About Us

Who are we?

FNL+B Sports Ed CIC is a new start up. A mentoring and motivational personal lifestyle & associate programme for 11 – 17-year-olds young people excluded from mainstream education and 18- to 24-year-olds in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) on a Community Order (CO), or SSO (Suspended Sentence Order), aimed at minorities ethnics.

We offer a pre-exclusion support & mentoring short-term (‘respite’) intervention programme for school and colleges. This its hoped will prevent early, or further sanctions, leading to re-integration to succeed. Providing a halfway house between full Alternative Provision and permanent exclusion.

“Supporting behaviours and meeting needs to avoid exclusion”.

Lifestyle of exclusion

Young People (YPs), Young Adults (YA) whose exclusion/offending is linked to lack of positive interpersonal relationship. May have Learning Difficulties and/or Learning Disabilities, personality disorder, behavioral and/or developmental challenges. This may include YP/YA who feel excluded or rejected by peer, faith, or social groups and who may be at risk of radicalisation.

‘Poor’ choices lifestyle: – The time is spent engaging in negative or criminal behaviors or behaviors which appears aimless in any socially acceptable way. The YA/YP may have no other pro-social networks or may fear danger from their social group if they remove themselves.

Our Team

Frank (AKA ‘Benji’)

Director
Founder of FNL+B Sports Ed CIC with 40+ years in government and senior roles in HM Prisons & Probation Service. Former coach at Nottingham Forest FC and Leicester City FC youth academies, delivering mentoring programs that prevent exclusion and support reintegration.

Rachel (AKA ‘Rach’)

Safeguarding Lead
20+ years’ experience supporting young people in social services. Qualified mentor and trainer specializing in child protection and residential care. Rachel leads one-to-one reviews, safeguarding, and helps young people achieve their personal goals while meeting their emotional needs.

Mahendra (AKA ‘Mitch’)

Key Stage Manager
BSc (Hons) Zoology, MSc Aquatic Sciences. Lead science teacher with 15+ years’ experience teaching KS3-KS5 across all sciences, functional Maths/English, and PSHE. Mitch ensures our program meets educational standards and supports pathways back to mainstream learning.