Purpose Leaders: In conversation with André Spence and Stephen Addison

Empower the Black community and everyone benefits. Such is the belief of André Spence, founder of Global Purpose Enterprise – an initiative and network founded in 2017 to uplift young people of colour. Through guidance, mentorship and live events, Spence and his team help members find their purpose and, as a result, navigate their futures.

This year, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve partnered up with Global Purpose Enterprise for Purpose Leaders, a seven-part video series made exclusively for Soho House. In each episode, Spence sits down with creative tastemakers, leaders and activists from the Black community to discuss their journey to the top, the challenges they’ve faced on the way, and their upcoming projects.

For the sixth episode, Spence sits down with Stephen Addison, founder of social enterprise, Box Up Crime. After losing friends to gang-affiliated crime, Addison launched his initiative in 2013 with the hope of creating social change through social innovation. Box Up Crime uses sport in order to inspire, educate and develop young people. In 2019, Addison was awarded a British Empire Medal for his services to the community.