{"id":18044,"date":"2020-03-13T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reachsociety.com\/?page_id=18044"},"modified":"2023-11-30T18:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T18:18:07","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.reachsociety.com\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
Once they had conceived a model for Reach Society they lead a series of conversations with serving role models in order to identify other professional Black men who felt the same way; to test whether they would choose to continue to help boys and young men from their cultural backgrounds; and test whether they could work with the Reach Society model. In this way a movement of Black professional men choosing to help boys and young men was initiated.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column]
At Reach Society we believe that Black boys and young Black men are born with unlimited potential. And that they, like all young people, need to be encouraged, motivated and inspired to discover their potential by taking the actions early that will lead to the formation of habits that are essential for the development of robust characters.<\/p>\n
In Reach Society we fully understand the cultural, social and emotional factors that are ever present in the community and how they impact Black boys and young Black men. We also understand the development cycle of boys as they mature into men. Reach Society role models tend to be fathers who have successfully guided their children into adulthood; or they are actively doing so. Without exception, they will be trained in the unique EDILES methodology for inspiring boys and young men to take responsibility for their development.<\/p>\n
So if your ambition is to help the boys or young men in your care to become viable members of the community and wider society, then Reach Society could have the right service and trained role models who could help you to achieve your objective.[\/vc_column_text]
This motto captures the spirit of the work that the Black professional men have chosen to undertake. It is our belief that only through the building of viable connections that our boys and young men will discover and learn what is required to succeed in adult life.<\/p>\n
The Black community is rich in male pioneers and achievers; and the Reach Society ambition is to make it easy for our boys and young men to see them, to hear from them, to touch them and to be inspired by them; and in so doing Reach Society will nurture and increase their appetite and drive for self-development and achievement from an early age.[\/vc_column_text]
[vc_section bg_cover=”” wn_class=”wn-section-5b502232a0fae”][vc_row wn_class=”wn-row-5ba8814ce5206″ row_type=”2″ blox_height=”424″ video_fullscreen=”true” blox_image=”5089″ blox_bg_attachment=”false” blox_cover=”true” blox_repeat=”no-repeat” page_title=”page-title-x” blox_dark=”true” parallax_speed=”6″ video_type=”video\/youtube” video_pattern=”true” maxslider_parallax=”true” maxslider_pattern=”true”][vc_column wn_class=”wn-column-5ba8814ce4e5f”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row video_fullscreen=”true” video_url=”” video_type=”video\/youtube”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”17873″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Reach Society was conceived by Donald Palmer, Rob Neil OBE and Dwain Neil OBE who discussed their concerns about the government’s decision to end the grant funding of the national REACH role model programme after three years. Each of them had been involved with the programme and saw its positive impact on Black boys and young Black men; and so they knew that something needed to be done to maintain this work that was transforming young lives. Once they had conceived a model for Reach Society they lead a series of conversations with serving role models in order to identify other professional Black men who felt the same way; to test whether they would choose to continue to help boys and young men from their cultural backgrounds; and test whether they could work with the Reach Society model. In this way a movement of Black professional men choosing to help boys and young men was initiated.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row wn_class=”wn-row-5b5311ef00d1d” video_fullscreen=”true” video_url=”” video_type=”video\/youtube” el_class=”home1-1 dpsmall2″][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]The Reach Society services are tailored to be easy to understand by boys in their primary, secondary and tertiary stages of their personal development; and by young men in the process of entering adult life At Reach Society we believe that Black boys and young Black men are born with unlimited potential. And that they, like all young people, need to be encouraged, motivated and inspired to discover their potential by taking the actions early that will lead to the formation of habits that are essential for the development of robust characters. In Reach Society we fully understand the cultural, social and emotional factors that are ever present in the community and how… <\/p>\n