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Simon Coleman Simon Coleman is an award-winning masonry specialist, entrepreneur and cancer survivor.Born in Yorkshire in 1974, Simon had an extensive 25-year career specialising in Masonry construction. In 2012 Simon was diagnosed with one of the most aggressive forms of kidney cancer, with an average survival time of 4.3 months. He underwent what he calls … Read more
Rebecca Robertson Rebecca Robertson is the award-winning founder of Evolution for Women, a website dedicated to giving women professional financial advice. She is a regular media commentator on financial planning, appearing on BBC Radio Kent, in the Independents ‘Women in Finance’ and is a Huffington Post contributor. Rebecca is passionate about putting women firmly in control … Read more
Chris Gage Chris Gage is a social entrepreneur and organisational development practitioner, with a background in community and engaged theatre practice. He is the Director of the Centre for Creativity and Innovation in Care, and Managing Director of Ladder to the Moon, a social enterprise that supports care services to be creative, vibrant places to … Read more
Adam Wilson Adam Wilson is a business mentor, working mainly with SMEs in the creative sector. A large part of his role is helping entrepreneurs and business owners identify the psychological barriers and behaviours that are holding them back and introduce techniques to deal with these. Adam’s current position draws upon his previous work history. … Read more
Paul Brasington Paul Brasington is a freelance business writer, communication consultant and musician. Whilst Paul has been writing since the age of five, he started his writing career after realising some way into a Cambridge PhD on nineteenth-century lyric poetry that he didn’t want to be an academic. He says that he ‘blagged’ his way … Read more
Amy McManus Amy McManus has come from a laptop in her spare bedroom to owning a six-figure business in less than four years. The founder and MD of her own digital marketing agency based in Canterbury, Kent, Amy has worked with brands such as Holland and Barrett, Amazon and Harrods, but decided she wanted to … Read more
Arpad Cseh Arpad Cseh founded the Climate Opportunity Initiative in 2016 with the aim of transforming the priorities of political and economic decision-makers so that they become the drivers of climate change instead of the obstacles to it. Often their priorities are controlled by short-term benefits and by self-interest, which is in conflict with the … Read more
Emily Peasgood Emily Peasgood is passionate about music and believes in achieving your goals, however ‘ridiculous’ they may be. She is a composer and sound artist who wants to challenge the perception of what music should be. Her ‘bonkers’ music is created for galleries and public spaces; from intimate sound installations to large-scale community-led performances. … Read more
Jim Lockey Jim Lockey is an artist, educator and runs the Mobile Comics Factory project. The MCF provides free comic book making workshops in public spaces, operating from a tricycle that has been converted into a mobile arts centre. Working primarily with children and teens, the project uses drawing and storytelling to awaken potential and … Read more
Catherine Durin Catherine Durin moved to Folkestone in 1981. Originally from Belgium, she studied law before moving across the channel to marry. She has three children, all of British nationality like their father. After divorcing, Catherine become a teacher, trainer and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming)/EFT (emotional freedom technique) practitioner. She loves to connect with people from … Read more