From the founder

For a few years now I have worked as a mentor on a voluntary basis for a local council mentoring young people hopefully to lead a better life.

As a young person myself I was as some of these young people are in and out of institutes misbehaving at school, resenting authority, feeling the pressures, the feeling of worthlessness unable to cope with rules, the sense I was unable to achieve any goals in my life with little education if any.

I was given a post as a school governor (quite unexpected) for the local school my children attended thinking I was unable to do this task.

I was motivated by the head teacher he believed in me and said as I had an interest how my children and others in the school making sure they were getting the best education possible in that particular school and they were getting what they were entitled to seeing other governors some working for the local LEA I thought, I am no different to them I can have a valuable input to this school and so I did enjoying the work I strived forward trying to put the past behind me.

I underwent training as a sports leader to help with the physical education of the young people for over six years I filled this role until one day while disputing a issue concerning the rise of swimming costs I was asked by a young woman if I was cleared by the police to work with young people shocked I later found out I wasn’t I resigned my position as school governor soon after.

 I become a taxi driver then I was fully checked all my convictions spent.

Seeing an advert in a local paper asking for mentors I applied while on the interview I was asked several questions one being my past again that hurdle popped up and I take my hat of to the open minded staff of North Tyneside council for sticking to their word of being non-judgmental as many councils preach but don’t practise.

I was determent to succeed and fulfill my life’s ambition to help young people that were in the situation I was in as a young person to show them you can achieve good things if you try hard enough and put the past behind you and you can lead a normal life.

I have applied for posts in this field of work to no avail because of my past history  I ask you are all are  government bodies actually giving young people the service and chances they deserve .

Wanting to continue working with young people, I decided to try to start my own business up doing this kind of work only way I could continue and give 100% dedication

My view is young people do count and every one can achieve given the right encouragement and motivation and build up a confidence to try

I class my self lucky having the past I had, I can draw on many skills you can not learn at university or in a text book and young people know who is genuine and who is not don’t under estimate young people one bit they are clever and can manipulate and are so judgmental so it is important to use the correct tools for the job, to young people a person out of university from a middle/upper class back ground are sometimes easy to fool I have asked many people in and out this field of work and the answer is the same every time who better than some one who has been there and done it  and that is a firm basis to build up that trust and meaningful relationship. Dave Guest