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Yolande  Beckles is a British   educationalist and businesswoman.

Early Life
She was born  in London in 1962 to parents of Trinidadian origin. She has two  siblings,  Brian and Hermione, and two children, Diandra and Euan.

Start of career
Sainsbury's

Windsor Fellowship

Global Graduates
She founded Global Graduates in 1998, a company aimed at raising the aspirations of, and teaching soft skills  to, ethnic minority children. Global Graduates collapsed in 2003. After this, debts of around £125,000 were left  unpaid and at least 19 County Court Judgments have been lodged  against  her.

Diversity in Law report/praise from Cherie Blair

TV Series
In 2006, she starred in a three part  documentary series called Don't Mess with Miss  Beckles which was aired on BBC2. In it, she tried to motivate  three secondary school children (one per episode) to achieve more in   their academic life. The reaction to the show in the media was  polarised, with some praising her message of parental involvement in a   child's learning,  while others suggested  that the show was exploitative  and that her  approach was tantamount to bullying. One of the parents featured in the show subsequently spoke out about  Beckles's  'wholly inappropriate' behaviour. The screening of the program also prompted a number of Beckles's  creditors to issue  renewed calls for payment. An individual claiming to be a friend of a creditor has since set up a  website to monitor her activities.

Move to America
Yolande Beckles is currently in Los Angeles,  where she has set up an educational program called Think Global Kids.

Events/Information to be covered
Windsor Fellowship sacking for misappropriation of funds

Praise of GG from David Lammie

Lord Adonis approaching her RE: city academy

Winding up petition in 2003

Subsequent companies

The Holiday Scam incident

Not paying school fees in 07

In America: being sued for unpaid rent

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