Credits Team Saeed Atcha – Chief Executive Mithun Kerai – Managing Director Khalil Malji – Assistant Managing Director Chloe Bennett – Managing Editor Sophie Brown – Showbiz Editor Zahra Khan – Fashion Editor Adam Toorawa – Journalist Phoebe McEwen– Journalist Kajol Patel - Journalist Zenely Martin Rios – Journalist Aishah Atcha – Journalist Lydia Edwards – Journalist Sabina Toorawa – Journalist Hannah Moffat – Journalist Aliaa Toorawa – Journalist Nathan Byrne – Journalist Lydia German – Journalist Louise Fitton – Journalist Jessica Furness – Journalist Nadiya Patel – Journalist Marcelin Kadembo – Journalist Kasey Smith – Journalist Moz Patel – Journalist
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Aaaah the summer! Aaaah the Summer! 12 degrees and a bottomless pit of rain – welcome to (the North of) Britain! Nothing screams Summer like a flurry of umbrellas as you walk through town and that Primani umbrella that you see hanging out of a bin… Jokes aside, I do love Summer – you can spend an almost unlimited amount of time with friends without having to worry about exams or coursework and you actually enjoy life more with the barbecues and when the decent weather decided to pop out! I also love Summer because it’s the time of year where Xplode is at its busiest – the office is frantically running around preparing for some of our biggest events to date from training 240 people on CV’s and Job Interviews to entertaining some of Bolton’s high profile people at our 4th birthday anniversary. Xplode’s approaching its birthday and I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved – as a reader, you might now know about what goes on ‘behind-thescenes’ – Xplode isn’t just a magazine, we’re a registered charity training teenagers in life skills – training people like you in life skills - how to speak with people deal with deadlines and ultimately, how to get a job. The young people involved with Xplode actually apply what they’re taught through creating this very magazine – it’s this valuable work experience that gives them the skills to be better people – if you’re interested in joining us, head to our website now! Over 500 young people have used us in the past 4 years and 400 of those are in the past year alone so I want to finish by wishing us a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And thanking YOU for being there through our journey! Enjoy the magazine!
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Saeed Atcha Chief Executive