after this string of poor performances and funding loss, grabarz "realised i didn't want that disappointment to happen again and i realised it was my decision to make it not happen again." he moved to birmingham to train and "make a fresh start so i could give 100% of what i have to offer." he secured financial help from the ron pickering memorial fund and backleyblack, the company run by former athletes steve backley and roger black. his coach fuzz ahmed commented: "if i hadn't found him backing and if he didn't have a credit card, i would have funded him, because that's how much i believed in him. i recognised he had matured into a person that wanted to be a world class high jumper, rather than somebody who was just a very good high jumper."