What courses do you run? The main project that we have is the Haringey Warriors basketball club. It is a National League basketball club, but there is a lot of other stuff that we do as well. We build life skills into all of the coaching sessions. It is basically mentoring the young people so that they grow up to have a good character. We are also launching a football club.
How many young people do you work with? At the moment we have upwards of 600 fully registered young people.
How did you get involved in this? I played basketball in school, but I wasn't lucky enough to get on a team. Starting a business wasn't really in my mind until I went to the Hornsey YMCA, where I coached basketball and football. I did that on a self-employed basis, and I thought maybe I can expand this a bit. Then I went to prison for a little bit, and it was there that The Prince's Trust contacted me and asked me to come up with a business plan. So I did that and received a loan. I haven't really looked back.
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