Combined, they are a provocation - for ourselves and others - to do more to find, champion and support a different kind of leadership for change.
We know that the leaders we need, and back, understand that leadership isn’t scarce, it doesn’t run out. Big change happens when we work together and, instead of holding on to or hoarding power, leaders of systemic social change share power, and enable the people they work with step into theirs. Making things happen without using dominance or control. This type of leadership prioritises mobilising over waiting, connection over control, and courage over comfort.
Finding and supporting leaders with big ideas for change is in our DNA, and we are privileged to have spent 12 years backing people who are working to change systems. We have seen first-hand that it is not just what they do, but how they do it, that creates lasting change.
Our Big Change community of leaders are united by an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong sense of purpose. They are not afraid to challenge the status quo, see old problems through a fresh lens, and test new ways of doing things. From reimagining learning and leading, building a new model of higher education, empowering young people from vulnerable backgrounds, to building new networks of intergenerational leaders and rethinking support for young people at risk of exclusion, they model the change they wish to see in the ways they lead. They have turned their experience and insight into action while embedding intergenerational collaboration across their work.
