“I’m on the River Thames in a kayak right now, so I’ll ring you back later.” It’s not something everyone can say to their mum at 11AM on a Wednesday, but when you work for The Change Foundation this type of phone conversation is no surprise. Together with nine other kayakers, I’m taking on the […]
Tackling the Thames To ‘Change the Game not the Girl’ Read More »
“People forget that all people share two things… we’re all made up of about 60% water and we’re all grown and born from water.” They’re common facts, but when Jo Melchior recounts them to our team of Coach Mentors in a swimming pool in Hackney, they hold even greater impact. As part of our training
Drowning Prevention Training With The Black Swimming Association Read More »
Lu Porter is one of our incredible London Marathon runners this year. But her training plan has a unique twist. Lu works as a boat charterer, which means her training plan has faced some unique challenges. We caught up with her ahead of the big day to see how she’s been getting on. I hear
Run Up Talks: Training In Tahiti, Family Support and Pre-Marathon Prep with Lu Porter Read More »
Vicky Lowe has been a dedicated Trustee of our charity since 2015. Ahead of her running the Berlin Marathon this weekend, we caught up with Vicky to hear how the training journey has been so far… Hello Vicky! How has everything been going? It was going really well up until the Commonwealth games. I caught
This week, 17 young people from our London Futures programme celebrated their graduation in central London. After 12-months of hard work, self-development and employability training, each young person has transformed themselves and their future career prospects. Alison is one of the graduates and boldly presented a speech as part of the ceremony; something she wouldn’t
Congratulating the ‘London Futures’ Class of 2022 Graduates! Read More »
In the run up to the London Marathon 2022 we caught up with one of our runners, Dan as he makes his final preparations ahead of the big day! There’s just three weeks to go, how’s your training going?It was going really well until a couple of months ago when I suddenly got Plantar Fasciitis
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