Shaun appears on Long Lost Family with the extraordinary request to find his entire family. He says: “My adoptive mum and dad loved me. They looked after me. It was special, and still is. Sadly Pino died in 1968. However, Paul is thrilled to meet a half brother on his dad’s side. His half brother Frankie Pironi, 62, lives in Southend and is one of three siblings Pino had with an Irish Catholic woman. Unbelievably, the two men discover they went to the same school and were there at the same time. What an emotional book sorry an emotional life and I can’t express how happy I feel knowing you feel wanted, and loved and your helping so many young people I am proud to say that I have seen hundreds of patients and clients become free of pain, recover from injury or illness through rehabilitation and lose weight, get fit and participate in sporting events all at levels they had never expected. Paul has been a regular on TV and radio and featured on Channel 4’s primetime “Who Knows Best” receiving much praise for his methods from the public and other therapists and trainers. Paul created the trademarked exercise programme “ Boxerobics” and this propelled his early career as a celebrity trainer and led to many TV appearances.

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To launch the release of Big Boys Don't Cry, Screenbound Pictures is hosting a screening of the film on Monday, September 5 to raise money for Great Baddow-based Kids Inspire. A team of DNA experts and investigators attempt to find people who previously couldn’t be traced. They help answer questions that have haunted them their entire lives. This inspirational story has now been adapted and made into an independent British movie - Big Boys Don't Cry This painful British drama part-fictionalises the life of Paul Connolly, abandoned in a dustbin as a two-week-old baby and then later abused at the notorious St Leonard’s children’s home in Essex. The effects of childhood brutality and the cost of growing up being told you’re nothing: it’s all there in This Is England actor Michael Socha’s performance as Connolly in adulthood, a violent man carrying invisible scars.Read more: Man abandoned in telephone box breaks down as he finally discovers why his mum left him at six days old: ‘Horrendous’ These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.

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We constantly monitor progress and update programmes and I incorporate many different techniques and disciplines into client training and rehabilitation programmes.Despite leaving the care system illiterate, today Paul is a specialist physiotherapist and sports injury expert, personal trainer and best-selling author. He works with charities and advocates for victims of historical child abuse. Above all else, he is the proud father of two boys. Paul is so pleased to be working with Kids Inspire again and on this special screening of the film based on his life. He reveals that a local shop owner called Pino was jokingly referred to as his dad when he was growing up. However, tests prove that Phillip Psaila – aka Pino – was in fact Paul’s father. She will be joined by the author and inspiration behind the film, Paul Connolly, the chief executive and clinical director of Kids Inspire, Sue Bell OBE, Olivier award-winning actress and patron of the charity, Ruthie Henshall, and the film’s executive producer, Richard Hart. Paul Connolly spent his childhood in a children's home. It was a terrible experience for him. During his entire stay, he not only had to endure abuse of any kind by the carers, but also bullying and other humiliations. He actually believed that he could leave the traumatic memories behind and lead a normal life with his beloved wife, but then a police investigation opens old wounds. Paul's friend Liam has committed suicide and Paul has to remember his childhood in the orphanage. [1] [2] Biographical

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Digging deeper, Shaun discovered that his birth parents had two further children together: his full sisters, Michelle and Natalie. In very emotional scenes, Shaun meets them, and finds out the real reason why they gave him away. Big Boys Don’t Cry will be screening in the UK with special charity partners and is available on DVD from September 5. It is available to rent and buy on VOD from October 7.After now after publishing three books and having a film, Six from Eight, set to be released, Paul is continuing to tell his story.