Wasted?Most of us enjoy a good night going round thepubs and clubs with friends and having a laugh.

But - drinking too much can lead to a loss ofcontrol, causing you to do something totallyout of character and putting yourself orsomeone else at risk.

Most times you’d probably laugh about in themorning and say “Never Again” as you wakeup feeling rough with a pounding head.

But - what if just one thing you didwhile drunk affected the rest ofyour life?

Sometimes there isn’ta second chance.

The aims of our Charity are to help inform young people about the futility of violence in our streets.We want young people to stand up and say 'We don't accept it as normal on a night out to seefights and people so drunk they don't know what they are doing or who they are hurting.' Therehave been too many young people killed in our streets in recent years and mostly it is all about nothing.We are producing an education pack which will be available to people who work with teenagers.Check out our website.

Consequences?If you get involved in a fight the likelihood is that you will be arrested.That one incident could cause a chain of events that you will have no control over.• Your school, college or employer may hear about your conviction, as it could be inthe paper. Will they keep you on?

• Your friends may be called to court as witnesses. They will be interrogated.• You may be banned from every pub in the locality.• You may be given a custodial sentence.

No turning back ..• You may seriously hurt or even kill someone.• You will carry the consequences of that action for therest of your life.

• Your family, and the family of the victim, will alsohave to live with these consequences.

• A caution for a violent offence will show on a CriminalRecords Check (CRB) and you may be excluded frommany jobs and career opportunities.

- A single punch

can kill

You don’t have to be in prisonto serve a life sentence.

Gift of Life• Adam was an organ donor and he gave thechance of new life to five critically ill people

• Talk to your family about your views onorgan donation

• Sign up on the organ donor websitewww.uktransplant.org.uk

Dying for a pint

St. Mary’s College

ContactEmail:

pat@eahconsequences.comWeb Address:

www.eahconsequences.comMobile:

07868 747028Registered Charity Number:

1134685

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The trial of the young man who hit Adam was a verytraumatic experience for us as a family. To watch thelast minutes of Adam’s life on CCTV was verypoignant and to listen to the accounts of his finalmoments so many times was incredibly painful. Theyoung man was given a custodial sentence.

We have set up a charity called ’Every Action HasConsequences’, which is about working with young

people to see that

At 7.30pm on 4th July 2009 David and Iflew to Malta for our summer holiday.Our son Adam drove us to the airportand as we hugged him and said goodbyewe did not know that it would be thelast time we would ever hear his voice.

At 5am on the 5th July we received a phone calltelling us that our lovely son was in critical conditionafter being assaulted. We went straight to the airportand managed to get a flight back immediately. Whenwe got to the hospital Adam looked like he wassleeping but the damage to his brain was severe andhe died at 2.35pm.

A 16 yr old youth who lost his temper because hewas being shepherded away from a fight, killed ourson. All it took was a single punch at a peacemakerwho had his arms by his side. An aggressive punch thatwas so hard, it knocked Adam out before he hit theground. He was unable to break his fall and he diedfrom the injuries sustained when his head hit theground. A random act of senseless violence, that tookthe life of our precious son.

A light has gone out in our lives. Adam was our muchloved and very loving son. His smile lit up our lives, hishumour brought joy to our lives and his affectionatenature brought great love. We have always been avery close family and were lucky to have fourwonderful happy sons of whom we are immenselyproud. All of them share our values and are decentkind people who care about each other deeply.

As a family we enjoyed spending time together. We allenjoyed walking and have many wonderful memoriesof hill walking in the Lake District. We also all share akeen interest in a variety of sports and playing,watching and discussing sport has always been a partof our lives. Adam participated in many sports but hisreal passion was football.

He was a Manchester City supporter with his Dad, akeen player since primary school and a talented andrespected Coach of Padiham Ladies Football team.Adam did a Sports Coaching degree and was also aqualified and experienced Fitness instructor.

Adam was very close to his Dad and they were veryalike in many ways. The bond between them was veryspecial partly because they were so like each other.They were physically similar and the shape of hands andgestures were uncannily identical. They both have avery gentle personality and were very openly loving andaffectionate. They could talk for hours about football,politics, music, and never tired of having long debates.He shared his father’s natural curiosity about life.

Adam was wonderful with children. We know hewould have been a fantastic Dad when he had his ownfamily. He would have been a warm, kind and lovinghusband and he was a loving son, brother, uncle andfriend. We always felt he was special, but since hedied we have found out how much he was loved byother people. His friends are grieving terribly andmost of them in their early 20’s are so acutely awareof the senselessness of his death.

CONSEQUENCES ADAMROGERS1984-2009

Adam’s Story

violence is not acceptable, not a normal part of a nightout and can have such tragic consequences. This wehope will help us to make something good come fromour terrible loss. Adam always looked for the best inpeople; he never wrote anyone off. We wanted to tryto do something positive in his memory.

Adam’s memory will remain at the centre of thisCharity. He was a very happy and much loved youngman, he was 24 and with his whole life in front of him.His death was so senseless and it has affectedhundreds of people. The life we had before the 5thJuly 2009 is over. We have to try to build a new life,accepting our great loss and learning to live with ourpain and grief. We miss him every hour of every dayand we ache for his presence in our lives. We knowwe are in a place where no parent ever wants to beand it is more indescribably, gut wrenchingly painfulthan any words can tell.

We know we can’t change the past but wehope the work we do will have some impacton the future. We know Adam wouldapprove.

Family walkin the Lakes Adam in his favourite Cruyff

T.Shirt

Adam withhis mum and dad

Adam with his dad

on his 24th birthday

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