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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...

Inspecting Ballot Bins , Hubbub’s voting ashtray, in the vaults of Somerset House The On Purpose Interview The 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...

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...

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.

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,...

Sifa Porter joined the On Purpose Associate Programme in October 2017 and is currently in her first placement at King’s Health Partners. In this blog, she explores what she has learned over the past few months about the meaning of value in...

Ariane Nikpur, who is part of the On Purpose London team, met with Sophie Andre, a social enterprise caterer in London.Sophie Andre set up Elysia in 2016 and since then has been catering quality artisan food made out of British surplus...