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    Aspire Foundation’s programme to help people with a history of homelessness start their own businesses is enabling several people to realise their long held dreams.

    Current Initiatives

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    “Aspire are on the right tracks in trying to prove us all wrong in our expectations of the homeless and disadvantaged”

    Craig Dearden-Phillips, Social Enterprise Ambassador and author of Your Chance to Change the World, The no-fibbing guide to social entrepreneurship

    About Us

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    “Everyone on our new initiative with Aspire Foundation wins – wood recyclers get extra workforce keen to learn, homeless people get access to a friendly, busy workplace and employers taking on our graduates gain trained and ready new recruits to their workforce”

    Richard Mehmed, founder and director, NCWRP

    From the Archive

    Click on the links below to see read stories from our archive:

    Alternatively you can take a look at the latest from the Aspire team, or what the people we work with say about us.

    For media enquiries please contact our Managing Director, Owen Jarvis, by emailing here or calling 0207 033 4433.

    • The Pavement
    • Tower Hamlets Community Housing
    • Abebe Abera
    • Chris
    • Sam
    • Rob
    • Amicus Horizon Entrepreneurs start working on business plans
    • BNI backs disadvantaged to start businesses
    • Our Social Enterprise and Social Housing Providers Seminar, gives new insight to the sector
    • Aspiring Community Works scoops two NHF Awards
    • Inside Housing | The Self Start Guru
    • Guardian Online | How housing associations can support communities through social enterprise
    • Evening Standard | The Dispossessed: You’re hired! Help for the homeless with business brain

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