I Can & I Am is a charity with a passion to inspire confidence and to ‘inflate balloons of self belief’. The charity was founded by the inspirational educational speaker James Shone who visits hundreds of schools and businesses every year speaking to educators, parents, pupils and employees. Valuable funds are raised by the charity to enable the messages of ‘I Can & I Am’ to be spread to as many individuals as possible across the UK and around the world.
About ‘I Can & I Am’
James Shone outlines the work of the charity and the messages they are passionate to share.
Impact
The work of ‘I Can & I Am’ is having a significant impact within both schools and businesses across the UK
The Bus
We are thrilled to have been gifted a refurbished double decker bus providing spaces for both mentoring and teaching a variety of different skills and workshops. Fundraising is underway now for the running costs:
Speaking at TEDx
Watch James Shone speaking at TEDx where he shares his story and provides some valuable tips for inflating balloons of self belief.
You reminded me why I love my job – and what a privileged position I’m in – which, after many years of teaching and with all the stress of the new term – is something that I do occasionally forget! Thank you so much for your inspiring words!
Your talk was inspirational. You have found your rightful place as one who inflates balloons and inspires. Your delivery is faultless and your kindness and empathy are in huge abundance. The level of connection and engagement that was displayed on all the parents’ faces showed your affect on all in the room was profound.
James Shone’s talk should have been compulsory for all pupils! It made you realise we make everything a big deal and it’s really not. The room was silent, we couldn’t take our eyes off him - the best lecture ever.
Presentations by James Shone
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I have rarely seen boys, staff and parents as moved and mesmerised as they were during all your presentations and the feedback I have received is testament to how many people you reached out to during the day. Thank you for sharing your personal experience in such a positive way and for inspiring us all.
I found your talk, inspiring, encouraging, upsetting, uplifting … I think I went through every emotion and really am quite proud that I held it together. I admire your courage and relentless optimism immensely and agree with all of your points.
I really can’t do justice to James’ incredible story nor the muscle of his messages so I’d implore anyone interested see him. You will almost certainly leave inspired and also perhaps irrevocably changed.
