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Three years ago, it was quite

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a difficult time.

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Me and my brothers, we went

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into care.

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Two of my brothers went to

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one care home and me and

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my oldest brother, we went to

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another.

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Even though you're going through a

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hard time, there are things that

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can make it better.

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It'll not make it perfect, but

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it can help it.

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The only time the children as

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a family all together was at

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school and we'd work hard to

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provide opportunities for them to do

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that.

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So Shiza started her journey at

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school with extracurricular activities by

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joining

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the Sea Cadets.

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It was always like an opportunity

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to be with my brothers as

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well as having fun time and

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doing things that I would never

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think would get a chance.

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So doing Sea Cadets I was

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already doing so many fun things

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and then another opportunity came up

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to do skiing.

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So going on an expedition funded

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by the Ulysses Trust is really

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the first stepping stone, maybe, to

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a child or a young person

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realising their true potential and maximising

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their opportunities in life.

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We were asked by my teacher,

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like, do you guys want to

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do this?

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You just have to turn up.

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You just get a taste of

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what skiing is.

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No idea what it was.

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We just went skiing, isn't it?

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Snow Camp is a social mobility

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charity using snow sport as a

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vehicle.

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It's not like you're paying anything.

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Ulysses Trust did all the funding.

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I have seen a real difference

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over time in the young people

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that have benefited from the funding

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from the Ulysses Trust and other

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sources.

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It's not a eureka moment just

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on one trip, but generally you

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see them becoming more self-confident and

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more open to other challenges in

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the future.

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At the start, you just get

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a taste of what skiing is.

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By the end of it, you're

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going to the Alps and going

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to teach a person how to

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ski.

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As I was doing skiing, I

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was getting out of my comfort

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zone.

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My confidence was growing.

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It's like a domino effect.

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If you go for one thing,

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you keep learning about more and

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more.

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And if you go for those,

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you get a lot more opportunities

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where you can achieve great things.

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Reflecting on the journeys that some

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of our cadets and young people

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have made having been on these

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trips, it is really rewarding to

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see that they actually have concrete

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examples of really seizing their opportunities.

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So we've got a number of

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young people who have gone to

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some of the most prestigious boarding

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schools in the country on fully

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funded places.

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Applying for the scholarship to a

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boarding school was like a last

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minute thing.

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I wouldn't have been able to

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go through the admissions processes and

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doing the interviews and everything if

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it wasn't for Sea Cadets and

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skiing where I got all my

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confidence and learnt how to talk

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to people in a way.

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So she was interviewed and accepted

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for a place at Wellington College

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and seems to be loving it.

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I'm doing chemistry, biology and maths

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and I want to become a

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doctor in the future.

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Doing all these subjects and being

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in a place like Wellington, I'm

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getting all the support that I

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need to improve in my subjects.

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How are you getting on with

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your extended projects?

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I can see the future of

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me becoming a doctor, hopefully.

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I think it's really important to

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let other people know that opportunities

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like doing skiing, which I would

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never have been able to do

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if it wasn't for the funding

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of Ulysses Trust.

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These fundings help change people's lives.