And Finally,
Thank You
We have not done this alone. We thank all of those who have been influential in funding this project, those who have supported our ambition and made this possible.
The hybrid version you can see today has been achieved by working with some extraordinarily talented people. All of whom, like us, are solutions people.
We have been helped by incredible sound engineers in recording studios, by the professional Voice-Over actor, who had to learn about gambling problems and learn quickly about the importance of nuance in the messaging; MOCAP developers, whose editing software involved hundreds of hours of fine tuning to make eyes move and deep inner muscles tense and relax, Models, whose once beautiful faces had to contort and contract to grimace and grin for hours on end to produce a ‘face’ that is not their own, and web developers who have patiently turned our concept and our vision into a pocket-sized 24/7 anytime, anyplace, access to help across all devices, working miracles around our complex design, whilst always balancing the need for functionality. We have fused together a wonderful team and we hope to continue working with them into what we see as a truly exciting future.
On behalf of the co-founders and developers of Don’t bet YOUR LIFE on it… a big THANK YOU! to all of those with Lived-Experience. THANK YOU to all the people we have met personally, on all sides of the debate. We have met at meetings in church halls and meeting houses on cold, wet nights – Commission buildings – people homeless on the streets and … contrast that with the grand halls of Westminster!
THANK YOU to the authors of tweets, blogs and articles that we have followed over a long period … there have been thousands. To the people that we have met at conferences, on forums, or on Zoom, and the like. There have been times when we have stimulated and encouraged a debate and there are times when we have just listened. To each and every one we say, your contributions, thoughts, views, writings and pain, have been carefully collected, collated and included. It has shaped our thinking, focused our approach, stimulated and inspired us in our work and helped to produce this product. To each and every one we say, you may not know it, but there is a part of you in,
Don’t bet YOUR LIFE on it…
Final thought, continue to speak your own truth quietly, consistently and persistently – you never know who is listening, whose mind you are colouring, where it can lead … THANK YOU!