Potential MCR

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Potential MCR

PotentialMCR mentors and supports young people at risk of joining gangs or of exclusion from school to inspire them to develop their entrepreneurship skills and create legitimate enterprises.

What we did:

Big Change funded Farhad Gohar as a finalist in our Big Education Challenge in 2023 and as a runner up in 2024.
Our funding and support programme helped shape PotentialMCR to provide bespoke mentorship for young people aged 12–25 who are involved in or at risk of crime, or are at risk of exclusion from mainstream education.
The aim is for this project to work with all of the 156 public schools in Greater Manchester.

I grew up in a world where drug dealers were the only successful entrepreneurs I knew, so, I started a social enterprise, teaching skills to young people involved or at risk and empowering them to become successful business owners and leaders as an alternative to crime.
Farhad Gohar

As an individual for whom other projects have failed to create meaningful, lasting change and coming from a community of young people in the same position, I can tell you that the current approaches only have superficial, temporary impact.
Farhad Gohar

I want to break the damaging cycle many young people find themselves in when they turn to criminal activity for income because they believe they can’t succeed legitimately as a result of their experience with the education system.”
Farhad Gohar