Warehouse Project boss Sacha Lord is launching a foundation to help young people in Manchester get into the hospitality industry. The night time economy advisor to the Mayor’s office is starting the charitable organisation with his own money, and with contributions from other figures in Manchester’s hospitality industry.
John Drape, founder of Ground Control, the events company which puts on Lord’s festival Parklife, will be among the donors, while its day-to-day running will be taken on by his wife Demi Lord. Other figures involved in the foundation will be announced in the coming weeks.
“This is something that’s been simmering for a couple of years, from back during lockdown” he said. “When I was at school, 15, 16, 17, all the kids in my school seemed to know what they wanted to do. They had an idea of a career path, which A Levels they wanted to do, which University they wanted to go to.
