Using Mixed Martial Arts to empower young people with Daryl Chambers, InPower Academy

Make An Impact Podcast

English - April 17, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB
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InPower Academy uses mixed martial arts as a vehicle for transformative personal and community improvements.

Daryl Chambers is the founder and CEO of this Wolverhampton-based social enterprise which specialises in working with young people 'regardless of circumstance, environment or current standing.'

In this episode, Daryl tells Heidi about:

how and why martial arts can help young people realise and achieve their potential – based on both philosophy and practice,writing a life-plan at the age of 11 when he dreamt of running a business,a crossroad moment when, aged 17, he was arrested,InPower's specific intervention programmes, 'The Unbreakables' and 'The Warriors of Wellbeing.'introducing young people to the benefits of journaling,developing and measuring resilience.

Hi, I’m Heidi Fisher, the host of the Make an Impact Podcast. I'm an impact measurement expert, passionate about helping you make a bigger impact in the world by maximising the impact your services have.

I can help you to measure, manage and communicate the impact you have better to funders, investors, commissioners and other stakeholders, and to systemise your data collection and analysis so that it frees up time and doesn’t become an additional burden.

I love helping you to measure social and economic impacts, including Social Return on Investment or value for money assessments, as part of understanding the change you make to peoples’ lives.

You can get in touch via LinkedIn or the website makeanimpactcic.co.uk if you’d like to find out more about working with me.