I’ve spent the last 6 months searching for a job that I really want to do. It’s an incredibly privileged position to be in but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. As another On Purpose cohort prepares to do the same, I thought I’d share some of my...

On Purpose Fellows , and are now Climate Reality Leaders, having attended a three-day training with Al Gore. They share their lessons for communicating climate change.For Alex, it was growing up with a mother who is an architect focused on...

How big of a problem are mental health issues?The figures will perhaps surprise those who haven’t heard them before: approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year; in England, 1 in 6 people report...

How On Purpose knew about my new career before I didThe On Purpose InterviewThe harder I tried to focus on the digits in front of me, the more they lurched across the paper. I wrote down new numbers but they were just as unreliable, slipping from...

Last weekend I volunteered for , a global innovation foundation and an On Purpose placement host, at their flagship event, . The annual 2 day conference aims to bring future thinking to the public realm, inviting its 4000 guests to ‘occupy...

Rabia Abrar, who is part of our October 2017 cohort, writes on the surprising contribution to climate change of our diets, and how we can make a positive impact through the things we choose, and choose not, to eat.

We all want impact investing to go mainstream. After all, who would be against generating a positive financial return while also creating positive social and environmental change?The term “impact investing” was coined at the beginning of the 21st...

In this post, Matt Cooper, an Associate from the October 2017 cohort, reflects on how his On Purpose experience has prompted him to increase his engagement in his local community.“How engaged am I as a citizen?”“What sort of social impact am I...

Jo Alexander, who is a Geologist and an April 2017 Fellow in London, writes about her transformation from a pessimist to an optimistic On Purpose Fellow.Geologists are very good at scaring people (including ourselves!). As a geologist, I have a...

Ariane Nikpur, who is part of the On Purpose core team, writes about Breadwinners, a small charity supporting refugees with work opportunities in the UK. Breadwinners has been shortlisted in the top five of People's Projects supported by Big...

April 2017 Fellow Katarina Fischerova interviewed Jane Hutchison, designer and founder of the cancer prevention charity Hello Beautiful Foundation.Katarina visited their wellness space, or ‘spiritual’ home, where all sales generated at the...

In this blog, Tania Han, who is currently on the October 2017 Associate Programme, writes about how a small company from New Zealand is doing good whilst challenging the soft drinks market.I first tasted in 2016, on a tiny island called Waiheke,...