Mohammed’s story

Sport 4 Life UK first started engaging with Mohammed towards the end of 2019. Mohammed had been referred through our presence in Kings Heath Job Centre.
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Ben’s story

Ben is a single parent of three young children. He has spent 10 years out of work. He is a recovering alcoholic with a history of drug taking and poor mental health. These cha...
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Dombel & Frederico’s stories

Brothers Dombel and Frederico joined Sport 4 Life when the TEENS programme was first launched in 2012 when they were aged 12 and 14.They live with their family in Soho, Birmin...
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Caitlin’s story

When Caitlin joined the Sport 4 Life NEET programme, she had aspirations of becoming a sports coach and working with children, but didn’t how she was going to achieve this g...
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Renee’s story

Renee came to her initial mentoring session with Sport 4 Life UK after being made redundant from her car sales job; where she’d been working continuously since leaving educa...
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Hazel’s story

Hazel grew up in a single parent household with just her mum and younger brother. Hazel’s mum would often need to work long hours to make ends meet and this meant that Ha...
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Ubayda’s story

Ubayda was new to Birmingham. Living in supported accommodation, he was just about getting by. Ubayda experienced a challenging home life in Saudia Arabia after moving ther...
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Alima’s story

Alimah loves to play football and is a very promising player, playing at the West Bromwich Albion Academy. When she first engaged with Sport 4 Life, she was of a very quiet, s...
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