Tom Hewitt MBE - founder of Surfers Not Street Children

There’s no denying that doing good feels good and this is no doubt the case for our next guest, Tom Hewitt, founder of Surfers Not Street Children. A committed a campaigner who has worked ‘in the field’ with street children in Africa for over 27 years. He is well known for his model of fusing surfing with mentorship to empower street children in Durban.In this podcast we talk about his career journey to creating Surfers Not Street Children which counts everyone from Kelly Slater, to Prince Harry, Pope Francis to the Queen who awarded him an MBE, amongst its supporters, the satisfaction he gets from empowering these children to become independent and self-sufficient, and the therapeutic benefits of surfing in aiding stress and anxiety.Notes from the podcast -In this podcast we refer to "Will" (Will Bailey), a top UK surfer - https://www.carvemag.com/2018/12/croyde-keg-fest-14-december/The documentary "Kissed by God" about Andy Irons is available to watch on Amazon Prime - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andy-Irons-Kissed-God/dp/B07H5RB9S9Sunny Garcia mental health - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/sports/sunny-garcia-suicide-attempt.htmlAndrew Cotton and Andy Blake ("Cotty and Blakey") Surf retreats - https://www.andrewcotton.co.uk/surf-fitness/Jamie O' Brian - https://www.instagram.com/whoisjob/?hl=enStefanie Gilmore - https://www.instagram.com/stephaniegilmore/?hl=enMini Cho - https://www.tofoinfo.com/sung-min-cho-miniAs ever we are so thankful to all our listeners for tuning in each week. To help us to keep going we would love it if you could rate, review and subscribe – also please share our newsletter to your friends and family or anyone who you think needs a hit of happiness in their inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.