Since 2008, Young Pioneers has worked with 7,000 young people through its training programmes. This year it turned over £350,000 as well as winning a £487,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund for the next five years.
Luke conceived the idea of creating a charity after being bullied at school. Dyslexic and at the bottom of the class, he was assaulted by other boys when he told a teacher he wanted to learn. "I wanted to overcome my adversity, so that's what I'm doing for other young people," he says. "My parents said they'd help — I bet they regret that now."
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