Second Chance

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British born actor Jessica Allain left her family and home in London to take a chance in LA. Her move was hard and at times desperate but it started to prove successful. She appears in the Netflix hit The Laundromat, alongside Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, a film directed by award winning director Steven Soderbergh. Yet, as a black female actor she is still having to endure shocking comments from casting directors about the tone of her skin colour. 

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Jeff Korzenik is Chief Investment Strategist for one of America’s largest banks. This man is responsible for the investment strategy and the allocation of over $40 billion in assets. His insights into the economy, markets, manufacturing, and the workforce is invaluable. His book Untapped Talent is the first of it’s kind to inform and inspire business leaders to broaden their hiring to this population. The book identifies the challenges and opportunities in hiring people who have been marginalized from the workforce. It presents the business case and best practices for hiring people with criminal records. He calls it ‘Second Chance hiring’.  So why has Jeff Korzenik dedicated his time convincing local and multinational corporations to hire people with criminal records?

Find out more about Jeff Korzenik :

Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community

Jeffrey Korzenik

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Jeffrey Korzenik - Chief Investment Strategist - Fifth Third Bank

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Aaron Johnson is passionate about diverting young offenders away from a life of crime because he is all too familiar with what it’s like to be criminalised. He works for Divert, a Metropolitan Police custody programme designed to help get young offenders into work or education. The project has helped change the path young offenders find themselves on by offering them alternatives. Aaron is one of the custody intervention coaches who meets the offender inside a police custody cell. It is critical prevention work that is making a real difference at giving people a second chance. 

DIVERT

Youth

How we DIVERT young people away from crime and towards opportunity

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Life changing experiences can make you the person you become. That’s Andy Chaggars 

story. He was caught up in one of the world's most lethal natural disasters, a Tsunami. It swept through Thailand causing major damage and killing over 5000 people, including 2,000 foreign tourists. One of those was Andy’s partner. Andy Chaggar’s story is incredible, full of resilience and determination. The humanitarian work that he's done since his own experience is telling of the type of character he is. 

If you want to learn more about Andy’s charity work, follow these links:

https://speaker.andychaggar.com

https://talentrise.org

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Warning: Please be aware that this episode contains details of sexual violence and abuse that you may find distressing. 

Rotherham in the UK is known for the gangs of men who abused, raped and even impregnated young girls. Their secrets came crashing down when a few brave girls stood up and told their story to the press, and the police.  Sammy Woodhouse is one of these brave women. After years of coercion and manipulation by an older gang member, Sammy was left with her life in pieces.  She became pregnant and had a child for the ringleader and was involved in armed robberies.  

Sammy now uses her platform to help other women and children who may have experienced similar traumas, focusing on helping to get crimes pardoned, which the victim was coerced into committing. 

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Warning: Please be aware that this episode contains details of sexual violence and self harm that you may find distressing. Also be aware that this episode contains explicit language. 

My Second Chance podcast guest booker, Tegan Parsons, shares her own story. It’s a reminder that no matter how much you think you might know someone, or things about that someone, you never really do. Her descriptive details of being groomed and raped, when she was a teenager, is horrific. These are not comfortable conversations to have but they are vitally important. Statistics show that 90% of victims of sexaul assualt know the offender. And like in many other cases of sexual violence, her perpetrator was never brought to justice. Tegan is not a victim, she has been empowered by her experience and by sharing her story we hope it will provide an insight that will empower individuals to share their experience, educate and protect others. 

Links: 

https://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/rape-and-sexual-assault/

Statistics about sexual violence

Nature of sexual assault by rape or penetration, England and Wales

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Once upon a time, when I was a teenager I wouldn't give a police officer the time of day. Now, things have changed and I find myself supporting one of their initiatives that is aimed at diverting young adults away from a life of violence and crime. Speaking with Chief Inspector Jack Rowlands of the Metropolitan Police on my podcast about his project Divert is insightful and groundbreaking. He is a man who wants to give people a second chance in life from the moment they find themselves in a police cell in police stations across London. The early intervention programme he talks about can be a real game changer for those who make mistakes and end up on the wrong side of the law. It’s also a project that I believe should be available in every police station across the country as well as the globe.

DIVERT

Youth

How we DIVERT young people away from crime and towards opportunity

Chief Insp Jack Rowlands (@earlyyearscop)

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