Who knew how interesting life would become?  Member of The Chartered Institute of Marketing - Member of The Institute of Consulting Member of Court City University London - Trustee The Monastery Manchester Founding Partner CIBS at MediaCityUK - Founding Partner Patrick Hanks Patrick Business advice and consultancy for the creative community, training for the public sector in customer service, mentoring and leadership coaching, marketing support, and recruitment consultancy. Click the first link above for details of the gifted French sophrologist Stephanie Kelly.  A breath of fresh air in a world where our well-being has never been more important.  Select the middle button if you’re trying to come to terms with the sea change happening in the public sector, and think you could use some help. Or visit, at your leisure, a few of the website links below for a flavour of some collaborations, charities and other organisations supported. Patrick Hanks Patrick CIBS at MediaCityUK The White Room Optu TV Andrew Patrick Creative Wigan The Monastery Shine For Charity Liz Scantlebury The Ideas Foundation Emerald Sky Films North Light Film Studios All The Way Up Creative Times Marketing Industry Network MVentions & InfoLab21 Accordant Business Solutions Street College City University Alumni Bethan Hanks - Actress Dan Hanks - Writer Fiona Hanks - Maternal Bliss 2012 - A year of great promise and ambition. Congratulations to the legendary Stuart Hall on the award of his OBE, for services to broadcasting and to charity.  And for continuing to remind us that the art of quintessential British broadcasting is alive and very well. Praise beyond measure to Elaine Griffiths MBE and Paul Griffiths for another year of relentless dedication to the iconic Monastery in Manchester.  With 150 years to celebrate (The Monastery, not Elaine and Paul), the amazing accomplishment in making the venue so successful has been an achievement beyond compare. For Shane Hamill and Ben Sweet, to know that their time has come is a thrill for everyone who knows them.  After sweeping the board at the Monaco International Film Festival with ‘All The Way Up’, achieving their first TV commission will herald a new era for their charismatic partnership. Both small and big screens will quickly get to become conduits for their unique gift for storytelling. Working with all of these brilliant individuals will make 2012 a special year.  And for all of us is the opportunity of supporting those who are finding life challenging in an increasingly tough world.  We should help those who need it, if only because we can. Dropbox for large files:  https://dropbox.yousendit.com/RHL Website design by The House of Elliott Principal photography by James Nader