The Important Bit - What am I doing

My EPIC YEAR comprises of a few different elements

January - 10k Steps every day for the month

February - Fitness February. I will be completing sit ups, press ups and other things every day

March - 

Starting with cutting my hair, beard and sideburns on 26 March

After the aero advantages of hair cut! On 29th March I will be cycling from my front door to Bala Leisure Centre, which is 109 miles. I will have full panniers of camping equipment (tent, sleeping mat, sleeping bag), food, bike repair stuff and other items.

Walking the distance around Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid)- 10 miles from Leisure Centre, to Llanuwchyllan and back to Bala Leisure Centre

Day 1 will close with Sleep on the edge of Bala Lake

Day 2 - cycle back home from Bala

Totals: 218 miles of cycling, 10 miles of walking over two days

May - EPIC Bike Ride Number 2

180 miles from Birmingham to Pembrokeshire. Taking my longest SINGLE DAY RIDE from 150 miles.

July - Kidderminster Killer - 240km of cycling (home to start of event and home again)

August - Achieve Everest height in a month (never managed this) on a bike

October - Office ride every day (from home to office every day including weekends)

My Story

I started with EPIC, in September 2021 and I have been excited to hear young people voices, their energy, passion, ideas/businesses and their commitment to creating a bright future through running their own businesses.

After seeing, hearing and getting involved in coaching, engaging, supporting, mentoring and coordinating as part of a brilliant team, Martin James Network (which included Martin James Foundation).

I wanted to do what I can to raise awareness of the amazing young business programme (I know I am biased) and also through creating income into EPIC, open the door for more young people to be part of the Programme.

Here is the EPIC Story

Supporting young people 16-25 years of age, who have experienced adversity, to build their own company.

We engage our young entrepreneurs with pastoral mentoring and specialist business mentoring, ensuring every young person within the EPIC Young Business Programme has a person centred, individualised plan with wrap around support, and provide support with start-up costs.

We excited that we can help more young entrepreneurs to unlock their potential.