Learning from Life Experiences

Shaun Attwood

Life Lessons

“An outstanding presentation – one of the very best the pupils have encountered. Suitably disturbing and thought provoking, it had the pupils talking for days afterwards”

Head of 6th Form, Westminster School

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Jim Holmes

Preparing for Travel: Exploring New Places, Perspectives and Cultures
Preparing young people for international travel—and for the challenges and culture shifts they may encounter—requires thoughtful planning. This comprehensive presentation explores both the anticipated and unexpected aspects of visiting new cultures. By understanding potential scenarios in advance, students can adapt more confidently to unfamiliar situations. Drawing on decades of experience travelling to some of the world’s most fascinating regions, this presentation equips participants with the knowledge and preparation needed for an enriching journey.
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Angela Findlay

Art Behind Bars: Breaking the Cycle of Crime, Prison and Reoffending
Few people know prisons and offenders as well as Angela and she has been enthralling audiences of all ages with this fascinating and thought-provoking talk. Using countless images of prisoner’s art, she asks ethical questions, challenges pre-conceptions and evokes empathy through understanding ‘the other side’ of media portrayals of criminals. Possibly most importantly for students emerging into a changed and uncertain world, she offers creative tools and techniques to develop the resilience, creativity and optimism they will need to survive and thrive.
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John Hoskison

The Criminal Justice System – A first hand Perspective

A powerful and unique insight into what prison is actually like, how a single decision can change a life, the importance of accountability in justice, what legal professionals don’t often see and why rehabilitation requires honesty and structure.

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Angela Findlay

Remembering the Past: Germany’s unique post-WW2 Culture of Apology and Reconciliation
After the end of WW2 a collective silence descended over Germany and the horrors of the past were suppressed. Germany’s very specific situation rendered all traditional concepts of monuments and memorials irrelevant and inappropriate but in the 1980s certain artists resolved to create art forms that would confront Germans with their Nazi pasts and respond to questions of apology and atonement. Angela’s Anglo-German roots, artistic background and years of research into the historical context in which her German grandfather operated as a decorated General in the Wehrmacht, puts her in an ideal position to give insights into Germany’s on-going efforts to find artistic forms for the remembrance of the victims of one of history’s darkest periods
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Daniel Biddle

Overcoming Adversity – Disability Awareness

A survivor of the 7/7 bombings in London, Daniel shares his personal journey of overcoming catastrophic injuries and adapting to a new life with disabilities.

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Diana Darke

My House in Damascus
Diana Darke has specialised in the Middle East for over thirty years, living and working in a range of Arab countries. She is well known as an authority on Syria, contributing to the Guardian, the Financial Times and the BBC's From Our Own Correspondent.
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Jonny Huntington

Leadership – Why am I here, and what am I doing?
Jonny Huntington is a former British Army officer and GB Para-Cross Country skier, an elite, disabled endurance athlete as well as a Sports Scientist, performance coach and public speaker. In 2014 Jonny had a brain bleed that left him paralysed from the neck down on his left side. Following nearly three years of rehabilitation and discharge from the Army, he returned to the world of elite sport as a disabled athlete, competing for Great Britain in Para-Cross Country skiing. Through mentoring, public speaking and leading by example, Jonny is driven to encourage people to step out of their comfort zone and see where it leads them.
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David Webb

My Heart Story – Organ Donation and Transplant

“I had my Year 9s on Friday and we discussed your talk. They used “brilliant”, “amazing” to describe it and a number said it was up there with the best talks they have had in school ever”

Surbiton High School

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Rick Findler

Picturing War

Award-winning photojournalist talks about his experiences including working on the front lines of Libya, Syria and the Hong Kong riots for publications such as The Guardian and The Times.

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Rob Higgs

Use your Voice to Change the World

Rob offers a public speaking/presenting skills workshop for young people to find their voice.

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Darren Swift

Chin up or Chin Down – Resilience

“Swifty's visit went brilliantly! The students were transfixed by his talk and really took away some positive messages. A number of them spoke with him afterwards for quite a while.”

King Edward VI School, Southampton

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Angela Findlay

In My Grandfather’s Shadow (Remembrance and the intergenerational legacy of War, Trauma and Silence)

“Our students were mesmerised by Angela’s talk and particularly valued her fascinating insights into the impact the Second World War had on ordinary Germans then and now. Her searching questions about how a country can move forward constructively from a very dark period in its history left the students buzzing with ideas and questions.”

Head of Sixth Form, Kingston Grammar School

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Zoe Biles

Your Future Starts Now

How to start building your career, and making strategic decisions that best serve your future.

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Talan Skeels-Piggins

Be the Best You Can Be
An inspiring talk about overcoming challenges and obstacles, which includes resilience, motivation and becoming your best self. A former Great Britain Paralympian, Talan was the highest-placed British male skier at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in both the Giant Slalom and Super-G. He went on to become European Champion in Super-G, a Double World Champion in 600cc motorcycle racing (paralysed class), and a British Barebow Masters Champion in an able-bodied competition—proving that limitations can be redefined.
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Jim Holmes

Aceh – After the Indian Ocean Tsunami
In December 2004 a massive undersea earthquake sent a wall of water almost 20m high rushing towards the Sumatran coast in western Indonesia. The city of Banda Aceh was decimated and the coastal region in ruins with a massive human loss of life. In the immediate days after, Jim was assigned to document the disaster and the massive unfolding relief effort, returning many times over the next 10 years, his images were used worldwide by Oxfam, UNICEF, news outlets and other agencies to illustrate the needs, the solutions and the outcomes of the intervention that saved countless lives.
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Geoffrey Stephens

Fatal 4 – Road Safety

Geoffrey is a former traffic accident investigator and provides pupils with an informative talk to staying safe on the roads by highlighting the leading cause of serious and fatal road traffic collisions.

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