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.
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.
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.
Suzi joined Future Foundations in July 2020 following a twenty-year career in the events and experiential marketing sector. During this time, Suzi developed and oversaw delivery of a number of CSR programmes for brands that focused on developing and improving the lives of young people through sport for change, life skills programmes and environmental and sustainability initiatives. She’s excited to be putting her skills to the test and empowering the next generation of socially conscious leaders!
Alice became a member of the Future Foundations family in August 2019. Prior to this, she was a History student at the University of Southampton. Upon graduating, Alice had little idea about what kind of career path she wanted to take, however she found FF (or FF found her!) when she was searching for new opportunities in the wide wide world of work.
FF struck her as an extremely positive and empowering company – and she wanted to be a part of it. Alice looks forward to learning new things, broadening her horizons and, perhaps most importantly, contributing to the creation of the leaders of the future.
Jay is passionate about leadership development and helping people maximise their potential, which is why she joined the FF team this year to be involved in the Global Goals Competition. She is a former Board Member of the Women’s Engineering Society and an author and coach who specialises in presentation skills.
Ella first worked with Future Foundations as a volunteer at the GSL Festival in 2020. Following this, Ella worked during the Summer on a number of programmes and became a full member of the team in October 2020. Prior to joining Future Foundations, Ella studied Chemistry at the University of Bristol. She knew that she wanted to work with Young People in the future and Future Foundations offered her the perfect opportunity to do this. Ella is loving being able to work with young people from around the world and to see how passionate they are to make a change for good!
Jess joined the FF team in 2021 and quickly felt at home. Having spent a year coaching secondary school and sixth form students through their exams, she was ready to play a part in helping young people achieve even bigger, wilder dreams though social action. She has always known she wants to do work that improves people’s lives and brings positive change, so working for FF and helping young people to help others is a dream for her. As Project Coordinator, she helps out with a number of FF’s main services, with a focus on the Global Social Leaders programme, and can’t wait to see how far her work can take her!
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