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Harry and Rupert talk about their social enterprise ‘6% And Rising’

March 21, 2022 • Hello Podcast • Season 1 • Episode 3

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Episode #2 Listen to Harry Georgiou CEO and Rupert Pearce Co-Founder talk about their social enterprise ‘6% And Rising’, which was started during the pandemic, 6% and Rising aims to get more disabled people into the job market with the strapline “Building a future where individuals with disabilities can succeed in employment based on their passion and ability” you can hear them talk passionately about how much it allowed them to channel their anger in response to some pretty terrible statistics around the lack of disabled people in the UK workforce today. They also discuss their plans to expand it beyond the North West into other areas of the UK and beyond.