all our hair and beauty training courses students will be issued a Havering Beauty Academy Diploma or VTCT NVQ qualification depending on which course is taken.

Do you have a hobby that helps you relax and unwind? 你有什么爱好可以帮助你放松和放松吗？For some people, there is no better way to switch off than spending time in the garden. 对于某些人来说，没有比花时间在花园里更好的关闭方式了。This small private area of green space can be their oasis of calm.这片小小的私人绿地可以成为他们平静的绿洲。It's no wonder some of us turn to gardening as a form of therapy.难怪我们中的一些人将园艺作为一种治疗形式。 A survey conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society, found that 82% of people in the UK said that gardening makes them happier.英国皇家园艺学会进行的一项调查发现，82% 的英国人表示园艺让他们更快乐。 It also found that 70% of them, given the choice, would prefer to spend their working day in the garden with just 9% opting for an office.它还发现，如果有选择，他们中的 70% 更愿意在花园里度过他们的工作日，而只有 9% 的人选择办公室。For those with green fingers, the pleasure of gardening comes from getting out in the fresh air, in all weathers and communing with nature – even if there are a few too many creepy-crawlies! 对于那些有绿色手指的人来说，园艺的乐趣来自于呼吸新鲜空气、在任何天气下和与大自然交流——即使有太多令人毛骨悚然的爬行动物！It can also be seen as a sort of digital-detox – time away from technology. 它也可以被视为一种数字排毒——远离技术。Some experts actually believe that getting outside to dig and plant things acts as a 'natural high'.一些专家实际上认为，到户外挖掘和种植东西是一种“自然高潮”。Dr Christopher Lowry, a neuroscientist at the University of Colorado, injected a bacterium commonly found in soil into mice to see what affect this would have on them. 科罗拉多大学的神经科学家克里斯托弗·洛瑞博士将土壤中常见的一种细菌注射到老鼠体内，看看这会对它们产生什么影响。He found the bacterium had a similar effect on the mice as an antidepressant drug might. 他发现这种细菌对小鼠的作用与抗抑郁药的作用相似。When we dig in soil we ingest this bacterium through our lungs or cuts in our skin so Dr Lowry concluded that since the mice seemed happier when treated with soil bacteria, it's likely we would be too.当我们在土壤中挖掘时，我们会通过肺部或皮肤上的切口摄入这种细菌，因此洛瑞博士得出结论，由于用土壤细菌处理小鼠似乎更快乐，我们很可能也会如此。Gardening can also be used as a way of treating addiction.园艺也可以用作治疗成瘾的一种方式。 There's evidence that recovering alcoholics who have been given the opportunity to plant, grow, and even sell their produce, have managed to stop their addictive habits. 有证据表明，那些有机会种植、种植甚至出售产品的酗酒者已经成功戒掉了上瘾的习惯。Scot Stephenson, for example, got expelled from school and started a vocational qualification in gardening. 例如，斯科特·斯蒂芬森（Scot Stephenson）被学校开除并开始获得园艺职业资格。He says "I got my NVQ level 2 which is my first qualification and enjoyed it ever since."他说：“我获得了 NVQ 2 级，这是我的第一个资格，从那时起我就享受它。”Whatever the reason, there are many therapeutic benefits to getting your hands dirty, doing some physical hard work and then watching your garden grow. Does this sound like your idea of fun?不管是什么原因，弄脏你的手，做一些体力劳动，然后看着你的花园长大，有很多治疗益处。这听起来像你的乐趣吗？词汇表unwind 放松，减压switch off 不在关注（工作或另人精神紧张的事情）oasis of calm 宁静的一刻therapy （非药物）疗法green fingers 园艺能手communing 与（大自然）交流、融为一体creepy-crawlies 爬虫，蠕虫digital-detox 数码排毒natural high （不靠药物）自然的兴奋、高兴bacterium 细菌（复数为 bacteria）antidepressant drug 抗抑郁药物addiction 嗜好，瘾recovering alcoholics 目前滴酒不沾的酗酒者expelled 被开除vocational 职业技术的

Greetings, what's happening, how do you do?Another week and another one of these. Been keeping it going for roughly six months, now. Big thanks to everyone that has read, listened, commented; or even shared. I enjoy doing this but it does give me a lift and a bit of extra impetus to do more, knowing that there's a few of you engaging with it. Of course, you may well think it's dog-shit, but that's ok, I like dogs.Speaking of which, my missus and I got a new puppy this week, so I've been busy trying to make sure she doesn't piss in the house; I've had mixed results. That's taken up a lot of my time but thankfully, with it being easter holidays, I've not been doing many workshops.We stayed at my in-laws for a few days, whilst the puppy settled in. Like a bellend I forgot to pack my laptop, so couldn't get much work done. However, I did have the first half of this show printed out in my bag; so I spent a few days (while she was asleep) going over the words. It felt good, I think it's getting there; I'm still enjoying the process of editing. I'm now into the material which I'm least confident about, going at it with trepidation.So this weeks offering, is story number 4, from Make Your Own Bed and Hope for the Best, based on the time I was an apprentice, for an IT company, in the early 2000's. There's a few more stories after this one (I've had a lot of jobs) so maybe I'll do something different next week, feel free to say ‘turn it in, Paul, no one cares, mate' and I'll change course; perhaps.As before, if you're interested in seeing what I've already done with this show, you can check my You Tube channel, or if you're interested in checking some of the plays I've co-written, you can now purchase Beats and Elements: A Hip Hop Theatre Anthology and while we're on plugging stuff, fuck it, I've still got a few copies of my first book; The Suburban, for sale.Again, big thankyou to everyone that has engaged with any of this stuff, it means a lot. Sometimes it still feels like it was, back in my early twenties, just rapping to myself, in my bedroom. Probably about the only good thing I did do, back in those days.If you like, please subscribe, or perhaps even share it? (If you like it of course.) It would be great if we could grow the numbers but I'll still be doing it regardless. Tortoise and the hare, mate.  Have a great weekend.Zepher tech (5 min 40) by me Paul CreeIn all honesty, I felt embarrassed about being kicked out of college. I'd let mum and dad down. When my tutor brutally pointed out to me, that on the final piece of work I'd handed in, not only was it terrible, I'd even misspelled my own name; it pretty much sealed my fate.All these college courses seemed like they'd been made up for kids like me; deluding a generation of us that leisure and tourism was a thing. We probably would've been better off in a job, earning money, there's no way we were all going to be computer programmers and engineers. Thanks TonySo after taking every spare shift going at Waitrose and working as a labourer for a tree Surgeon, I was finally taken on for the National Trainee scheme at Crawley College, which is like an apprenticeship with armbands. I had to spend a couple of months doing a some more made-up IT courses, which were supposed to get us ready for work but were even shitter than the one I just came from. However, I vowed to try harder with these and managed to pass them- and after a successful interview, I was placed into a company called Zepher Technologies. Computers. The future. FinallyZepher Technologies was in the business of VPNs, which stands for Virtual Private Networks, which I knew virtually nothing about. Thanks TonyThey made these mad-cube-looking machines, which sat in big servers, which ran on this software called Linux, which I'd also never heard of. Thanks Tony. Linux required all these commands to be typed onto a black screen, which to me was like trying to read Russian, backwards, on a blackboard.I had a boss, Sandy, who interviewed me but was hardly ever there. He was always at the manufacturing plant down in Portsmouth. Once in a while I got to go down there and work on the assembly line; it was a good laugh, I enjoyed the banter with all the lads that worked there. I'm pretty sure that was why Sanday was never in the office – I was mostly left to my own devices, sat in the small, messy back-room , on my own, where all the equipment was stored. One of the engineers casually said to me one day, that my boss Sandy was mental and they had no idea why I was taken on.I had no idea either, I did'nt know what I was meant to be doing, it was like one, very-long two-year work experience. I made a lot of tea. Every six weeks my course assessor came to visit me and we often had to make up stuff for me to write about, in order to meet the assessment criteria, for my NVQ qualification.I made other people tea. I made myself tea. My mates called me the tea-boy, which I hated. I'm a trainee, in computers, the future. I spent a lot of time in the toilet, often just sitting there without even doing anything. I tried to teach myself Linux and understand how to use the products the company made – but it was like going off-roading in a Fiat Panda; I was really stretching the limitations of my brain.I'd read the big book of LINUX commands and managed to learn a few, the only one I remembered was IPCONFIG – which looked impressive because it suddenly bought up loads of information on the screen, but didn't really do anything a bit like Politicians when they make their speeches.I spent a lot of time browsing the internet and planning music events that I'd started running with my mate, Mick from college. The internet was still a novelty to me, as we didn't really have it at home. I regularly posted on a drum and bass forum called Dogz On Acid, connecting and learning with music heads form all over the UK and wider-world. Through there I found these other forums, which mixed underground music and politics – and started reading conspiracy websites about why we'd gone to war in Iraq. Seems as if Tony had not only invented a load of shite courses for kids like me to do, he'd also invented some shite about weapons, both of which, amounted to nothing.I wrote a lot of lyrics there too, making good use of the stationary cupboard and my new technical lexicon that I was acquiringI'm transmitting lyrical data down your XLROutputting monologues and blazing through your speakerI remembered feeling really proud of that and couldn't wait to test out on a set.Sat in that back room, I experienced mainly moments of mundane boredom and isolation but it weren't always the case. A few months before joining the company, two girls I knew had tragically taken their own lives. My best friend had found them, it was at his house. I'd have been there that night, had I not had a chest infectionThings got a bit messy after this and my friend started going off the rails. He'd turn up at my house, or ring my phone all hours of the night, dragging me into these little street beefs he was getting into. There was a period where each time I saw him, either some physical damage had been done to his car: smashed windows, or paintwork keyed or some physical damage had been done to him. He would turn up at work, asking to borrow money, wheel-spinning out the car park blasting garage, while my colleagues looked on, bemused.I didn't know how to deal with any of this and I'd get these random fits of rage where I just wanted to smash things. I broke two knuckles punching a hole in the door of some pub. I remember booting a few of those old machines, that were on the floor. One time I remember being sat there in that back room one day, probably browsing the internet and out of nowhere just bursting into tears. Of course, no one saw; probably best.Despite the dullness of it all, there were one or two good memories. The day I successfully figured out how to use the Zepher Technology VPN products, and configure a VPN tunnel, using two of the redundant cube computers which were just laying around, was monumental, for me.It had taken my days to figure it out, constantly reading and rereading the instruction manual, feeling like it might as well have been written in Cantonese, until one day something clicked. I was so happy I jumped up throwing my fist in the air and ended up punching our a ceiling tile, which covered my in rubble. Of course, like the tears,n o one was there to see it but I told my boss Sandy.  It would probably have taken someone more attuned that sort of thing a matter of minutes to do it but regardless of how long it took me, it gave me a bit of confidence that maybe I wasn't as thick as I thought I was, I'd achieved something.The one little bit of success came back to bite me in arse, because I wound up getting pulled into a sales meeting one day, because Sandy wasn't there, to demonstrate the VPN products and completely messing it up, in front of these three executive types. Not even typing IPCONFIG could impress them. I had no idea who they were, or where they were from but they well-dressed and had cabin bags. I'd made the effort, I'd put on my cream Umbro polo top and my cream jeans. I remember going back to that little room, feeling even worse than I usually did, wishing that they'd just left me alone that day, like they always did.I didn't cry that time but it turns out, some bubble called Dot Com was about to burst. Computers may well have been the future but it weren't mine.Thank you for reading Lager Time (audio). This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cree.substack.com

In this episode Miles talks to Debbie Farman, Tubes Scaffolding Ltd.Debbie talks about David Farman, Managing Director of Tubes, and his lifelong ethos in encouraging young people to join the scaffolding industry. Tubes work with young people, often school leavers, and support them right through their apprenticeships until they are fully qualified as scaffolders, and in some cases advanced scaffolders. This committed training and development builds young scaffolders' understanding of their advancement but also the importance of working in a familiar team which is essential for their health and safety in a working environment.Apprentices who join Tubes usually take 6 months to 12 months to understand whether the industry is right for them, and 95% them stay and continue their training. It's a clear testament of the training and development that Tubes provide. Qualifications achieved through their apprenticeship programme include NVQ 2 and 3 – which are the standard levels recognised in the industry.Miles asks  ‘Are there ever any cases where the public or health and safety board has had to take down scaffolding?'Listen to Debbie talk about how Tubes get regular Health and Safety audits by NASC – and how they have to pass the assessment to remain members and legal. As members, Tubes follow standards laid out by the NASC – using their constant guidance and adhering to legislation - she ensures every scaffold is fit for purpose. Miles asks ‘How do you keep your employees safe?'  and comments further that enforcing regulation over the last few decades has led to huge reductions in injuries or fatalities – Miles talks through the difference in statistics.Debbie talks about the importance of a good supervisor with scaffolding teams. She comments on how her scaffolding teams are compatible, they know each other very well – a team that are used to working with each other regularly with their supervisor is important to reduce risk for them. She adds – ‘You can't throw a team together'. We have to make sure that our workforce and others are kept safe whilst scaffolds are in the public domain. Risk assessments and method statements are used but Tubes also have something called the ‘Take-Two' which catches any risks overlooked or that may have changed during the assessment and the scaffolders arriving to start work. Debbie points out that risks change and develop all the time – so the ‘Take-Two' is essential when teams arrive to work for their protection and the client's. Tubes have an open-door policy – and Debbie comments on how important it is to Tubes to support staff who maybe unwell, physically or mentally, and she actively supports staff when they are unwell or in a difficult position. Tubes also uses a third-party partner to support workers in difficult times.Debbie finishes talking about how important planning is to Tubes with a clear vision of a five year plan, as well as managing the day to day running of the business. It's important for Tubes to do this so they can understand what they need to do now, by way of bringing in, and developing new skills, to be able to achieve their expected growth and continued success. Miles adds, it all about managing risk – which is what Vartan Consultants do!If you Have thoughts or opinions on this topic Miles would love to hear from you and discuss some of your points in a later episode.Disclaimer: At the time of recording the information in this podcast was deemed to be correct BUT please note legislation, deadlines and information can change on a daily basis – so please always check with Vartan Consultancy for up-to-the-minute information.

Welcome to another episode of the Scholar Spotlight Sessions In these episodes we talk to past and present Florence Nightingale Foundation scholars and chat about why they wanted to be scholars and their leadership journey  In this episode we chat to Vicki Hovercraft Dixon.  Vicki started her nursing career as a healthcare support worker in a nursing home and completed her NVQ before commencing her nurse training at Southampton Hospital in March 1997 where she was one of the last project 2000 intake. After qualifying in 2002 her career was primarily focused in acute medicine, including some time spent in high dependency unit. She then moved into cancer care in 2009 and in 2011, set up the first Macmillan acute oncology service, which she then went on to present the model nationally and internationally.  She has also completed her MSc in advanced clinical practice, was nominated for the Macmillan Leadership Award and the nursing standard Leadership Award.  She also won a hospital Hero Award for her leadership.She's also completed her a QA fellowship with health education were six. And if all that wasn't enough, in September of this year, she started a new role as a lead cancer nurse at Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. And to top it all off the icing on the cake and why she's here today. She's currently a Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership Scholar. Follow Vicki on Twitter: @vjhavercroft The Production Crew have pledge to raise $10,000 to fund a scholar for 2022/23 if you would like to donate please visit our go fund me page: Just Giving Scholars Scholarship  To find out more about Florence Nightingale scholarships click here Keep up to date and follow @leadership_log on Twitter. Our DMs are always open. Want to be a guest on the podcast or have a topic you think we should discuss? Send us an email admin@leadershiplog.com

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Eva Al Qallaf is an enthusiastic and dedicated educator of young children. She came to Kuwait in 1988 and, after beginning her family, found a passion for working in the education sector. Eva's 20-year employment history includes teaching at some of the leading private schools as well as positions in Pre-K, KG1, and KG2 at a local American school in which she spent 15 years. After achieving her NVQ certificate in the U.K., Eva was able to assume the roles of both teacher and team leader for various grade levels. In addition, she has also participated in accreditation, professional development, mentoring, curriculum modification, and various other administrative procedures. Eva's enthusiasm for education led her to Kuwait University, where she accepted a position teaching English in the Community Service program, which she did for six years. In 2013 Eva decided on a career shift and joined Specialized Solutions, a private company providing professional development for teachers and support for parents of young children. In 2017 she completed the STEP Leader Training Program in San Diego, California. Eva's insight into the emotional and developmental needs of children, as well as parents, has been fostered by more than 20 years of teaching experience in Kuwait. By facilitating parenting courses she has come to understand the needs of parents in raising children and how to support those needs. She says: “Life is a never-ending education; every day provides an opportunity to learn something new.” About Parentool: After many years of working with parents and students at schools, we realized that the emphasis is almost solely on students, while parents are the most neglected part of the equation. But effective parenting needs to be learned too. Established in 2018, Parentool evolved from Parenting Step by Step in response to strong demand for practical support for parents. We understand that the experience of caring for young children, especially for first-time parents, can sometimes be overwhelming. With Parentool you're not alone with your problems and concerns. We concentrate solely on supporting parents. We don't judge or criticize. We communicate and collaborate. Under the guidance of our educational consultant, the STEP program provides you with hands-on, practical problem-solving skills that make parenting more successful and less stressful. You'll get an added boost by interacting and sharing your experiences with like-minded parents in a relaxed setting during our learning sessions IG: @parentoolkw

Welcome to episode 72 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 24 November 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guests Lucy Colwell, Jamie Komeh and Warren Stewart about social justice. LC - My work has centred around child and adolescent mental health having worked as a mental health nurse at the Bethlem in the mid nineties and then within community CAMHS teams both in Lewisham, South London and in Hastings, East Sussex. My work is influenced by consideration of the therapeutic milieu, group work, family and wider systems with influence from my training in cognitive and behavioural therapies for children and families. I am currently working to systematically research the literature on young peoples perspectives around what what is happening at the intersections of their lives and the contribution that this has towards a culture within which mental health and social justice are held as important. JK is a senior lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Brighton and he is a Registered Mental Health Nurse. He trained in Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent and has experience of nearly 18 years working in various roles in the National Health (NHS) Service before becoming a lecturer. Jamie has experience working in crisis mental health; adult and older people in-patients and mental health liaison and home treatment teams. He has an interest in people development and as a clinician was at the forefront of teaching learners in the clinical area and in the local universities as well as working in partnership with others to identify the most effective and meaningful forms of support. He promotes innovative and creative way to enhance learning. WS - Historically, I worked as a mental health nurse in the Royal Navy and as a nurse manager in the HMPPS, before becoming a regional practice development nurse for the London prisons cluster. This led to a sequence of joint appointments between health, justice and HEI settings. In this time, I oversaw NVQ training and developed and delivered the FdSc in Offender Care, at London South Bank University. During my time at the University of Brighton supporting nurse training, I have conducted a systematic review on burnout among health care practitioners in secure settings, and an action research study and doctoral thesis, focussing on the development of peer working in care. Some Twitter links to follow are: NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​​​​​​ VG - https://twitter.com/davidamunday LC - https://twitter.com/lucycolwell JK - https://twitter.com/jamiekomeh205 WS - https://twitter.com/WarrenStewart10 Credits: Presenter: Nicky Lambert & David Munday Guests: Lucy Colwell, Jamie Komeh and Warren Stewart Theme music: Tony Gillam Production & Editing: David Munday

Today's guest, Sandy Donnelly started  Women Warriors Network  2020 as a platform to showcase women's success stories in order to connect, contribute and develop relationships, between UAE – Monaco – Jersey – UKSandy is a passionate advocate for healthy living and female empowerment, and organise pop up Healthy Mind and Body Retreats in beautiful locations, but unfortunately due to the pandemic all were cancelled in 2020 and most of 2021, so I decided to put my focus into WWN.It has evolved rapidly in the past 4 months, when I organised the first online event Managing Change Through Challenging Times, I invited 4 incredible female speakers from UAE – Monaco – Jersey and USA ‘By invitation only' 20-30 guests, within 2 weeks I had over 350 sign ups, which blew me away, and also confirmed the Power of Networking, throughout a Global Pandemic!The women I invite to speak are ordinary yet extraordinary in different ways, and each have a story, that we can learn from. And today will talk about her story and what Women Warriors Network is all about.To find out more about Sandy go to:Linkedin - Women Warriors Networkwww.dbchealthretreat.comOh and don't forget leave a comment and most importantly subscribe to the show!Tweet Me! - @ChetHiraniInstagram! - @ChetHiraniClubhouse Me! - @ChetHiraniConnect/Follow Me! - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chethirani/Find Me! - https://notyourordinarycoach.comEmail Me! - GetInTouch@NotYourOrdinaryCoach.com

This week's interview is with mum of one son, Steph Buxton.Steph owns and manages her own livery yard as well as being a qualified riding instructor and NVQ assessor for equine colleges.This week the Horsey Pre School is in full steam ahead and Elaine Shaw  will catch up with us all next week as she is busy showing the Yearlings to interested buyers and trainers. Instead I have some stories sent in about just how quickly some ladies got back in the saddle!The Non Horsey Husband and I pick up on Steph's need for the gym and also how he used to be a Gym Instructor and the best way to set about training again after you've had a baby. 

Today's guest, Kim-adele Platts, FInstLM is at the leading edge of ‘Championing Human Spirit' individually and organizationally for 21st Century Board/C-Suite Level leaders. A renowned master coach, international bestselling author, inspirational keynote speaker, and face whisperer, she couples 25 years in the corporate world, with lessons she has garnered throughout her amazing and unique life story, to help others achieve sustainable transformation for professional and personal success. Her journey has taken her from an NVQ in hairdressing to the boardrooms of the FTSE 250.Kim-adele is co-founder of MasterMindSet – A New Leadership Foundation: Different by Design Delivering C-Suite: Skills, Strategies & Networks to Lead in the 2020s. She co-founded the first International Imposter Syndrome Awareness Day with colleagues Nat Schooler and Lisa Ventura and is also a Non-Exec Director with the IoD, Academy Trust and Mary's Meals.And today talks about her outstanding journey and sends a message that you can do more then you're capable of and the qualifications do not really matter.  To find out more about Kim-Adele go to:Website https://kimadele.org/LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimadele-boardlevelcoachYouTube https://t.co/ScpSVI7a4n?Linktr.ee https://linktr.ee/Kimadele10Oh and don't forget leave a comment and most importantly subscribe to the show!Tweet Me! - @ChetHiraniInstagram! - @ChetHiraniClubhouse Me! - @ChetHiraniConnect/Follow Me! - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chethirani/Find Me! - https://notyourordinarycoach.comEmail Me! - GetInTouch@NotYourOrdinaryCoach.com

Starting a petition to get Sir Tom Jones sent in as a bombshell for Liam...Yasmin Evans and Nick Bright are in the driving seats of the podcast today while Kem and Arielle are away. Are they the coolest supply teacher duo ever? Most definitely. Can they help Kem and Arielle understand what the NVQ system really means? Absolutely not. Ok, we're gonna cautiously say that everything seems, like, really happy and settled in the vill- oh, wait there's been a bombshell sent in there to shake everything up, never mind. The peace and quiet never lasts for long in there... Although - there wasn't much peace and quiet in the bedroom last night. Is that a round of applause we can hear? Aw - it's nice to know that everyone's cheering each other on. GET THOSE NVQS! Last night we saw our boys compete in the Sex Gods challenge - whether you loved or hated those lil gold pants, we can all agree that seeing Jake stuck in the lava was *priceless*. It's just a bit of cornflour, babe! Got a life dilemma that needs solving? Well, Olivia Attwood is your woman - get your emails in to us on themorningafter@itv.com and we could get her to solve your problem right here on the podcast. We're biased, but her advice is ALWAYS on point. Right, off to the bank to see if we can get a Business Loan to start up a sweet treats brunch place - a menu of grapes, fizzy sweets and unpeeled carrots jammed in some hummus. Who wouldn't want to invest in that?!

Good to know that Toby achieved his NVQ so quickly, he must be really passionate about his studies. Snoochie Shy is with Kem and Arielle for our Saturday morning debrief - and tbh, we're glad she's here because that episode was a lot. Can we all just take some deep breaths and use our inside voices please?!We saw the end of the Mad Movies challenge last night - our Islanders were shown some more clips of their time in the villa... the aftermath was very tense - and it led to Faye calling time on things between her and Teddy. There was a lot of shouting and a lot of words that would be far too rude to say at this time in the morning. Jake's *words of encouragement* to the boys during Casa Amor were finally revealed to the girls, and Lib was left feeling very vulnerable after hearing what Jake said about her in the early days of their relationship. Oh, just wish we could go in and give her a big hug and tell her she's gorgeous. In more positive news, Liam's back in bed with Millie, Chloe and Toby are just vibin' away from all the drama, and Matt had a lovely time eating a big bowl of popcorn all to himself. It's the little things, guys. As it's Saturday - it is of course time for the JD Graft Off with the one and only Sideman. Kem's back in the game for the first time in a couple of weeks, but Arielle is still in the lead, and it's time to decide which Islanders have been laying it on the thickest this week. If you fancy getting yourself involved in the podcast, you can email us on themorningafter@itv.com with your dilemmas for Liv Attwood, and your crushes for Crush Club. You can also tweet us using #LoveIslandPodcast!Here's to hoping that Teddy doesn't roll over and snap his sunglasses in his sleep. We can't see him go through another break up :(

Hope that popcorn's sweet - because the Islanders are going to be salty after watching those movies...Our brilliant friend Tolly T is here this morning with Kem and Arielle for our debrief after last night's *eventful* episode. We said goodbye to a quartet of Islanders last night - Amy, Clarisse, Sam and our OG boy Hugo. Kem's heart is breaking a little bit this morning - we all know how much of a thing he had for Hugo... but hey, maybe there's a future there for Hugo and Amy outside the villa? If not, Kem will happily take him out on a date to the zoo. Our Islanders spent most of the day being all loved up - snogging in the pool, talking about the future, discussing their NVQ qualifications... then, boom - pure chaos. Movie night has deffo been more horror than rom-com so far - and from the looks of that preview, it's only going to get scarier. We'll be there for the sequel at 9pm tonight. The Morning After's resident impressionist Steff Todd also pops in to give us her lowdown on the week and to do some of her incredible Islander impersonations - just you wait til you hear her Mary, unbelievable. If you want to get involved you can tweet us using #LoveIslandPodcast, or you can email us with your crushes or your life dilemmas on themorningafter@itv.com - DO IT. Bet Mary's secretly thrilled that she's still sleeping in the other room on her own. Yeah, cuddles with someone you fancy is cool, but sharing a room with seven farty boys? No thanks.

Kim-Adele Platts is at the leading edge of ‘Championing Human Potential' individually & organizationally for 21st Century Board/C-Suite Level leaders. A world-renowned leadership coach, an internationally bestselling author, inspirational keynote speaker, and master coach, she couples 25 years in the corporate world, with lessons she has garnered throughout her amazing and unique life story, to help others achieve sustainable transformation for professional and personal success. Kim-Adele's journey has taken her from an NVQ in hairdressing to the boardrooms of the FTSE 250, navigating through some traumatic plot twists along the way. She is also a mother to a beautiful daughter who drives her daily to live life to the fullest and leave a legacy that matters. Contact Kim-Adele Platts: My YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnx5nzFFd4aRG3q-WwSl1gwMy Website https://kimadele.org/ I have a new coaching programme called Oxygenate, and I am launching my next book “You Couldn't Make This Sh*t Up – Three Divorces, A Stalker And An Evil Inner Critic” sharing my lessons as a person, a professional and a parent. What is your biggest obstacle to creating an incredible life? You can book a free 15-minute mentoring session with Dr. Kimberley Linert. Click on this booking link: https://calendly.com/drkimberley/15min Please subscribe to the podcast and take a few minutes to review on iTunes, Thank you If you have an amazing story to tell about your life and how you are sharing your gifts and talents with the world, then I would love to have you as a guest on my podcast. Contact me via email: incrediblelifepodcast@gmail.com or private message me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/incrediblelifecreator www.DrKimberleyLinert.com

Susanna started her career as a psychology graduate from the University of Manchester, and went on to work with adults with learning difficulties. Susanna then had to complete a NVQ in care to prove her practical competencies – and her involvement in vocational training began. After completing her NVQ levels 2 and 3, she soon moved up the ranks, and was appointed the National Contract Manager for an independent training provider, responsible for over 1,000 apprentices across the UK. Throughout her journey she witnessed huge inefficiencies at every stage of the sector, and decided with her partner to build a solution: OneFile. OneFile has developed from an idea into the leading eportfolio software in the education sector. OneFile has grown from a 2 person, back bedroom start up to over 80 staff and with over 1.3m users from the States to the Middle East. Susanna is an ambassador for the international vocational training community, delivering presentations at the Transatlantic Apprenticeship Exchange Forum and the American Association of Colleges' national conference. After graduating from the prestigious Goldman Sachs 10ksb undergraduate and ambassador business programme she was asked to be mentor on the Santander Breakthrough in Business programme, mentoring other SMEs on the challenges they were facing. Amongst many other awards, Onefile was awarded the Queens Award for Innovation in 2017 and won CIPD People Management Initiative in 2019. Susanna personally has won Forward Ladies/HSBC Business Woman of the Year and EVAs/Natwest Outstanding Achievement. OneFile is also in The Times Top 100 companies to work for in 2021 @SusannaOneFile (twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanna-lawson/ www.onefile.co.uk Basic format – 20 minutes to help you on your leadership journey PLEASE ENJOY Make sure you follow/subscribe to my social media platforms - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/STARDevelopmentuk/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-waddington-1882b4aa/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stuart_waddington/?hl=en YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/LeadershipWhatsonyourmind Spotify - #Leadership – What's on your mind? See you next week…..

Women Together – Episode 2 Have you ever dreamt of doing something completely radical? A change of career, or a move abroad? Maybe you dream of getting out of the so-called ‘rat-race' and experiencing life at a slower pace? Well, our guest today did just that. Following the trauma of walking through infertility, Sarah and her partner took the decision to sell-up, buy a campervan and tour Europe for a year! Only six months into their trip of a lifetime, they were then confronted with the reality of Covid-19 and being far from home. What led them to make such a radical move…. And was it worth it? Do we need more courage to live out Jesus' calling for us to have an abundant life? What do you think? Is it ok to go against the grain sometimes? How do we know what's reckless…. And what might just be an opportunity to step out and experience God in new ways? Join us Thursday, 22nd of April, LIVE, from 11am – 12pm, in which the ladies share an interview with Sarah. Then, the phone lines will be open for the Radio Maria England community to call in and share their experiences or ask their questions! The number to call will be 02037 818 423. You can also text or What's App a message to: 07502 385 010. Women Together (WT) hopes to empower women to live in the fullness of who they are in Christ. Saint Irenaeus said, ‘The Glory of God is man fully alive', and Christ Himself said, ‘I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.' So, let's face life, as women, with all the trials and tribulations it brings, together! Here's a little more information about Sarah: Sarah has been working at TONI&GUY Cambridge for over 20 years. Sarah loves helping to lead the team and recently achieved a diploma in Leadership & Management from Durham University Business School. Sarah is an integral part of our education team as an NVQ assessor and strongly believes in providing high standards of service through high quality training. Sarah enjoys working with all different hair types. The team at TONI&GUY Cambridge would describe Sarah as conscientious, caring and loyal. If you're interested in seeing Sarah at work or booking an appointment – Meet the team at TONI&GUY Cambridge (toniandguy.com) The show will be LIVE Thursdays at 11am and then rebroadcast Friday at 9pm, Saturdays at 7:30am, Sundays at 5pm and Wednesdays at 2am

April is "that girl off Skins"! After appearing in the cult TV show as a teenager, April continued to forge a career for herself as an actress, but isn’t afraid of talking about how hard her journey has been to stay relevant and keep up with her co-stars. After the success of her IGTV lockdown series 'Are you Michelle from Skins?’ she is currently launching a podcast of the same name: talking to actors and creatives about what it’s like being known for a particular character or time in their lives. As April herself has first-hand experience she found that this shared reality meant her guests could be frank, raw and vulnerable during the interview. An advocate for women-in-film, she has created her own content, co-producing and exec-producing 2 feature films so far. She has an NVQ in makeup application and was makeup designer for the critically acclaimed drag-queen comedy feature Tucked. Her passions are cooking and fitness and waiting for her naturally curly hair to dry! Instagram: @aprilpearson Host: Jamie Neale @jamienealejn Discussing rituals and habitual patterns in personal and work life. We ask questions about how to become more aware of one self and the world around us, how do we become 360 with ourselves? Host Instagram: @jamienealejn Podcast Instagram: @360_yourself Music from Electric Fruit Produced by Tom Dalby Composed by Toby Wright

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Hayley Jepson started hairdressing at 17 and found her passion to be a colour technician (mainly because colour technicians are the funniest people you could ever meet) and has been continuing on for nearly three decades.  She has worked for Toni and Guy for 10 years, has taught in their training academies and on stage for them. Hayley worked at several branches in namely Manchester, Brighton, and Belgium. She even taught their NVQ in their training schools too! Hayley has went through her own ups and downs so she decided to focus on herself which led her to work as a therapist! In her new psychotherapy role, she specialized in teenagers. Eventuall, she made a leap of faith and got back her passion for working at the salon full time. Now, she aims to go forward and arm hairdressers with the tools they need to avoid the stress, anxiety, and burnout that every hairdresser goes through! She aims to make a brighter and happier future with the help of her workshops and her story!  Follow Hayley in Instagram & on her website@the.resilient.hairdresserhttps://www.theresilienthairdresser.co.uk/----more----Connect with Emily on Instagram!@mindfulhair.by.emily@stories.with.stylistsWanna hear from your favorite stylists or be a guest your self!? We want to hear from you!email us at  hello@emilyalderson.com or visit www.emilyalderson.com

Jane Davidson is an experienced vet nurse, writer, blogger and educator who has been supporting vets, nurses and students through her blog #PlanetRVN.  She was nominated for UK Blogger for the Year in 2019, a finalist for Pet Blogger of the year in 2018, among many other achievements. If there's one person who proves that there are many routes to success, it's Jane! She talks to us about her journey from NVQ to PhD, her best teaching (and learning) techniques and introduces us to her cat Edward.Jane has been doing some seriously awesome work and has helped many people across the world - check out more of her work on YouTube by searching Jane RVN or Planet RVN!

When you learn to be kind to yourself and learn to like yourself, you cut through the noise to master your self-talk and you see the true power of your thinking. Kim-Adele Platts believes that your greatest gift in life is to lend your belief because if you lend others your belief, they can find their own. For Kim-Adele, everything in life is either a lesson, a blessing or both and she says if you don’t learn the lesson, life repeats it for you until you do!   KEY TAKEAWAY “You can't pour from an empty cup unless you learn to be kind to yourself. At some point, you will run out of steam.”   ABOUT KIM-ADELE PLATTS Kim-Adele Platts FInstLM (Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management UK) is an Interim CEO, entrepreneur and board-level coach who specialises in helping executives lead with impact and humanity. Her journey has taken her from an NVQ in hairdressing to the boardrooms of the FTSE 250. An international bestselling author and speaker on leadership and business, Kim is also a Non-Exec Director with the IoD, Academy Trust and Mary’s Meals and co-host of the podcast Business Blondes with Penny Power OBE, Sam Lindley and Carole Ann Rice. CONNECT WITH KIM-ADELE https://kimadele.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimadele/ https://twitter.com/kimadele10 https://www.instagram.com/kimadele10 https://www.facebook.com/kimadele.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnx5nzFFd4aRG3q-WwSl1gw https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-blondes/id1529499522   PARKINSON’S UK ‘TIME FOR CAN’ CAMPAIGN Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the UK. It devastates lives and there’s no cure. Yet. As a proud supporter of Parkinson's UK, the Focus on WHY podcast is supporting this charity by including their Time for Can campaign in this episode. You can help fund the next treatment. If you've felt inspired by what you've heard today, please donate by visiting: www.parkinsons.org.uk/donate   ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON Amy is a Coach, Mentor, iTunes #1 Podcaster, Mastermind Host, Speaker and Property Investor. Through coaching and workshops, Amy works with businesses to Focus on WHY to create people-centred environments, by improving productivity and employee engagement by focusing on fulfilment, values and purpose.   Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to make it their reality through their own action taking. Helping them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire.   If you would like Amy to help you focus on your WHY then please book a free 20 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall    For those in business, would you like to know how you can increase productivity, claw back valuable time, gain clarity in your decision-making and improve employee fulfilment in your business? Then book yourself in for a free business WHY pulse heartbeat https://calendly.com/amyrowlinson/why   Please sign up for the weekly Friday Focus newsletter at https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter   CONNECT WITH AMY https://www.instagram.com/focusonwhy/  https://www.instagram.com/amy.rowlinson/ https://www.facebook.com/RowlinsonAmy/ https://www.facebook.com/focusonwhy/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/focusonwhy/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyrowlinson/ HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson DISCLAIMER The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

A chat with Matthew who is a qualified electrician aged 22. With his NVQ, Gold card, 2382, 2391, EV, IPAF and more. He offers insight to the apprenticeship system and experiences from a couple of years ago. Plus a chat about AM2. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/apprentice121/message

Susanna started her career as a psychology graduate from the University of Manchester, and went on to work with adults with learning difficulties. Susanna then had to complete an NVQ in care to prove her practical competencies – and her involvement in vocational training began. After completing her NVQ levels 2 and 3, she soon moved up the ranks, and was appointed the National Contract Manager for an independent training provider, overseeing 1,000 apprentices across the UK. Throughout her journey she witnessed huge inefficiencies at every stage of the sector, and together with her partner decided to build a solution: OneFile. In this special episode of Pod-CACHE, recorded as part of the WellFEst event in summer 2020, Susanna talks to an online audience about finding her own path, growing teams and the challenges of finding balance in a full life.  Thanks to WYLP for all of their support with this special four part series from WellFEst 2020.  WYLP are a regional network established to support and advocate all providers and colleges in the FE and Skills sector. In addition, providing a unique provider support service to support providers on their journey to outstanding. You can find their website at www.wylp.org.uk for more information on how they can support you.  As always, you can find CACHE Alumni at www.cachealumni.org.uk and find us on Twitter and Instagram at @CACHEAlumni  

Today Mark is joined by acquisition and business strategist and CEO of The Deal Makers Academy Jonathan Jay and together they discuss all things business. Discover today how you can only improve your business skills as the years go on, how to get into a ‘deal flow’ and why implementation will allow you to become hugely successful.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   So many business owners think that they only get one shot at the business. The reality is they can do it again and again and get better as the years go one. The expertise and the knowledge that you learn throughout your business ventures are around the acquisition, the stabilisation, the optimisation and then the exit, rather than that particular business.   The only amount of money you should draw as income is the amount of money you need. People see big salaries as a way to boost their ego. However, if you don’t need the money, then what is the point? Leave the money in the company and move it sideways to invest in a property or other things, rather than taking it out and being heavily taxed on it.   Getting yourself into a deal flow is just a piece of marketing. If you get the marketing correct and follow certain processes, you can turn the tap on and create a flow of deals. When you have a deal flow, you become an amazing negotiator because you are not wedded to any one particular deal. You just don’t care if the deal doesn’t happen. You don’t get a deal if you are chomping at the bit to buy something.   The difference between those who succeed incredibly and those who always seem to struggle is implementation. It is not procrastinating over what you want to do, it is just doing it and not worrying about getting it wrong or waiting for it to be perfect. Deliberating over decisions will not always end up with a better result, sometimes you have just got to go for it and trust your instincts. Test things, measure the results and tweak when needed.   As unemployment will inevitably get worse, there is going to be more focus on training people and upskilling them. If the shops aren’t open and there are fewer opportunities in retail, travel and hospitality then people will have to do something else. To do something else you quite often have to learn something new. Investment in apprenticeship and NVQ schemes is a good idea as more people will be looking to acquire new qualifications.   BEST MOMENTS “It is not always about the money, sometimes you just don’t want to be doing something any more”   “We’ve made plenty of mistakes, but we’re now in a position where it is running properly. We just aimed the gun and fired it afterwards.”   “Whilst everybody else is thinking about it, I am doing it, and getting things done.”   ABOUT THE GUEST Jonathan Jay has bought and sold businesses for over 20 years, buying from private equity firms and selling to them as well, as well a numerous trade deals. The Dealmaker's Academy is a UK leader in training people to buy and sell businesses, without risking their capital.   USEFUL RESOURCES   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-jay-3556b230/?originalSubdomain=uk https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmCcfQJpMPLAMPjlTXG7eQ https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/business-buying-strategies-from-the-dealmakers-academy/id1369703084 https://www.thedealmakersacademy.com/about-us/?v=79cba1185463   ABOUT THE HOST   Mark Homer is an entrepreneur investor.  He has worked with investment since he was 15 years old using the laws of wealth! He is a spreadsheet analyst with an impressive following from major publications including BBC Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, and co-authoring the UK’s best-selling property books.  Mark has always looked for the best investment vehicle, and at the end of 2007 with Rob Moore the co-founder of Progressive Property his joint portfolio produced more profit than any of the other investments he’d tried in the last ten years, combined.   CONTACT METHOD   Email: Markhomer@progressiveproperty.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhomer1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markprogressive Twitter: https://twitter.com/markprogressive See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today Mark is joined by acquisition and business strategist and CEO of The Deal Makers Academy Jonathan Jay and together they discuss all things business. Discover today how you can only improve your business skills as the years go on, how to get into a ‘deal flow’ and why implementation will allow you to become hugely successful.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   So many business owners think that they only get one shot at the business. The reality is they can do it again and again and get better as the years go one. The expertise and the knowledge that you learn throughout your business ventures are around the acquisition, the stabilisation, the optimisation and then the exit, rather than that particular business.   The only amount of money you should draw as income is the amount of money you need. People see big salaries as a way to boost their ego. However, if you don’t need the money, then what is the point? Leave the money in the company and move it sideways to invest in a property or other things, rather than taking it out and being heavily taxed on it.   Getting yourself into a deal flow is just a piece of marketing. If you get the marketing correct and follow certain processes, you can turn the tap on and create a flow of deals. When you have a deal flow, you become an amazing negotiator because you are not wedded to any one particular deal. You just don’t care if the deal doesn’t happen. You don’t get a deal if you are chomping at the bit to buy something.   The difference between those who succeed incredibly and those who always seem to struggle is implementation. It is not procrastinating over what you want to do, it is just doing it and not worrying about getting it wrong or waiting for it to be perfect. Deliberating over decisions will not always end up with a better result, sometimes you have just got to go for it and trust your instincts. Test things, measure the results and tweak when needed.   As unemployment will inevitably get worse, there is going to be more focus on training people and upskilling them. If the shops aren’t open and there are fewer opportunities in retail, travel and hospitality then people will have to do something else. To do something else you quite often have to learn something new. Investment in apprenticeship and NVQ schemes is a good idea as more people will be looking to acquire new qualifications.   BEST MOMENTS “It is not always about the money, sometimes you just don’t want to be doing something any more”   “We’ve made plenty of mistakes, but we’re now in a position where it is running properly. We just aimed the gun and fired it afterwards.”   “Whilst everybody else is thinking about it, I am doing it, and getting things done.”   ABOUT THE GUEST Jonathan Jay has bought and sold businesses for over 20 years, buying from private equity firms and selling to them as well, as well a numerous trade deals. The Dealmaker's Academy is a UK leader in training people to buy and sell businesses, without risking their capital.   USEFUL RESOURCES   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-jay-3556b230/?originalSubdomain=uk https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmCcfQJpMPLAMPjlTXG7eQ https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/business-buying-strategies-from-the-dealmakers-academy/id1369703084 https://www.thedealmakersacademy.com/about-us/?v=79cba1185463   ABOUT THE HOST   Mark Homer is an entrepreneur investor.  He has worked with investment since he was 15 years old using the laws of wealth! He is a spreadsheet analyst with an impressive following from major publications including BBC Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, and co-authoring the UK’s best-selling property books.  Mark has always looked for the best investment vehicle, and at the end of 2007 with Rob Moore the co-founder of Progressive Property his joint portfolio produced more profit than any of the other investments he’d tried in the last ten years, combined.   CONTACT METHOD   Email: Markhomer@progressiveproperty.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhomer1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markprogressive Twitter: https://twitter.com/markprogressive See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Claire talks over the internet with Steve Bladon, headteacher at Horncastle Primary School, a large 3-form entry school in Lincolnshire. Steve talks about his background in education and his route into teaching from undertaking an NVQ after leaving school and, at the same time, working as a teaching assistant before moving into teacher training at what is now the University of Cumbria. After gaining his degree, Steve worked as a reception teacher before becoming Early Years and Foundation Stage leader, then assistant headteacher and headteacher during his time at several schools in Lancashire. He relocated over to Lincolnshire and took over the headship at Horncastle Primary School. Throughout the episode, Steve discusses the challenges that he and all school leaders have faced over the last two terms with schools closing to most pupils and, more recently, the seemingly ever-changing and sometimes contradictory government guidance on returning to full-time schooling for all children. As a part of this, Steve talks about his recent open letter to Gavin Williamson, the Education Secretary at the time of recording and how his school is preparing for the start of the new academic year in a time of significant educational upheaval. Steve shares his thoughts on the many complications and concerns around reopening schools in a time of a global pandemic and what steps he and his staff are taking to keep everyone as safe as possible.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Do what will work best for your school based on what you know. Remember that guidance is written by civil servants – many of whom will probably not be educationalists or have any significant experience in the field. Every school is unique and the staff are best placed to know what will work best for them and their setting. It is also important to remember that these documents are guidance and very little is statutory. Make bespoke plans for your school that are workable using your judgement, common sense, your collective experience and the knowledge you have of your community. For example, taking the temperatures of children regularly in some schools might be practicable and a reasonable measure in some places, but not necessarily workable or necessary in other settings. Expect unpredictable complications and changes of plan. Ultimately, everyone will have to start somewhere with plans for reopening. Even well thought out plans and the best preparation can unexpectedly come unstuck when put into practice. This isn’t necessarily reflective of a shortcoming of the planning process, more a reality that what transpires in action cannot always be foreseen. It’s important to be flexible and not be afraid to start again or rethink things if you’re not totally happy with them or if they can be improved. This is an ideal time for creativity and rethinking approaches. The upheaval and changes to our lives and ways of working brought about by the pandemic does actually provide a useful time for schools to rethink the status quo. School routines and ways of working – which for many will have been unchanged for a long time – could now be re-examined as we begin to return. An example is assemblies which, for almost all schools, involve a time consuming process of moving the whole school to a single room. From September, doing this would be almost impossible as it would involve bringing a large group of people and ‘bubbles’ together. However, time can be saved here with doing assemblies remotely into classrooms, creating videos or materials or discussing a common message.   BEST MOMENTS “I'm thinking rationally, by the end of September and early October, we'll be in a situation where some children are ill and we've got to make a decision. Are they ill with something which is a potential risk which is too serious to ignore? Or are their symptoms something else which, actually, we've got to live with going forward? Because to stop school for every cough, temperature and potential case of COVID-19 could be really problematic.” “That's where we've got to with schools because on the one hand schools have been tasked with reopening. But on the other hand, it's not really business as usual. It's everybody in, but there's this whole load of 'what if' questions.” “It's about being dynamic. You can have protocols and plans and theories and you can have opinions. But what you've got to do is be able to adapt and change and see what happens and then see what's workable.” “I believe that education is the most important profession in a civilised society. Things like dropping guidance on a Friday night, or in the middle of the night, or on a Bank Holiday Monday. That's not the way to treat a profession.” “Our profession has been saying for months, 'Please can we have the guidance. What's plan B?'… I can't think of an excuse for things not being done more timely.” “Part of my job this year has been to try and reassure parents. Even when sometimes that's been an impossible job because we're trying to reassure people about things that we're not always certain about ourselves.” “I think communication has been really important in my school in lockdown.” “I can't use the term ‘COVID secure’ because I think that's a misnomer.” “Things will keep changing, and goodness knows how long we're in this for. I think we reserve the right to change what we're doing, and to change our minds and to change our schools to keep them as safe as possible.” “In twenty-one years in schools, whether I've been an NQT or an experienced teacher or a key stage leader or a head, it doesn't matter whether you work in a town, or a city or a rural place, it's a hard job and it's a time consuming job. I don't think we should ever pretend we can make it really easy or a lot less time consuming. I think it just could be different.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Steve Bladon’s open letter to Gavin Williamson: https://stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2020/08/29/a-letter-to-gavin-williamson/ Steve Bladon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bladon_steve Classroom Secrets Kids: https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk The Teachers’ Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeachersPodcast/ Classroom Secrets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomSecretsLimited/ Classroom Secrets website: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/ LIFE/work balance campaign: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/lifeworkbalance-and-wellbeing-in-education-campaign-2019/   ABOUT THE HOST Claire Riley Claire, alongside her husband Ed, is one of the directors of Classroom Secrets, a company she founded in 2013 and which provides outstanding differentiated resources for teachers, schools, parents and tutors worldwide. Having worked for a number of years as a teacher in both Primary and Secondary education, and experiencing first-hand the difficulties teachers were facing finding appropriate high-quality resources for their lessons, Claire created Classroom Secrets with the aim of helping reduce the workload for all school staff. Claire is a passionate believer in a LIFE/work balance for those who work in education citing the high percentage of teachers who leave or plan to leave their jobs each year. Since February 2019, Classroom Secrets has been running their LIFE/work balance campaign to highlight this concerning trend. The Teachers’ Podcast is a series of interviews where Claire meets with a wide range of guests involved in the field of education. These podcasts provide exciting discussions and different perspectives and thoughts on a variety of themes which are both engaging and informative for anyone involved in education. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Paul Kemp is a key grip working on features and dramas in the UK. His credits include Peaky Blinders s5, Britannia s2, Black Mirror, In Darkness, Silent Witness, Fortitude and many more.  In this hugely informative episode we cover the role of the grip, the union and NVQ system in the UK, methodologies for working with dolly, handheld, and technocrane, and much much more! Check out Paul's instagram below: https://www.instagram.com/beargripsuk/ --- Follow Cinematographers On The Loose on Instagram and Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/cinematographersontheloose https://www.facebook.com/pg/Cinematographers-On-The-Loose-104520677909322/

Visit the BetaTeach Youtube Channel where you'll be able to see my BetaTalk guests. Please like and subscribe. 00:30 Heat Pump manufacturer training01:58 Heat Pump supply chain issues. Heat Pump and solar thermal technology is not ordinarily stocked in plumbing merchants. Getting it delivered often involves extra contingency and logistics.05:36 Solar Thermal suppliers and the issues with obtaining solar heat components08:35 Why heat pump engineers often have to add on price09:45 Heating engineers are now self employed, does this cause problems? Will there be a shift back to employed heating engineers. As Leah explains installing a variety of technologies within a hybrid heating system e.g. (solar thermal with solar PV with battery storage with heat pump) may better suit an SME rather than a sole trader.14:12 Nathan speaks about his specialist topic: training. 18:12 Are we training to many people to get diploma certificates (not full qualifications)21:00 Most plumbers and heating engineers are self employed. They don't tend to be able to take on apprentices (students who will gain an NVQ). If they do take on an apprentice it is usually a family member e.g. daughter, son, niece or nephew.24:00 Apprenticeships are not always a great way to learn if bad habits are being transferred.30:00 Control of heat pump systems. Weather compensated control on heat pumps. Some heat pump manufacturers controls work with agile tariffs. How they can load the buffer tank at different times. How some of the good engineers do not like microclimating with zone control. Agile, load shifting, smart control technologies working with solarheat and batteries. Car charging and powerwall35:00 Will heat pump system installs be scalable and the problem with installing a system in the summer.38:00 The problem with boiler scrap-age schemes, the problem with the average boiler install.40: 00 Ken mentions the H word. Hydrogen boilers. Hydrogen does not seem to be suitable for the grid and engineers discuss better uses for Hydrogen.44:00 Low temperature heating systems. Low temp ready heating systems. Heat pump ready cylinders.

Susanna is CEO of Onefile, Susanna discusses how they went to Buckingham Palace when Onefile won the queens award for innovation. Susanna explains the highs and lows of business and how when they move3d Onefile to Manchester they exploded on the Tech scene with growing to 80 staff. Susanna's storyMy journey with work-based learning began over 20 years ago when I completed an NVQ 2 while working as a support worker with adults with learning disabilities. I'd already completed a 3-year degree at university, but found the NVQ far more useful as it was practical and relevant to the work I was doing. It made sense. A few years later, I became an assessor and then an IQA for the NHS trust I was working for. I then left the NHS to work for a training provider who delivered apprenticeships – where I later became national contracts manager. As I started my journey into apprenticeships, the inefficiencies soon became clear. A huge amount of paper was required to record the audit trail. Carrying cumbersome paper portfolios was not logistically efficient. Reporting wasn't objective as it wasn’t in real time and was out of date by the time you received it. The whole system was completely out of date, so I thought to myself – surely technology can be used to solve these problems? And so OneFile was born. OneFile is more than a software company. We give people the tools to shape their own future, reach their potential and be the best they can be. We believe that when people have the tools to learn in a way that suits them and apply their knowledge in the workplace, learning is more engaging. Learning becomes part of everyday life, so everyone is learning for their future. That’s why we created OneFile, to give people the tools to learn – no matter where they’re from or where they’re going. We are OneFile. For everyone, everywhere.

I was born Cara Louise Connnell but when my parents got divorced when I was little, I took my mother's maiden name Bingham. My mother Noela Ann Bingham, really was my rock growing up. She helped me cope through all the challenges in my life. She was a single parent raising three daughters on her own; she also took jobs where she could help others. She has been an assistant at a Montessori nursery; teaching children from three to five years old. She's also worked as a care assistant and taught other carers NVQ qualifications. She was and still is a very spiritual person. She is a healer; a Clairvoyant; and masseuse. I was exposed to many spiritual religions that helped me to better understand nature and myself. We lived in a beautiful private park that was quite secluded and inspired me to write my first books.

“If you believe you're doing something right, you weave your way through with honesty and integrity” - Jeannie Pickering This pair of hippies (really they lived in a commune in the 60s) who became entrepreneurs are sharing their incredible journey in our first Back To The Garden podcast. Everything they did came from a place of integrity and passion to create something that didn't exist in the UK. Starting with their first Kidsunlimited nursery in the 80s in Wilmslow, they then were the first company to create workplace nurseries, including collaborating with Anita Roddick, the powerhouse who founded The Body Shop. Training was also vital and we'll discover how they created a training that then became NVQ's, allowing women returners to become empowered, this programme won the Secretary Of State award and is now part of the NVQ model still used today. Design was key as Jeannie believes the environment is ‘the third teacher'. Working with renowned architect Roger Stephenson their innovative spaces won awards. They were part of the Hulme Regeneration project creating the St Mary's nursery making childcare accessible to the community there. They have strong roots and built something from humble beginnings and changed the face of childcare, ending up with 64 nurseries across the country. Their drive came from pure passion to create the best possible spaces for children to grow and be nurtured. Drawing inspiration from the Reggio Emilia approach their philosophy was always to have the child at the centre with a focus on creativity, outdoor play and treating each child as an individual. This story is interesting to not only those in the childcare sector and parents but to anyone who has a dream. Yes, there were ups and downs but they came back fighting because it was all born from a belief. Every step of the way each achievement came from a lack of something in the sector and this is why they were considered trail blazers who changed the future of childcare forever. We discuss their incredible journey from Kidsunlimited to the present day where they now founded a new nursery, Back To The Garden Childcare with the McGoff Group. Now, here they are as the ‘forever young' elders. All elders have stories and this one is a real gem. “The nursery is a family of parents, children and staff.” Stewart Thank you for listening to our very first episode!! We'd be so grateful if you could take 2 minutes to leave us a review on your preferred podcast app. Please share with anyone who you think would love to listen. This podcast is sponsored by Kit + Kin https://kitandkin.com/ Recorded at LBS, Stockport and produced by Simon Galloway. https://lbs.co.uk/ Hosted by Sadie Pickering. Original Music by Sadie Pickering featuring musicians Dan J Logan and Jay Ansill. Follow our nursery on @backtothegardenchildcare on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. For more more in depth show notes with timings and resources head to https://www.backtothegardenchildcare.com/podcast/

Charlotte Ham is a key part of the Hastings Kickboxing Academy, but her resilience doesn’t just come through in her martial arts skills. Charlotte’s life has been a series of devastating emotional challenges, each of which Charlotte has battled through, to become the indomitable spirit she is today. In Part 2 of our conversation, Charlotte talks about the experiences in her life that have seen her grow, from working with, and supporting the nuns as a care worker, to her NVQ in animal care, from her experiences as an entrepreneur to her involvement with the Hastings Kickboxing Academy. KEY TAKEAWAYS Charlotte’s experiences saw her caring for retired nuns for two and a half years, which she enjoyed. She also obtained an NVQ in animal care and lived on-site with kennels, so as to take care of the animals.  Charlotte became self-employed, working for some high-profile clients in housekeeping. That was when she gave birth to her son, Lloyd. Charlotte never seems to have shied away from a challenge. Respect is a wonderful way of maintaining a relationship. By developing respect for each other, you feel the instinctual urge to never let each other down. Being knocked down should give you the fire you need in order to do better next time. Never see a knock-back as a defeat. Use your passion to turn it to a victory. When you hit your lowest point, there’s nowhere to go but up. Charlotte is often asked how she has coped in the wake of such heartache. But she recognises that she has already been through the fire, and that things can never be so painful again. BEST MOMENTS ‘A big switch - from humans to animals’ ‘It’s like having a massive family here’ ‘If you want to do something, you have to put yourself out there’ ‘I’m running with you’ ‘Whatever comes, I’m going to get through it' VALUABLE RESOURCES HKA Main landing page www.hastingskickboxing.co.uk/kickstartnow YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/Hastingskickboxing HKA Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/Hastingskickboxing Adult community link  https://m.facebook.com/groups/274624209886110?ref=share  ABOUT THE HOST Hi, my name is Carl Denne.   I was born in Hastings 1980. Married, father of two beautiful daughters, Bethany and Leigha.  My daughters, the wife, and gym ARE MY LIFE. IF I’M HONEST, I pretty much failed at school. Heavily dyslexic, I was dismissed for being a “naughty kid” that didn’t want to learn. I was heavily bullied for having shit clothes and ginger afro hair. I didn’t have many friends.  When I say bullied I don’t mean called a “poo-poo head” and being looked at in a nasty way. I mean thrown down stairs, and hit with chairs and tables. Clothes were stolen whilst in the shower. That kind of bullying… Oh, how things have changed…  Martial arts, and specifically Kickboxing, have changed my life, and now I am much happier and change other people’s lives for the better on a daily basis.  I am a complete adrenaline freak, so In my spare time, track days, jumping out of planes, sitting on top of them, rage buggies in the desert… The higher, the faster the better for me. I’m always looking for the next thing to get my blood pumping, so if anyone has a challenge I’ve not found yet, please feel free to share.  I do like a Saturday night movie night, Chinese, Netflix, lots of chocolate with my three little ladies. I love being around my friends and family. This is why I love the crazy HKA family so much, as this is my extended family.    I left school with pretty much nothing! A few sad GCSE’s C - D grade, BUT I did have a shit-ton of energy and passion to achieve, and to prove all the teachers and people that looked down on me for all them years, wrong. So after a few jobs here and there, I settled on working for Openreach (BT) as a cabler/jointer copper and fiber optic multi-skilled engineer with HGV. I left this in 2015 to chase my dream of running my own Kickboxing Academy and working with the future of today, rather than a job that just paid the bills.  I’ve trained pretty much my whole life: Karate, boxing, Judo, from the age of 9, and of course, I’ve now done over 29 years of Kickboxing. I’ve passed many Instructors and coaches courses, attended many training courses and seminars, grading up through the syllabus. I passed my 4-hour hell-on-earth 3rd Dan black belt in July 2018 with the ICO. If I’m honest my real passion and skills have come from learning the hard way; through being in the trenches. I know how it feels to be on your arse. I know how it feels to have to pull yourself out of the pit. I’ve been through a divorce. I’ve lived through the pain and have worked with thousands of members, students, children, teachers and adults over the years, and the one thing I get told every time is how well I/we keep it very real, and that I have a complete understanding on most eventualities.  Thank you for reading and listening. I hope you connect with myself and the team, take away some ideas, understand you’re not alone, and that it’s good to talk, listen and help others as and when you can.    CONTACT METHOD   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the development of driver aids and in-cab technology to the implementation of changes to the training and legislative landscapes, much of what we consider "progress" is carried out without the input of those that will ultimately have to live with it - The machine operators. In this brand-new episode, we speak to CPCS blue card operator Nigel Williams about everything from GPS accreditation to NVQ poverty together with the loss of some of the industry's best operators through retirement.

This episode contains my answers to questions Alex didn't get chance to ask me in Episode 32 of The Pro-Fit Podcast. There were a few topics that we didn't get time to cover and I was keen to find out what else Alex had wanted to ask me. So in this solo-episode I answer questions on the topics of; staying grounded, online PT, niching your business, earning more money from less time, and a few quick-fire questions too.

Invest in yourself and your education. At this time of year, thousands of students in the UK are getting ready to start university in October. Many will be apprehensive about leaving home for the first time, as well as accumulating a large amount of debt at the end of the course. The average student debt for tuition fees and expenses is now around £50,000, which can be daunting for any young person starting out in life. It should really be remembered, however, that you are not paying for your tuition upfront and you do not start repaying the loan (by salary deduction) until you have reached a salary of £25,725 per annum. Studying gives you many advantages in life and greatly enhances your earnings potential and career prospects. Graduates are twice as likely to get a job as nongraduates. The average starting salary for a graduate is now £34,000, £10,000 more than a non-graduate, and this gap will increase as the person lacking in education and skills falls behind. I once heard a figure in America that every year spent in further higher education was worth £200,000 in additional lifetime earnings. Warren Buffett once asked students how much they would sell their lifetime earnings for right now, and predicted that they would sell for too little. When you use debt to invest in yourself, you are investing in and leveraging your future earnings potential. Your earnings and career development will be boosted by any further education, whether it be academic or vocational. When I was running a vocational college, I realised that there are thousands of degree and vocational or apprenticeship courses available in the UK at very reasonable, and sometimes zero, cost to the student. Despite being offered a free vocational course or an NVQ, some students still couldn’t be bothered to get out of bed in the morning and study. Then they complained that there was “no opportunity” in this country! If you want to reduce your debt or self-pay, you can also do a degree at a private college for far less than a university, or save a fortune by studying at a local university rather than packing off to other side of the country. Whatever you decide to do, there is probably no greater investment, than an investment in yourself, and you should never stop learning. It’s never too late to study, whether this be for short-term courses to improve your skills, or going back to university, as I did, to finish a degree or take a masters. Word of the Day Dividend or Divi. When you own a share in a business, the board of directors of the company can declare a dividend, or share of the profits, to the shareholders who are the owners of the company. Used in another context, you could say that education will pay “dividends” in your life. There are more examples and practical steps to getting rich and being happy in my book, Yes, money can buy happiness, I cover the 3 R’s of Money Management, the Money B.E.L.I.E.F System and much more. Check it out on Amazon http://bit.ly/2MoneyBook.  

This podcast has been created as a means for you to recap on the workshop you attended recently with ACT Training. This is a supplementary guide to help you prepare for unit 201 of the tech cert element for your NVQ in Marketing. In this episode we look at market segmentation, understanding the value of marketing, and socially responsible marketing. Diolch yn fawr Host: Sam Holland www.acttraining.org.uk

London King, born Kiara Isabella M. -Monroe, is a singer-songwriter based in London, United Kingdom. She started singing and acting at age 4, when she joined a children theatre company called "The Mad Hatter." From age 4 to age 12 she took part to more than 10 plays. At age 9 she discovered contemporary dance, and pursued it until age 11. At age 14 she started writing her own songs, novels, and poetry. Between age 14 and 16 she was the frontwoman of a punk band called "Rancid", where she was the singer and the songwriter of their songs.Her late 16 have been time of great change, since she left her previous band, and started a solo career. She recorded her first demo, 'Sinking in The Darkness' in Los Angeles. When she moved permanently to London, and re-recorded her first single 'Sinking in the Darkness', which was re-reprised and mastered by James Colah. Together they have collaborated to the first EP of London King, called Golden Edition, including singles as Lost Juliet and No Matter. In 2014 she collaborated with Cornel Sorian, who has been sighed to Warner Music for 10 years. They have worked together on the songs Skin and Your Attention. The music video for Skin hit 7.000 views on Youtube. Between 2011 and 2014 she performed in some of the most reputable venues, including The Dingwalls, The Abbey Tavern and Proud Cabaret. In 2017 she starts working on her second EP 'Antichrist Child' with producer of the year 2017 Aubrey Whitfield. The EP is made of 5 electro-pop tracks. Acting wise, her huge list of plays include The Mandrake, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Dreamcatcher, A Midsummer Night Dream, The Bald Soprano and Oliver Twist. She also performed at the Camden and Edimburgh Fringe festival. Besides acting and singing, King is also a writer and dancer. She published her first novel, "The Fresher" in 2012, at age 18. In 2012 also she took a NVQ in contemporary dance, and had her graduation performance at the notorious "Platform Theatre Complex" in Central St. Martins.Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1d1HdRPShVfcAGox7uNroWITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ice-to-the-fire-single/id1236783203https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/little-broken-single/id1250383622

Tim Gray - Entrepreneur & Health Optimization Expert Our guest this week is Tim Gray. Tim is a seriously interesting person and deeply committed biohacker/health optimization expert. As you’ll learn, Tim and T.A. met by happenstance at Baby Bathwater—an entrepreneurial event hosted in Croatia—where they quickly realized their shared enthusiasm for science, technology, and longevity. Tim’s approach to health optimization stems from his passion and commitment to everything he does; what Tim calls his “all-in or nothing” mentality. As an entrepreneur, Tim is a specialist in psychology, neuro marketing, cognitive hypnotherapy, conversion rate optimization and SEO. His expertise in digital marketing is rooted in his own experiences as the founder of a very successful e-commerce business, and over 13 years experience of search engine marketing and psychology. He has a keen interest in body language and human behavior led him to study and gain various Oxford University recognized qualifications, including a Diploma in Cognitive Hypnotherapy (HPD), a Master Practitioner certification in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and NVQ in Business Management. His growing interest in optimal health, having a sharp and clear mind (and “biohacking”) has also led him to open the first Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy clinic in London. In this episode of How to Live to 200, T.A. explores some really interesting and less popular areas with Tim. We ask and answer questions on biohacking, mercury poisoning, gut bacteria, and more. Here’s a sample of what we cover: How Tim used the Ketogenic diet and Bulletproof Coffee to kickstart his journey to biohacking and health optimization Why Tim doesn’t like the term “biohacker” What symptoms allow him to easily detect mercury toxicity in strangers What tests Tim recommends to measure your mercury levels What foods to avoid if you’re worried about mercury toxicity What farm-raised salmon can do to your body and brain Should you have your old fillings removed? Tim’s personal gut microbiome optimization techniques What Tim data currently tracks and how he decides what to pay attention to How you can use Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to thrive How do you learn to enjoy your current moment while still striving for improved health There’s so much great info packed into this episode, so don’t be surprised if you need to take a second listen to capture all of Tim’s knowledge. About Tim Tim Gray’s Twitter London Biohacking Meetup Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Show Links Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center (3 highlighted links under “about”) Biohacker London healthoptimisation.com Baby Bathwater Institute IGF-1 hormone Living Supplements ALA Doctor's Data hair mineral analysis tests Christopher Shade's Mercury Tri-Test Personal Science BioLab Organic Acids Test uBiome Genova Diagnostics Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis (CDSA) Symprove gut bacteria supplement Chuckling Goat kefir RESTORE gut supplement Teemu Arina Oura Ring Aniracetam The Mercury Diaries, David Forsyth Amalgam Illness, Diagnosis and Treatment, Dr. Andy Cutler The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday Stop the Thyroid Madness, Janie Bowthorpe

Transcript -- Colin, a co-worker, talks about how Blackthorn has helped him move forward with his life.

Colin, a co-worker, talks about how Blackthorn has helped him move forward with his life.