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Lads Like Us

lads like us

London

Lads Like Us are a Manchester based non-profit organisation. Our journey started with a mission dedicated to informing the practice of professionals and organisations that had failed us as children and adults. We had to make something positive out of our lived experience, chaos and anger, in order to thrive. Shouting and screaming about failures and trying to hold people to account made us mentally ill. We needed to adopt a new approach that would help " Us and them " that was our first problem. In order to break barriers between " Us and Them " we needed to work out a way to weaponise the empathy of professionals to allow them to see that the majority of the behaviours displayed by service users/clients/citizens/people are a direct result of some kind of trauma experienced throughout their lives. These people we refer to are lads like us, from similar estates we grew up on, that are repeatedly presenting at mental health units, substance misuse services, prison and probation. The answer to our problem was to create a trauma informed training package focusing on professional curiosity that would inform practice, using little Mike and little Danny's experiences combined with the healing journeys of both not forgetting the input from the services that supported us. " The Million Pieces Experience " an NHS safeguarding award winning Trauma Informed package that has proven to inform the practice of professionals was created. We then partnered with Barnardos to create Million Pieces Trauma master classes. Lads like us deliver bespoke packages across the country and are now recognised UK wide as a leading Lived experience resource for organisational staff development for those who work with people who have experienced trauma. Lads like us work with leaders in the safeguarding sector both public and private through their consultancy work.

Gymforce

gymforce

5.0(5)

Stockport

We’re more than just a club, we make time for each and every person who walks through the doors. Bethan Longman Director Head Rec Coach/Elite & Advance Club Coach Women's Artistic Gymnastics Level 3 Weight & Nutrition Management Level 3 Anatomy & Phsyology Level 3 BTEC Sports & Coaching Floor & Vault Judge Level 1 Trampolining Level 2 Safeguarding Level 2 First Aid Bernice Webb Head Elite Club Coach/Welfare Officer Women's Artistic Gymnastics Level 3 Strength & Conditioning Level 2 Nutrition In Performanace Safeguarding Level 2 Pre-School Level 2 Pediatric First Aid Welfare Officer Club Judge Georgia Hewitt Head Advance Club Coach Women's Artistic Level 2 Safegaurding First Aid Chloe Willoughby Head Development/Progressions Coach/Elite Club Coach Women's Artistic Gymnastics Level 2 Safegaurding Level 2 Qualified Physio First aid Laura Stockton Head Pre-School Coach/Advance Club Coach Women's Artistic Level 2 Pre-School Level 2 Safegaurding Sophie Bennett Elite Club Coach Womens Artistic Level 1 Erica Reubuck Elite & Advance Club Coach/Rec Coach Gymnastics level 1 James Hall Tumble & Trampolining Coach/GymBabies USASF Level 7 First Aid Position Available Club & Rec positions avaliable Weekday evenings and Saturday mornings avaliable Contact us to get in touch Rhona Hill Head GymBabies Coach/Pre-School Coach Sports Youth Coach Playwork Level 3 Safegaurding Mia Steel Rec Coach/Elite Club Coach British Gymnastics Apprentice Cheer Level 2 Millie Hewart Rec Coach British Gymnastics Apprentice Jessica Shearing Tumble & Trampolining Coach/Rec Coach Ruby Hewitt Advance Club Coach Tigerlily Dawson Pre-School Coach Cheer Level 1 Erin Harrison Leader British Gymnastics Leader Cheer Level 1 Sasha Roy Leader British Gymnastics Leader Cheer Level 1 Macey Beacon Leader Lucy Davis Young Leader Suzanne Winterbone Receptionist Club Judge Sam Lowe Receptionist Safegaurding Amy Davis Receptionist Safegaurding First Aid Julie Longman Receptionist Playwork Level 3 Safegaurding First Aid My achievements I have honestly worked from the bottom and built my way up. Life hasn't been easy, i've been to the very lows but its all helped me grow as a person to where i am now. It has been incredibly tough, i knew it wasn't going to be easy but no one told me how hard it would be. I didn't do great at school, i only got 2 C's and nothing higher. I never let that hold me back as i was far to determined. When i decided i wanted to create my own Tumble Academy (as thats how it started) i put £500 of my saving into an account to create 'GymForce'. The website, insurance, leaflets and t-shirts. Why Gym Force? I feel like having a sport I adored help me so much in my adult life in many ways. I’m a very confident, motivated, ambitious person and I have gymnastics to thank for that. I would love for more children to have that in life. I feel like GymForce has a lot to give. As a small club we know everyone that walks through the door. We get complimented a lot on this. It’s more than just a club, we have/make time for each and every athlete, even their parents! I will continue to make personal little touches to my club that other ‘big’ clubs don’t currently offer. The Start of the journey... I started gymnastics when I was three, and I absolutely loved it. Especially floor! I just loved to tumble, that was my thing. As I got older I did more and more hours working my way up to club level. I felt that having gymnastics in my life helped me stay focused and on the right track when some of my friendship group didn’t. I wasn’t one to do well at school, reading and writing was not for me. I just wanted to be active all the time. So I had decided from a very young age that I would love to go into sports and coaching. I started coaching at 14 as a leader, it was great as I got to save money towards my first car.