{"id":989952,"date":"2026-09-18T10:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/?page_id=989952"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:46:50","slug":"lse-2627-4-u-turn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/fr\/lse-2627-4-u-turn","title":{"rendered":"LSE-2627-4-U-Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/fr\/lse-2627-welcome\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\tWelcome\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/fr\/lse-2627-meet-up\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\tPartner Organisations\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/fr\/lse-2627-media-data\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\tUseful Resources\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\t4. U-Turn\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/wp-content\/plugins\/beaver-builder-lite-version\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LSE x UTurn\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OdvgWF3-XBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\n\t<p>U-Turn Homeless Ministries&#8217; 23 second-hand clothing and household goods shops across Cape Town are the commercial engine behind its homelessness rehabilitation model: social enterprises that give work opportunities, on-the-job retail training, stipends, and a structured path to independence.<\/p>\n<p>As U-Turn looks to grow this retail arm further, they&#8217;ve identified three areas where they believe outside expertise would help most.<\/p>\n<p>First, monetising earned vouchers: designing a workable mechanism to convert the vouchers champions earn through the programme into real economic value, whether as store credit, tradeable currency within the shop network, or a bridge into formal wages.<\/p>\n<p>Second, access to capital to expand the shop network: structuring the case (and identifying the right funding instruments, from impact investors to blended grant-debt facilities) to finance new store locations without compromising U-Turn&#8217;s non-profit mission.<\/p>\n<p>Third, sourcing pre-loved goods at scale: building reliable, larger-volume donation pipelines (corporate partnerships, retailer take-back schemes, logistics for collection) to keep 23-plus stores consistently stocked as the network grows.<\/p>\n<p>Each of these is a concrete, bounded commercial problem sitting inside a mission-driven organisation. The brief is still open at this stage, so it&#8217;s worth a detailed conversation with U-Turn to pin down where your input would add the most value, with the constraints of your methodology in mind.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\" title=\"LogoReciprocity\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LogoReciprocity.png\" alt=\"LogoReciprocity\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"65\" width=\"109\" data-link-type=\"url\" title=\"LogoReciprocity\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LogoReciprocity.png 109w, https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LogoReciprocity-18x12.png 18w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\" title=\"LSE\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LSE.png\" alt=\"LSE\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"225\" width=\"225\" data-link-type=\"url\" title=\"LSE\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LSE.png 225w, https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LSE-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/reciprocity.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LSE-12x12.png 12w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Partner Organisations Useful Resources 4. U-Turn U-Turn Homeless Ministries&#8217; 23 second-hand clothing and household goods shops across Cape Town are the commercial engine behind its homelessness rehabilitation model: social enterprises that give work opportunities, on-the-job retail training, stipends, and a structured path to independence. 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