It's three years since Louis Speight, a former men’s European record holder, was last on the programme.
His social enterprise Omnis Circumvado CIC is a specialist sports coaching company which works with children, young people and adults who have complex needs. "We are games-based" says Louis, and "our approach is to make sure everybody is having fun and they engage."
Omnis runs inclusive activities in SEN (Special Educational Needs) schools and with people in day centres. How did this social enterprise make it through the pandemic? And what are the biggest challenges in 2023?
- What are the widely-held misperceptions of disability sport and how is Louis addressing these?
- Is it right or wrong to think its activities can be paid for by people who use them?
- What does Louis think about typical contract lengths for social enterprises? What does he have to say about social investment?
- And what does he mean by "jumpers for goalposts"?
It's a comprehensive conversation with many learning points about resilience, funding, social investment, storytelling and commissioning.
What next?
- Visit the Omnis Circumvado CiC website here: https://www.omniscic.co.uk
- Listen to my last conversation with Louis Speight: from zero-hours frustration to super social entrepreneurship for record-breaking athlete, here.
Thanks for listening and to SheffieldLIve! for broadcasting the show.
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