Simon Osamoh
“All I ever wanted was to feel validated and accepted”. I am Simon Osamoh, I now live in America, but my life is very different from what it used to be as a Thames Valley Police Officer. It was an amazing job where I did a range of different roles, from detective investigations to burglaries. […]
Frit Tam
“Be your most authentic self” My name is Frit Tam, I am an adventurer, filmmaker, photographer and trans activist. I own a film studio called Passion Fruit Pictures; our soul mission is to add diversity and colour to the adventure film industry. I set up Passion Fruit Pictures when I became aware that because of […]
Greig Trout
We are brought up being told that you need to have this, you need to have this, but that is not going to bring you happiness. From the age of seven when I was diagnosed with cancer that particularly impacted my kidneys. This was caught at stage four; therefore, it had already spread to various […]
Dave Cornthwaite
“Dreams are little reminders of what you should do the next day” Hello, my name is Dave Cornthwaite, I am an adventurer and community leader and I would say I am just a compulsive doer. Growing up I didn’t have many dreams and I was quite a quiet child who read a lot of books, […]
Jo Moseley
“The sea is both calming and invigorating at the same time…” I’m Jo, a joy-encourager, midlife adventurer and a beach cleaner. I live in the Yorkshire dales and have always been around water as my dad was a sailor. Before children, I was able to go to many amazing places exploring. I studied in America, […]
Nick Butter
There is this magic number of 29,747 the average amount of time a human being lives for, how many hours in your life are you willing to live without being happy? I am Nick Butter. I am a runner and I guess I would say I am coming to the final stage of the running […]
Lucy Shepherd
“Telling kids off for daydreaming is criminal. Every good idea has come from thinking outside of the box, yet we force people to follow the system”. I never grew up thinking that I could have the job title or a career as an ‘adventurer’, but I would spend a lot of time during my childhood […]
Aaron Baker
Racing Motorcycles and the Pursuit of Success It all started one Christmas when I was 3 years old. I received the gift of a tiny motorcycle and before long I was hooked on motorcycles and started racing. I was successful as an amateur racer and dreamed of becoming a National Champion and actually did achieve […]
Figen Murray
My name is Figen Murray, I am fifty-nine years old. I was born in Istanbul and moved to Germany when I was very young. I met my first husband and after initially living in Germany we moved to Manchester, England in 1983 and shortly after had two children, Daniel and Martyn. I have never longed […]
Saeed Atcha
I was born in 1996 in Bolton, which is in the North West of England, of Indian heritage. From Foster Care to Community Leadership At 3 years old I was placed into care by social services and fostered by local families. Thus I had ‘corporate parents’. I guess you can say I didn’t really have […]