Southside Rise: 10 Lessons

If you build it, they will come. Our young people do not need another shiny knight to come in and save them; open the door, and they will save you.” Dr Michelle Johansson, our Programme Director, shares 10 lessons she learnt from launching the Southside Rise movement.

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