Stories of Resilience and Transformation
These individuals faced various challenges, from overcoming adversity and personal struggles to finding success through determination and support from The Prince's Trust programs. Andy, Carlie, Busliana, and Casey's inspiring journeys showcase resilience, courage, and the power of positive change in the face of hardships.
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Andy Gibbon: After leaving school at 16 with just a handful of GCSEs, sports-mad Andy Gibbon landed his dream job as an apprentice coach with Sheffield Wednesday. Soon after the club said it no longer needed him. On one night out he was attacked at knifepoint and almost died. I was hanging around with the wrong crowd, he says. I had a choice do I carry on down the wrong road or go down the right road? He was accepted on The Prince s Trust Enterprise programme, which helps set up youngsters in business. He now runs a football coaching business, Star Strikers, and several pupils have been scouted by major clubs. He says: Since getting in touch with the Trust I ve never looked back. I m so grateful.
Carlie Hayward was 12 when father suffered a nervous breakdown and left the family struggling to cope, her mother also had a breakdown. Carlie had to care for her younger siblings. She was bullied at school. At 14, she was forced to get a job working nights for a factory. And two years later, she took on a second job collecting glasses at weekends, often working until 5am. At 18, she gave birth to twin boys, now nine. Battling depression and in an abusive relationship, Carlie hit rock bottom. She got in touch with The Prince s Trust. She took part in the Enterprise scheme and got a loan to set up Locee Fitness (personal training and life coaching).
Busliana Kashilembo: arrived in Hull at the age of 21, he couldn t speak a word of English. He had fled the war-torn Rwanda with his family at the age of seven and spent 14 years as a refugee. Speaking of his early days in Britain, he recalls: I never had friends and I felt depressed not being able to communicate. There, he took part in The Prince s Trust Get Started with Football programme, gaining a qualification in sports coaching. With the Trust s support, Quej, 25, now works as a part-time support coach and youth worker for the Tigers Sport and Education Trust to help young people get involved in football. He is also an ambassador for the trust, a motivational speaker and aspiring actor, having recently taken part in a project with the National Academy of Performing Arts
Casey Taylor: She struggled with a difficult home life, joined a gang and began drinking at 15. She says: I hated school and kind of authority. I didn t like being told what to do. I d walk out in the middle of lessons and cause trouble in my local area. It was a mixture of peer pressure and trying to blank stuff out. By 17, Casey was taking drugs and was arrested for criminal damage. Over the years, she racked up 13 convictions for various minor offences and, at one point, she was in court up to three times a week. But the turning point came when she was introduced her to The Prince s Trust. At 19 she signed up to the charity s Fairbridge programme, a personal development course. Now 23, Casey has her dream job as an outdoor activity instructor People can turn their lives around and become a positive member of society.
Duane Jackson: After a turbulent upbringing in care, and being expelled from school twice by 15, Duane hit rock-bottom when he was caught trying to smuggle drugs into America. Then 19, he ended up in a high security US jail facing a potential 25- year sentence. But after being sent back to Britain for trial, a judge gave him hope of rebuilding his life by sentencing him to five years. In prison gave lessons in IT skills to other inmates. Upon his release, he tried to set up his own business. I was unemployed and had no qualifications a baby on the way, He approached The Prince s Trust and was granted a loan to start his own business, Kashflow, the firm became a market leader. Last year, Duane, who has won various business awards and even received praise from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, sold his business and donated money back to The Prince s Trust.
Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed that his own upbringing was poverty- stricken. He lived in a run-down Hollywood neighbourhood, explained that there was crime and violence everywhere". His mother worked hard to give her son the opportunities that may not have presented themselves had he not ventured outside his neighbourhood, which he nicknamed Scumsville. She applied for a scholarship for her son at a private school, drove him to school three hours a day to show him different opportunities and took him to auditions while juggling her secretarial jobs.
