Dan Hartley and Nathan Roberts, abob’s Head of Operations and Chief Exec at Buckingham Palace. They were invited to the Queen’s Garden Party on May 28th to mark the brilliant news that aBoB have received the prestigious Queen’s Award For Voluntary Service 2015. This an award for the entire community of mentors and mentees who have given of themselves to serve … Read More
The Telegraph Discovers abandofbrothers and Their Mainstream Expansion
Theo Merz from Telegraph Man online joined a Beyond The Hero weekend. Here he interviews Michael Boyle about what abob can offer in terms of a rites of passage experience to young men. Merz also announces the news about abob’s expansion to London and Thames Valley. Exciting times. “The purpose of initiation is to align the individual with the tribe, … Read More
aBoB at Onebillionrising's London event
On Feb 14th, Eastbourne’s Paul Allen made a special trip up to Marble Arch to represent abandofbrothers at the campaigning Onebillionrising’s – global yearly event created by Eve Ensler to stop violence against women – stage. UK organiser, Lynne Franks had wanted more men in the mix this year when the focus was sexual violence against young women. Paul was … Read More
Henry Smith MP congratulates Crawley Band of Brothers in the Commons
Tory MP Henry Smith went along to the January 2015 mentee graduation in Crawley and was so impressed that he brought it up with the Justice Minister, Andrew Selous.
Band of Brothers put dad on straight and narrow
A DAD who admits he cannot understand how he avoided going to prison after dozens of convictions has transformed his life and now dreams of opening a business to benefit families across Crawley. Stephen Raikes racked up 33 convictions and 19 court appearances for a string of crimes ranging from shoplifting to assault. The birth of his two young children … Read More
Crawley Band of Brothers – a mentees story
The Crawley News picks up on the great work being done by Band of Brothers there. This is mentee, Stephen Raikes’ story.
Partners and Social Entrepreneurs Sought in London and the Thames Valley
aBandofBrothers are part of the novo consortium that will be combining with MTC to run the CRCs in London and the Thames Valley. As part of the supply chain, we will be expanding our rites of passage based personal transformation and mentoring programme in the region over the course of the next 18 months. We are conscious of how … Read More
Chris Smith on Men's Hour NYE Special
Men’s Hour NYE Special which went out on Radio 5 at 11am and 9pm on Jan 1st 2015 featured men telling their extraordinary life stories – one of these was mentee, Chris Smith who was in prison a year ago but with the support of the abob community, has now become a brilliant member of the community himself. Here – … Read More
Award honours the Band of Brothers community
A glittering prize has been won by organiser, fundraiser and all-round irrepressible abob supporter, Eastbourne dweller, Paul Apps. Out of hundreds of entrants, Paul has won the BBC Sussex and Surrey Community Heroes Award for Volunteering. On Dec 10th, Paul and his wife Alison attended the celebration dinner. At the start, Paul knew he’d been shortlisted but nothing more. “When … Read More
Another deserving winner – Mark Nightingale
The Rotary Club of Brighton gave Mark a Citizens Award on December 17th for his outstanding contributions through abob to the Brighton community. The awards ceremony was at the Royal Albion Hotel. Mark says: “I felt suitably honoured and accepted my framed certificate with humility and gratitude; knowing the full magnitude of the task presenting itself to us men of … Read More