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*Spoiler alert: This blog post contains spoilers from The Traitors season 2!* I have played the roles of faithful and traitor more than once. Yes, I have even played the role of Claudia Winkleman, though never with the budget for costumes to...

I’ve felt a strong need to give back and help others ever since I can remember. I was lucky enough to travel as a teenager and was struck by the inequality I saw in the world. I thought that it wasn’t fair that I had so much when others had so...

As the dust settles, not much seems to have changed over at OpenAI , owner of ChatGPT and the world's leading AI developer. There is little to betray the 5 days of chaotic high corporate drama that has gone down - including CEO Sam Altman’s...

During their time on the Associate Programme, our Associates work in two purpose-driven organisations and get hands-on experience with challenging industry projects. Placement hosts can be social enterprises, social divisions of for-profit...

When I was invited to write this piece, I struggled at first to find a suitable theme and tone. Sure, I could write about why I feel compelled to support refugees: my own privileged experience of securing residency abroad, which brought into...

The law is meant to protect us. But for most of history, there has been a gap in the law that has left people vulnerable to patterns of controlling or coercive behaviour in an ongoing relationship. The Home Office identifies coercive control as...

Why did you decide to join On Purpose as Head of Business Development & Community? From the moment I discovered On Purpose it felt like I found home. I was carrying out a Life Design process myself which, funnily enough, is taught on a number of...

Having established in my previous post what I understand effective altruism (EA) to be, I now want to pose an additional question: How helpful is it as an approach? Here I’ll take each question from my previous post in turn and share my views....

During their time on the Associate Programme, our Associates work in two purpose-driven organisations and get hands-on experience with challenging industry projects. Placement hosts can be social enterprises, social divisions of for-profit...

We all want to make the world a better place. Whether that is by campaigning for safer streets in our local community, donating money to charity for projects abroad or bringing a couple of tote bags to our weekly shop. There are so many ways to...

People are known for different things amongst their friends. Within my friendship group, I am the one who hates waste. Passionately, vocally, perhaps obsessively. And friends have admitted to feeling bad throwing away food in front of me. As an...

The right to protest is a fundamental cornerstone of any vibrant and tolerant democracy. We’ve all seen the important role that protest has played in movements, such as Black Lives Matter and the Iranian ‘Mahsa Amini protests’, to increase...