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Supporting Marcus Rashford’s campaign for free school meals - the story of a family-run business offers lessons and inspiration. Victoria Brookman is an On Purpose October 2019 Fellow, who completed placements at NEL Healthcare Consulting and the...

In spring 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Members of the British government described the virus as a “great leveller” on the basis that it affects people from all walks of life. The fallacy of this claim...

Applications are open for the third cohort of the On Purpose Pathfinder Programme . This Programme is for people who want to make fundamental changes in their lives, but are unsure where to start. Femke van der Veer, expert facilitator, tells us...

Patrick Ellen (he/him) is an October 2020 On Purpose associate, currently on placement at Sustainable Ventures where he is focussing on broadening access to employability and entrepreneurship in the cleantech sector. If you do one thing during...

Image source: Sergey Tinyakov Victoire Guyot is an April 2020 On Purpose Associate, currently on placement with the Innovation and Insight team at Samaritans. There are many great things about being part of the On Purpose Associate Programme and...

A Moment of Change is a podcast created by the On Purpose London October 2019 cohort. Over five episodes, we speak with leaders within the social and environmental impact sectors to find out how 2020 has impacted them both professionally and...

Daniel Hutt is an April 2020 On Purpose Associate, currently on placement with the UK Impact team at Save the Children UK.An incredibly positive response to the pandemic has been the movement of thousands of volunteers across the UK to join local...

On Purpose Associate, midway through her second placement at digital career coaching social enterprise, Stay Nimble, having spent 6 months at Big Society Capital for her first placement.As social distancing measures begin to ease and we witness...

Lydia Levy is an October 2019 On Purpose Associate, currently on placement with the Centre for Social Impact Bonds at the Government Inclusive Economy.Each week of the lockdown brings news of another household name going out of business and it’s...

By Reka Budai, On Purpose 2016 October Fellow, currently working in education and supporting social enterprises to get started with their impact measurement.If you open up any news site nowadays, you will surely find at least one article about...

In my recent letter I wrote: Now is the time to learn because we are making miracles happen. Air pollution is plummeting, carbon emissions are dropping, we are providing basic incomes and realising who creates the real value in our economy.Take...

For me, undertaking a career change has involved a lot of unpicking of expectations about how to best discover — and transition to — my ideal career. It’s difficult to pinpoint where these expectations came from. Perhaps from well-meaning advice...