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Cosmic’s Connected Home
Positive People’s digital team are always looking for innovative ways to showcase technology to clients and the wider community. We have used GoPros on mountain bikes, iPads to make stop motion animation and now a custom-built model house to demonstrate gadgets inside...
The People of Somerset Got Their ‘Happy Right’ with Positive People, Brad Burton and James Boardman!
The People of Somerset Got Their ‘Happy Right’ with Positive People, Brad Burton and James Boardman! Motivation is something, that at times, the best of us can lack when it comes to bettering ourselves and our lives or realising our full potential. Perhaps, this is...
Changing Lives… Meet Nick
Nicholas Jones Nick had previously been homeless and addicted to alcohol – he started drinking when he was 10 years old. Nick has also had bouts of depression for 20 years. Nick has a criminal record and says this was always linked to getting money for alcohol. Nick...
I love my life so much – Debra’s story
Hi my name is Debra Simmons I am 53 years old. I live in Higher Clovelly, North Devon I originally come from Coventry and have lived in North Devon for 15 years. I was in a very unhealthy relationship for over 20 years. I have three children who all suffered during...
Free PopUp Business School Comes to Huddersfield
A free PopUp Business School is coming to Huddersfield in October to help local people who are not in employment start their own business. The PopUp Business School approach is the opposite of traditional approaches to starting a business. They don't believe in...
Wendy’s Story with Hopeful Families
Hopeful Families have teamed up with Healthy Minds, a local mental health charity that specialises in supporting young people that may be struggling to cope with mental health due to family circumstances. Hopeful Families recognise that families with children that are...
Join the Jam
Music is known to bring people together, and that’s just what the Positive People Join the Jam music event achieved this summer. Held at Exeter Corn Exchange, people travelled across Devon to join in the fun. Cosmic, Pluss, Pop+, Torbay Community Development Trust and...
How to learn to stop worrying and love digital
If you are reading this then you are living through historic times. You are witness to, if not a participant in, nothing less than a revolution on a global scale! A cultural, social and technological revolution from which there is no coming back. I am talking about...
Positive People Participants Make a Difference in their Community!
Introducing the Flying Pig Café! A community collaborative with our Positive People participants! With the support of Linda Chapman, Positive People Change Coach for South and East Cornwall, eight participants organised their very first community event at the Baptist...
Kevin’s Story and his Recipe for Success!
At 17 Kevin was involved in a serious motorcycle accident when a car came the wrong way down a one-way street and drove straight into him whilst he was on his motorbike. He ended up in the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, in intensive care, with multiple, very serious...
Hannah’s Story
Harnessing a natural talent so you can start your own business is a daunting task for anyone. Considering how to market and sell your goods or services whilst finding the time to provide that product can be a huge headache, especially when you don't know where to...
Pit Stop Challenge Part 1
It’s a race against the clock and every minute counts this Autumn on Positive People, when we descend on OCRA Pavillion in Okehampton to host our very own Pit Stop Challenge on the 13th September. Cosmic are donning their overalls along with participants of all ages...
