Here at 13 Souls we are very proud to have been able to help out ‘The Radford Lad’ Mr Ron Booth with a new Wordpress blog.

Both a dear friend and also a dedicated volunteer and charity supporter for well over 40+ years, helping charities, voluntary and educational projects with his memories and experiences of the war and also growing up in Radford Nottingham.

Ron is a 77 year old Radford lad with energy and enthusiasm in abundance that we could all learn from, his new Wordpress blog has been put together to make himself and his work more accessible, that’s right Ron is completely up to speed with Web 2.0, and also to enable people to maybe look for, or find out about local people and places from both past and present, Ron has already helped a number of people trace relatives from literally the world over.

Ron also heads up a personal crusade to remember, and honour soldiers that hold the Victoria Cross medal,the highest military award for valour presented in the UK, for acts of extreme bravery and heroism, that have sadly been forgotten and often pass without the recognition they really do truly deserve, Ron works thanklessly to raise funds, research and organise the renovation and reinstatement of new headstones and memorials with full military honours for those unsung heroes.

Here’s to much more of Ron’s amazing work, drop by and take a look at his new blog and maybe we should all take a leaf out of his well thumbed book.

Visit  - Ron Booth

It’s always nice to have our work appreciated so we were very happy to hear from Lindsay, a youth worker and artist who works with the homeless charity Save the Family.

Lindsay found one of the magazines we’ve created with young people in Nottingham, when she googled ‘young people’s magazines’ recently. She liked what she saw and got in touch with us to ask for a copy of the magazine – ‘as an example of what can be achieved’ in Lindsay’s words – and to inspire the young people she works with.

Lindsay is planning to run a similar project with young people and it’s great to think that young people from Nottingham will be inspiring other young people from North Wales to create their own magazine!

In total we produced three magazines with young people at risk of social exclusion, in partnership with a local neighbourhood charity, the Partnership Council, and the local youth inclusion team for Radford, Nottingham.

Lindsay has promised to keep us up to date with her project so watch this space for more!