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We all have an inner wisdom which guides us. Big Simple programmes put you in touch with yours, helping you to flourish.
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Doubt and fear can make us feel lonely. Big Simple groups look beyond, to focus on the humanity we share.
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Labels and judgements can make us self-conscious. Big Simple discussions reveal their false nature, giving you permission to be yourself.
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Care Leaver Statistics
You Don’t Have To Be A Number
X3
more likely not to be in education, training or employment (neet)
38%
more likely to be in youth custody
25%
of the homeless AND of the adult prison population
Who does this ant remind you of?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a-zM8tIGz0 Do you see how the ant is circling, searching for the way out, but…
NC, 55 yr old male in custody
A Lightbulb Moment
I had years of wrong doings, which resulted with me going in and out of prison for over 20 years. It’s been like a revolving door.
I kept making the same mistakes and wondered why I felt so miserable…. I was so attached to the ideas I had about myself and about life, it never occurred to me that they could be questioned or that I could suddenly have different ones. I couldn’t see them as ideas, I saw them as truths. Then finally I heard what you were saying, and it hit me like a ton of bricks.
I can see how even a stubborn man like me can change, have a different life, just because my thinking has changed, it is as simple as that.
I feel you picked my lock. I see everything and everyone differently. With more understanding and compassion. The best thing about what you teach is that the change just happened, I didn’t have to learn and remember anything. It feels as if you had been talking about something I already knew but couldn’t see or remember… it was just a matter of waking up to it. (Beyond Recovery participant, words as recalled by Liliana, January 2018)