51% Mentor, 49% Coach - Mike de Giorgio and the magic of Greenhouse

In this episode Simon reunites Greenhouse Founder Mike de Giorgio and former police officer David Simms . In 2002 they were introduced to each other in Mke's neighbourhood and Dave's beat in South West London, and their lives changed. Both were looking from different viewpoints into the problem of youth anti-social behaviour and what to do about it. Hitting upon the idea of providing free football sessions for the local youth that Dave was trying to engage, they enlisted the support of St Paul's private school, opening up the gates of their immacu playing fields to the local community during the summer holidays. What started with a bag of balls and two men with a passion and a conviction to address the lack of opportunity for young boys and girls on some of the estates in west London, grew into a charithy that has now supported and helped develop more than 50,000 young people through the power of sports coaching and mentoring.

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