GSL staff are selected from the extensive Future Foundations network. They are all exceptionally experienced facilitators who specialise in working with young people. GSL staff all have their own global experiences and stories and use their real-life knowledge of social action and creating change to inspire and develop the participants on the programmes.
Alice joined the Future Foundations team following an eight year career in the gap year industry, organising, managing and promoting overseas volunteer and internship programmes for 18-24 year olds. Continually impressed by the breadth of skill, ambition and positive attitudes young people demonstrate when faced with complex challenges and the self-confidence that journey inspires, she holds a firm belief in the benefits of experiential learning! Having spent the best part of the last decade encouraging young people to travel and volunteer their time to social action projects in the developing world, Alice is now focused on the difference young people can make in their own lives and communities, ensuring every young person has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Amy is a proactive person motivated by the desire to empower people to be able to develop the capacity and control over the direction of their lives. This lead to her studying for a Masters in Social Anthropology and the impact of different influences on how we construct meaning in our lives. Amy works to build the capacity of young people and communities here in the UK and overseas.
Michelle started her FF journey back in 2008 when she was at the University of Reading where she was leading the Enactus team. Working with FF on “Third Sector Edge”, Michelle mentored a team of sixth form students from Reading Girls School to successfully complete a project with social impact. In fact, one of those sixth formers is now a Coach on FF Programmes! Michelle has a great belief in education in its many forms, having been a teacher, a coach and a mentor. She was rather excited to join FF in 2016 and become part of our amazing programmes aiming to create the leaders of the future.
Jon graduated from the University of Nottingham with a degree in Industrial Economics and has a masters in Charity Marketing and Fundraising with Distinction, from Cass Business School. As UK Programme Director of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) he grew the SIFE programme from 5 to over 30 UK Universities in four years. He managed over 600 student volunteers delivering community projects across the UK. Jon joined FF in 2007 to lead up the operations and development of programmes across the UK.
Following her studies in English, Classics and Drama A level, Joy joined Future Foundations as a Digital Marketing apprentice in 2017. Like the company, Joy is a strong believer in power of the people. She believes that with FF’s continuing outreach to young people, they now have the opportunity to create great changes in the world.
Jakub had been applying for a role on the delivery team for 2 years before he finally got his break. He loves the vision of GSL and seeing how it has developed into a truly global movement over the last few years. The Global Social Leaders delivery to young people in Beijing, for Jakub, felt like a huge step for the programme and the start of an exciting new era. He hopes to be play an even bigger part of its future.
Andy was the GSL World Summit 2016 Course Director. He has also coached on GSL World Summits in 2013, 2014 and 2015, making him one of our most experienced members of staff. Andy is also an experienced business coach with a passion for helping businesses to grow and to ignite the creative genius that hides within everyone. He has worked on many FF programmes over the years and is a highly valued member of our network.
Alex Bell, FRSA is the Course Director for the inaugural Global Social Leaders (GSL) STEAM in 2018. Alex is an experienced and sought-after facilitator, conference speaker, leadership coach and senior leader in education. Alex creates and delivers bold and innovative education and outreach programmes with international government, schools and charities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, a member of its Innovative Education faculty and Fellowship Councillor for creative education globally. He is a professional ambassador for the British Council and is currently researching a book on ‘Bold, brave and authentic leadership’ for school leaders.
Michaela was the Operations Director on the 2016 GSL World Summit. For the past 8 years she has worked in a variety of roles, all of which involved being in control of day-to-day operations, whether that be as an Expedition Leader organising a hike through the Andes, as a Volunteer Leader coordinating the work force on projects or as an Overland Expedition Leader arranging the logistics of a worldwide group tour. Michaela has also previously worked as Site Director for the NCS programme and more recently as an Operations Assistant in the UK office of an Overlanding Company.
Tom was Head of Pastoral for the boys boarding house in 2016. For 8 years Tom worked for water sports centres that ran residentials, as well as working on three National Citizen Service programmes for FF. Tom describes himself as a global citizen having lived all over the world for many many years.
Liv was Head of Pastoral for the girls boarding house in 2016 and has previously been the Operations Assistant in 2014 and 2015. Liv attends Exeter University and is on the Enactus Exeter Committee, she is also a Student Ambassador and has worked at Wellington College Shanghai! Liv was a student herself at Wellington College and volunteered on the first ever GSL.
Alex was a Coach on the GSL World Summit 2016. He has also coached in 2014 and 2015 on GSL and was the Course Director in 2013! Alex currently lives in Bolivia and works for an international NGO where he has seen first hand experience of supporting social action projects, including alternative technologies and women’s empowerment. He has masses of experience and delivery skills in coaching young people and in total he has created, managed or delivered programmes for over 25000 people.
Juliette was a Coach on the 2015 and 2016 GSL World Summit, her passion for personal transformation is inspired by the changes that have taken place during her 40 years on this adventure called life! Having worked with FF for just over 4 years on a wide variety of programmes Juliette has assisted hundreds of young people and staff make significant changes in their lives. She has trained as a life coach and NLP (neuro linguistic programming) practitioner.
Michael was in a Coach on GSL World Summit in 2015 and 2016. He co-founds a charity (Empower Tz) to support young women through secondary school in Old Moshi, Tanzania. He is passionate about individual empowerment and about restructuring global inequality especially in the area of access to medicines. Michael has worked on several National Citizen Service programmes and one-day deliveries with FF and his roles have included: leader, mentor and logistics.
Ella was a Coach on the GSl World Summit in 2015 and 2016, she brings an incredible amount of energy and empowerment to every role she works on. As well as coaching, Ella is a talented actor and director is very passionate about using her skills for social action and causes wherever possible. She has worked as a coach and course director for FF for several years including one-day secondary school programmes, National Citizen Service and the Legacy Careers Programme.
Jakub was a Coach on the 2016 GSL World Summit, he is a local leader of the Polish community in Liverpool where he supports an effort into building strong relationships with the local community, services, and other ethnic minorities. Jakub is well known to FF and over the past 4 years he has worked on NCS summer delivery in Sheffield and Berkshire, two editions of NCS Leaders, the McKinsey Leadership Academy and Graduate programmes, as well as 1 and 2-day deliveries at various locations.
Anna was a Coach on the 2016 GSL World Summit. As a skilled trainer she has delivered in 7 different countries and in many roles; trainer, facilitator, chair and participant. In these roles she was working with young people on a 1-2-1 basis spanning to a room of 350 teenagers. Anna is hugely passionate about the transformational effect that youth-focused programmes can have on the lives of young people.
Michael was an Operations Assistant on the 2016 GSL World Summit. He was a student at Wellington College and in 2014 he first volunteered on the programme as an Ambassador. Michael is now studying medicine at Leeds University and continues to work on other FF programmes in the operations team.
In 2016 Emily worked on her fourth consecutive GSL World Summit, she has previously volunteered twice as an ambassador for Wellington and last year co-ordinated the ambassadors and supported on logistics with the Operations team. Currently in her first year at Oxford University she says her favourite thing about working on GSL over the last few years has been having the opportunity to meet and get to know the young people and the teachers who accompany them.
Ed was the Head Ambassador for the 2016 GSL World Summit. He has just finished his final year student at Wellington College. In 2015 he volunteered on the programme as an Ambassador and came back this year to support further in the Operations Team, experience delivery and lead on supporting the Ambassadors and Alumni.
Nic was a Coach for 2014 GSL World summit and returned to be the Course Director in 2015. He has worked in Britain, Europe, Asia and Australia with a variety of people from the corporate world, sport and education. His leadership skills were tested under extreme conditions in 2012 when he was Expedition Leader in Antarctica for seventy corporate and community leaders from around the world to focus on sustainable leadership.
Ollie was the 2015 World Summit Operations Director. He is well known to FF as he has previously worked as an Assistant Group Leader on the National Citizen Service Summer 2014 programme. Ollie has extensive experience working with young people in varied settings from developing young leaders for NUS, leading the development and delivery of the Bar Council’s youth programmes, being a Director of Programmes for Speaker’s Trust and his role as Programme Manager with Spirit of 2012.
Lina was a Coach on the 2013 GSL World Summit and returned in 2014 as Course Director. In her own words “on GSL we had the opportunity to work with some of the best students from these countries and we were overwhelmed to witness how the students stepped up to the challenges on the programme. It has been one of the best experiences of my career as a life coach.” Lina was Head Coach for Future Foundations during 2015-2016 and is one of our most experienced facilitators.
Valerie looked after the girl’s boarding house on the 2013 and 2014 World Summit. She is hugely experienced in working with young people through her roles as Pastoral Residential Housemistress with Wellington College and Future Foundations, PE teaching and being the parent of a teenager!
James was the 2013 and 2014 GSL World Summit’s Operations Director. He has worked with Future Foundations since 2011 and says of his GSL experiences “the students were an incredible group of people who all brought talents, knowledge and a diverse cultural understanding that made the programme a pleasure to be a part of.”
Bud was the 2014 and 2015 GSL World Summit Operations Assistant, ensuring the logistics of every session throughout the programme ran smoothly. He has worked with Future Foundations on other programmes, including Higher Education days, Bright Futures Residentials and National Citizen Service.
Laina was a Coach on the 2015 GSL World Summit. As a Geographer, she is naturally passionate about global issues, particularly the importance of education equality around the world, especially for young girls and women. Laina is excited by projects that help to empower local communities in improving their quality of life.
Owen was a coach on the 2015 GSL World Summit. He is currently working as a a freelance facilitator delivering a range of programmes across the UK that raises the personal and academic aspirations of young people. He has worked for Future Foundations on the Legacy Careers Project, National Citizen Service and many one-day programmes.
Georgie was a Coach on the 2013 and 2014 GSL World Summits. She is one of Future Foundations’ most experienced coaches and her mantra is “all it takes is a bit of commitment, a healthy dose of self-motivation and remembering to turn a deaf ear to anyone who says you can’t do it!”