Imagine a generation of young people rising up and becoming all that they are created to be.
Young people who stand up and make a difference in their day-to-day world,
changing their schools, impacting their communities, changing lives.

Imagine a generation of young people singing a new tune…
Its language is love.

Rejection replaced by Acceptance
No Way Out replaced by Hope
Blindness replaced by Faith
Brokenness replaced by Restoration
Hate replaced by Love . . .

‘Rough day?’, ‘Yeah, just a bit’, ‘fancy a drink then?’, ‘Go for it. Give me anything strong’- These are the words you may expect to hear from a city businessman after a heavy day’s negotiations, or perhaps the discussion between a stockbroker and a barman just after a fall in the market. However, these are not the words you expect to hear from a 17 year old chatting to a friend on a Thursday night. Teenagers have always been a mystery to society, but only now are they really starting to draw concern.

I love to smile! Ok ok, I know I'm not smiling in my profile pic but really I love to smile. The video above makes me smile and laugh!

I work in a big building and a few of the people I work with are are a bit grumpy. I always try to say hi and smile at people everyday.

I remember one guy whom I would regularly pass the corridor. I would smile and say hi but he would never respond! He always seemed grumpy. Me being me, I refused to give up.
So for 3 months, every time I saw this guy, I would say hi and smile but he was always grumpy.

Hey peeps!
I hope you’re good.

I’ve been thinking about lonely peeps this week so I thought it would be a good subject to blog about because I believe we can do something about loneliness in our city……

Here goes….

Do we ever stop to think about the people around us?
The people we see in our everyday world that might be lonely and in need of a friend.

It’s easy for us to go through life only concerned about ourselves and our own needs and wants.

The I Care revolution was birthed in High Schools at the start of 2009.
Orchestrated by Nick Rough, he approached me one morning, asking me to make a video, which can be played in high schools.
I gave it my best shot;…. combined with Jay Cook and the ICR band we ploughed our way through 4 months of high schools- piecing together different elements to the show as went.
The response we were receiving throughout the schools was very encouraging, and fortunately our bosses saw the potential to take the ICR to the next level.

When you watch the news you could be forgiven for thinking that we live in a war zone. The truth is London is a very safe place but I thought I'd provide a few tips to help us all live safely in this wonderful city!

Out and about
• Try to avoid walking alone at night, and try to keep to well-lit main roads. Stay in a group of friends as much as possible.
• Be aware of what’s going on around you. If something is going to happen you can usually see it coming a mile off if you are alert.
• Try to avoid wearing headphones or wear one. You will be more aware of what's going on around you

1789 // WILLIAM WILBERFORCE DELIVERED HIS FIRST MAJOR ABOLITION SPEECH
1833 // THE BRITISH EMPIRE LEGALLY ABOLISHED THE SLAVE TRADE
1861 // AMERICA WENT TO WAR OVER THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY

2009 //27 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD ARE IN MODERN-DAY SLAVERY

Here's the truth.....

-Roughly 2 to 4 million people are trafficked in and across borders each year.
-Human trafficking is now a leading source of profits for organized crime, together with drugs and weapons, generating an estimated 9.5 billion dollars per year.

Just thought I would share with ya'll what I am excited about right now.

Sadly the King of Pop, MJ, has passed away (no this is not what I am excited about), but this has given way to a whole new wave of his music. You can't switch on the radio, TV or even walk down the street without hearing Heal The World or Smooth Criminal. And hey don't get me wrong: I love those tunes as much as the next person, I am just worried that people will get tiered of it all and we will loose MJ's music from the mainstream for a while. Solution? Well I think to keep the spark alive a good cover/remix helps once in a while. And I don't mean that someone just puts a pounding bass drum under the Earth Song; I mean something inspired, to bring that spark back and realize how these songs really just wanna make you dance.

Well… My passions have been combined! Through an artist called Saitone from Japan.