Testimonals
Indie Gordon, Senior Mentor, The Challenge: ‘You are beyond amazing. I want to say thank you for being so inspiring, not just to the young people but to me also. Your strength and hard work has shown me that anything is possible if you put hard work in. Please never change because you are pretty much perfect and anyone would be lucky to have you in their lives.’
Mariam, Challenge Student, The Challenge: ‘Thank you for helping us out so much, it’s sad you weren’t with us for so long. But I can relate to you in many situations and respect your struggle. You’re amazing and you should keep being confident and believing in yourself – I see you as an inspiration.’
Mo, Challenge Student, The Challenge: ‘I have so much respect for Gurdeep. She gave me the best advice in emotional times. I really feel like I can relate to her, and she’s a role model in what I want to achieve my dreams in. She has worked so hard to get to her goals, and I hope I can do the same.’
Nathalie K, Senior Mentor, The Challenge: ‘Thank you Gurdeep. It’s been lovely having you as the media practioner. You were fab, inspirational and supportive.’
Megan, Challenge Student, The Challenge: ‘Thank you for helping me become more confident.’
Mustafa, Challenge Student, The Challenge: ‘You’re an awesome influence and taught me a lot. Thanks for your help.’
Holly & Esme, Challenge Students, The Challenge: ‘Thank you for being so amazing. We appreciate having you. I enjoyed spending time with you, and all our chats.’
Kirin, Challenge Student, The Challenge: ‘Thank you for all your help and understanding me! You’re so lovely!’
Hossein, Challenge Student, The Challenge: ‘Gurdeep you’re a great person, really laid back and fun to be around. You also taught us a lot, regarding the media industry. Thank you for everything.’
Sarah Kidner, Editor of Heart Matters Magazine: ‘Gurdeep has shown great enthusiasm for the role. She has taken on all tasks we have given her willingly.’
Noel Hillmann, Managing Director, Head of Publishing at Clear Path Analysis: ‘Gurdeep had a diligent and committed approach to executing on projects she undertook on behalf of the company, excelling in her writing and investigative research tasks. I would recommend Gurdeep for anyone seeking an enthusiastic self starter who has a strong desire to succeed and overcome any hurdles put in her way.’
Dewayne Fanfair, Journalist at CTV National News, Canada: ‘Gurdeep has a versatile and deep knowledge for Journalism and was never shy in answering questions pertaining to a story. She came with fresh ideas everyday and along with her excellent work ethic, put 100 per cent of her work into every story that she had to chase after. I could not have asked for a better colleague to have worked as she challenged me and gave me different outlooks on how to make our work more efficient.’
David Campbell, Admin Officer Camden Council Child Protection Unit: ‘I assisted Gurdeep with a radio documentary on the subject of men and eating disorders, having suffered myself I usually find it difficult to talk about. Gurdeep made me feel instantly at ease, I found her extremely approachable, friendly, patient and above all I found her to be exceptionally professional. It’s not an easy subject, but it really helped me by actually talking about the many issues the subject involves. Another nice thing about Gurdeep is that she wasn’t in any way “pushy”…she let me take my time in answering the questions she put to me for her work. She is a very lovely lady, and as well as thanking her – I really hope that she gets the break she very much deserves.’
Natasha Devon, Writer, Voiceover Artist, TV and Radio Personality, Co-Director of the Charity, Body Gossip: ‘Gurdeep and I worked on an audio documentary about male eating disorders. Gurdeep was highly professional and personable and Body Gossip were really pleased by the resulting audio, which got the message across concisely and powerfully.’
Allen Cook, Broadcast Journalist at BBC News: ‘Highly skilled and driven with a burning desire to deliver a top quality product for our listeners, Gurdeep is one of the best journalists I’ve ever worked with.’
Jane Whyatt, Lecturer at University of Westminster: ‘Gurdeep shows great promise as a Broadcast Journalist. She is a tenacious reporter, great at digging out original stories, checking facts and finding interviewees through social media as well as traditional methods. Her specialist knowledge is in medical journalism and she has worked in Canada as well as at Five News. She is a great communicator and team player, equally capable of working on her own initiative and I can recommend her without reservation.’
Sona Ahmed, HR Manager, Asiana: ‘It was a pleasure having Gurdeep work within our company as she completed all tasks at a very high standard and understood all requirements, delivering them punctually. She was given a lot of tasks where she had to use her own initiative and demonstrated a very good sense of creativity. Gurdeep is confident, efficient and can work well in a team and as an individual. She showed very good communication and team working skills and was enthusiastic about all tasks given.’
Chan Wolex, Student at Uxbridge College: ‘The conversation with Gurdeep was very helpful. She discussed her experiences to make us think about our next step of our education and what we want to do after college. I believe that all of us have found something good from her. I think she was trying to make us see in wide eyes how the media industry works. She did a great presentation which was calm and clear.’
Christine Youhan, Student at Uxbridge College: ‘Gurdeep’s talk regarding how to get involved with the media industry, has made me rethink about going to university. I originally did not want to go to university, but from the talk it has made me consider the opportunity to go to university more.’
Ruth O’Keeffe, Training Manager, Halifax Share Dealing Ltd: ‘Both John and myself would like to thank you for the way you demonstrated your ability to learn and we were particularly pleased with your knowledge in the fraud sector. You are clearly able to adapt your communication style to different types of people and situations.’
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