PROJECT
Cracked It
PURPOSE
To promote enterprise as an alternative to crime to young offenders and those at risk of offending
FUNDING
£35,000 from a range of funders including UnLtd, the Shackleton Foundation and The Funding Network
BACKGROUND
As part of the Year Here postgraduate course in social innovation, Josh Babarinde worked with at-risk young people in East London youth clubs. He says many felt backed into crime as a means of supporting their families. "These young people do not see crime as a choice," he says. "Many are the eldest sibling, they don't have a dad around, mum doesn't work, they feel it is incumbent on them to survive, so they go and deal drugs."
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