Furniture on the Street
When Hitesh Bedia, 32, suffered a horrific accident that crushed his leg and left him unable to walk, the usually active father of a young child found himself incapacitated and out of work…
After narrowly escaping an amputation and spending a year laid up, Bedia decided it was time to take a new direction in his life. So he signed up to Furniture on the Street (FoS), a social enterprise in Tower Hamlets, east London, which supplies local authorities, charities and other clients with contemporary-designed pieces of outdoor wooden furniture.Read the full story here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/may/06/social-enterprise