The Rotary Club of Brighton gave Mark a Citizens Award on December 17th for his outstanding contributions through abob to the Brighton community. The awards ceremony was at the Royal Albion Hotel. Mark says: “I felt suitably honoured and accepted my framed certificate with humility and gratitude; knowing the full magnitude of the task presenting itself to us men of … Read More
Nathan Roberts runner up in Sunday Times Change Maker
CEO Nathan Roberts has been named as runner up in the Sunday Times Change Maker Nathan Roberts 40 Abandofbrothers is a charity that helps troubled young men, usually ex-prisoners, to rebuild their lives with training weekends and then a 13-week mentoring period. He says “We believe that as older adult men, who had already navigated the difficult transition into manhood, … Read More
'I found my place in a Band of Brothers'
He has a string of convictions for violent crimes and was released from jail for the fourth time in January. With this in mind, it would be easy to assume that Chris Smith is not a role model for other young men in Crawley. But the 23-year-old has under-gone a remarkable transformation. The individuals who finally got through to him … Read More
Report on a most unusual fundraising activity!
It’s 2pm, Saturday 19th April. A beautiful young woman, Taylor Newman-Bruce is outside Webster’s hair salon in Brighton.
Moving Story from a Sister
Tom came through our programme last year. He has since made amazing steps to turn his life around. You can hear his story on this Radio 4 interview. Taylor’s Story On 16.01.2014 I attended the graduation ceremony for ABOB and I am so so pleased I did. The evening was really touching and moving. The young men and their mentors in … Read More
The Eastbourne Community is Growing!
The picture above was taken at the end of the first training event for the Eastbourne abandofbrothers community. It was an amazing weekend. Here’s a quote from one participant: I believe it will do a huge amount to benefit me in the way I see relationships with other people especially young men. Having done youth work when I was a … Read More
Band of Brothers comes to Eastbourne!
Abandofbrothers is a very different sort of youth programme. We are looking for mentors who can really be there for younger men who may be experiencing difficulties. Many of us as men know the difficulties of really knowing who we are and what we want from life; we know how difficult it can be to face shame and regret for … Read More
aBoB needs a home!
Abandofbrothers is looking for a place to hold our rites of passage trainings. We are seriously in need of a place that we can use as a permanent or even temporary location.
Bring us to your community
We’re really passionate about our work and in promoting discussion about the issue of masculinity in today’s society. If you would be interested in hosting one of our founding trustees, Michael Boyle to give a talk in your community, or to your groups of professionals, then please get in contact with him at michael.boyle@abandofbrothers.org.uk. Full details of the talk offered … Read More