Parents home in Gloucestershire UK

I went to Cambridge University and I worked in the city as a PA. Lived and worked in London, got married and I loved my life. But the culture just wasn't me. It didn't speak to who I was as a person and what I wanted to do with the privilege that I'd been given. I needed something with more purpose and something that I would be proud to say that I did day in day out. So I started volunteering with Karis winter night shelter in Islington, and it was the highlight of my week and I took a job actually coordinating that winter night shelter. I've have also worked in mentoring and befriending and drug and alcohol rehabilitation and then then realised that there was a huge gap in the sector. For people who don't have a place to store their belongings when they suffer from homelessness, street homelessness, eviction, going out of prison, fleeing domestic abuse. Today, Street Storage is the only UK storage provider of free and accessible safe storage for people experiencing homelessness. We have six staff and developing the work nationally.

A bath and good sleep

The serenity of Mount Rainier in Washington State

Rachel answers this question by including many names and organisations and quotes her neighbour who said 'it's about our world, not the world.' So our communities and the causes we believe in, because that's where the real inspiration is found. Hopefulness is also with people impacting their world for good who don't get any credit, don't have any recognition, volunteers in care homes, food banks, Samaritan call line volunteers, people who are single mothers working two jobs for the sake of their kids, young carers, people living in tough situations with humility and with grace and without fanfare. If we look at our own worlds first, we'll be able to start that narrative from our day to day lives rather than looking at the bigger picture which does still exist.

You are more capable at handling a crisis than you think you are. Humans are more resilient than they think they are. The wisdom was that therapy saves lives, I am only able to talk about my growth because I've done the work. And the question I wanted to pose with a strong belief that community in whatever form is the most important concept of human life. What does community mean to you and how can you enhance what you give and receive from it?