The Dusty Knuckle Bakery in London offers a transformative youth program for 18 to 25-year-olds, particularly targeting those with criminal backgrounds. Recognized with a King's Award for its social mobility efforts, the bakery provides training, mentoring, and essential skills to assist over 250 young individuals, 69% of whom have faced incarceration. Success stories, like those of Cyril and Sina, highlight how the program enables them to transition from challenging pasts into productive futures, securing employment and stability. By focusing on engagement and support, the bakery seeks to uplift marginalized youth and reintegrate them into society.
"We always say, if young people have a reason to be excited about their future, they'll choose to invest in their present," says Charlie Atkinson.
Max Tobias states that the King's Award resonates "deeply with us and makes us ever more determined to assist those young people that society leaves behind."
Cyril Williams shares, "I'm an ex-prisoner, we all come from all different types of background. I am now able to pay for my own property, I live in my own house."
Sina reflects, "When coming out of jail, my mind was puzzled with what I was going to do. I had no life experience, except crime."
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