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Stride is the SHARP Training, Recycling & income Development Enterprise
and the trading arm of the Leicester based Charity SHARP (Reg. No. 1000515)
We are an <<AWARD>> winning social enterprise based in Leicester, providing work experience and training in a real business environment. We provide many work experience placements and accredited training opportunities to a variety of people, including long term unemployed, vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals, young people leaving school unsure of their next step to take, together with options for year 10 & 11 students wishing to follow alternative curriculum opportunities that we are able to provide.
In addition we assemble, recycle, refurbish, sell and deliver furniture. This furniture is produced at our warehouse by people on work placements with us. These work placements offer the opportunity to work in a real working environment and gives vital training which helps towards their employability.
Established in October 2000 to provide an additional funding stream for the SHARP charity in Leicester, through selling second hand and ex-catalogue furniture to the general public whilst delivering training under the governments NEW DEAL PROGRAMME. Stride has grown significantly in recent years and we now employ 50 full time staff over 10 sites.
Our Head Office is based @ 10 Woodboy Street Leicester LE1 3NJ Tel:0116 2230636
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