My name is Beverley Levy-Smith and I am 53 years old and mother of 2 wonderful young men. Dylan Giles 21 who is in his final year at Preston University and Macaulay 19 who is in his first year at Crewe university. I am very blessed and very proud of the young men they have grown to be despite my past. God has truly kept them.

I grew up in a Christian home but was very rebellious, I rebelled against the Christian values of my parent’s home. I chose to leave at the age of 17 and live my own life and because of my rebellion I made many wrong choices l lived a gangster lifestyle, this led me into a 17-year crack cocaine addiction of £3,000 a week. I spent 8 years of my life in prison because of the lawless life I lead.

So my name is Sarah Atkins I am 33 and from Leeds.

I had a very troubled upbringing and felt rejected from a very early age. This led me to try and find a way of coping with the hurt I was feeling within myself. My way of doing that was self-harm and eating disorders. I tried gaining acceptance by excelling at high school being the only one out of five children to complete and came away with 11 GCSE’s