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Patrik
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Long time charity worker, South Londoner, CEO @TrackAcademy, reformer pilates teacher, tennis, running, London City, sports...
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If you are feeling the holiday spirit and want to support a good cause. Consider purchasing a gift from #Creatives4Sudan, a wonderful fundraiser for our comrades in Sudan. Bonus, I am offering 2 Reiki Sessions as items to bid.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Enjoyed 'Football for a better world' @plutopress.bsky.social Accessible, interesting and thought provoking view of football. Nice step back to see how football can encourage support community and sharing. Also a great reminder what a badass Sócrates was 1/4...
June 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ex-colleague is in the West Indies roller derby team and says they could do with a few bob (they're close). www.gofundme.com/f/help-team-...
Donate to Help Team West Indies Make History at the 2025 World Cup!, organised by Team West Indies TWI
Team West Indies unites global athletes of Caribbean heritage… Team West Indies TWI needs your support for Help Team West Indies Make History at the 2025 World Cup!
www.gofundme.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
How to talk about the rich from Emma: substack.com/@epomf/note/...
How to talk about the rich
Lessons from a wealth conference do not apply to Elon
substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interested to see Anna Huix's short film Girls Moving Mountains about a group of girls who use football to fight for gender equality and gain independence in one of the most remote places on earth, the Karakoram Mountain Range, Pakistan. www.annahuix.com/girls-move-m... #sportfordevelopment
March 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ah, a beautiful, honest and sweet film, technically of sport for development, but of skating as a tool for building community, "feeling free" and enjoying life. Highlights the importance of young people having spaces they can make their own. wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/ajua...
WePresent | Short film “Seventeen” captures a never-ending teen summer
Ajuan Isaac-George’s short film, “Seventeen,” captures the final teenage summer of a community of London skaters
wepresent.wetransfer.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Femicide remains a critical issue in Italy; 120 women were killed in 2023, over half by current or former partners. Here are some orgs trying to change things. italysegreta.com/organization...
The 5: Organizations Working to End Gender-Based Violence in Italy - Italy Segreta
These groups provide essential support, resources, and education to prevent violence against marginalized groups in Italy.
italysegreta.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Black Arsenal, Tuesday 21st Jan 6:30pm, Brixton Library. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-arse...
December 30, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Sicily in a desperate drought with local majors even occupying water purification plant in protest at governmental mismanagement. Need climate action. Report from ever brilliant open.substack.com/pub/theweeki...
December 7, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Losing youth club affects exam results. Those from poorer backgrounds are impacted most. London has lost 130 youth clubs and 700 youth workers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
London youth club closures increased offending - report
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says 30% of London's youth clubs closed between 2010 and 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Tahrib - clandestine travellers seeking to escape conflict, poverty and effects of climate change. Gulf of Aden - no other place in earth has witnessed more cycles of conflict... www.ft.com/content/5357...
November 21, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Crazy that 1 in 12 of UK trustees are called John or David! Just 3% of trustees are aged under 30. Proud that @trackacademy.bsky.social are looking to appoint new trustees aged 21 and 27 yrs old.
November 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Attended a council meet and discovered - past 2 years 91,298 asylum seekers arrived in the UK; 83% arrived by small boats. Abolishing the Rwanda scheme returned ~40,000 asylum claims to be processed in the UK...
November 13, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Believing in and supporting young people in NW London.
November 13, 2024 at 2:12 PM
At @trackacademy.bsky.social we've started providing food before sessions as some young people come to the centre hungry.
1 in 3 children in London are growing up in poverty.

That’s more than half a million children, going without basics & going to school or bed hungry – in one of the wealthiest cities in the world.

Ending the two child limit would help hundreds of thousands of children.

inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Gordon Brown: Two-child benefit cap is trapping families in poverty
In a rare intervention, the former Labour PM challenged Keir Starmer's decision to keep the two-child limit and benefits cap
inews.co.uk
November 13, 2024 at 10:18 AM