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AI & the future of education: Why it’s time to tap into our unique human advantage

18 June 2018

(From left to right: Essie North (MD, Big ...

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50 Things to do before you’re five

6 June 2018

Big Change are delighted to share a new ...

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We’re hiring! Insight and Impact Manager

18 May 2018

Insight and Impact Manager Reporting to: ...

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Youth Advisory Board – February 2018

22 February 2018

On Saturday 17th Feb our Youth Advisory ...

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The Global Change Leaders Gathering

22 February 2018

At the end of January Essie & Rosie ...

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We’re hiring! – Partnerships and Network Manager

1 June 2018

PARTNERSHIPS & NETWORK MANAGER Role ...

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STRIVE Morocco Blog: Jeremiah Emmanuel

14 December 2017

My heart began to race, my head was ...

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The Big Change 5 Year Review

7 December 2017

5 years ago, Big Change started with six ...

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Reimagining Education Breakfast

2 November 2017

In September Big Change convened a group of ...

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STRIVE Morocco 2017

2 November 2017

October also saw the completion of another ...

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The State of Speaking in our Schools

30 August 2017

The things we say and how we say them can ...

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Project Induction Day

18 July 2017

Last month, we held our first ever Project ...

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Youth Advisory Board

19 July 2017

We are a social impact accelerator, with a ...

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How we choose our projects – Impact Council

28 June 2017

How do we choose our projects? The project ...

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Resilience Training with How to Thrive

23 June 2017

This week we spent a great day with one of ...

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Big Changer: Oracy Interview with Will Millard

27 April 2017

 This year Big Change have chosen Oracy as ...

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Oracy: Our Project Finding Process

2 May 2017

Our project finding process is mission ...

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Our Focus Areas

12 April 2017

At Big Change,  we priorities areas where we ...

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Oracy – Emerging Narrative

12 April 2017

At Big Change we prioritise areas where we ...

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WE Day 2017

30 March 2017

Last week Big Change had an inspirational day ...

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Teacher WellBeing: Request for Proposal

23 February 2017

Big Change was founded to catalyse positive ...

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Spoken Communication: Request for Proposals

23 February 2017

Supporting young people to find their ...

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The Big Change Manifesto

14 December 2016

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2016: A Year in Review

16 December 2016

2016 has been yet another exciting year in ...

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Teacher Wellbeing – Our Emergent Narrative

1 December 2016

In the last two years, we have received a ...

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Speaking up with Voice 21 – Farah’s Story

6 December 2016

Farah is a year 11 student at School 21 who ...

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VOICE 21: Raising our voices for Oracy

11 November 2016

With funds raised by the Virgin STRIVE ...

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Inspiring younger generations through STRIVE

4 November 2016

2014 and 2016 STRIVER, mum, and fitness ...

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Protected: Voice 21: On Oracy, Communication & Striving

28 October 2016

This content is password protected. To view ...

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City Year UK: We don’t know who benefits most – the students, the schools, or the volunteers

25 October 2016

Last week, we had the pleasure of seeing one ...

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Striving to Thrive

4 September 2016

Whilst our STRIVERs are hiking across the ...

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Striving to Lead with Reclaim

10 October 2016

With funds raised from the 2014 Virgin STRIVE ...

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STRIVER Voice: Resilience, the mountains and the everyday

18 October 2016

This year one of our newest project partners, ...

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That’s a wrap! The Virgin STRIVE Challenge 2016

3 October 2016

This year’s STRIVE was a challenge of epic ...

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Project Portfolio 2016

4 August 2016

With another year comes another round of ...

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Obstacles to social mobility in Britain date back to the Victorian education system

3 August 2016

Written by Jonathan Godshaw Memel, ...

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Frontline – Welcoming the 2016 Cohort

27 July 2016

It’s been an exciting year for our ...

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On Purpose: Redefining Success for the 21st Century

18 July 2016

We all know that the ability to succeed in ...

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Celebrating our Impact

30 June 2016

On Tuesday, we hosted our second ever Big ...

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Welcoming Big Change’s Young Advisors

20 April 2016

As an organisation with a mission to promote ...

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Monday Inspiration: The power of words

29 March 2016

Last week, we were reminded of the wonderful ...

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Monday Inspiration – Emma Hatto

21 March 2016

This week, we are feeling inspired by ...

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WE Day 2016

11 March 2016

A Day of Inspiration On Wednesday, we had ...

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Big Changer of the Month: Jeremiah Emmanuel

25 February 2016

Jeremiah Emmanuel is often referred to as a ...

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Beautiful Work, Beautifully Done.

16 February 2016

Written by Debra Kidd Some schools blow your ...

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Monday Inspiration – Growth Mindset “a driving philosophy, not just a tool.”

8 February 2016

We are beginning to hear the term Growth ...

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The lessons we’ve learnt along the way…

26 January 2016

2015 was a great year for Big Change – we ...

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Monday Inspiration – “Our failing schools. Enough is enough!”

15 January 2016

Geoffrey Canada is head of the Harlem ...

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Government commits to Frontline expansion

15 January 2016

In a week where there has been much sad news, ...

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Impact Report

15 December 2015

Thanks to our incredible donors and ...

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Monday Inspiration – “No mistakes on the band stand”

7 December 2015

We’ve been talking about mistakes quite ...

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Allocation of Funds

27 November 2015

We take a portfolio approach to catalysing ...

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Project Selection – How we find new partners

27 November 2015

Selecting which projects to support is ...

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Growth Mindset

27 November 2015

Growth Mindset lies at the heart of so much ...

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How We Think About Impact

27 November 2015

We back powerful ideas in their early stages ...

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Our Approach

27 November 2015

At the heart of Big Change is a belief in ...

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Elevation Challenge 2015 – The Journeyy not the Destination

2 December 2015

There are those of us who believe that our ...

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Big Changer of the Month: Ruth Ibegbuna

30 October 2015

Where do we even begin with Ruth? She’s ...

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Mind over Matter – Growth Mindset Press Release

13 October 2015

SCHOOLS FAILING TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN ...

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Growth Mindset Research

13 October 2015

We’ve been working hard in recent months ...

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Franklin Scholars featured on BBC Radio 4

6 October 2015

Something that we are very passionate about ...

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School 21 mentioned at Tory Party Conference

8 October 2015

We are thrilled to see that the importance of ...

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FRONTLINE: A community of social workers

29 September 2015

Essie and I recently went to visit ...

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Big Changer of the Month: Alex Petsch

17 September 2015

At Big Change, we’re surrounded by a ...

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Virgin Disruptors: The Future of Education – top ten (okay, maybe twelve) moments

5 October 2015

Last Friday, we were at Virgin Disruptors ...

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Fundraising for STRIVE 2015

25 June 2015

With this year’s STRIVE Challenge just ...

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To grow or not to grow?

10 August 2015

Cogito ergo sum. I think therefore I ...

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Elevation Challenge 2015 – Meet the Team

22 June 2015

In December last year, while I was busy ...

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Row 4 GB – Third week at sea

18 June 2015

Nineteen days ago, Charlie Pitcher set off ...

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STRIVE: Justin Packshaw on human excellence

15 June 2015

Strive. What a wonderfully powerful and ...

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Big Change hits the road: Newcastle

5 June 2015

Today some of our Big Changers travelled to ...

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Introducing Niki

7 May 2015

Hi. I’m Niki. My full name is Nicole ...

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A mountain, me, really?

7 May 2015

So there I lie on the plateau, under me the ...

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Events and Operations Assistant

23 March 2015

Background: Big Change connects and supports forward thinking people, ideas and projects to catalyse positive change for young people in the UK. Main Purpose of the Job: We recognise that with great ambition comes the need for great people and we are looking for someone to help the community ...

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Frontline – two years on

17 March 2015

Almost exactly two years ago we met a social ...

 

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The coolest school on earth

16 March 2015

We Day is how every school lesson should be. ...

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The Virgin STRIVE Challenge Story

12 September 2014

The Virgin STRIVE Challenge was an epic adventure… In case you missed the story, here is a quick recap…   And this is how Big Change helps improve the lives of Young People in the UK.

 

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NCS Makes the Big Change “Nice List” this Year!

15 December 2014

Tis the season to celebrate our wonderful ...

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Celebrating Franklin Scholars!

15 December 2014

Big Change purposefully finds and supports projects that unlock the potential of young people. In 2014, we have partnered with 6 wonderful ...

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Keep Cool, Strive High

10 September 2014

Last week, one of the world’s leading ...

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The Difference Between a Teacher and a Mentor

4 November 2014

Last week, we heard from Julie Pettifer, a Virgin Care employee who won a spot on the Haute Route Hike on the Virgin STRIVE Challenge. She gave a great piece of advice to Young People in the UK: “not to be afraid to ask for help and support, especially from an ‘older’ person ...

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What We Strive For – By Sam Branson

29 October 2014

While the very essence of striving is to look ...

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Daring to Care

27 October 2014

Julie Pettifer, the Virgin Care Service Improvement Manager won a place through Virgin Care to be part of the Virgin Strive Challenge. She won ...

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How Sport Can Teach us Vital Life Skills

2 October 2014

Victoria Pendleton caught my attention at the ...

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Big Changes Happen On Purpose

1 September 2014

This week, Tom Rippin, the CEO of On Purpose, was with us as we hiked the Haute Route across the Alps. Tom was amazing on the hike – he kept up well and always had a word of encouragement for his fellow participants. “Prior to founding On Purpose, I studied for and received a PHD in ...

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Set the Bar High and Meet Your Goals

13 October 2014

Lopo Champalimaud joined us on the second Cycle Leg of the Virgin STRIVE Challenge. He shared what he learned on the Challenge, what life skills he had to draw upon, and how those Life Skills have helped him build his company… Like any great challenge, having a team around you working ...

 

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The STRIVE Poem by Lucillo Burrell

21 September 2014

We visited the Burlington Danes Academy, one ...

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How to go Far as a Team

26 September 2014

When Dan Barrett heard about the Virgin ...

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How to get by with a little help from your friends

6 October 2014

Tatiana Colhoun, who hails from Canada, joined us on the Haute Route hike with her husband, Grant. She shared her inspiring STRIVE story with us ...

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Blistered but not Broken, Krista Cartlidge hiked the Haute Route

3 September 2014

We were joined by Krista Cartlidge,  a ...

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The Importance of Goal Setting

25 August 2014

Big Change is proud to have Justin Packshaw aboard the Virgin Strive Challenge. So far, he has cycled 1060 km across France into Switzerland and ...

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Changing The World

23 August 2014

We recently had the pleasure of hosting Rob ...

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Ade Adepitan STRIVES

22 August 2014

Last week, we were joined by Ade Adepitan on the Ultra Marathon Leg of the Virgin STRIVE Challenge. He wrote to us about his experience on the challenge and his journey in life so far and the Life Skills he has developed to help him reach this point. You lot are all bloody awesome what ...

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Celebrating our partnership with NCS

7 August 2014

Last week, we announced our partnership ...

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What Life Skills should be taught in our schools?

14 September 2014

We love this Ted Talk by Dr. Ilona Boniwell. ...

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What can adults learn from kids?

29 September 2014

Here is a great Ted Talk from Adora Svitak, ...

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Visit to ARK Schools

24 July 2014

Last week, Big Change Founder Sam Branson, ...

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Visit to the Franklin Scholars

12 July 2014

We recently spent a day in Langdon Academy, ...

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10 keys to happier living

12 July 2014

Action for Happiness is a movement for ...

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Anyone can change the world

9 July 2014

We love this short video from Jody Williams, ...

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How the Virgin STRIVE Challenge is raising awareness for life skills

8 July 2014

When we first started discussing the Virgin ...