Street Elite is a coaching and mentoring programme that engages young people through sport and inspires them to re-enter employment, education or training.
The nine-month programme, run by The Change Foundation, is targeted at 18-to 25-year-olds in London and Birmingham who have been impacted by violence, crime and inequality.
It starts with weekly sports and mentoring sessions where participants build up relationships with coach mentors and their peers and develop skills that can be translated into the workplace. “We meet in ‘hubs’ – usually sports venues – to play sports, such as football, rugby, boxing, or gym workouts,” explains programme manager Dean Lamb, who leads a team of 10 coaches who work across six London boroughs.
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