PECKHAM PODCAST #5 Ben Sturge

[Chris Haydon]

Ben created Phone Savvy, leverages his lived experience to work with others, is entrepreneurial, creative and hard working. An ex-offender come good.

 

 

[Chris Haydon]

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

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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

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