Carole had always had her reasons for not joining a fitness class. “I thought everyone would be fit and skinny, I didn’t want to go on my own and wasn’t sure if I was going to be ‘good enough’. It had a real impact on my mental health. I struggled with low mood and the…
Starting school is a sink or swim moment for children with ASD, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Special Educational Needs. My own son was thrown out of his pre-school on the day he was assessed, having been diagnosed with Dyspraxia age 2. Although not diagnosed with Autism until age 5, I quickly realised that we needed to…
Rick Hampson, an ex-aircraft engineer, left The Royal Navy 13 years ago and now works as a Senior Instructional Officer in the MOD. After watching Bob Ross on BBC2’s ‘The Joy of painting’, he took up the paint brush in his spare time. He started using oils on canvas but wanted to paint something bigger….
In 1942, at the age of 18, Olga Babij, was forcibly taken from her family by German soldiers. From there, she was transported to Austria to work on various farms. She lived in barns, slept on straw beds and was subjected to hard manual labour. When the war was over, Olga and three others ran away,…
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