Ashley Thompson’s story

After working in retail, catering, and doing admin work, Ashley became unemployed and was struggling to find a job for a while. As a result, he...
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Zoe-Jane’s story

Zoe graduated from University in 2019 with a sports therapy degree. She has first heard of Sport 4 Life UK through her career advisor at University. Zoe started engaging with ...
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Sarah’s story

When Sarah joined Sport 4 Life, she felt like she was stuck in an endless loop of getting work experience in jobs she didn't enjoy that didn't lead to full-time employment. Sa...
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Zekaris’ story

Zak's confidence was extremely low having left university with no paid work. Sport 4 Life helped him regain confidence and find employment.
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Sadah’s story

Sadah was low in confidence and has anxiety having left the working environment due to undesirable circumstances that continue to affect her. She was initially referred to us ...
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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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