Richard W Hardwick – Interviewed by Caitlin Walker July 28th 2010

Background to Richard

I am a writer and have just finished my second book ‘Andalucia’. My first novel ‘Kicked Out’ was inspired by working in youth offending teams and homeless hostels. Published in 2009 it became Waterstones Recommended Read and was described by them as “a fantastic book expressing the cynicism and dissatisfaction of those on the edge of society”.

Laura Sandy of New Writing North wrote in The Journal: “When allowed to build, Hardwick's writing has the power and humanity to make you wonder about the way you see the world and to give voice to those whose stories usually remain untold”

I've been highly influenced by NLP, Symbolic Modelling and Clean Language in my work and in my personal life.

ILM bursts forth

Hello everyone,
I'm spending all my free minutes looking around for potential funding streams for our ILM Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring in Management training. It ticks lots of funding boxes. Gary Lintern has found some in the North East - £500 towards your training which covers the cost of our pilot - fab for all North Eastern Managers. Any news of other sources will be posted here.
Caitlin