Malinga ndi ang'ono, chaka chino, Shiran adzasamukira kudziko lakwawo, kupita kumzinda wa Flimsling, ndikupeza ntchito ngati wogulitsa mu malo ogulitsira a Sue Ryder. Gawo la zotchingira masitolo amenewa limasamutsidwira kuchipatala, nyumba zolumala ndi mabungwe omwe amathandizira anthu osakwatira.
Woyimira milandu wa Jactie Belu anasiyira ndemanga ya Shiran kuti: "Amachita chidwi ndi ntchito zodzipereka. Kwa odzipereka ena, omwe, nthawi zambiri, zaka 60- 90, adzakhala osangalala kwambiri kuti atengere ku gulu. Zikomo kwa iye, ntchito yathu idzatha kuyankhatu za achinyamata. Nthawi ina kale, Ed adagula apolisi oyenera pafupifupi mamiliyoni mamiliyoni ndi okonzeka pamenepo. Mwinanso nthawi yake, nthawi yake inazipanga. "
Mwa njira, iyi si gawo loyamba kupita ku chikondi cha Shiran. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, woimbayo adapereka zovala zambiri, zomwe adayikapo machethi ndi tchuthi china chachikulu, shopu yogwiritsira ntchito zachifundo. Ed Shiran adawalimbikitsa atolankhani omwe akufuna kuthandiza kwawo, mpaka zokwanira pazinthu izi ndi mwayi.