Hall of Fame: Shooting for the Moon

She launched the foundation, which is solely about helping young homeless women.

So, Sybil

Phoenix is still alive in her 90s

and still as vocal as she ever has been.

But for me, as someone who grew up in South East London and who's, I used to see her walking through Lewisham Market and my mum would go, that's Sybil Phoenix.

I'd be like, no way.

Yeah.

Because I'd grown up hearing all about her and her work at Moonshot and just how incredible she is.

And so for me, walking down Lewisham Market doing shopping with my mum on a Saturday morning and seeing, you know, Miss Phoenix walking down the road.

And for me, she was a rock star.

And I would just think she, for me, was the most famous person ever.

that I could walk past and I couldn't talk to because, oh my God, she's Sybil Phoenix.

And so I want her name added to your

Hall of Fame.

Wow.

What an incredible addition to the Hall of Fame.

I'm so in awe of people who foster children and take in as many as she did, not to mention all the other amazing things she did.

It's made me feel really emotional.

It's just added to the list of immigrants who have had a real impact here.

But also when you come from a certain life, you could easily just come here and just care about what happens in your world, your circle, the four walls of your house.

But there are some real key people for whom that was not enough.

And for her and, you know, her kids sort of talk about how annoying it was.

Not annoying, but how uncomfortable they sometimes felt.

They didn't quite understand why their mum kept having all these kids stay in the house and they'd be in their rooms constantly.

sometimes in their beds and all of that stuff.