Our stories

On Purpose London Associate in April 2016, now the Head of Programmes at Breaking Barriers.One New Year’s day Louise wrote a diary entry about how demotivated and disillusioned she felt… then she decided to rewrite her story and joined the On...

On Purpose London October 2017 Fellow, now Advisor to the Board President at C40 Cities Pauline always wanted to work on the protection of the environment, but found herself in e-commerce gaining great management skills in the non-environmentally...

On Purpose London April 2016 Fellow, Business Development Officer at Social Enterprise UKWhen Neha Chandgothia discovered the world of social enterprise, she felt a light bulb turn on. Settling into the culture of a new sector has been...

On Purpose London April 2016 Fellow, Managing Director at Hubbub EnterpriseAlex Robinson had what many would consider an enviable career in the music industry. But when he looked into his future, it just didn’t seem to fit. His career change...

On Purpose London January 2012 Fellow, Director of Ventures at UnLtdDavid Bartram followed a successful corporate trajectory after university, but didn’t feel the purpose and passion he craved. So he set out to discover something more. His shift...

London January 2011 Fellow, now Executive Director of Strategy and Operations at Ambition School LeadershipKatarina Fischerova, April 2017 Associate, got the chance to interview Tom during her placement at Ambition School Leadership. He kindly...

On Purpose Fellow in the April 2015 cohort in London, Communications Manager at School for Social EntrpreneursI wasn’t sure if the On Purpose Associate Programme was for me, and I almost didn’t apply. My career in journalism had bred into me a...

On Purpose London October 2014 Fellow, COO at “I would rather all that effort was going into a job that was aiming to improve society.” David Tinnion’s gut was telling him it was time to move on. Here’s how he learned to listen, and how, with the...

On Purpose London October 2014 Fellow, Investment Manager at “I wanted to feel, at the end of a hard week, like it had all been worthwhile.” Rachael Jagger wasn’t unhappy at work, but something was missing. Here’s how six months abroad, a social...

On Purpose London April 2013 Fellow, Head of Development at Jim tells us why he applied for the social enterprise leadership programme On Purpose and what’s happened next.Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your career?I studied Classics at...

On Purpose London April 2015 Fellow, Operations Manager at the Pasha Coupet Michaelsen worked as a finance lawyer before joining the On Purpose Associate Programme in April 2015. Today she is Operations Manager at the Refugee Support Network, a...

On Purpose London April 2013 Fellow, then Founder and Executive Director of Worthwhile , now Scale Manager at Social Entrepreneurs Ireland In my former job [in Human Resources at Rolls-Royce] I’d been trying to have conversations about social...