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I watched Padraig Harrington win the Open Golf yesterday for the second year in a row. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
 It is easy to forget that individual sportsmen rely on many factors to contribute to their success. Padraig didn’t though and I think this shows huge strength and leadership. He clutched […]

I have spent the day working with a group of people who have in some way been involved in Space Unlimited projects - including some young people. We were reviewing the benefits to all participants - teachers, the businesses, Space Unlimited itself and the coaches (of which I am one) - and of course, and […]

I have spent the past few days in Lerwick in the Shetland Islands training young people aged 12 - 15 in speaking skills. They responded wonderfully -as young people we work with on the Speakersbank programme usually do.
Working in an island community has its own challenges though. Some of our participants had to take a […]

In a meeting with the head of HR of an international financial organisation we were discussing the skills that that  - and other  -organisations need young people to have for them to be an attractive candidate on leaving schools/college/university. He mentioned that for them it is frustrating  when a good candidate to just churns out what they […]

I am indebted to Bob Glaza for leading me to this video. It is a great example of individual teachers supported by their schools working with students with inspiring results. I won’t say any more - just take a look.
There is a part of the video that sticks in my mind. The underlying theme deals with […]

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