He established Birmingham A's as the leading basketball club in the country through the development of bespoke projects that create better life chancesfor young people and children.
Africa should be a region that has high ambitions for its children and demand that the post-2015 development agenda is one that thinks big for our children and their chances.
The sort of thing that works is the use of materials developed by outside agencies to inform those responsible for looked after children, such as Equal Chances from the charity Who Cares Trust.
The Netherlands does not, however, permit homosexual couples to adopt from abroad, saying it could meet with resistance from countries with children up for adoption and jeopardise the chances of heterosexual Dutch couples.
From violin lessons to tutors for tests, richer parents can invest more in their children, improving their chances of getting into the best universities.