On Monday evening my wife and I had the privilege of attending the Missing People Carol Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald OBE. Less than 5 minutes from where I was found in the Spring of 2017, transferred from a police car into a police van with wire mesh… Continue reading A Christmas Reflection on The Missing People Choir and Charity
The Storms that Follow us
Its World Mental Health Day 2018, a poignant title for an all encompassing lived experience for many. I would usually perhaps share a quote or a photo or make a comment about the importance of awareness but as the years change so am I changing and it feels right this year to be a little… Continue reading The Storms that Follow us
A message to new social work undergraduates
It’s just a month since we told our story on Songs of Praise having been invited by BBC via Missing People and I have purposely stayed away from social media since then as an act of self preservation. It was a really tough decision to render myself quite vulnerable but equally validating to have been… Continue reading A message to new social work undergraduates
‘Found’ Dedicated to ‘The Missing People Choir’ – The Song that Sang me Home x
It was humbling being asked to tell my missing story on Songs of Praise and to have such a painful time in our lives treated so gently and with such dignity by those who filmed and created the piece, yet another example of the kindness of strangers. We hope that it will help others in… Continue reading ‘Found’ Dedicated to ‘The Missing People Choir’ – The Song that Sang me Home x
Childhood Pictures
Childhood Pictures, a song written in memory of my mum and dad and sent out with love to the child in us all, Ju xxxxx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYHTGBfpbVk&feature=share
A Returned Person One Year On (an appeal to a missing person)
One year ago this Sunday, a month after returning home from being a missing person, I embarked on a life changing walk. I had suffered a mental health breakdown and instead of accepting more treatment, I started to walk. I felt free under the sky, untethered. As I walked more and more miles from my… Continue reading A Returned Person One Year On (an appeal to a missing person)
Cherish the young people in care systems of all kinds
Its 7th June, today is a day for remembering someone special. Every year on this day I visit the graveyard in a nearby village, I kneel beside a gravestone and I chat to my friend. I think of his cheeky smile, broad accent, thick black hair and laughing eyes and I remember him. The day… Continue reading Cherish the young people in care systems of all kinds
