Having grown up in social housing there used to be a bit of a stigma that you weren’t intelligent enough or smart enough to succeed. Being an asthmatic, spending a large portion of the early years in hospital because of not having the medication we have today, caused some frightening experiences for me and other kids who didn’t understand.  I married and became a mother at a very young age and I realised that it wasn’t the right environment for either my son or myself, so I needed to make the break.

For a couple of years, I had to learn to set the boundaries. That I didn’t need someone in our lives to make us safe or create a sense of value, we had that between us... Read Carolyn's inspiring Story...