Welcome to At The Forefront, the podcast where we talk to the people with solutions to societies most complex challenges.
At The Forefront is hosted by Mary Rose Gunn, founder of The Fore, the UK's only venture philanthropy fund dedicated to small charities. Each episode, she sits down with social entrepreneurs and small charity leaders that are pioneering smarter, scalable solutions to everything from the mental health crisis, to homelessness, to climate change.
If you want to learn more about how we're creating a society that is solving its own problems, you're in the right place!
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Welcome to At The Forefront, the podcast where we talk to the people with solutions to societies most complex challenges.
At The Forefront is hosted by Mary Rose Gunn, founder of The Fore, the UK's only venture philanthropy fund dedicated to small charities. Each episode, she sits down with social entrepreneurs and small charity leaders that are pioneering smarter, scalable solutions to everything from the mental health crisis, to homelessness, to climate change.
If you want to learn more about how we're creating a society that is solving its own problems, you're in the right place!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Youth crime and violence in the UK is increasing at an alarming rate, at large part due to £1billion in cuts to youth services between 2010 and 2019. Children and young people have been abandoned by the system in many places. Charitable organisations have have had to take matters in to their own hands.
In this episode Mary Rose speaks to founder of the London Basketball Association (LBA) Tony Lazare. LBA supports 4000 young people aged 11 to 24 each year across five London boroughs. Operating on an annual income of just £265k, the social savings from their impact are estimated at £18 million
Using basketball as its primary engagement tool, LBA offers opportunities to become accredited as a basketball coach or official, building employability and life skills. Since LBA was founded in 2012, 913 coaches and officials have been certified.
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