Rodney Hurd – Director
rodney.hurd@4rcetraining.com

What led you to work with young people?

All through school I had a secret that I needed to tell a teacher and I could not find one teacher that I trusted enough to tell.  No-one dug deep enough to find out what was bugging me.  No-one looked behind my behaviour to see my need.  For a long while I went off the rails until at the age of 19 I became involved with the church, which acted kind of like the father that left me when I was aged 2.  It challenged me and instead of running from my fears, I gradually started to challenge them and help others challenge them, which led me to become a local/district/regional/national young people vice president and from there through the YMCA became involved in working with young people.  I see it more than a career, I see it as a passion to help young people to develop strategies to Reach Challenge and Empower.

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people.
As in our Mission Statement, 4’rce strive to identify and understand the barriers that prevent young people from reaching their full potential.  4’rce design and create methods and strategies that stimulate and encourage young people and that are effective, by equipping them to overcome those barriers.

Your/A  favorite quote:

Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day but teach a man to fish an dyou’ll feed him for life.

A Role model that inspires you:

Martin Luther King Jnr
Christ
Mahatma Ghandi

If you had three wishes what would they be and why?

1. Put mankind first
2. That political leaders would truly represent their constituents
3. That I knew the answer and had the power and ability to make everyone happy

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Paul Myers – Director

What lead you to work with young people?

I struggled myself with my teenage years. I came to a time in my life when I had taken on my daughter and I needed to turn my own negatives into positives.

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people.
After working for other organizations within the ‘field’ we could see a great gap and inflexibility in the provision that was offered to  yp.  We set about creating an organization that was able to meet the young people on their level using our skills, flexibility and innovation to offer them a more all round supportive service

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Darryn James Flynn – Director
darryn.flynn@4rcetraining.com

What led you to work with young people?
In my younger days someone helped me when I was maybe going down the wrong path, just by showing interest and giving me support and encouragement.  Ever since that day I have wanted to do the same for others.

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people:
Through 4′rce I am able to do this with a very supportive and passionate team.   For me 4’rce is all about providing the opportunities for young people to reach their full potential through innovative projects.

Your/A  favourite quote:

If you do as you’ve always done you’ll get what you’ve got

A Role model that inspires you:

Richard Branson – because he suffered from dyslexia, struggled at school but did not let this stand in the way of his ambitions – he is a self made man

If you had three wishes what would they be and why?

1. World peace
2. Healthy friends and family

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Martin Kyriakides – Centre Manager
martin.kyriakides@4rcetraining.com

What led you to work with young people?

I joined 4′rce in September 2009.  For 11 years previously I worked for the Learning and Skills Council and its forerunner The Training and Enterprise Council. My role included E2E Co-ordinator, Equality and Diversity Adviser and for the last three years as Regional Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) Adviser.  I am also Pastor of the Ark Gospel Church and guardian for four teenagers.
What lead you to work with young people?
I wanted to be able to reach young people in a way that I felt I would have liked to be connected with when I was young and in need (support I never received).

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people.
This organisation really does what it’s name stands for: reaches young people, challenges young people and empowers them to succeed.

A favourite quote

Truth is violated by falsehood, but is outraged by silence.

A role model that inspires you

Different people for different things but I like Winston Churchill for the 2nd World War years and Rodney Hurd for his passion for working with and supporting young people.

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Carol Maile – Office Manager
carol.maile@4rcetraining.com

What led you to work with young people?

Years ago I worked at a place where I was constantly clock watching. I wanted to work in an environment that I enjoyed and would actually look forward to going to work.  Working around young people is never dull and it is heartening to see any young person turn their life around

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people.
I did admin on various projects at Connexions for 5 years; projects for young people who need additional support to achieve their full potential; young people who need a chance in life. 4’rce delivered programmes on many of those projects and with successes where others had failed.  I was impressed with their style of working with young people and how they managed to engage with young people; young people who were extremely difficult to engage with.  They care about the young people they work with and have a unique approach to their work.

Your/A  favorite quote:

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves

If you had three wishes what would they be and why?

1.   To make everyone happy and healthy for all their life
2.  That rich people had less and poor people had more

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Kim Charlesworth – GCSE Teacher in Maths & Science

What led you to work with young people?

I have worked with young people since I myself was a sixth-former and have always found it enjoyable and challenging. I thought I would be a good teacher as I have experienced myself both inspiring and uninspiring teachers, and felt I could offer understanding and inspiration.

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people.
4’rce Training provides a caring community, that endeavors to improve the learning outcome and future prospects for all young people it works with.

Your/A  favorite quote:

No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Children need more role models and less critics

A Role model that inspires you:

I have met many interesting and inspiring teachers and although I look up to them, I do not try to emulate anyone

If you had three wishes what would they be and why?

1.  My children’s happiness
2.  A trip for my whole family around the world
3.  Safe and secure upbringing for everybody

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Omar O’Connor – Project Co-ordinator Yr 11
omar.oconnor@4rcetraining.com

What led you to work with young people?

I am good at it.  I understand young people and like to help them.

Your/A  favorite quote:

Your mouth is a cage for your tongue if you close your teeth

A Role model that inspires you:

I have no role model.  I think if you have a role model you will take on their failures as well as their achievements.

If you had three wishes what would they be and why?

1. I had special powers like Peter Petrelli from Heroes
2. To be able to get as much money as possible when going to an ATM
3. That people had more wisdom

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Fiona Dunachie – Project Co-ordinator Changes Programme
fiona.dunachie@4rcetraining.com

What led you to work with young people?

To inspire young people to achieve their full potential and to help open new doors of opportunity

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people.
A unique and successful approach to working with young people from all walks of life

Your/A  favorite quote:

You cannot discover new oceans until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore

A Role model that inspires you:

I do not have a role model but aspire to be the best person I can

If you had three wishes what would they be and why?

1. To travel the world
2. To stay happy and fulfilled
3. To meet again the people I have lost

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Samantha Janes – GCSE Teacher of English

What led you to work with young people?
I always knew I wanted to be a teacher from a young age.  However, it was during my training that I discovered a passion for supporting those who needed a different approach to learning and to help them develop emotionally and academically.

Your/A  favorite quote:
Where words fail music speaks

If you had three wishes what would they be and why?

1.  For everyone to feel content with what they have
2.  For good health and happiness for friends and family
3.  To stop cruelty in all its many forms to animals and people

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Halima Begum - Learning Assistant
halima.begum@4rcetraining.com

A role model that inspires you

My amazing mother and sister

What led you to work with young people?

A passion to strive to make a difference in young people’s lives

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people.
4′rce training are genuine, passionate and inspiring.  The style and approach of working with young people is diverse and unique.

Your/A  favorite quote:
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

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Telissa Gibbs – Volunteer

What led you to work with young people?

Someone told me that he worked with young people and it sounded like something I would like to try.  I did and I loved it

Your thoughts on 4’rce Training and their style and approach of working with young people
It’s a great place with so much support and they listen to the young people and they help them

Your/A  favourite quote:

Those that don’t hear must feel