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Hello and Welcome to August’s edition
of Unique Magazine, I can’t believe that
we are on our forth digital magazine
already :) Thank you all for sharing July’s
magazine on Twitter @UniqueChelt and for
interacting with the magazine. Currently
I am reflecting on the horrific Malaysia
Airlines MH17 atrocity where 298 people
including 10 British where killed onboard
the Boeing plane which was shot down by
Russian rebels. I wonder now how Vladimir
Putin is viewed by his own people let alone
the western world.
We are also sending our best wishes and
thoughts to the family and friends of Hollie
Gazzard after Hollies killer was sentenced
to a minimum of 24 years in prison.
We have got some great features this month
including the UK’s Number 1 Motivation
Speaker: Brad Burton from 4Networking
and the intelligent and beautiful Miss
Cheltenham Sophie Lydia Smith. Our
brilliant Fashion & Features Editor the
lovely Sarah Mckew @LadyMckew has also
done some quality stories for us this month
including Free Runners & Unique Style.
We still need your nominations for
Cheltenham’s Local Hero, we will add
hairdressers
local hero
business security
advertising benefits
coffee and cake
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Please send in your Cheltenham stories
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Unique Introduction:
The Cutting Connection is an exciting
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difference. The salon based inside the
LA Fitness Gym Complex on Tewkesbury
Road in Cheltenham offers customers
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The Cutting Connection provides
appointments Monday to Saturday but offers
that bit more with its extended late opening
times well into the late evenings. The Salon
firmly understands customer’s busy lives and
focuses on offering customers greater choice.
The Salon has also just launched an exciting
new “Hair Miles” loyalty programme allowing
customers to build up points towards gaining
money off hair services and products.
this Summer it features a unique offer to
its customers which includes a free travel
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The Salons Stylists are also very carefully
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The Cutting Connection isn’t trying to be
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The Cutting Connection
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Tewkesbury Road
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Cheltenham is such a warm, lovely place with
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Cheltenham Local Hero is an opportunity
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The Cotswolds GATHER TO MEET THE LEGAL
TEAM OF THE REGIONS FIRST BARRISTER’S CHAMBERS
Cotswold Barristers officially opened
its Cheltenham doors to the business
community on the third of July.
The chambers were opened by The Hon.
Daniel Janner QC and the CEO of the
Cotswold Barristers - Carla Morris-Papps
as guests were treated to champagne and
cocktails from Black Moth Vodka and locally
made canapés.
Situated on Cheltenham’s Royal Crescent,
Cotswold Barristers provides direct access
to the public to a barrister without the
need for a solicitor, shortening the lines of
communication which results in only one
lawyer to pay and often bringing faster
results. The company will also be charging
guaranteed fixed fees getting rid of the
“egg timer” style of charging by time spent
currently associated with legal services.
“It was great to have so many of the
Cotswolds businesses under our roof”,
explained CEO Carla Morris-Papps. “It was a
fabulous evening and now our thoughts turn
to work and helping those out there win their
legal battles.
“We have some of the best legal minds
within the chambers giving us a wide scope
of case work from employment law, criminal
and defence prosecution plus regulatory
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For more information on Cotswold Barristers
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Sarah Mckew of Caroline Charles
Mark Alexander, Sophie Lydia Smith & Ben Axford
Cotswold Barristers CEO Carla Morris Papps
Verity Symcox, Adrian Malpass & Kate Parker
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Interview with
Brad Burton
About Brad Burton if you have never come across him before:
The UK’s #1 MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER. Brad is also the Dynamic MD of
4Networking who run 5,000+ events each year. AUTHOR: 3 hit business
books Get Off Your Arse, GEt Off Your Arse Too and Life.
Business...Just Got Easier.
Brad covered a number of topics and I will communicate them over to you
in machine gun fashion :
Steve: Why start your own business?
Brad: Less Money...and More Stress is the
Reality. But you have the freedom to pick up
the kids from school and go to the duck pond
when you want to which was massive to me.
2014 is a great time to start a business with
opportunities at every corner but with the
reality that it is incredibly tough out there but
No Self Employed person is starving to death
out there.
S: How did you get through those early years
in business ?
B: I almost quit 4Networking several times, I
was as close to quitting as you possibly can
get like 99% but the only reason I didn’t was
because I had No Plan B...I had to make
4Networking work...
I started 4Networking at the time to get
appointments for my marketing business
4Consultancy...if you are in business you
need appointments too.
Sometimes I think that having no money at
the start kept me sharp and innovative as
I had to get appointments or the mortgage
wasn’t getting paid.
S: Brad what tips would you give any new
business starting out ?
B: Bang...right 4 tips
1) Ensure that you love the business you are
in as when the going gets tough you need to
have that passion
2) The reality is It will take 4 times longer to
make a success of your business than what
is in your business plan, prepare for it and
accept it
3) Rely on yourself to make things happen,
but surround yourself with good people who
have skills that you don’t possess. But it is
up to you to drive the business
4) Spend 100% of your time being 100% on
being yourself...heres an example:
I was at a business show in my normal
clothes..T shirt, Jeans and trainers and this
business speaker guy told me that I would
never get anywhere on the speakers circuit
looking like how I do. Well...I don’t see this
guy getting asked to Headline The Business
Show in London and working with massive
companies like JCB....I speak from the heart
and stay true to who I am...worked out ok
so far.
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S: What motivates you now considering
the success you have had both with
4Networking, Speaking & Business Books?
B: Making a Positive Difference...I am going
to do some speaking at Dartmoor Prison so
if I can help show there is another way. I am
quite realistic that if I would of made different
choices when I was younger it could be me
in there as growing up in Salford Manchester
was tough and at times I lost my way..
unemployed for periods..but I always wanted
to make a difference.
I love working on my speaking and that is a
real passion for me, I purposely don’t watch
other speakers as I don’t want it to influence
my style.
S: So what is a normal day for you now?
B: I still get along to 4Networking meetings
about 4 a month I was doing 3 a week before
Christmas but with both Steff Thomas and
Terry Cooper onboard with me it does run
itself to a degree, attend business events,
mentor some people..but time is a factor.
S: You spoken before about having a
breakdown a few years ago, are you ok to
talk about that?
B: Yeah sure...Sometimes in life you
end up making bad decisions and I was
making bad decisions in both personal and
business especially if you run a business
your personal and business life are the
same thing..you don’t clock off at 5:30 in self
employed world. So I made a few bad calls
you end up drinking more, trying to mask
the issues and boom you end up having a
breakdown. What I learnt from the whole
thing was..Never to confuse Bad Luck with
Bad Decisions.
S: What are your future plans now Brad?
B: Too take 4Networking globally, we are
now in Australia so it will happen...but not
with me at the helm my focus is now on other
areas and I am surrounded my a great team
I am also in the middle of writing my forth
book called Next it will be full of short stories
to give insight and inspire business owners.
Do more speaking gigs I love it, I have done
The Business Show for six years now and
the JCB gigs are brilliant.
S: Thanks Brad for your thoughts, anything
else you would like to add.
B: At the beginning when I started
4Networking I needed a fight to keep me
going and that adversity built the result of
the business today. But now it is different
4Networking is the establishment so it vital
that we keep things fresh.
Come along to The Business Networking
Show at Wolverhampton Racecourse on
19th September, tickets are available online..
it will be a great show.
Ohhhh yes....A Daft idea is only a daft idea if
they don’t work
Thank you Brad...You can
Connect with Brad on
Twitter @BradBurton and on
website http://bradburton.biz/
Interviewed by
Steve Taylor
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Hilary and Rob of Emmaus Cheltenham
a unique approach to homelessness
Tucked down Henrietta Street,
behind the Brewery the Emmaus
Charity Shop might look like any
other, selling furniture, bric a brac
and clothing. But did you know that
this shop is part of an international
movement that has a UNIQUE
approach to homelessness?
Emmaus Gloucestershire is one of 26
communities in the UK providing homeless
people with a place to live and work.
The shop in Cheltenham is one of four in
Gloucestershire that supports 23 formerly
homeless people, called companions. It is
UNIQUELY staffed - in return for board and
lodging companions give up the right to state
benefits and work 40 hours in the shops and
furniture warehouse.
We have a UNIQUE way of using the surplus
that we generate – we give it to others
who need it more than we do. This can be
local charities, individual families in need,
and international aid projects. Currently we
are supporting homelessness services in
Gloucestershire and several projects in India.
It’s not about the money we generate and
the excellent shops we provide in four
communities, it is about changing lives.
We have believe that in helping others we
help ourselves, and that meaningful work
restores dignity and inclusion in society.
The perception of people who are homeless
is that they are a drain on society, but the
residents of Emmaus Communities turn this
perception on its head. Not only do they work
to support themselves, but they also work to
help others.
It is a UNIQUE and successful business
run much like a co-operative. All goods
are donated and are sold on at low prices
with a high turnover of stock. We don’t
sell new goods or pay for our stock. The
people of Gloucestershire generously give
their unwanted goods and larger items are
collected free of charge. Emmaus rarely
says no to goods offered and we dispose of
the things we can’t sell in way that doesn’t
damage the environment – last year we
saved 415 tonnes from landfill.
It is a UNIQUE business and successful
business model. In 2011 UK research
(Just Economics) forecast a Social Return
on investment (SROI) of £11 for every £1
invested. The savings to taxpayers for every
companion living and working at Emmaus
Gloucestershire is calculated to be £47,442.
The first Emmaus Companion, living with
the founder Abbé Pierre in 1948 in France
helped to build temporary homes for those
in need, first in the priest’s own garden,
then wherever land could be bought or
scrounged. He later said; “Whatever else
he might have given me - money, home,
somewhere to work - I’d have still tried to kill
myself again. What I was missing, and what
he offered, was something to live for.”
It’s UNIQUE – but it works! It works because
companions work 40 hours a week to make
us independent and surplus generating. It
works because the people of Cheltenham
and Gloucestershire provide us with the
goods to sell and come and buy from us.
Most importantly it works because we work
for others and make a difference to lives
home and abroad.
visit us at 19 Henrietta St Cheltenham GL50 4AA Tel: 01242 269734
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interview with sophie lydia smith
Surveying the future
miss chetlenham
Steve: Hi Sophie great to meet you and
your Mum/PA Sonia, can you explain to our
readers about your how you progressed to
your current job?
Sophie: Currently I work in Tenant Services
for Stroud District Council heading up
the Repairs & Maintenance department,
I started my career in a Building Control
Apprenticeship which was a four year
process. I have a strong work ethic,
starting a Part Time at only 12 years of age
and then did my A Levels at Cirencester
College. I come from a family dedicated to
working hard. My Mum Sonia was with a
major bank for a number of years and was
a Manager at Stroud College, Dad Chris
runs a successful picture framing business
based in Cirencester and has framed for
many exhibitions in London galleries and
Museums around the country as well as
local boutique hotels and eateries. ,My
sister Maria works as a Trainee Accountant
in a local firm and brother Joshua is a
Project Manager in I.T
S: So how did you find yourself doing
Miss Cheltenham and competing in Miss
England ?
Sophie : I had been modelling for a number
of years in conjunction with working and
studying. Miss Cheltenham looked like a
great opportunity for me as I wanted to be
a role model for young women in Surveying
as I am only 24 myself and feel I can relate
well to youngsters. The Miss Cheltenham
event started in January with over 50
entrants, which was narrowed down to 15
finalists. I became the winner at the final at
the Queens Hotel on 2nd March 14:)
As the judges decision was unanimous, I
didn’t need to go to the semi- finals but was
fast tracked straight to the Miss England
final held in June in Torquay. Nationally,
the Miss England regional heats had over
22,000 entrants, so I was thrilled to get to
the final and ended up coming 17th at my
first attempt!
S: So what has winning the Miss
Cheltenham crown enabled you to do ?
Sophie: I love acting as a role model to
young women and I help mentor students
at Gloucestershire College studying for
Construction & Technical Apprenticeships
including Engineering & Hairdressing.
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and as I am one of a few, I know ladies make
brilliant surveyors as I have come across
some great ones. I am also working with Royal
Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) on a
project called Surveying the Future which is
designed to help encourage young women into
the industry.
I have a weekly column in Gloucestershire
Echo which gives me the forum to talk about
subjects I am passionate about. My sponsors
are The Brasserie Group and I typically
attend about two events per week as Miss
Cheltenham
S: Do you do any work with charities ?
Sophie: I do a lot of work with the Pied Piper
Appeal which winning Miss Cheltenham has
meant I have been able to use my title to help
promote fundraising events even more. Charity
work is a big part of the Miss England ethos
and it’s very pleasing to be able to offer my
services as an ambassador at local fundraisers
and events at no cost to the organisers. My
crown and sash are never too far away in case
they’re needed!
S: So when you get free time, what do you
enjoy doing ?
Sophie: I’m really into keeping fit I have a
Personal Trainer called Dan Fivey at The Gym
in Cheltenham, Dan really makes sure I am
in shape at all times and helps me with my
diet too. I Love spending time with friends and
family
S: What are your Future Plans ?
Sophie: Well, I have several . I would like to
get to the top of my industry, TV Presenting in
a niche field like construction is also of great
interest to me. I am planning to develop my
own property very soon and regarding the
future I am pretty fearless The sky’s the limit
really. I like to study successful people and
find out what qualities and skills they have
developed to get to where they are today
Unique says “Best of luck Sophie we think you are a great
role model for youngsters and have done amazingly well
so far. We think that Miss Cheltenham is just the start for
you and we will keep a look out on television for you”
Interviewed by
Steve Taylor
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unique cheltenham
events in August
Selection of events and happenings in
the Cheltenham Community:
M e e t T R e x - Free Event
The Brewery, Cheltenham
Emergency Services Day - Free Event
The Brewery, Cheltenham
Lakefest 2014
Croft Farm Water Park, Nr Tewkesbury
A Midsummers Night Dream
Sandford Park, Lido
7th August 12 - 4pm
8th August 12 - 4pm
8th-10th August
9th August
C l i m b i n g W a l l - Free Event
The Brewery, Cheltenham
14th August 12 - 4pm
Brewery Live “The Auditions” - Free Event
The Brewery, Cheltenham
14th August 12 - 4pm
Children’s Drop In Activities
Holst Birthplace Museum, 4 Clarence Road
26th August
Birds of Prey Family Fun Day - Only £1 per person
Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth
30th August
Please let us know if you have an event you want to advertise in our
magazine, please email steveunique@yahoo.co.uk
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SAVE THE BANKSY!!!
Following the excitement of Banksy coming
to Cheltenham and giving us one of his
Masterpieces….depicting men listening
into a phone box on the Fairview Road. We
at Unique Cheltenham were as shocked as
most of the residents in Cheltenham when
boards where placed up around the artwork.
We hope that the Banksy can stay in
Cheltenham where it was intended to be.
It seems the owners of the house were going
to sell the piece to an American Collector,
however due to the building being Grade II
listed building the council have a say!
A campaign started to save the Banksy raised
around £115,000, however the owners are
considering a seven figure deal for the piece.
This is still not enough for the target given to
the campaigners.
The future of the Bansky is unknown but with
the great support the Cheltenham community
has shown, shows how much we want to keep
our gift from the elusive Bristolian Artist.
We showed our support by signing the Van
later named the Vansky placed in way of the
boards to stop the artwork from being taken,
as did many who fully supported the campaign.
Other campaigners added their own artworks
and messages to the boards to try and save
the piece.
Photograph composition by Brian Crosby.
Available as a gloss photo print from Brian at:
www.westendcustompictureframes.co.uk
Sarah Mckew
Fashion & Features Editor
© Sarah McKew 2014
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Sandals Kurt Geiger – £65
Trilby Hat – NW3 Hobbs
Unique Style
Introducing our new feature of Unique Style. This is where our Style Guru Sarah hunts down
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Sarah Mckew
Fashion & Features Editor
© Sarah McKew 2014
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Rimmel London Kate Lipstick – These lipsticks are amazing
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Our staff are here to give you a friendly welcome and all the help you need. We offer
comprehensive advice in simple language anyone can understand. We provide free of charge
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We offer tea and coffee and help you feel at ease whilst you choose your products. Toilets, free
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Free Runners
Waiting for Ash and Dom outside
Starbucks on a Sunny Sunday morning.
Im approached by a back flip in the air
and a perfect landing in front of me. I will
need more than coffee to keep up with
these guys.
Ash 24 and Dom 24 started free running at
the age of 12 whilst at school, after been told
by the school to stop it they didn’t start again
until they were 19 and Dom was shooting
photography for a college project. Following
watching Jump Britain they decided to
practice and take this up as a hobby, but the
hobby turned into lifestyle for them both.
So what’s Free Running? Free Running is the
art of expressing yourself without limitations
of movement. The philosophy behind it is
to express yourself fluidly. It was started
by Sebastien Foucan who used martial
discipline and added acrobatic movements to
it. It has become a few international events
such as the Red Bull Art of Motion and used
in the popular video game Assassin’s Creed.
Now they are teaching in Cheltenham, Stroud
and Bristol with an age range of 8 – 46. ‘Kids
are always jumping and climbing, it’s natural.
But there is more too it’
You will see Ash and Dom between Stroud
Rush skate Park and Rush in Bristol. They
discovered the Bristol Park and later found
it burnt as an act of vandalism, since the
rebuilding and the session’s available
crime as dropped by 60% in the area. ‘The
biggest reward is seeing someone achieve
something new’ the guys speak passionately
about the community and how Free Running
is now a family to them. ‘As its community
based, everyone should get involved’ it’s
always been about getting people involved
and getting the rewards. It’s a chance to
release and learn about yourself. You learn
from yourself and each other. It’s not all
physical it is about friendships.
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Dom continues to explain that ‘Most of the
people involved have had family issues or
problems within their lives, with the groups they
become family and people start to come out
of their shell, you then start to have a different
outlook on life.’
So what are their sessions like, Ash explains
that they can train for 4 hours and meet up with
different people and learn 10 new moves in
an hour. ‘Come rain or shine, we adapt to the
environment. We experience different things
and new places give new ideas. It could be a
different surface or texture. The architecture
can change everything.’
When I ask the guys what is your favourite
place in Cheltenham to practice they cant tell
Free Runner
me but you will often see them in Montpellier
Park around the band stand. So I wonder how
to do the locals and the police feel about this?
‘We get on well with the Police, they know that
we are respectable and we did shock them
because we are polite and make conversation
instead of giving them grief as most do’ The
police have a good relationship and understand
the group and encourage them with their
development.
The future for Dom and Ash are clear they want
to teach in schools and get better awareness.
They are starting promo videos to show
training and learning. ‘It’s not just all about
the performance’ Its not a competitive sport,
unfortunately it will be commercial. But have to
ensure people don’t lose the passion.’
Sarah Mckew
Fashion & Features Editor
© Sarah McKew 2014
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http://www.uniquecheltenham.co.uk/charity

Remembering Good Times,
Accepting Tough Times too:
Memory Stones
A simple bag of three stones may be a useful way to have a
really meaningful conversation with your children and help them
to find a way of coping with all sorts of memories. Sometimes
it can be hard to find a balance between the difficult memories
which are often associated with a death by murder or manslaughter
and happier, more positive memories. The three
different stones can be used to convey a message in a special
and safe way.
The smooth pebble feels ordinary and fairly comfortable to hold in your hand. It is there to represent ordinary,
everyday memories of the person who died.
He always rang the doorbell when he came home from work even though he had a key.
She always sang along with the adverts when they came on the TV.
The rough rock feels sharp and painful to hold. It is there to represent the memories of difficult and hard
times and also memories of the way that the person died.
I remember some of the rows we had; we said some hurtful things to each other.
When I close my eyes I can still see the picture in my head of how she must have looked.
The gemstone looks and feels precious, shiny and polished. It is there to bring back memories of the
really special times spent with the person who died.
I’ll never forget that day on the beach when he tried to catch the frisbee in his mouth and got a face full
of sand. He couldn’t stop laughing.
I remember making a birthday cake in the shape of a car with her; it didn’t really look like a car but we
thought it was brilliant.
The first two stones can usually be found in a garden or park. Gemstones can be found at craft or gift
shops. Encourage your children to hold each stone in turn and give examples of memories and events
that they could attach to the different stones. You can also share your own.
The secret is to try to find a way to hold the three stones in your hand – the rough alongside the precious
and the ordinary – and to hold these three types of memories together in a way that they all find their
place. The rough becomes no more important than the other two and in time can be described in ways
that hurt less.
Using this simple bag of stones can help break the conspiracy of silence that sometimes creeps in when
tough stuff happens in families. When having a difficult day, the stones can also be a useful way to start
a conversation, for example:
Does the rough rock feel particularly sharp today?
http://www.uniquecheltenham.co.uk/charity
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Cheltenham Animal Shelter
Gardner’s Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 9JW
Providing shelter for homeless domestic animals from across the county whilst
attempting to locate appropriate new homes. We also aim to educate members of
the public and professionals in correct and appropriate animal husbandry through
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visit http://www.gawa.org.uk
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