Disable the Label: From Hopelessness to Transforming Lives.
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The first life transformation that Sam carried out was his very own. Growing up in very hard circumstances, facing parental rejection, Sam ended up in the care process, and eventually Strangeways Prison. During some of the worst ever prison riots, Sam at one point was convinced that he was going to burn to death. That was not even his lowest point, however. On leaving prison, Sam was unable to maintain any kind of regular life, so fell in once again with the wrong people. During this time, Sam discovered the body of his own brother, who had overdosed and died.
Later, Sam was given a priceless gift, his firstborn son. Holding that precious baby, Sam made a firm decision: he was definitely not going to allow his son to be subjected to the same life he had experienced. So Sam set off with his partner and baby son for Blackpool with all his earthly possessions in a bag.
Sam started his own business, and as the business grew, he reached out to other disadvantaged young people in the community, giving them strong mentoring and teaching to take advantage of the chances they were being given. Sam won many local and regional awards for his work with disadvantaged young people, from bodies like The Prince’s Trust and Shell Livewire.
During this time, Sam transformed the lives of over 320 very disadvantaged young people, taking them from despondency and joblessness, through hard work, to a purposeful and gainful lifestyle. Several of these young people set up their own businesses and are still operating them to this day.
Sam is very passionate about regenerating the youth and the businesses around him, on a local and national level.
Are you looking to inspire and empower others? Sam’s Story is hard hitting, delivered with passion, humility, sensitivity and surprisingly with a lot of fun.
Themes:
- Self Belief
- Positivity.
- Importance of Self-Talk
- Courage
- Raising Aspirations
- Taking Responsibility
- Resilience
- Self Awareness
and a whole lot more.
Our project Genuine Futures are a team of passionate people with lived life experiences dedicated to empowering the lives of individuals in our communities, who may have faced difficult obstacles and barriers in their lives which have prevented them from achieving their full potential.
We have recently delivered our first Genuine Future’s “Unlocking Your Potential” Program to two cohorts of young people with demonstrated history of life transformations.
To learn more about what we do email us: hello@genuinefutures.co.uk