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Dr. William (Lez) Henry was born in Lewisham, South east London, England of Jamaican Parents and is an experienced youth worker, a poet, writer and was one of the pioneer, British, reggae/dancehall deejays. Dr. Henry lectured in the Department Of Sociology, Goldsmiths College for a number of years and is now a Visiting Research Fellow.

Dr. Henry received an Excellence In Education Award at the Challenging The Genius: Excellent Education for Children: “Our Future is Not a dream”, Conference Chicago, IL, USA, September 16-18th 2005. His research direction seeks to use cultural history as an educational tool to assist our contemporary understanding of many of the problems that affect the various communities in Britain. His research is therefore conducted in a manner that will provide practical information to various interested public and private bodies.

Due to Dr. Henry’s dynamic and engaging style of presentation he is renowned as a first class public speaker and as such has lectured/spoken nationally in several universities, schools, colleges, as well as on behalf of various public and private organisations. He also has an impressive international profile as a public speaker and has delivered talks at various institutions, including: University Of The West Indies, Institute Of Caribbean Studies: Department of Literature / Reggae Studies Unit, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica, WI: University of Gothenburg: Centre for Cultural Studies, Gothenburg, Sweden. The African American Studies Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.Queens University: Department of Ethnomusicology, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Howard University: Department of Humanities, Washington DC, USA.

Dr. Henry has published in the areas of race, ethnicity, music and education: These include:
Henry, W. A. (2005), ‘Projecting The Natural: Language, Citizenship and Representation In Outernational Culture’ (in) Besson. J, and Olwig. K. F, (eds), Caribbean Narratives of Belonging , London: Macmillan Press Ltd. [Chapter in book]

Henry, W. A. ‘Chatting For Change’ (2003), (in) L. Back. L & Bull. M, The Auditory Cultures Reader, Oxford: Berg . [Chapter in book]

Henry, W. A. (2002), ‘Music’, ‘Sound System Deejays’, ‘Lovers Rock’ and various biographical articles (in) A. Donnell (ed), Companion To Contemporary Black British Culture, London: Routledge.

Henry, W. A. (2006) 'What The Deejay Said: A Critique From The Street!', Washington, D.C. and port-Of-Spain, Trinidad: Original world Press. [Sole Authored Book]

Beckford R. & Henry, W. A. (2006), ‘Church-hall Vs the Dance-hall’ (in) Beckford, R. Jesus Dub, London: Routledge. [Chapter in book]

Henry, W. A. (2006), ‘Poetry Mi bettah Dan Shakespeare’: (in) Clandestino talk: underground music and resistance, Göteborg, Sweden: Glänta Produktion. [Chapter in book]

Henry, W. A. (2006), ‘British Deejay culture – a Voice of the ‘the Voiceless’ Black Inner-city Youth’ (in) Youth, Otherness and the Diverse City: Modes of belonging and Social Life, Gothenburg, Sweden & London, England. [Chapter in book].

Angela is a talented and intuitive trainer who is an experienced educator. Her educational experiences include the teaching of English, Maths and English as a Foreign Language to both Secondary and FE students. As a Training Consultant, Angela has delivered training in Equality and Diversity for several years with organisations such as the Crown Prosecution Service, National Union of Journalists, Department of Work and Pensions, as well as various public and private organisations. Angela also specialises in motivational speaking, team building, presentation skills and business planning. Angela's vocational background is in all aspects of Management Services; as such she is well versed in organisational reviews, training analysis and different aspects of change within organisations. She is a skilled communicator and has worked with groups as diverse as company directors to young offenders, with equal success.