I haven’t written much in my blog lately but felt utterly compelled to tell you how cool my last job was, and what I have learned after my recent endeavour's.

Well for two months I was happily employed part-time by the BBC to help run the Your Game festivals, which came off the back of being an All-star.

Whenever I stopped working I kept thinking back to some of the jobs I have done in the past, like being in a line of factory workers packing plug adaptors into plastic wrappers, obviously there are many more examples as I'm sure you have all experienced for yourselves.

The point is whilst working in the horrendous jobs I constantly wondered whether I would find my way out of the boredom or whether I was forever destined to the mind numbing nothingness forever, and here I was working for the BBC, temporary or not I struggled to contemplate just how I had got here, and although the answers were few the gratitude I felt was enormous, and the fun almost continuous.

As I talked to the young people participating I was even more compelled to get my charity up and running there were so many people with so many talents, and Your Game was the one day in the year they got to show some of them off. I spoke to teams that had participated last year along with myself, I knew the Your Game impact was big because of my own experiences and that of my friends and team-mates, but the more I listened the more I realised this was a national feeling, these people had waited all year, prepared for 12 months to come back and join in, the majority that had come back had also participated on the courses that were available to them last year, and the new participants were lapping up every minute of the festival, even if they got knocked out of the football they were hanging around soaking up the atmosphere and oppitunity.

Your Game was a social inclusion project, it's still that but also a social developments project, a community enhancement project and a personal development project. I couldn't help thinking that although a lot of money goes into these festivals it's a quite a simple idea really music football and oppitunity. It's incredible that it isn't done on a daily basis. It's exactly what my charity is going to aim to do, after being part of each BBC Your Game festival I have no doubts in the ability that it has to empower the young people that will be involved and change the way the government sees things.

Although I am a long way off being successful I have done a lot of growing up during the amazing experiences I have had in the last couple of years, and there's a few things I'd like to pass on to my readers;

1. In the first couple of years after I left home I was quite stubborn about receiving help and who I received it from, but the fact of the matter is, that only reason I am here today striving to achieve my dreams and doing all the cool stuff I am is because I accepted help, and not just off one person but off many people and many organisations. (There are many people across many countries that don't get that offer.)

2. I am a hard worker, no matter what job I have, I work hard, but I get bored easily, I give up easily, the one thing I have never given up on is football, it's my passion, my life source, it stopped me doing bad stuff that my peers seemed inclined to do, and it's what's getting me out of the hole I had dug. Never give up on your passions and never give of making a career out of whatever your passion may be.

3. Never change who you are, I got told so many times I had a bad attitude, but the truth of the matter is I have attitude, I just needed to learn to channel it (this is still a work in progress) but that attitude, that reluctance to accept my situation is what changed it, and my unwillingness to accept how hard the government makes it for "homeless" over 18's to get educated or strive for a career rather than settle for a job is what pushes me now, for more.

4. This is not a contradiction of the statement above - Always try to improve - improve your situation, improve yourself, improve anything that you feel needs it or anything that you would like to, whether it's learning something new or adding to an already acquired skill, it's worth the hard work.

I probably sound really condescending, like I know everything, but remembering that I don’t, that there is so much to learn and experience makes me smile, because I become a better person after each one, bad experience or good one they all have something to teach.

And do yourself a favour when some-one comes along and says do you want to participate in something and your wondering whether or not you can be bothered or whether you can face the disappointment if it all goes wrong ask yourself what is the worst possible outcome, then what is the best possible outcome, 'cause then you'll probably come to the conclusion that you might as well give it a go.

And finally if your living in temporary accomodation foyer or not check out bbc.co.uk/yourgame and get involved next year.

Your game is back and looking to recruit teams and volunteers.

 There will be 10 festivals 2 in London and 1 each for Sothampton, Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle and Birmingham.

If you want to take part give the Your Game Team a call on 02085762784

So today was the day we'd all been building up for. The day when we were going to show Namibia the Your Game experience.

I have no idea what the temperature was but, it was hot!

We were all really tired but each and everyone of us put an incredible amount of energy into it so that the young people here could experience the same amazing day we had all got from our own Your Game experiences.

The teams arrived and all got their kits on they looked great. The stadium was very impressive and hundreds of people turned up to watch.

I even got to deliver a coaching session to some of the younger girls, they were fantasic, you only had to show them something once, and they just got it. They were the sweetest girls and semed to follow me every where after that. They even asked me if I could be there manager!

Lunch-time came and and we sat around the stage, but there were kids just watching us eat, obviously wishing that it was them doing the munching, I couldn't eat and split the food box up and put food into it, some of the other Your Game guys did the same and the children came flooding, you would have thought something like that would make you feel good, but it broke my heart to see them all hoping that there would be enough for them.

After lunch, the quater finals started and we played in a exibition match the Your Game Allstars verses the Score All Stars which included to former international players, we done brilliantly, really played as a team, we beat them with just one goal between us. There was quite a crowd and the atmosphere was brilliant I felt like a real super-star even if it was for only 10 minutes.

The semi finals were played and they were hard fought matches leaving for 2 superb finals. The girls game was slightly one-sided however both teams showed great ability with a few players from each side really shining. The boys final was one of the most entertaining matches I have ever witnessed it was end to end action and the winners couldn't be decided by normal time, it went into penalties, it was truly gripping stuff.

After we had packed up the stadium the whole team went out for dinner, we had a right laugh with a few people even trying zebra and alligator and I'm really not sure what other mad stuff, but I really was not brave enough . We had a great night and we could not of rounded the experience off in better way.

In the past 12 months I've met a lot of people that are in the public eye but no-one has come close to being as inspirational as one of my childhood heros Kelly Holmes. I got told once that you should never meet your heros face to face as they never live up to your expectations, but some how she managed to improve my perception of herself.

I was lucky enough to be invited onto 5live with Kelly and a team mate from the All Stars Jamal Othman, which was quite an experience.

Afterwards I asked if I could get a quick interview  to which she immedietly obliged.

I asked all the usual question who was your hero growing up? How did you feel when you won the olympice gold in the 800 meteres and then again in the 1500 meteres? What amazed me the most was that she still seemed to be in awe of her own achievements. She explained "You never just suddenly decide to be a great sports person... The journey that people take is more what you want to get across to this type of audience, so that people actually understand your just an ordinary person like anybody else."

I explained that as a youngster I was an 800 metere runner and followed her career closely and it seemed to me that every time there was  major Event, she always seemed to get injured, I then asked "Did you ever think it wasn't going to happen? That it just wasn't meant to be? She replied "My first big injury was at the 1996 Olympic games, I got a stress fracture, but I did run, I had painkillers, I carried on running and I came 4th and what that gave me was that actual drive to think I've nearly done it and came 4th at Olympice Games with a stress fracture, then what could I do injury free?"

I then got into how athletics could be an expensive sport what with fees and spikes ect, and asked how she would encourage a young perosn from a disadvanged background to get involved? She answered "I think it can be expensive, but within most clubs you are treated as an individual and they are willing to help." She also mentioned that some pretty amazing athletes have come from deprived backgrounds, have won medals, and that some had even done it all bare foot, and that ultimately running was easy as you can go running anywhere.

I can not believe what an amazing day I had today.

First we (The All Stars) went to a Namibian school and played a football match with some of the children. They were the happiest kids I think I have ever seen and they were really excited to see us and even more so to see the cameras, they followed them everywhere. Some of the BBC team even showed them how to use them and they got interview each other and have a play around. I am still in shock at just how how amazing these kids are they only go to school for half a day because there are too many children and not enough staff or space, so one lot of kids get taught in the morning and a diffrent set of children have school in the afternoon.

I even had the honour of hearing their school anthem and the line that most caught my attention was " and we thank god in heaven for giving us our school) They were so happy and grateful to be educated.

After the school we went to a project called Penduka which is a an organistation that helps mainly disadvantaged women train and produce items to sell to create an income.

This project was amazing the things they created were so beautiful we all bought stuff from them, everything was hand made, and everyone that spoke to us was so friendly each one saying "you are so welcome here, anytime." We have even aranged a football match with them as they have an all deaf footie team! They were such insperational people, it blew my mind.

After that we went on Safari, I'm not really sure what to say about it "wow" springs to mind! We saw giraffes antelopes, monkeys, warthogs (Pumba from Lion King) amongst many others but my favourite bit was seeing the Lions get fed, although I was really scared it was so enjoyable. I was surprised at how big the lions were and just how incredibly beautiful they were too.

I know I havnt gone into that much detail but it's hard to put into words just how I'm feeling although the words insperational, incredible, liberating, educating and many others seem to help describe today.

In the last 12 months I have been lucky enough to see some incredible things, but I am pretty sure nothing has left me as dumbfounded, yet with so many thoughts going through my head.

Truly Incredible.