SAYCE
HOLMES-LEWIS
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Meet Sayce
Founder and CEO of Mentivity
Sayce Holmes-Lewis is the visionary CEO and founder of Mentivity, an award-winning organisation that has positively impacted over 25,000 young people across London, Brighton, Barbados, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia since 2016. Through its holistic approach to mentoring and education, Mentivity has garnered widespread recognition, including the 'National Mentoring Programme of the Year' award in 2019 and the Mayor of Southwark’s Civic Award in 2020 for its outstanding contributions to the community.
Before founding Mentivity, Sayce was a qualified sports coach, teacher, youth worker, and mentor, in addition to playing professional football in the Republic of Ireland and Romania. Over his 26-year career, his experiences in both education and sport have driven his passion for supporting young people holistically, fostering personal growth, and advocating for youth development and community cohesion…
Sayce is deeply passionate and proud to offer the kind of support he once needed as a young man growing up in South East London.
His vision has now become a reality, providing impactful services and spaces for young people and the wider community.
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JUSTIN FINLAYSON.
Justin Finlayson is founder and CEO of charity United Borders. United Borders was formed in the summer of 2017 as a response to the murder of University student James Owusu. An ongoing feud between two warring estates claimed the life of James. This negative action caused a positive reaction and forced Justin to find an alternative way. 'Solutions was the only way forward, the problems were apparent for everyone within both areas to see but the solutions were nowhere near as visible, this is where I channelled my focus.’
With his neighbourhood still reeling from the fallout of James' death, Justin used his connections within the bus industry to buy a bus, convert it into a learning hub and enlisted his childhood friend; come, music producer, M.O to run music production classes from the bus. Justin then set about the impossible and engaged young people on both sides of the divide, some had negative associations and others just wanted to see an end to endless violence.
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