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Our October 2026 Book of the Month is “My Double Life” by five time Olympian and Inspirational speaker Mark Foster.

As a five-time Olympian, six-time World Champion and eight-time World Record holder, if anyone was going to be openly gay at the height of their sporting career it should have been swimmer Mark Foster – a confident, laid-back guy who doesn’t care what anyone thinks. So why did it take him half a lifetime to come out?

Inspiring and moving, My Double Life is the tale of one man’s pursuit of sporting prowess and finding the freedom to live his truth.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a global initiative that takes place every October and helps to raise awareness about online safety and encourages individuals and businesses to protect themselves from cybercrime. 

Cybersecurity Awareness Month helps everyone to remember that there are simple, and effective ways to keep themselves safe online.

If you are planning an event this month these are a few speakers we would recommend

This is a copy of the original Superman Movie poster which sits in my office. When Richard Donner set out to make the film his aim was to make the world believe that a man can fly. I love this film and I remember as an 8 year old watching it for the first time and my jaw dropping watching a man fly.

Richard Donner and his team’s persistence is a great example of if you put your mind to it you can achieve anything.  These are a few of the speakers we work with who through their own resilience went on the achieve something that many may have seen as impossible.

Jim Lawless is a world-class C-Suite advisor and record-breaking freediver, and is ranked among the world’s leading business speakers by Global Gurus.

He has delivered DARE Loop and Second Strategy keynotes to well over a million people across five continents and he has tested his frameworks at the extreme edge, becoming the deepest free diver in British history in just eight months with a dive to 101 metres on a single breath; he moved from non-rider to televised jockey in twelve months.

Jim very kindly took some time out to answer some questions for our speaker focus series.

October each year marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The international health campaign, aims to promote screening and reduce the risk of the disease, which affects 2.3 million women worldwide. Breast Cancer Now also holds its “Wear it Pink Day” on Friday 23rd October 2026, encouraging people to where pink for the day and fundraise to support research and care.

If you are looking to plan an event around this campaign these are the few of the speakers we work with who share their experiences of breast cancer.

We are delighted to now be working with Frederick Afrifa, a former elite sprinter and communications and high performance speaker, who speaks on how to perform under pressure, master communication and destroy anxiety.

Frederick has trained over 20,000 professionals across four continents, working with organisations including 10 Downing Street, Shell, Arsenal FC, NatWest, Barclays, Imperial College London, King’s College London and TEDx. He is co-founder of leadership communication group and a judge for The Speaker Awards. We look forward to working with him

This is our September 2026 speaker news this month featuring feedback on Alan Chambers, Alex Wood, Jamie McAnsh, Matt Ellison and Marc Convey; we welcome Andrew Davis to the website; have updates from Sally Henderson, Jackie Handy and Chris Britton; a new showreel from Dean Leak and news from Maria Conceicao.

We work with a number of speakers who have spent time in prison but have since turned their lives around. They are now working with clients and speaking at events to not only discuss their experiences, but the lessons they have learned and how to prevent others from following in their path and helping others to reform.