Mum's the word
One is a story of despair; the other, by contrast, is a story of hope, and an example of how individuals have it within their own power to overcome life's many, and varied, obstacles.
Take Lisa. Pregnant at 15, a teenage mum just days after her 16th birthday, her career potentially in ruins and a mother-of-two by the time she was 18 years of age, she could easily have become another of those individuals, totally dependent on state handouts, who form the statistical backdrop to "Broken Britain".
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Hide AdYet, instead of relying exclusively on benefits, Lisa has found a way to create a loving family, find work and return to college to obtain the qualifications that she requires to follow her career.
We wish Lisa well – her practical, proactivie approach show what can be achieve with the right mindset.
It is an example that countless others would be advised to follow
rather than simply blaming others for their fate.