I spent the first part of my life growing up in the North West of England and studied at Wigan and Leigh college, then progressing to Coventry University. After finishing university in the mid 90’s I moved to Bristol where I have had a varied career from working at an Arts venue to being a driving Instructor. Within two years of living in Bristol I had the opportunity to live in Spain for 12 months then France for 8 months where I found work holding English pronunciation classes on a one to one basis. On returning to the UK I returned to retail and continued to expand my retail knowledge with 8 years working for a large European leading retailer.After fighting the recession as a self-employed driving instructor, I joined a well-established charity in the heart of Bristol on a new project working on the rehabilitation of offenders into the community and long term unemployed with which I enjoyed great success. I worked very closely in a successful major grant application for two years in a row which contributed to hiring new staff and securing premises.Latterly, I have spent my time expanding current contracts and providing new ones both commercial, third sector and contributing to a larger organisation working with 200 charities across the UK.