✨ Back in February, we launched the Spark Awards with high hopes and we weren’t disappointed. We received an incredible range of applications this year, and the six changemakers selected truly stand out. Our CEO, Essie North, reflects on these six brilliant changemakers and their bold projects.

👋🏼 Meet the #SparkAwards Changemaker 🌱 Climate Courage, Climate Live, led by Frances Fox, aged 24, and the Climate Live team, is addressing a growing mental health crisis driven by climate anxiety. Learn more about their work ➡️ www.big-change.org/about-our-co...

👋🏼 Meet the #SparkAwards Changemaker The Muslim Social Justice Initiative (MSJI), led by 25-year-old Hamza Rana, is a youth-led project building community power among Muslim and Global Majority young people in Manchester. ✊🏽 Learn more about Hamza and the project ➡️ www.big-change.org/about-our-co...

👋🏼 Meet our #SparkAwards Changemaker Be the change. Media Academy, led by 24-year-old Lily Mott, empowers young people aged 13–25 to navigate and transform today’s digital media landscape with confidence and creativity. 🎥 Discover more about the project ➡️ www.big-change.org/about-our-co...

👋🏼 Meet our #SparkAwards Changemaker: Room Too A bold, youth-driven project led by 19-year-old Oluferanmi Balogun, Room Too tackles the inequality of overcrowded housing by transforming underused spaces into safe, inspiring study hubs for young people. Read more ➡️ www.big-change.org/about-our-co...

👋🏼 Meet our #SparkAwards Changemaker: WEEE Renew Led by Yulian Findlay (22) and the PPCP Team, WEEE Renew is a youth-led initiative tackling the urgent issue of youth unemployment through digital inclusion and corporate e-waste recycling. ♻️ Read more about them ➡️ www.big-change.org/about-our-co...

👋🏼 Meet our #SparkAwards changemaker: NEUROMANCERS Founded by 19-year-old Aiyana Goodfellow, NEUROMANCERS is launching one of the first UK-based peer-led, online help chat built by and for neurodivergent+ young people. Read more about their work ➡️ www.big-change.org/about-our-co...

🎉 We’re so excited to introduce our Spark Awards Big Changemakers! We’re proud to support their work and can’t wait to see the impact they create. For more details of their projects, head to our website ➡️ www.big-change.org/spark-awards #SparkAwards #BigChangemakers #WelcomeToOurCommunity

We have a very exciting announcement coming up. Stay tuned for tomorrow! ✨ #SparkAwards

This is the story of Big Change. ✨ A community daring to reimagine what’s possible, standing with young people, believing in better, and taking on the challenges of creating deep-rooted systemic change for young people. What is the big change you want to see? youtu.be/vfZuYbMVFag

📢 We’re really excited to share that we're one of the charity partners for Project Salt Run! Hannah Cox, also known as #ProjectSaltRun, is taking on an incredible challenge in a few weeks: 100 marathons in 100 days across India, raising £1 million for the planet. (1/3)

🌟 Big Change's Kate Webb celebrates her friend and play therapist Lizzie for her incredible work with young people. Join Kate in the #VoicesForChange campaign and help spotlight more inspiring people like Lizzie. #VoicesForChange

Big thanks to Katie for being a Voice for Change! She’s shining a light on Cash for Kids and the joy they bring to young people. Our #VoicesForChange campaign celebrates everyone making a difference for young people, and you can too. ✨ Join Katie in being a Voice for Change.

What’s the big shift Saeed Atcha made as a leader? Swipe for the inspiring takeaway. His insight features in our Leadership Insights Report, which brings together evidence and powerful perspectives from 30 leaders across our global community. 🔎 Explore the report www.big-change.org/what-we-do/l...

🌟 Big Changer Freddie celebrates Jaiden Corfield for his inspiring work with young people. He highlights Jaiden’s journey of making a difference through his work with RECLAIM, Rekindle Supplementary School, and now as a Big Change advisor. 🙌 Join Freddie in the #VoicesForChange campaign.

📚💫 It’s back-to-school season! Big Change's Gosia reflects on her own #school days and the advice she wishes she could have given her younger self walking through those doors. ✨ What message would you share with young people stepping into this new season of change? #BackToSchool

Thank you to Martha Rumble Turley for being a Voice for Change! ✨ She spotlights her co-worker, who is championing young people through apprenticeships and opening up opportunities for them to gain knowledge, experience, and confidence to succeed in their careers. #VoicesForChange (1/2)

✨ One of the many privileges of working at Big Change is supporting the growth of incredible leaders who dare to dream about a different kind of future for all young people. 🎥 Today, we’re proud to spotlight one of them: Jenna Maudlin's The Firefly Project. #OurCommunity #Impact

💡 “Leaders don’t need to have all the answers all of the time.” We came back from the Big Change session on leadership for young people at the Festival of Education with plenty of hopes and even more notes. Explore the key takeaways from the session 👉🏻 www.big-change.org/insights/the...

🌟 Philip spotlights his friend’s incredible work with young people and reminds us why giving them the right foundations matters. This is the first story in our #VoicesForChange campaign, celebrating those making a difference for young people. 🙌 Join Philip and be a voice for change. (1/2)

📢 We’re excited to launch Voices for Change! It’s a campaign to spotlight those making a difference with and for young people. It’s about bringing to light the extraordinary, often unseen acts of courage, care, and commitment that help young people feel seen, supported, and able to thrive. (1/3)

✨ Wishing the very best of luck to everyone receiving their A-Level results today and to those awaiting GCSEs next week! Whatever the outcome, here’s a powerful message to remember from Richard Branson, founder of Virgin group and a Big Change supporter. #ResultsDay #ALevels #GCSEs

#YouthConsultantSpotlight ⭐ For Formelle, empowerment means voice and visibility. As a Big Change Youth Consultant, she champions meaningful youth involvement in shaping systems that affect their lives, ensuring that change is not only for young people but with them. #InternationalYouthDay2025

#YouthConsultantSpotlight 📣 Farhad is a social entrepreneur who founded PotentialMCR, a Big Change-funded initiative. He mentors and supports young people at risk of joining gangs or of exclusion from school to inspire them to develop their entrepreneurship skills and create legitimate enterprises.

This #InternationalYouthDay, we’re excited to shine a spotlight on some of our brilliant Youth Consultants. ⭐ Meet Zhahla! Hear from her as she shares what drives her work with us to help shape a brighter future for all young people.

Leadership isn’t just about finding your power, it’s about sharing it. Jaiden Corfield reminds us what real leadership looks like. ✨ He’s one of over 30 powerful voices featured in our Leadership Insights Report. Read the report for more insights. 👉🏼 www.big-change.org/what-we-do/l...

Hear from Kasey Thompson, Youth Engagement Manager at Frontline, as she shares why #intergenerationalcollaboration matters, how Frontline approaches it, and what she took away from a recent Big Change session on embedding intergenerational collaboration and youth engagement in meaningful ways.

What does meaningful youth engagement really look like? 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Chuma Gondwe-Atkins, Programme Manager at Virgin Unite, shares one thing he learned and one thing he had to unlearn about intergenerational collaboration after taking part in a powerful Big Change session on the topic.

“I swore I’d never return to my old school.” For Andrew Speight, school once meant anxiety, trauma, and survival. Now, he's rewriting that story for himself and the next generation of young people in Blackpool through Emoco. 💚 Hear Andrew's story and find out more in his blog 👉🏽 lnkd.in/gDSwuxWg

Our Head of Community, Hannah Cohen, was recently on an “unintentional roadshow,” attending multiple events with the Big Change community. In our latest blog, she reflects on these experiences and shares her hopes and highlights. 👉 Read her blog: www.big-change.org/insights/lea...

Looking for ways to build stronger intergenerational collaboration? 🤝 Hear from Westminster Foundation's Kimberly Garande as she shares her top tip from the sidelines of our recent workshop on intergenerational collaboration. 🌱 Key insights from the workshop: www.big-change.org/insights/wor...

🎙️ Saeed Atcha, CEO, Youth Leads UK, shares advice on how organisations can meaningfully engage with young people. We caught up with him at our recent co-working and connection day, where he co-facilitated a session on intergenerational collaboration. Read more: www.big-change.org/insights/wor...

✨ “Being a leader is about seeing a problem and having the energy to do something about it.” At the Festival of Education last week, we had the privilege of hearing from leaders who are doing just that! Thank you Liz Robinson, James Pope, Alex Beard, Andrew Speight, and Essie North for joining us.

As she steps into a two-month sabbatical from her role as CEO of Big Change, Essie North reflects on the questions, fears, and inner shifts that led to her decision. Read her blog 👉 www.big-change.org/insights/why...

✨ How can we help young people feel more connected to their learning? That’s what Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, authors of The Disengaged Teen, explore in our latest blog, making a case for why agency is essential to re-engaging young people in education. www.big-change.org/insights/hel...

✨ We’re full of inspiration after joining the Anxiety to Agency workshop, hosted by our brilliant partners Force of Nature as part of #LondonClimateActionWeek! Hear from Force of Nature's Hannah Hooper on how understanding our emotions can help us drive meaningful, community-rooted action.

✨ Our latest report, Leadership for a Thriving Future, features insights from changemakers like Dan Farag of The Young Foundation, exploring the kind of leadership we need to build a future in which all young people can thrive. 📖 Read the full report: www.big-change.org/what-we-do/l...

✨ Hear from Cara Kennedy, Corporate and Community Partnerships Lead at Rekindle Supplementary School, on why it’s crucial to support young people in taking ownership of their learning and lives. 🗣️Tell us… how are you creating space for young people to lead? We'd love to hear from you👇🏼

💡What if leadership looked more like collaboration than competition? In our latest report, Leadership for a Thriving Future, Radha Ruparell, Head, Global Leadership Accelerator, Teach For All, challenges the norms that shape how we show up. Read the full report: www.big-change.org/what-we-do/l...

🌱 To mark #InternationalDayofPlay, Christian Bunting, Director, Bradford Birth to 19, explores what play truly means for young children today, what barriers are standing in the way, and why he's backing a National Play Strategy. Read his blog 👇🏼 www.big-change.org/insights/let...

✨ Still buzzing after a powerful day of co‑working and connection with our brilliant community of changemakers! We came together to explore how organisations are embedding intergenerational collaboration and youth engagement in meaningful ways. #BigChangeCommunity

More power to you, Aliyah! 👏🏼 This week, we had the chance to hear from inspiring young volunteers at CanTeam, like Aliyah, who are helping transform school canteens into community hubs. Read the latest blog by CanTeam founder, Jonathan Harper 👉🏼 www.big-change.org/insights/sup... #VolunteersWeek

Hear from the brilliant Ruth Ibegbuna on the importance of agency in young people and the barriers that often stand in their way. Ruth is the founder and CEO of our partner, Rekindle School, which empowers young critical thinkers from working-class communities. #youngpeople

This #VolunteersWeek, we're celebrating @jonharperff.bsky.social‬ and CanTeam, which is transforming school canteens into vibrant community hubs! In our latest blog, Jonathan shares how volunteering is sparking confidence, leadership and connection in young people. 👉🏼 big-change.org/insights/sup...

Hear from @drrebeccawinthrop.bsky.social‪‬ and @howtobebrave.bsky.social, authors of The Disengaged Teen, as they share a message for parents, teachers, and all those working with #children and #youngpeople on how to help cultivate their agency.🌱 Get your copy of the book 👉🏽 lnkd.in/ga53jdEG

We’re thrilled to welcome Kavya Menon to Big Change as our Senior Development Manager! She brings deep experience across policy, partnerships, & social impact and will grow and nurture relationships across our network of partners and donors. #BigChanger

We were honoured to join the launch of The Disengaged Teen, a new book by Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop at the House of Lords. The book is a timely and essential guide for parents and educators on how to support and empower young people to thrive through uncertainty.

Leadership for a Thriving Future explores a different kind of #leadership, one that can help all young people thrive. It’s shaped by 8 incredible partners and over 30 changemakers worldwide, including Lilitha B. of YouthxYouth. Read the full story. www.big-change.org/what-we-do/l...

Young people shouldn't have to face grief alone. Our partners The Firefly Project are making sure they don't have to.🌱 This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we’re proud to share how they're building grief-aware communities with young people. 🔗 big-change.org/insights/how... #MentalHealth

✨Join our online discussion next week as we explore from insights from our report and reflect on how we can use our leadership to build a future where all young people can thrive. 🗓️ Tuesday, 13th May 🕰️ 15:30–16:45 UK time Sign up here: bit.ly/44eIO1A