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2014-2015UK ANNUAL REVIEW
A NOTE FROM OUR LEADERS
A NOTE FROM OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dear Friends and Supporters,
This has been an extraordinary year for Free The Children UK. With the expansion of our educational programme, WE Schools, into Scotland, we are now working with 2,000 schools across the UK. The commitment of young people to improving their communities never ceases to amaze us.
Entering into 2015, the momentum for change reached new heights as we held the second WE Day UK, bringing together 12,000 young people, inspirational speakers and even royalty to celebrate a year of social action.
It’s hard to believe that 20 years ago, Free The Children was just a small group of twelve 12-year-olds, eager to change the world. And while at first we weren’t quite sure how to be the change, we had the passion to know it was possible and the commitment to make it happen.
It is this shameless idealism that has allowed us to build schools in Haiti, set up health clinics in Kenya and build a community of thousands of young people, teachers and supporters who inspire us every day. Together, we’re leading a global movement that proves it’s cool to care. It’s been an incredible journey and we’re thrilled to share the achievements of the past year with you.
On behalf of the entire Free The Children family, thank you for being a part of this exciting movement. We are sincerely grateful for your support.
Be the change,
Dear Friends and Supporters,
I was raised with the notion that giving back to your community, like looking after your family, is an essential part of life and success. This is why I feel so honoured to be working with Free The Children in the UK. From its beginnings as a small group of students in Canada, Free The Children has grown into a worldwide movement with over two million young people involved in our programming. It is inspiring to see that the community ethos that affected me so much while I was growing up is still alive and strong in young people today.
This year, students from over 2,000 participating schools in the UK have continued to donate their time and talents to causes close to their hearts. Through WE Schools they have volunteered an amazing 217,670 hours and collected 37,320kg of food for local foodbanks. What excites me is knowing this is just the beginning, and I look forward to what 2015-2016 will bring.
My highlight of the past year was bringing WE Day to the UK for the second time. Seeing 12,000 young people from across the region come together at The SSE Arena in Wembley filled me with a great sense of pride and admiration. The atmosphere in the Arena was nothing short of euphoric and I cannot think of a better way to celebrate the actions that young people have taken to support their communities.
This year has also seen amazing milestones in Free The Children’s holistic and sustainable Adopt a Village development model. In Kenya, we celebrated the accomplishments of our first graduating class from Kisaruni All Girls Secondary School, which has been recognised as the top secondary school in the whole region. And through the Year of Education initiative, we exceeded our goal of fundraising to build 200 schools in developing communities!
On behalf of the board of directors, thank you for your support and enthusiasm as we continue to grow the impact of our organisation throughout the UK.
Craig Kielburger Marc Kielburger
A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER
OUR TEAM
Our Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Financial Responsibility . . . . . . . . . 6
Shifting the World from ME to WE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
UK Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . 26
WE Day UK Co-Chairs . . . . . . . . . . 26
Our Ambassadors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING
18 Adopt a Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Clean Water and Sanitation . . . . . 21
Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Agriculture and Food Security. . . 23
Alternative Income and Livelihood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING Living WE 365 Days a Year . . . . . . . .11
WE Day UK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
WE Day UK Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
WE Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
WE Schools Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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DID YOU KNOW?
OF YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUR
PROGRAMMING DISPLAY GREATER LEADERSHIP AMONG THEIR PEERS.
Best wishes, Lord Rumi Verjee Chair of the UK Board
A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER
OUR INNOVATIVE MODEL IS DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, EMPOWERING YOUNG LEADERS EVERYWHERE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL AS ACTIVE, COMPASSIONATE AND INVOLVED CITIZENS. THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE SET OUT TO SHIFT THE WORLD FROM ME TO WE—FROM A WORLD FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL TO ONE THAT’S FUELED BY THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.
OUR MODELWHY WE’RE DIFFERENT
When you give with Free The Children, you’re joining a movement to shift the world from “me” thinking to “we” acting. Our holistic and sustainable model is built on the belief that every community has the potential to lift itself out of poverty— children just need the chance to discover their gift to learn and lead. Our focus on empowerment sets us apart and also enables us to create unique impacts by providing cutting-edge active citizenship programming to help young people build their skills and discover their passions.
STEP 2 EDUCATE AND EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE
STEP 3 TRANSFORM YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES
STEP 1 REMOVE BARRIERS TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER 5 4 A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER
SOURCES OF INCOMEEnding 31 March 2015 *
BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE Ending 31 March 2015 *
12% INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS &
GLOBAL EDUCATION
84% DOMESTIC PROJECTS
4% GENERAL & ADMINISTRATION
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITYFree The Children’s vision for sustainable change empowers young leaders at home and transforms communities overseas. It is reflected in all aspects of our work—and our fundraising model is no exception. By honouring every donation, from creative coin collections led by students to corporate partnerships, we have an industry-leading policy of financial responsibility that ensures all contributions are spent effectively to create meaningful change.
50% CORPORATE
13%GOVERNMENT
3% ADULT
32% FOUNDATION
TOTAL EXPENDITURE£2,625,344
*All figures are consolidated for Free The Children UK. Free The Children UK is audited annually by Crowe Clark Whitehill.**Funding income includes cash and in-kind donations.
TOTAL INCOME£3,413,782
2%YOUNG PEOPLE
A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER 7 6 A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER
HAITI
ECUADOR
NICARAGUA
INDIA
KENYA
RURALCHINA
GHANA
SIERRALEONE
15 COMMUNITIES engaged in Nicaragua,
Ecuador and Haiti
WE DAY in the UK
26 COMMUNITIES engaged in India and
rural China
25 COMMUNITIES engaged in Sierra Leone,
Ghana and Kenya
WE DAY in 11 major North
American cities
SHIFTING THE WORLD FROM ME TO WEOUR IMPACT HAS LOCAL AND GLOBAL REACH
We’ve all heard the age-old African proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child.” At the same time, it takes children to build community—a belief reflected in our work.
In Africa, Asia and Latin America, we aim to establish a comprehensive, child-focused development approach that gives community members the education, skills and opportunities to lift themselves out of poverty. In the UK and North America, we engage young people through service learning and active citizenship so that they can be free to achieve their fullest potential as agents of change.
Both our models are built on the understanding that the world we share unites us. Our domestic and international programming work together to provide young people with the tools and knowledge they need to lead meaningful action.
MAP LEGENDADOPT A VILLAGE COMMUNITIES
WE SCHOOLS REGIONS
8,500 SCHOOLS engaged in
Canada and the U.S. 2,000 SCHOOLS engaged in
the UK
THE 2.3 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMMING WORLDWIDE CURRENTLY PROVIDE 60% OF FUNDING FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK.
60%
6 ACTIVE WE DAY CAMPAIGNS
in the UK
A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER 9 8 A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER
DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING
WE OFFER A UNIQUE APPROACH TO LEARNING WHERE RESULTS ARE MEASURED NOT BY GRADES, BUT BY POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT. WHETHER STUDENTS ARE COLLECTING TINNED FOOD TO TACKLE LOCAL HUNGER OR SELLING BAKED GOODS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR EDUCATION INITIATIVES OVERSEAS, THEY’RE RALLYING FOR CHANGE WHILE GAINING VALUABLE VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES. THESE EFFORTS ARE CELEBRATED AT AN ANNUAL STADIUM-SIZED EVENT THAT EMPOWERS A GENERATION OF COMPASSIONATE YOUNG CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME.
LIVING WE 365 DAYS A YEAREMPOWERING A GENERATION OF ACTIVE GLOBAL CITIZENS
Whether it’s our year-long educational programme, series of events or mobile app, our domestic model is inspiring change. By awakening the spirit of volunteerism in young people, anything is possible—injustices can be stopped, our local and global communities can be transformed for the better and children everywhere can feel empowered to pursue their dreams.
OF YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMMING ARE MORE LIKELY TO STAND UP
FOR PEOPLE THEY SEE BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY.
OF YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUR
PROGRAMMING NOW SPEND MORE TIME DISCUSSING COMMUNITY NEEDS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
81%
83%
DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 11 10 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING
WE DAY THE MOVEMENT
Combine the energy of a live concert with the inspiration of hearing the remarkable stories of people leading change and you get WE Day, a movement that brings together world-renowned speakers and performers with tens of thousands of young people to celebrate the power they have to change the world. Students can’t buy a
ticket to WE Day—they earn it through active citizenship by participating in one local and one global action.
IN 2015 WE HELD OUR SECOND WE DAY IN THE UK, WHICH BROUGHT YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A DAY OF CELEBRATION, ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP BUILDING.
OF THE 12,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED WE DAY UK THIS YEAR, 90 PERCENT SAID THEY NOW FEEL PART OF A BROADER COMMUNITY.
CELEBRATION, ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND
LEADERSHIP BUILDINGA
STADIUM-SIZED EVENT
12,000 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE UK
PARTICIPATE IN
WE DAY
WE DAY IMPACTS
BRINGING YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER
90%NOW FEEL PART OF A BROADER
COMMUNITY.
DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 13 12 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING
Our programme challenges apathy. It gets students off their chairs and out of the classroom. Through active citizenship, it engages students to develop the skills to succeed academically, in the workforce and as
active citizens. Our programme is more than curriculum, educational resources and action campaigns—it’s a movement of students and teachers who believe that some of the most powerful lessons come from
making a meaningful difference in the world.
WE SCHOOLS 365 DAYS A YEAR
IN 2014-2015, 300,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMMING, WITH A TOTAL OF 2,000 SCHOOLS ENGAGED IN SIX DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS LED BY FREE THE CHILDREN.
YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN WE SCHOOLS PROGRAMMING HAVE VOLUNTEERED 217,670 HOURS TOWARDS LOCAL AND GLOBAL CAUSES. 89 PERCENT OF PARTICIPANTS DEMONSTRATE MORE CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES.
WE SCHOOLS IMPACTS
217,670 VOLUNTEER HOURS
89%DEMONSTRATE
MORE CONSIDERATION OF
LOCAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES.
DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 15 14 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING
YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE UK
300,000 YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN OUR PROGRAMMING
2,000 SCHOOLS
6 CAMPAIGNS
A competitive spirit led students at The Regis School in Bognor Regis to beat a Free The Children UK record…twice!
In 2013 they took part in WE Day’s WE Scare Hunger campaign to collect tinned food for the Bognor Regis Foodbank. The young volunteers collected a record-breaking 800kg of food! They were thrilled with their achievement and wanted to do more.
The next year, seven local primary schools joined the team, hoping to launch the biggest food collection ever. Volunteers formed a human chain to transport the tins to the foodbank.
“Seeing all the food was overwhelming,” says student Chloe-Ann. “So, actually delivering it was just an experience from another world!”
Students had not only doubled their donation from the previous year, they had more than tripled it. By working together, the young people of Bognor Regis had collected over 2,876kg of food for the foodbank.
“They’ve really grasped that small actions can make a big difference and that by working collaboratively we can achieve great things,” says teacher, Caroline Saunders.
FOOD COLLECTIONS THAT BREAK RECORDS“THEY’VE REALLY GRASPED THAT SMALL ACTIONS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.”– CAROLINE SAUNDERS, TEACHER
Molly had always been a keen social activist at school. She had been involved in student voice since Year 7 and taken part in food collections and sponsored silences for local charities. But she’d never thought of holding her own event to celebrate youth social action until she attended the inaugural WE Day UK in 2014. Molly was amazed by the variety of social actions that young people had taken.
“There were so many young people at WE Day who had done things and I was like, ‘I really want to do something!’”
This June, Molly launched her own Mini WE Day at her former high school in Grimsby. She brought inspiring speakers to the school to run leadership workshops and discuss the theme of the day: resilience. Molly chose resilience as she believes that, regardless of their situation, all young people have the ability to make a difference in their communities. The task of organising the day was a challenge for 17-year-old Molly but she was determined to help other young people experience the excitement she felt at WE Day.
“For her to organise something this big is a huge achievement. We’re so proud of her,” says teacher Heidi Stennet.
LEADERSHIP THAT INSPIRES OTHERS“WE NEED TO BE TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.” – MOLLY
16 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 17
INTERNATIONALPROGRAMMING
WE BELIEVE THAT THE KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ABOUT A HAND OUT, BUT A HAND UP. WORKING ALONGSIDE DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS IN EIGHT COUNTRIES, WE OFFER A MODEL THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITIES TO LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY AND THRIVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
ADOPT A VILLAGEEMPOWERING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Our Adopt a Village model began with a single pillar: education. We soon realised that poverty requires a holistic solution. Without clean water, health care, alternative income and food security, children would miss school due to illness, having to fetch water or support their families’ farms. The five pillars of Adopt a Village are not only owned and maintained by the community, but are also designed to keep children in school, as education is the road to opportunity.
OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN UDAWAD, INDIA,
REPORTED BEING MORE FOOD SECURE AFTER JUST ONE YEAR IN OUR PROGRAMMING
SCHOOLS IN KENYA INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMMES FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS HAVE SEEN ATTENDANCE RATES AMONG
GIRLS INCREASE BY
67%
85%
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 19 18 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING
THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONOUR EDUCATION PROGRAMMES HAVE RESULTED IN AN 85 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FEMALE GRADUATES WHO ARE NOW ABLE TO ATTEND SECONDARY SCHOOL.
85% INCREASE
SINCE 2010, THE ATTENDANCE RATES AT MANAC PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HAITI HAVE INCREASED BY OVER 400%.
SPOTLIGHT ON HAITI
EDUCATIONOur education pillar goes beyond school-building. We also provide teacher training, extracurricular programmes, books and basic school supplies so that children can focus on their studies without worrying about absent teachers or a lack of learning materials.
20 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING
ATTENDANCE RATES
MANAC PRIMARY SCHOOL
INCREASED BY OVER 400%
CLEAN WATER AND SANITATIONWithout water, a community can’t grow. We help communities install hand pumps, boreholes, wells, pipes, washing stations, rain catchment systems and latrines. Clean water gives families the chance to raise healthy children, run sustainable farms and send their girls to school.
THE IMPACT OF CLEAN WATER AND SANITATIONOUR CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION PROGRAMMES HAVE LED TO A 40 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENGAGED IN SAFE WATER USAGE.
40% INCREASE
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 21 IN THE COMMUNITY OF UDAWAD, INDIA, TWO WELLS WERE REHABILITATED IN 2014, PROVIDING CLEAN WATER TO OVER 800 FAMILIES AND ENSURING WATER IS ACCESSIBLE DURING THE DRY SEASON.
SPOTLIGHT ON INDIA
TWO WELLS WATER 800 FAMILIES
THE IMPACT OF HEALTHOUR HEALTH CARE INITIATIVES HAVE HELPED SO MANY FAMILIES THAT THE BARAKA MATERNITY WARD IN KENYA WAS VOTED THE BEST MATERNITY WING IN ALL OF NAROK COUNTY.
HEALTHA healthy community is a sustainable community. When children are well, they are less likely to miss school or drop out. And when parents are free of illness, their family businesses are more likely to thrive. By offering health training, clinics, medical supplies and workshops to developing communities, we’re helping families grow to their fullest potential.
22 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING
THE MATERNITY WING AT BARAKA HEALTH CLINIC HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 3,000 MOTHERS WITH PRE- AND POST-NATAL CARE, INCLUDING ULTRASOUND AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, AND HAS HELPED DELIVER 213 HEALTHY BABIES.
BARAKA MATERNITY WARD
213 HEALTHY AND SAFE BIRTHS
3,000 MOTHERS WITH PRE-NATAL CARE
BEST MATERNITY WING IN NAROK COUNTY
SPOTLIGHT ON KENYA
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITYNutritious food fuels growing minds and thriving communities. We help provide school gardens, family farms, nutrition programmes, agriculture training, improved seeds and irrigation projects so that communities can achieve long-term health and access stable food sources.
THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITYOUR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMMES HAVE LED TO A 26 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH REGULAR ACCESS TO WELL-PREPARED, NUTRITIOUS FOOD.
26% INCREASE
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 23
IN 2014, OLELESHWA FARM EXPANDED TO INCLUDE 250 ACRES OF LAND AND 12 GREENHOUSES TO INCREASE ITS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT STUDENT LUNCH PROGRAMMES AND PROVIDE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TO DATE, IT HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 2,000,000 MEALS.
SPOTLIGHT ON KENYA
250 ACRE EXPANSION
2 MILLION MEALS
12 NEW GREEN HOUSES
THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE INCOME AND LIVELIHOODIN 2014 OUR ALTERNATIVE INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMMES HAVE LED TO A 20 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NOW EARNING A SUSTAINABLE INCOME.
ALTERNATIVE INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD Entrepreneurship doesn’t just give parents the means to provide for their family—it empowers a generation to discover new skills. Free The Children works to help parents, especially mothers, create new economic opportunities through leadership sessions, financial literacy workshops and vocational training.
24 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING
IN 2014, OVER 160 WORKSHOPS WERE ORGANISED FOR GIRLS’ CLUBS IN CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR. THESE HAVE HELPED GIRLS DEVELOP LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SKILLS.
SPOTLIGHT ON ECUADOR
160+ WORKSHOPS FOR GIRLS’ CLUBS
LEADERSHIP SKILLS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SKILLS PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS
20% INCREASE
Daisy Barengetuny is surely the hardest working 23-year-old in Kenya. With eight children, her parents were too poor to send her to secondary school. She married as a teenager and worked as a farm labourer to survive. She seemed on track to live in poverty, like many child brides in her community.
But when she was 20, Daisy joined a merry-go-round started in her community with the support of Free The Children. She and other women learned how to earn, save and invest money. Each member puts a few Kenyan shillings in a locked box each month, and once a year, each woman gets a pot of money to invest in something.
When Daisy received her money, she purchased some tea and started making milky masala chai to sell to farmers working on nearby fields. With those small profits, she bought a small shop where she made even more money. Daisy didn’t stop there.
She used the money she made from the shop to buy some goats, which provided milk that she fed to her baby, Michelle, and sold to members of her community. Her next big plan is to buy a plot of land to build a home on. But her ultimate dream?
“I want to give my daughter the education I never had,” says Daisy. “One day, I will send my daughter to college.”
HERDING CHANGE THROUGH ALTERNATIVE INCOME “I SAW THAT LIFE IS HARD. BUT IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU CAN END UP SUCCESSFUL.” – DAISY BARENGETUNY, 23
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 25
OUR AMBASSADORS We are deeply grateful to our incredible ambassadors who bring the message of Free The Children and WE Day to life through their thought-provoking words and skilled performances. Not only have they lent their time and talent, they have also proven by example that changing the world is just about the coolest thing anybody could ever do.
CLIVE OWEN
LAURA WHITMORE
PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD YUNUS
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
ELLIE GOULDING
SIR RICHARD BRANSON
MARTIN SHEENHOLLY BRANSON
OUR TEAM
UK BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lord Rumi Verjee Board Chair; Founder, The Rumi Foundation
Holly Branson Trustee and Founder, Big Change Charitable Trust; Chair, Virgin Unite
Craig Burkinshaw Founder, Audley Travel
Marianne Fallon Partner, Head of Corporate Affairs, KPMG LLP
Hamish Jenkinson Director, Old Vic Tunnels; Trustee, Kevin Spacey Foundation
Pauline Latham Member of Parliament for Mid-Derbyshire
Graham Moysey Head, AOL International
Neil Roskilly CEO, Independent Schools Association
UK OUTSTANDING PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS Animal Jam
AOL UK
ASDAN
Barclays Bank PLC
The Beecham Family
Big Change Charitable Trust
The Bourbonnais Family
The Branson Family
Kathleen Britain
Carey Cars
Craig Burkinshaw and Joanna Le Bon
Character Scotland
COMO Hotels and Resorts
Contiki
Dame Julia Cleverdon
Sharon Davies
DHL UK
Diana Award
Hani Farsi
FASNA
Hannah Owen Youth Trustee
Ella Hohnen-Ford Youth Trustee
Grace DeSouza Youth Trustee
WE DAY UK CO-CHAIRS Lord Rumi Verjee Founder, The Rumi Foundation
Holly Branson Trustee and Founder, Big Change Charitable Trust; Chair, Virgin Unite
Firezza Pizza
Independent Schools Association
Lord Michael Hastings
Antony and Amanda Jenkins
Hamish Jenkinson
Amanda Jordan
Craig and Becky Kreeger
EdenCancan
KPMG LLP
The Lower Green Foundation
ME to WE Social Enterprises
ME to WE Style
Mission Measurement
Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation
NMTB Communications
One Water
The Owen Family
The Prosser Family
The Queen’s Trust
The Rumi Foundation
Sigma Systems
Alex Snelling
Sugar Mill
Team London
TES
Trafalgar UK
United Learning
The Wenman Family
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Virgin Trains
Virgin Unite
The Zing Foundation
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