Social Impact: Homelessness to Skilled Employment- Kellee Marlow & Alex Stephany

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SUMMARY

If you believe in ending the homeless crisis by empowering them to have jobs and support, rather than funding them to stay where they are, then you will be interested in hearing how it is being accomplished by the social enterprise- Beam based in London, England.

GUEST NOTES

Kellee talks with Alex Stephany, CEO of Beam about how its innovative crowd-funding and community platform is providing training and support, for the homeless, to empower them to transcend their current situation. 100 percent of the Beam sponsored homeless participants attend their training and 80 percent of them secure a job after training. 

Beam's social impact innovation has won numerous awards including MIT - Inclusive Innovation Challenge, Tech4Good Awards and Financial Times' Europe’s 100 Digital Champions. Its mission and success have been featured in leading media outlets including BBC, Forbes, Financial Times and Reuters. 

WHAT IS SPARK?

Spark, hosted by Kellee Marlow, on KXSF.FM in San Francisco, focuses on curated conversations with change-leaders and influencers- to inform minds, inspire ideas and ignite innovation. Basically, conversations that enable us to transcend beyond what we believe we are capable of.