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Consequences? If you get involved in a fight the likelihood is that you will be arrested. That one incident could cause a chain of events that you will have no control over. • Your school, college or employer may hear about your conviction, as it could be in the paper. Will they keep you on? • Your friends may be called to court as witnesses. They will be interrogated. • You may be banned from every pub in the locality. • You may be given a custodial sentence.
No turning back ..
Wasted? Most of us enjoy a good night going round the pubs and clubs with friends and having a laugh.
You don’t have to be in prison to serve a life sentence.
Gift of Life
But - drinking too much can lead to a loss of control, causing you to do something totally out of character and putting yourself or someone else at risk. Most times you’d probably laugh about in the morning and say “Never Again” as you wake up feeling rough with a pounding head.
But - what if just one thing you did while drunk affected the rest of your life?
Sometimes there isn’t a second chance.
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The aims of our Charity are to help inform young people about the futility of violence in our streets. We want young people to stand up and say 'We don't accept it as normal on a night out to see fights and people so drunk they don't know what they are doing or who they are hurting.' There have been too many young people killed in our streets in recent years and mostly it is all about nothing. We are producing an education pack which will be available to people who work with teenagers. Check out our website.
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• You may seriously hurt or even kill someone. • You will carry the consequences of that action for the rest of your life. • Your family, and the family of the victim, will also have to live with these consequences. • A caution for a violent offence will show on a Criminal Records Check (CRB) and you may be excluded from many jobs and career opportunities.
CONSEQUENCES He was a Manchester City supporter with his Dad, a keen player since primary school and a talented and respected Coach of Padiham Ladies Football team. Adam did a Sports Coaching degree and was also a qualified and experienced Fitness instructor.
Adam’s Story At 7.30pm on 4th July 2009 David and I flew to Malta for our summer holiday. Our son Adam drove us to the airport and as we hugged him and said goodbye we did not know that it would be the last time we would ever hear his voice. At 5am on the 5th July we received a phone call telling us that our lovely son was in critical condition after being assaulted. We went straight to the airport and managed to get a flight back immediately. When we got to the hospital Adam looked like he was sleeping but the damage to his brain was severe and he died at 2.35pm.
As a family we enjoyed spending time together. We all enjoyed walking and have many wonderful memories of hill walking in the Lake District. We also all share a keen interest in a variety of sports and playing, watching and discussing sport has always been a part of our lives. Adam participated in many sports but his real passion was football.
Adam was wonderful with children. We know he would have been a fantastic Dad when he had his own family. He would have been a warm, kind and loving husband and he was a loving son, brother, uncle and friend. We always felt he was special, but since he died we have found out how much he was loved by other people. His friends are grieving terribly and most of them in their early 20’s are so acutely aware of the senselessness of his death. d Adam with his da day rth bi th 24 s hi on
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violence is not acceptable, not a normal part of a night out and can have such tragic consequences. This we hope will help us to make something good come from our terrible loss. Adam always looked for the best in people; he never wrote anyone off. We wanted to try to do something positive in his memory. Adam’s memory will remain at the centre of this Charity. He was a very happy and much loved young man, he was 24 and with his whole life in front of him. His death was so senseless and it has affected hundreds of people. The life we had before the 5th July 2009 is over. We have to try to build a new life, accepting our great loss and learning to live with our pain and grief. We miss him every hour of every day and we ache for his presence in our lives. We know we are in a place where no parent ever wants to be and it is more indescribably, gut wrenchingly painful than any words can tell.
Adam with his mum and dad
A 16 yr old youth who lost his temper because he was being shepherded away from a fight, killed our son. All it took was a single punch at a peacemaker who had his arms by his side. An aggressive punch that was so hard, it knocked Adam out before he hit the ground. He was unable to break his fall and he died from the injuries sustained when his head hit the ground. A random act of senseless violence, that took the life of our precious son. A light has gone out in our lives. Adam was our much loved and very loving son. His smile lit up our lives, his humour brought joy to our lives and his affectionate nature brought great love. We have always been a very close family and were lucky to have four wonderful happy sons of whom we are immensely proud. All of them share our values and are decent kind people who care about each other deeply.
Adam was very close to his Dad and they were very alike in many ways. The bond between them was very special partly because they were so like each other. They were physically similar and the shape of hands and gestures were uncannily identical. They both have a very gentle personality and were very openly loving and affectionate. They could talk for hours about football, politics, music, and never tired of having long debates. He shared his father’s natural curiosity about life.
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We know we can’t change the past but we hope the work we do will have some impact on the future. We know Adam would approve. The trial of the young man who hit Adam was a very traumatic experience for us as a family. To watch the last minutes of Adam’s life on CCTV was very poignant and to listen to the accounts of his final moments so many times was incredibly painful. The young man was given a custodial sentence. We have set up a charity called ’Every Action Has Consequences’, which is about working with young people to see that
Family walk in the Lakes
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