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Refurbishing bikes, rebuilding lives
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In this episode, we have a special feature in which Ned travels to his spiritual home in Lewisham Shopping Centre to meet the folks at XO Bikes. Founder, Stef Jones, was mentoring in prison and noticed the same people kept coming back - not that they wanted to. These people were lacking opportunities; prison is 'full of entrepreneurs, shifting the wrong product,' he says.
Stef left his ad agency to set up XO bikes, to train, employ and inspire people and support them to change their lives, become bike mechanics, and it’s a gateway to the cycling industry. They take donated bikes, and donations. Police give thousands of bikes, which they refurbish and sell.
We’re on Twitter and welcome your feedback on our episode: http://www.twitter.com/podstreetsahead
If you're reading this, please can you take 1 minute to give us a rating and write a review? It helps us more than you probably think.
Episode edited by Clare Mansell
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Manage episode 357527630 series 2660605
In this episode, we have a special feature in which Ned travels to his spiritual home in Lewisham Shopping Centre to meet the folks at XO Bikes. Founder, Stef Jones, was mentoring in prison and noticed the same people kept coming back - not that they wanted to. These people were lacking opportunities; prison is 'full of entrepreneurs, shifting the wrong product,' he says.
Stef left his ad agency to set up XO bikes, to train, employ and inspire people and support them to change their lives, become bike mechanics, and it’s a gateway to the cycling industry. They take donated bikes, and donations. Police give thousands of bikes, which they refurbish and sell.
We’re on Twitter and welcome your feedback on our episode: http://www.twitter.com/podstreetsahead
If you're reading this, please can you take 1 minute to give us a rating and write a review? It helps us more than you probably think.
Episode edited by Clare Mansell
Support Streets Ahead on Patreon
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
75 bölüm
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