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In the UK G4S made huge profits from ‘managing’ an immigration centre.  Oasis is a not for profit making charity about to take on a big job by winning the contract to manage the once G4S run Medway Secure Training College & open the UK’s first Secure School is a huge step forward for our country. Major step to ensure that teenagers with special needs get top class help support & training for life.  BHP 

MANCHESTER STREET POEM Visit the Manchester Street Poem website to view the live feed and hear the stories of Manchester’s homeless in their own voice. Visit the website Conceived by Karl Hyde and Rick Smith from  Underworld ,  Manchester Street Poem  threw a spotlight onto the stories of those who find themselves homeless in the city – in a work where the catch-all term ‘homeless’ gave way to individuality, identity and integrity. Manchester Street Poem  brought to life the stories of people who are homeless in Manchester in a work that was both fleeting performance and compelling installation. As Hyde covered the walls of the venue with words and phrases drawn from the streets, the space was filled with a powerful soundtrack built on snatches and fragments recorded by Smith all over the city. Co-created by Underworld and individuals with personal experience of homelessness,  Manchester Street Poem  proudly broadcast the voices ...

Stan was our treasurer. Cockney Spirit was a 40 foot ketch sleeping 12 & always aimed at East End teens.  Adventure Development Relationships Purpose at sea in a sailing group room. . Cockney Spirit was a concrete boat built by local youths under the guidance of two skilled men. At one of our regular management meetings the chairman, me, asked everyone a question:: When did you become an adult? Stan opened saying he lied to join the Royal Navy at 15. He didn’t become an adult. He went to war on Destroyer. He didn’t become an adult. He saw action at sea & death. He didn’t become an adult. One night towards the end of the war  they attacked & sunk a German eBoat in the English Channel. He didn’t become an adult. They then swept the sea to look for any human survivors. He didn’t become an adult. Then they saw a Royal Ensign in the water. They had sunk a British ship. At that moment Stan said:: “I beca...

There is no such thing as a difficult human - only difficult behaviour. Yes - even including our parents. So many grown up humans have difficulty being 'adult' with their own parents.  Particularly when older people begin to turn nasty  or sometimes offensive.  So many times these relationships are seen as  offensive rather than inadequacy.  So a grown up - 30 - 40 - or 50 year old  will back off an inadequate parent  because they are offended by behaviour.  In fact, so often, there is a reactive behavioural response -  rather than a a personal mission-led response.  ( If you have not seen - check my own mission statement SEARCH feature) If another humans behaviour  dictates how we respond  we are;  - a feather in the wind - - a leaf in a stream -  - not response-able. We need to decide how to respond not just be reactive, follow the stream. Even with our parents....

Broken Relationships. The most beautiful human experience Can be a most powerful one-to-one relationship. Beyond words. Experiential. Intimate. Free flowing feelings. Journey of love. The most ugly human experience can be a broken, destroyed and bitter separation. Beyond human expression. Bereavement. Rejection. Failure. Damage. Deep, deep preoccupying hurt. Really that is enough said. If you are feeling it empathy is enough maybe. We have all read this before:: Dance like no-one is watching Sing like no-one is listening and Love like you have never been hurt. Making the best of it, after and also preventative measures, from my own experiences from my own journey amongst the broken - we can make the best of it. Growing out of the trauma. "Muddy paths often make the spiritual dawn more desirable and the need for an ideal more persistent." Boris Cyrulnik Having a g...

Cool Beer Hot outdoors Hot Hot in & out Expressionless faces Trevor Nelson on the radio me clicking you downloading pix from the week about 50 a day fantastic seconds of faces always humans never scenes drink in the memory interactions transactions I am on drugs interaction drugs transaction drugs I yearn to be with these human drink in their lives sip from their cup of experience ask questions always questions slow with opinions full on feelings loveitloveitloveit cannot tell you lots of confidential thinking about things shared like "My father always made me know I was fat.   I could never make him love me.   I decided nobody would love me unless I was perfect.   I felt ugly, as if I was falling down a dark hole." jane Fonda and I believe in beautiful imperfection of self of others governments too PM too they are humans +journalists so I pour my life out never oppr...