year here: an alternative gap year - by zahra davidson, year here

TheYou should have asked us ages ago.

1. Gap Yah

2. Opportunity not need

3. Cowrote growing social ventures report

Internal ideas competition at YF, Ideas for London competition

Secured initial Nesta funding, then funding from Unltd

Clore fellow, salary paid for a year.

A world where the energy and entrepreneurial abilities of talented people are harnessed to solve important social problems in Britain.

LEADING EFFECTIVE SOCIALCHANGE IS DIFFICULT.

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SOCIAL INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAN BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

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THE FIELD OF SOCIAL INNOVATION REQUIRES MORE TALENT TO

MEET ITS AMBITIOUS GOALS.

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LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A CAREER WITH PURPOSE BUT THEY ALSO WANT OPPORTUNITIES TO

LEARN, PRESTIGE & RECOGNITION.

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CONSTRUCTIVE GAP YEARS CAN HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE IN SHAPING

YOUNG PEOPLE’S LIFE CHOICES.

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THE UK FACES COMPLEX AND INTRACTABLE SOCIAL ISSUES.

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To nurture and unleash a new generation of young British people who are !red up about solving social problems, and equipped with the mindset, skills, insight and network to turn their passions into real social change.

HOW ARE WE DOING SO FAR?

KEY CHALLENGES & BARRIERS

Assumptions Educational conditions

Visibility

Impact measurement

Over-programming

KEY OPPORTUNITIES / ENABLERS

Masters space Social ambiion niche

Channel energy Gap Years

HOW DOES YH ENGAGE IN DESIGN LEAD SOCIAL

INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY?

DESIGN

IMPACT MEASUREMENT

“intense, incredible, eye opening, confidence building, identity affirming.”

“I’ve reevaluated my identity – maybe more than in my years at university.”

“Tough (at times I have definitely felt like I wanted to quit) but also transformative and life-changing (Never have I had such a self-searching experience, I will always be grateful to Year Here)”

Go and live off-grid utopian communities Work within the system to

challenge it and change it.

I wanted to get experience of all the different ways of making a difference. I wanted to learn by doing.

It has changed my focus towards understanding problems first.Starting up on my own seems a lot more achievable now.

1. PEOPLE1. WE ARE ABOUT PEOPLE,

EMPATHY AND FIRST HAND INSIGHT

2. DESIGN PROCESS

3. DESIGN THINKING

4. PATHWAYS

THE EXCELLERATORWe help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places in top art and design universities.

THE EXCELLERATORWe help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places in top art and design universities.

5. DESIGNINGEDUCATION

6. US

1. EMBED DESIGN2. EDUCATION DESIGN3. DESIGN EDUCATION4. PEOPLE FIRST

LETS CHAT!