"Please send our sincere thanks to Glen Banks. He was amazing yesterday and created such a passionate discussion after the session."

"The session went really well, thank you!"

“Glen provides students with a unique insight into the risks associated with certain dangerous behaviours including; drugs, knife crime and gangs. His talks also include the topics of self esteem and bullying. The talks are hard-hitting but students feedback has been very positive. Glen gives a strong message which is based on facts and invaluable experience from working with young people and the prison service. I highly recommend him as educational speaker for young people.”

“Glen had a profound impact on our young people and staff. His presentations to year groups and small cohorts of students made a real difference to their outlook towards the dangers of involvement in gang culture and related crime."

"Glen is a passionate individual who delivers a powerful message to young people about matters that affect them on a day to day basis. No-one else gets the message across like Glen!"

“Glen has been presenting to our students for the last 3 years or so. He has worked with yr 9-11 students providing excellent quality presentations that are relevant to our students. Both students and staff have found his presentations to be captivating, and informative. He has a way of delivering a very sensitive topic to the students that makes then want to listen. He has been a pleasure to work with as he is flexible and will adapt his work to the needs of the school. Both staff and students have both said that he is one of the best speakers we have ever had. He provides an invaluable service and is very professional at what he does. I have recommended him to other schools and will continue to do so. We have booked him in again this year to talk to our year 10 students in May and we very much look forward to continuing working with him in the future.”

“Thank you for your contribution to our most successful Citizenship Day yet. A massive 98% viewed it as a huge success. Your session was one of five to receive no negative comments whatsoever – a major achievement. I hope you enjoyed the sessions as much as our staff and students did.”

“Without doubt, all the staff and pupils were affected by the information you shared with us. There have been several discussions about the slides shown and opinions expressed about how easy it is to make the wrong choices. It was not only the pupils who learnt something from the session, but the staff as well. It was the most thought provocative presentation we have had at our school and if there is any way we can continue to keep contact with you or work with you again, we really would be very interested.”

“…the presentation that myself and my colleague were witness to was mind blowing. Being in the business of performing arts for several years I was very impressed at the tools you used in order hold the attention of the service users. It was a very slick presentation and just felt a thank you was in order. So thank you Glen, for the opportunity to be witness to your work and thank you for having the passion to make a difference to a youth’s life. If more people like you were around today the London younger would be far better off. I hope we can keep in contact and I would love the opportunity to see another one of your presentations in the future, and if you ever need a hand with research, statements creative ideas then feel free to contact me and I will do my best to assist as I hope, to one day, make a difference and have an impact the same way I’m sure you have over the years.”

"So important for students to hear about knife crime, also to hear it from someone with so much passion and experience. Long may these presentations continue."