User:Chayce DREEMM

Chris Preddie was given his first taste of stardom, by getting up on stage as a spoken word poet and receiving the Champion title of the 2006 Londonwide youth slam championship, awarded by Ken Livingstone The Mayor of London. Whilst still continuing to maintain his position at WAC university for 4 years and receiving a diploma for performing arts Chris Preddie began to come into his own by participating in many art forms on his journey, dance, ballet, acting music & performing in many dramas & British plays

In 2007 Chris was called upon by CrimeStoppers to join their force, working there for an intense 3 years he worked alongside the team to educate and guide the young youth on the culture of society and how to keep moving forward and staying out of trouble. Whilst with Crimestoppers he gained many qualifications, I.e. Train the trainer, Mentoring, Be Safe, Media training and much more. This helped him immediately build a niche for filling the youth with as much knowledge as possible on knife, gun crime, snitching and how important decisions pave your future, the youth loved the way he approached them which led to over 2000 youth liking and following his Facebook page.

After getting a taste for paving a positive path for the young children of today he founded his company MDR - Make Dreams A Reality. In 2010 after building on his experience of working with children both the troubled & inquisitive, Chris Preddie began to approach schools, young people’s institutions, prisons and youth projects with a view to educating both the young and old through Poetry, creative writing, inspirational speaking, knife & gun crime workshops, gang discussions, anti-bullying techniques, mentoring and pretty much whatever else the audience before him would divulge. In February 2012 Chris Preddie was called upon by Her Majesty the Queen who congratulated him with an OBE at the tender age of 25 for his outstanding dedication and work ethic for his community. Since 2012 Chris has devoted all his time to being a role model, a safe-person and an icon for all the young people today, to ensure they don't get pulled into the wrong lifestyle.