A VERY PROUD HUSBAND

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This blog is a little different to what has been before on The Reinvention.

I am Angela’s husband. Her very proud husband.

I went along with Angela today to meet Glasgow City Council. They are looking to work collaboratively, using Angela’s story to help produce road safety and awareness material and information. I was merely there as moral support for my wife, to assist in any way I could.

Glasgow City Council 

Angela was asked to record on video what she went through that fateful night IN 2001, recalling all the horrific details of how she was knocked down by a driver high on drink and drugs, who had no interest in stopping to assist her, let alone admit his guilt at the terrible offences committed.

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I know Angela’s story well, having heard her retell the incident both in a private setting and with those close to us and it has not lost one iota of impact on me each time. Sitting listening to her today, I went through a whole range of emotions – sadness, anger, frustration, sympathy, hurt.

But above all else, pride.

Words cannot express how proud I am to be the person who gets to share the rest of their life with someone as special as Angela. Not only has she had to face so many challenges and difficulties in her life but she has done so with an unwavering strength and courage, of which she will never give herself enough credit for.

And now, she is using her experiences to help others. To help those who have suffered life-changing injuries and those close to them, to help promote road safety awareness, to help share her positive message of triumph over injury.

https://thereinvention1.blogspot.co.uk

I will be there, standing proudly, with her every step of the journey.

SKY'S THE LIMIT

My journey of telling the world about The Reinvention - Triumph Over Injury had begun by making some initial inroads with several contacts involved in the Road Safety Industry and, as a result, my mission - to turn my experience from suffering multiple injuries and trauma from a hit and run accident into something positive and powerful - was underway. I was beginning to get my message out there - The Reinvention will help similar individuals and families who have experienced trauma in their life. 

https://thereinvention1.blogspot.co.uk

                                                     

I was then lucky enough to be selected onto the Entrepreneurial Spark programme.

Entrepreneurs Spark (ESpark) is the World’s Largest Free Business Accelerator for early stage and growing ventures. Working in a collaborative office environment suitable building teams, business will receive free IT & WIFI, access to business enablement and support with pool of over 50 specialised mentors, networking opportunities, workshops and pitch practice and more. 

Entrepreneurial Spark work alongside Royal Bank of Scotland with their Entrepreneurial Development Managers to develop the mind-sets of entrepreneurs who will be great in business. There are over 12 Entrepreneurs Spark Hubs in and around the UK. Entrepreneurial Spark has a vision is to inspire and enable social change through the act of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs Spark is in partnership with KPMG Enterprise, Dell Technologies, and Harper Macleod.

https://www.entrepreneurial-spark.com

The first day being part of their ‘Three-Month-Sprint’ programme was a nervous one, yet every member at their Ayrshire Hub were immediately so welcoming and super helpful. The purpose of the Sprint is to be focused on specific outcomes you want to achieve. The three months have been life changing - I have validated The Reinvention. My confidence has grown through learning what kind of business I can run to suit The Reinvention's aims and goals and I am now surrounded with like-minded people, I am handling situations, pitching to crowds and embracing the Entrepreneurial journey.

I have enjoyed listening to, and absorbing, many amazing guest speakers at the Ayrshire Hub, yet the one that stands out from the crowd is Sir Tom Hunter. His passion and determination inspires all members at the Ayrshire Hub that ''we can do anything”. #GoDo

I love Sir Tom Hunter's talk recenntly at the Ayrshire Hub and his message about the positive impact creating jobs in the community can have and the bigger effect it has on the individual and their families. We are not only changing our own lives in the pursuit of our dreams. When we become better, the world around us instantly becomes better too.

As I continue my entrepreneur journey with the support of Sir Tom Hunter and the amazing team at Entrepreneurial Spark at the Ayrshire Hub, I feel the Sky's The Limit.

Time to fly.

Love

Angela x

E: thereinvetion1@gmail.com