DREAMS, LOVE AND HOPE

Luke Rodgers

Dreams

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”

― John Lennon

Love

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ― Mother Teresa

Hope

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

Hope is sometimes all we have

A child with hope

Referral – Luke Rodgers age 14

Domestic violence

Moving between parents

14 Placement Moves

Persistent young offender

Drug and alcohol issues

Undergoing psychiatric assessments

Stolen previous foster carers car

Runaway

High risk

*specialist placement needed*

Personal Qualities?

GentleKind

LovingHonest

Respectful

‘’We will never see the best in people, when we only expect the worse’’

How can we bring the best out in young people?

Dreams Love Hope

‘’If we keep children the heart of everything we do, we allow children to put theirheart in to everything they do’’

Helping young people believe

Purpose Resilience

Communication Relationships Acceptance

Understanding

‘’Supplying young people with what they really need is not surrounded by rules, regulations and democracy, its surrounded by blood, bones and

soul’’

We can all change

‘’‘’Its not about damage prevention, its about Its not about damage prevention, its about damage limitation. Young people will make stakes, damage limitation. Young people will make stakes, they will mess up and they will have regrets, only they will mess up and they will have regrets, only

by learning from these experiences will we by learning from these experiences will we become who we are, by letting young people know become who we are, by letting young people know

they will be OK in the ‘end’ as well as genuinely they will be OK in the ‘end’ as well as genuinely believing this from the bottombelieving this from the bottom

of our hearts we will succeed. ‘’of our hearts we will succeed. ‘’

It does not take one person to raise a child,It takes a family, a place or safety, stability and a consistent feeling of warmth and lovefrom the people with in it. Together we can

make a change, together we can show our nextgeneration that they can live their dreams.

We need to believe in ourselves, believe in our children, use or natural intuition and

abilities to care for our children. If we dream, if we love and if we hope, we will

succeed. We cannot promise children they will become who they want to be, we

cannot promise children the will achieve everything they want, but we can promise if we help them discover who they are its

far better than anything they can imagine.

I am who I am because of the people that made me

Dream, Love and Hope

‘’The ability to hope facilitates the fundamental will to live’’ – Camila Batmangeligh

I hope, I love and I dream.

Thank you.