Chris Haydon Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Ben created Phone Savvy, leverages his lived experience to work with others, is entrepreneurial, creative and hard working. An ex-offender come good. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/351510-peckham-podcast-5-ben-sturge/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Haydon Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 Here's a comment I received this morning: "Ben shows us that opening up our own vulnerabilities, allows us to have the empathy, compassion and purpose to help others on their journey to problem solving to hopefully make choices for the greater good. We need lots of Ben's in this world." Ben's conversation covers his new enterprise called Cards Of Life, which is a coaching programme; he talks about how developing coaching skills empowered him along the way; Phone Savvy was a brilliant telecoms enterprise he developed while inside, which within three months had established itself in prisons across the country then went international; he spoke about SVI (Shame/Violence Intervention), a respected therapeutic approach to working with violent offenders which was brought to a halt after ten years of beneficial practice in HMP Wandsworth ... and more. Ben is full of insights and challenging aphorisms, e.g. "Pain is just weakness leaving the body." Ben and I talked for just over the hour. An hour well spent. If you give it a go, please leave a comment, like, subscribe etc. It all helps to promote these positive stories which ideally would end up in front of young people too. Thanks in anticipation, Chris Community TV Trust ------------------ http://www.communitytvtrust.org PECKHAM PODCAST launched July 2024 http://www.youtube.com/@PECKHAMPODCAST-r2f long-form conversation where big ideas find local traction Other Editions - Dave Walker MBE, mediator/peer mediator Fernando Carrillo, the new Peckham vicar born in a Miami prison and ordained in St Paul's Althea Smith, former Mayor of Southwark, a proud Jamaican and tireless worker for community George Osei-Oppong Junior, successful businessman, financier, entrepreneur, writer and father Coming Soon - Stephen Bourne, much published author of Black British history Wallee McDonnell of Celebrate Life, campaigner for inner peace, producer of "Power To Change" Errol McGlashan, spoken word poet, actor and ex-offender -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CTVT Registered Office: 10 Denman Road London SE15 5NP UK Directors: Chris Haydon Kamal Prashar Reg. Charity No. 1081912 Company No. 3796670 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/351510-peckham-podcast-5-ben-sturge/#findComment-1680984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Haydon Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 https://youtu.be/m9NWLlmIlOg If you haven't, give it a try. Quite a lot of your neighbours have! 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/351510-peckham-podcast-5-ben-sturge/#findComment-1681543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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