CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF CHANGING LIVES 3 CONTENTS

CHANGING YOUNG LIVES 04 HOW IT ALL BEGAN 06 OUR VISION 10 WHY SPORT? 12 HOW WE DO IT 16 OUR INNOVATION FUND 22 WHAT WE DO 24 UK WORK 28 INTERNATIONAL WORK 30 HOW WE FUND OUR ACTIVITIES 36 HOW WE MEASURE OUR IMPACT 40 TOOUR CHANGE MISSION THE IS LIVESTO CHANGE OF OUR PARTNERS 42 OUR CENTRE; OUR HOME 44 MARGINALISEDTHE LIVES OF MARGINALISED YOUNG PEOPLE OUR YOUNG AMBASSADORS 46 OUR TEAM 50 THROUGHYOUNG PEOPLE THE POWER THROUGH OF SPORT. HOW WE LOOK AFTER OUR TEAM 54 OUR AMBASSADORS FOR CHANGE 56 THE POWER OF SPORT. OUR VISUALLY IMPAIRED RUGBY AMBASSADORS 60 OUR TRUSTEES 64 OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 66 A SPECIAL THANK YOU 68 AN OUTSTANDING BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP 70 HOW TO GET INVOLVED 72 HOW TO CONTACT US 74

5 Adam coaching children on our post-civil war programme in Sierra Leone. 250,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WORKED WITH. ADAM HALL me to develop aspects of myself that I I often think back to my time at the Programme never knew existed, such as confidence, charity and regularly implement graduate and decision-making, conflict resolution many of the lessons I learned with former Programme and many more. All these skills from my the organisation as a progressive Manager time as a coach on the programme have entrepreneur, husband and father guided my life to this day. here in the United States. I have made mistakes along the way, but The Change Foundation gave me who hasn’t? The Change Foundation Eighteen years ago, I walked into a cricket complete confidence to be who I taught me that my mistakes need to session on my housing estate in the East wanted to be in the world. There was be learned from and you must grow End of London with no idea how important no pressure, no stress and no power from them. With that said, today, I can that moment in my life was going to be. struggle to be something I was not. It genuinely say I would not be the At that point, I had never entertained was a safe space for me to develop as person I am without this incredible playing cricket, as my perception of the a professional and as a human being, organisation. The Change Foundation game was boring, stuffy, and uncool. which is still very difficult for millions will always hold a special place in my From the moment I played cricket with of young people worldwide. Travelling heart for the life-changing efforts, time the then ‘LCCA’, I was hooked. The LCCA and developing programmes across and actions that a good number of (now called The Change Foundation) had the world with the team enabled me remarkable people put into me and coaches who brought my strengths to the at an early age to understand different for believing in a young man who had forefront and promoted them instead of cultures as well as understand myself potential but a lack of opportunities. the attitude of school, which I felt at the at a much deeper level. time was highly focused on the word “No.” I am one of many impactful stories As I write this letter, I am currently of The Change Foundation changing From this moment, my life took off and sitting in New York City as the owner young lives over the past 40 years. I found a purpose that I was suddenly of a thriving business supporting over I hope The Change Foundation surrounded by – the power of sport. twenty-five non-profits worldwide to continues changing lives with its My energy and passion for The Change maximize their fundraising potential forward-thinking, energetic, and life- Foundation took me from a young through events, strategy and outreach. changing approach for many years man with no direction on an inner-city I am happily married, have a one- to come. housing estate, to travelling the world year-old son and live a fulfilled life of to some of the most amazing places, opportunity and excitement. It is a far including Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, cry from the upbringing I had in inner- Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, India and city London and I credit the majority Jamaica. The time I spent being a coach of this change and my success to The on numerous programmes allowed Change Foundation.

7 HOW IT ALL BEGAN

ANDY SELLINS CEO

The charity was born out of the Brixton Riots in 1981 and was originally called the London Community Cricket Association (LCCA). At the time of the Riots, I was at university in London and playing cricket in a variety of inner city parks, which unfortunately often involved asking local kids to move off the artificial cricket pitch our team had booked for matches. After several weeks of moving them on, I offered to return with some equipment, to do some coaching and perhaps organise some matches. A new youth team was created in the middle of a housing estate known for gang-based violence and resulted in a sports programme aimed at keeping young people out of trouble by giving them new opportunities to succeed. The charity is still running a similar programme today but it is now multi-sport and CHANGING called Street Elite. The LCCA became an umbrella organisation in the 1980s, supporting YOUNG LIVES a range of pioneering projects. One of these used cricket to engage at risk girls and young women, including a young Ebony Rainford-Brent. Ebony had SINCE 1981. recently lost her brother to gang-related knife crime but through the charity she discovered cricket and with hard work and dedication she went on to play for England and win the World Cup. Ebony Cricket legend, is now Director for Surrey Women’s Freddie Flintoff, visiting our Cricket and a highly respected analyst Street Elite Programme’. with the Test Match Special team on the BBC. All counties now have women and girls’ programmes built on the charity’s ground-breaking principles from the early 1980s of ‘sport for all’.

The charity also pioneered the use of sport in prisons to develop the self- confidence and aspirations of young offenders, running the first coaching qualification in HMP Wandsworth in 1985 and providing paid coaching work and resettlement support for the newly qualified coaches upon their release. Our work with young offenders continues to this day.

8 9 HOW IT ALL BEGAN

Young cricketers from our TIME TO CHANGE TO NEW SPORTS LEAD TO programme with Magic ‘CRICKET 4 CHANGE’ A NEW NAME “THE CHARITY HELPED ME Bus in India. In 2008, the charity changed its name By 2012, most of our programmes to ‘Cricket 4 Change’ and our ‘cricket were no longer using just cricket as the for development’ work was in great vehicle for social change, so it was time TURN A CORNER AT A TIME demand in the UK and around the for another rebrand, this time to ‘The world. Over the next five years, Cricket Change Foundation’. We now use ten 4 Change helped establish cricket for different sports to drive programmes in IN MY LIFE WHEN I REALLY social change programmes in eighteen locations across London, the UK and countries, often in partnership with around the world, including Netball UNICEF, the International Cricket 4 Change, Rugby 4 Change, Table NEEDED SUPPORT. Council (ICC) and the British Foreign Tennis 4 Change and a new Fencing and Commonwealth Office. Around 4 Change programme. this time, we were also instrumental I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT in setting up ground-breaking projects We are also proud to have set up in the UK, many of which are still the England Blind Cricket Team and flourishing to this day. These include handed it over to the England and SPORT AND HELPING partnerships with the Metropolitan Wales Cricket Board. We are planning Police, the 2nd Chance Project, to do similar with our new sport of the Refugee Council, the Lords visually impaired (VI) rugby and are OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE TO Taverners and the forementioned, currently helping rugby authorities Chance to Shine. around the globe to set up their own VI rugby programmes, a form of the MAKE GOOD LIFE CHOICES.” By this time, the charity’s young coach game our visually impaired coaches mentors were using a form of the created from scratch. game the charity created after seeing cricket being played on the streets Our ideas and inspirations have also CHANGE FOUNDATION, YOUNG AMBASSADOR of India during the first Blind Cricket helped a number of sporting icons set World Cup we helped organise. Called up their own ‘sport for social change’ simply, ‘Street20’, it was designed to charitable projects, including Courtney be played almost anywhere and to Walsh and Chris Gayle from the world be flexible enough to have any social of cricket and Lawrence Dallaglio and message attached to coaching sessions Bryan Habana from the world of rugby. and festivals. For example, we created Street20 programmes promoting HIV Upon reflection, it looks like we awareness in Uganda, drug awareness were one of the first organisations to Our early estates-based work of this Australian cricket legend, in South Africa, community relations use sport to create a deliberate and period was having a growing social Steve Waugh, coaching young in New York, social inclusion in Israel specific social impact and therefore impact and was also identifying talented players from our Refugee and Palestine and training former child be at the vanguard of the ‘sport for young players from black and ethnic Cricket Project. soldiers in Sri Lanka to be sports leaders social change’ movement. Our Team, minority communities, who were after the civil war, amongst many others. Trustees, Young Ambassadors and completely unknown to the county Ambassadors for Change are rightly cricket establishment, which was As well as Street20, Cricket 4 Change proud of our reputation for innovation dominated by young people from public continued to pioneer the use of adapted and we are equally proud of the fact schools and universities. In response, forms of the game to champion that this visionary and risk-taking spirit the ‘Haringey Cricket College’ was disability awareness and to push the continues to drive us to this day. created, which became the blueprint boundaries of sport for people with for future county cricket academies. a disability. At its height in 2012, our By the late 1990s, all county cricket ‘Hit the Top’ programme was the largest boards had academies reaching out to disability cricket project in the world, find talented players from non-public providing playing opportunities for over school backgrounds. The Haringey 10,000 children as part of London’s Cricket College produced twenty-six Olympic Legacy Programme. All county cricketers over its ten-year county cricket boards in the UK now history, almost all from an ethnic have disability cricket programmes minority background. and the national disability teams, which we pioneered with the creation The charity was at the vanguard of of the England Blind Cricket Team, using cricket to have a social impact are now well funded national governing and in particular, we identified the effect body initiatives. that cricket could have on younger children’s personal development and so a campaign was started to get cricket played in all primary schools in London. By the end of the 1990s, our ‘London Schools Cricket Project’ was providing ‘education through cricket’ to over 90% of London’s primary schools and also created the template and the inspiration for the now national ‘Chance to Shine’ programme.

10 11 OUR VISION

ALEX CLODE Chair of Trustees

This is why we invest in young people’s futures with so much time, patience, effort, imagination, commitment and respect, knowing that it will not be easy but confident that it will deliver benefits far beyond the cost of doing so.

It is why we believe that no issue is too hard to tackle and no young person too hard to reach and actively go to find those that are most vulnerable, rather There can rarely have been a time when it was more important than expecting them to find us. that every young person had the opportunity to fulfil their It is why we focus on and tackle those social issues that young people tell us potential and participate fully within society. When properly are affecting them the most, whether it be knife crime, disability inclusion, empowered they become key agents for innovation, development youth unemployment, social media addiction or mental health. and social change, which can cause both them and their It is why we design and pilot our new communities to thrive. When they are left on society’s margins, programmes with those young people – testing innovative new ideas, creative on the other hand, we are all significantly the poorer. methodologies and an increasingly diverse range of sports.

It is why we deliver our social change programmes using young Coach Mentors who have first hand experience of the issues our interventions tackle, most of whom we have recruited and trained from within our own programmes.

This is why we have been a leader in youth-led social innovation for 40 years and are now regarded as one of the world’s leading sports for development organisations.

This is why we are always looking to maximize the reach and social impact of our work by sharing the vast and varied wealth of experience we have 100% OF OUR COACH built up over our long history with other charities and corporate organisations and inspiring them to create, deliver, MENTORS HAVE LIVED implement or fund bespoke solutions of their own. EXPERIENCE OF THE And this is why we head into the next 40 years with great belief in the power of sports for development and with it ISSUES WE ARE TACKLING. our ability to continue to have a lasting positive impact on young lives. WHY SPORT? In the early days in the 1980s, the charity were pioneers in the use of sport as the vehicle through which to deliver a profound and lasting social impact. Today thousands of charities, NGOs and youth groups around the world have learnt to harness the power of sport to tackle issues, ranging from community cohesion, to disability awareness, to “SPORT HAS THE POWER personal development – we take great pride in that. TO CHANGE THE WORLD. Our experience tells us that sport is the ideal vehicle through which to develop trusting relationships with young people IT HAS THE POWER who feel isolated, forgotten, marginalised or scared. We all know about the importance of working as a TO INSPIRE. IT HAS team, the shared sense of achievement when working towards a shared goal and the comfort of having friends THE POWER TO UNITE around you when things go wrong. What is less well known is that well-run ‘sport for social change’ programmes PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT can do an amazing number of things, from helping young people to start to process trauma, to helping them Our pioneering trainer, Danny LITTLE ELSE DOES.” understand their own strengths, Baker, coaches children in to simply providing them with a Palestine as part of our work with structure and purpose in an otherwise the Peres Center for Peace. NELSON MANDELA uncertain world.

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We believe that all children and young ANDY DALBY- people have talents which they can use WELSH to create a happy and fulfilling life and CEO, it’s our job to help them identify them London Youth and learn how to use them for their own Games benefit and for that of wider society.

It occurred to us very early on that the best people to deliver ground-breaking I met Andy Sellins at an England Blind new projects were coaches who were Cricket Team training weekend. Andy’s from the same background as the approach inspired me to want to play young people who we were trying to more. Having managed to break into the support. This original and still crucial England Blind Cricket Team it led me guiding principle is now seen as good to want to give back to other blind and practice in the sport for development visually impaired young people, who sector and in youth services generally. would face the same challenges as me. Andy provided me with the opportunity One of the first people to develop this to begin running coaching programmes principal, was our very own Andy for young blind cricketers. I was Dalby-Welsh, who joined one of our empowered by The Change Foundation programmes when he was eighteen to travel independently to schools in and who is now CEO of the London London and across the south east Youth Games. to coach blind and visually impaired young people. The children and their teachers were always amazed when they realised I was registered blind and travelled to them independently from my home in Brighton, to provide them with cricketing opportunities. Coaching the young people meant so much to me. Sport had played such a huge role in my life up until I lost my eyesight and I wanted to ensure their visual impairments did not limit their opportunities or their aspirations.

The greatest aspect of Andy’s and The Change Foundation’s approach was not limiting me by my visual impairment. I developed through several roles before being entrusted to be Acting CEO of The Change Foundation whilst Andy took a well earnt sabbatical. It was following FROM THE VERY START, this I was approached to become Deputy CEO of Activity Alliance and then for the position of CEO at London THE CHANGE FOUNDATION Youth Games. I know I would not be where I am today, without the inspiration and investment of Andy, the Trustees and all of the team HAD AN ‘INNOVATE AND at The Change Foundation. SHARE’ PHILOSOPHY WHICH HAS HELPED SPREAD OUR IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD.

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RYAN JONES Over the last few years, I have also DISCOVER Disability been part of the group of visually Programmes impaired players and coaches who have Manager and developed the new sport of visually programme impaired rugby and was lucky enough graduate to represent the charity’s ‘Blind Lions’ team in New Zealand, in 2017 and more recently, the England Visually I became involved in the Visually Impaired Team in a three match series Impaired Cricket Programme at the in Japan at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. charity when I was 11 years old and fell in love with the game of cricket My involvement in the charity illustrates and in the process made some of my really well our three guiding principles, THE NEED best friends. With the support of my which we are very proud of and which coaches, including Andy Sellins and are just as relevant today as they were Andy Dalby-Welsh, my cricket skills in 1981. These are: developed quickly and from the age of thirteen I represented London Metro • Our programmes are created by our Blind Sports Club in the National Adult young people for our young people League and I was selected to travel to both Barbados and Jamaica with the • Our programmes are delivered by our charity’s youth team to play against the young people for our young people West Indies Visually Impaired Cricket Team. This really helped me develop my • Our ‘innovate and share’ approach confidence and independence and my means that our programme ideas and cricketing skills and leadership talents approaches are willingly shared with DESIGN developed quickly on these tours, so any charity or youth group who wishes much so that I was selected to play for to use them, in order that our work is England at the Blind Cricket World Cups multiplied many times over in London, in India and South Africa. across the UK and around the world.

Whilst I was at college, I joined the charity’s Apprenticeship Programme, through which I gained my first coaching qualifications and took part in a range of courses and workshops which accelerated my personal and professional development. I volunteered THE SOLUTION over one hundred hours of my time to support the charity’s cricket sessions OVER 5,000 SUPPORT HOURS ARE PROVIDED and events and was inspired by these experiences to pursue a career in the ‘sport for development’ sector. I secured TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE EACH YEAR OUTSIDE a place at university to take a degree in Sports Development and on graduation took up a position as a fundraising OF OUR SPORTS SESSIONS. officer with the charity, through which I was responsible for maintaining relationships with our regular donors, helping populate charity challenges DELIVER and running the charity’s external communications.

I gained a great deal of new knowledge and experience through fundraising and communications but my real passion was working directly with young people, using what I had learnt over many years from the charity, to support others. I am now the charity’s Disability Programmes Manager, working with an incredible team of programme THE CHANGE graduates in delivering our London Futures programme, the charity’s employability programme for young adults with a learning disability.

18 19 HOW WE DO IT OUR MODEL OF CHANGE

Perhaps the most critical part of our work is the recruitment of our young people. This might be done through ‘being on the streets’, through referral agencies such as Youth THE NEED THE SOLUTION THE CHANGE Offending Teams and Social Services, or via specialist organisations such as MIND. The most effective • Our young people identify a social issue that needs tackling • We run a pilot programme funded by our own • Each young person’s progress is monitored recruitment technique, however, is always word of mouth. ‘Innovation Fund’ through a tailored development plan created • We consult widely to develop an in-depth understanding exclusively for them Once at a session, young people will be gently reminded • Having learnt from the pilot programme we deliver of the standards of behaviour expected and the level of ‘sport for social change’ programmes which are • Our young people become confident, skilled respect we expect to see for other young people and their highly focused, relevant to the young people we and motivated, with networks of on-going Coach Mentors. On some of our programmes, such as are targeting and intensively evaluated support they are able to access as they start Street Elite, programme participants are paid £20 to attend their chosen careers each session, which at first often seems like ‘getting twenty • We share our findings with the UK and the quid to kick a ball around’, however, once trust has been international sport for social change sector built between the young person and the Coach Mentor with the aim of maximising the impact of the mentoring and goal setting conversations start and our ideas sessions become more than just coaching and match play. The sport is both critical at first and unimportant in the longer term. It is critical as the vehicle through which we build trust and develop ‘soft skills’ such as teamwork, good time-keeping and effective communication and of course it is fun. It becomes far less important as our young people graduate on into university, an apprenticeship or their first job but it should not be forgotten that sport can be a powerful driver for physical and mental fitness, so is a great springboard for a young person’s ‘fitness for work’.

Regular competitions and festivals are a great way to test newly created bonds, to win and lose together and to celebrate individual and collective successes. For many young people they are also a supportive way to leave their ‘endz’ and for young people with a disability, in particular, to develop independent travel skills. A number of our young people might not be ready to graduate and move on after an initial year on one of our programmes and we are always happy for them to stay for another year and progress at their own pace.

During the second half of most of our programmes, a range of opportunities are available to our young people to develop their skills and experience, from training courses, to targeted work placements to qualifications.

Graduation ceremonies and prize giving events are crucial ways to celebrate achievements and also to mark the start of a new phase in a young person’s life. We often hold these in high profile venues with celebrity guests to make our young people feel valued and to help them realise they are important and should expect to be treated well at all times Boxing at a Street Elite Festival. Arsenal and England legend, A young Cuban cricketer taking Ian Wright, with Street Elite part in our Street20 Cricket if they work hard and are considerate to others. Graduates. Festival in Havana.

20 21 HOW WE DO IT PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST JOB

One of our objectives is to prepare young people for their first jobs, work placements or internships. To do this, we focus on the importance of our top ten employment behaviours, which we always explain, require no talent and are therefore about just one thing – the right attitude.

1. BEING ON TIME OUR TOP TEN 2. BEING PREPARED ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT 3. HAVING GOOD BODY LANGUAGE QUALITIES Danny Baker and Lawrence 4. SHOWING PASSION Dallaglio coach young people on BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS our Rugby 4 Change programme. 5. PUTTING IN EFFORT 6. EMBRACING CHALLENGES Many of our sessions have an employability focus, with 7. SHOWING INTEREST IN YOUR the themes we cover during our sessions usually revolving WORK COLLEAGUES around the qualities and skills that employers in our 8. APOLOGISING IF YOU DO network have described as ‘essential’. SOMETHING WRONG 9. HAVING POSITIVE ENERGY HONESTY GOOD PROBLEM BEING FLEXIBLE 10. BEING COACHABLE “If something goes wrong, COMMUNICATIONS SOLVING SKILLS AND ADAPTABLE it’s ok, it happens. Admit it and we can move on.” SKILLS “If you look for a “We often work in solution, you bring changing environments, “A skill one can always build a positive attitude employees that can on, necessary in every job.” to the work place.” adapt stand out.”

BEING A DESIRE TO KEEP A GOOD TEAMWORK PROACTIVE LEARNING WORK ETHIC “A connected team is a strong team. The ability “Managers want to “Colleagues that want to “Firstly be on time, secondly to come to conclusions hire proactive people. continuously improve take pride in your and accept decisions as Simple.” themselves are the most appearance, thirdly a team is a huge asset.” successful.” be willing to listen.”

23 OUR INNOVATION FUND

EACH YEAR WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER 100 COMMUNITY GROUPS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, CORPORATE PARTNERS AND EMPLOYERS. BACKING BACKING WINNERS 2017 2018 2019 2020 VICKY LOWE The charity’s Innovation Fund aims to • An award of £15,000 was made • An award of £31,000 was • An award of £4,800 was made • An award of £25,000 • An award of £3,000 was made Vice-Chair of create a platform for our young people to the Small Grants Programme made to support the creation to support the piloting of a new was made to engage Bean to a new intergenerational Trustess to bring their ideas to life, with priority to enable it to support our of Visually Impaired (VI) Rugby Boxing 4 Change programme Consultancy to increase Table Tennis 4 Change pilot given to projects which: young people in starting or and to launch two teams in aimed at educating children our capacity to undertake programme aimed at bringing developing their careers London. This programme has and young people about the return on investment (ROI) together over 60s from our • Increase our effectiveness to help us since attracted funding of dangers of knife crime. This measurements across Walking Sports programme reach new standards and take our • An award of £6,000 was made £172,000 and our programme programme has since attracted our programmes by 2021, with young people from our work to a new level to enable eight female members has spread to New Zealand, funding of £96,000, has been starting with our Street Elite London Futures programme. of staff to attend an overseas Australia, Japan, Wales and six renamed ‘12 Rounds’ and is programme. As part of this • Promote creativity and innovation in development trip to the World cities in England. We have also now running in East and West funding, Bean Consultancy are • An award of £3,000 was made the sport for social change sector Conference on Women in Sport developed two youth teams and London. Our pilot programme in training our team to be able to to a new Esports Academy in 2018, in Botswana. The ideas, new partnerships with a range Tower Hamlets has also led to collect and present this data pilot programme aimed at Proposals can be for projects based confidence and new networks of specialist organisations a significant new partnership from our programmes, in order supporting young people from in the UK or overseas and since the developed on this trip were a working with visually impaired with Imperial College, who that we are self-sufficient after a disadvantaged background Innovation Fund was launched in 2017, springboard to our ground- people, including the RNIB and are joint deliverers on this our initial two-year contract. into jobs in the growing gaming the following awards have been made: breaking women and girls work The Vision Foundation and project, providing research and industry. over the last three years. rugby organisations, including development support to better • An award of £3,000 was World Rugby, three of the rugby understand the proliferation of made to create our Young • An award of £4,000 was made ‘Six Nations’ and seven of the this tragic and growing crime. Ambassadors programme, to a new Rugby 4 Change pilot twelve Premiership rugby clubs. which has already started to programme aimed at teaching benefit the charity in terms of children in the last year new development ideas and of primary school about the insights into the problems dangers of ‘county lines’ faced by our young people in a drugs gangs. COVID-19 affected world.

24 25 WHAT WE DO

HENRY GLYNN Head of Programmes

STREET ELITE GIRLS WIN Street Elite is a multi-award-winning Girls Win uses sport to help young ‘training for work’ programme for young women with a disability aged 11–21 set people in London and Birmingham, short, medium and long-term goals. It aged 18-25, impacted by crime, empowers young women to understand CHANGING YOUNG LIVES TO violence and inequality. The programme how goal setting can develop their uses sport and mentoring to support prospects for the future and engages these young people to transition into them in activities that keep the body employment, education or training. and mind healthy in adopting a positive Over the last ten years Street Elite attitude. Girls Win started in 2016 MAKE A has recruited and trained 530 young and has to date worked with over two people involved in gangs and crime hundred young women. and not in education, employment or training and over 80% of graduates have transitioned into sustained work, DIFFERENCE education or a training programme.

LONDON FUTURES 12 ROUNDS 100% OF THE London Futures is an employability 12 Rounds is an anti-knife crime programme for young Londoners, education programme for children aged 18–25, with learning disabilities and young people in primary and CHILDREN ON OUR and mental health problems, facing secondary education. 12 Rounds social isolation and loneliness. Using uses boxercise, self-defence and sport and specialised mentoring, these boxing to educate children and 12 ROUNDS ANTI-KNIFE young Londoners unite to compete young people about the dangers of in employability challenges to improve carrying a knife for protection and their career aspirations and become the impact carrying can have on CRIME PROGRAMME more integrated into their communities. themselves and others. The London Futures programme started in 2019 engaging 100 Londoners with REPORTED THAT a learning disability who are at high risk of long-term unemployment status and social exclusion. Their disabilities ‘SOMEONE HAD BEEN range from Down’s syndrome, autism spectrum disorder and moderate to severe learning disabilities and STABBED’ WITHIN 2 over 50% have associated mental MILES OF THEIR HOME. health conditions. 27 WHAT WE DO

VISUALLY IMPAIRED (VI) RUGBY DANCE 4 CHANGE THE GRAEME PORTEOUS FENCING 4 CHANGE In 2015, The Change Foundation Dance 4 Change uses dance therapy SCHOLARSHIP Fencing 4 Change is a programme that set out to create an inspirational and to help marginalised young women, The Graeme Porteous Scholarship uses the art of fencing to reduce the completely new sport, designed to aged 16–25, suffering from poor supports disadvantaged young people risk of social isolation for young people, build on rugby’s commitment to social mental health, to develop coping from across our programmes to access aged 11–16, with autism spectrum inclusion and personal wellbeing. strategies. Young women recruited for extra support to help them move into disorder (ASD). Fencing 4 Change We have been piloting the game with the programme face one or more of paid work or higher education. Graeme provides fencing sessions in after youth and adult clubs in London and the following challenges: depression, acted as a guide and mentor to our school clubs across London for young have grown the game internationally anxiety disorders, self-harm, eating coaches and to our management team people with ASD and uses creative through a VI rugby three test match disorders, PTSD, personality disorders and he was instrumental in giving us coaching techniques to encourage series in New Zealand, during the and body confidence issues. Dance 4 the focus and self-belief to use rugby, integration, develop motor skills and British and Irish Lions tour in 2017 and Change started in 2015 as a community the game he loved, to make a lasting provide a unique experience for in Japan during the Rugby World Cup dance programme working with over difference in the lives of some of our most young people who do not engage with in 2019. This has helped develop the 200 marginalised young women. marginalised young people. The idea for mainstream sports. Fencing 4 Change rules, equipment and players to create These young women have helped to the Graeme Porteous Scholarship came is a collaboration between British a game based around the Rugby 7’s design and evolve the programme from Graeme’s friends and family who Fencing and The Change Foundation. touch format. The gameplay takes to include a life changing residential wanted a way for his name to continue to into consideration a wide range of experience, as well as weekly support be part of the charity that meant so much sight conditions, whilst maintaining groups delivered using the medium to him following his tragic death in a skiing the fundamental codes, laws and of dance. accident in 2016. spectacle of rugby to both the players and spectators.

NETBALL 4 CHANGE STREET20 PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE TENNIS 4 CHANGE THE REFUGEE CRICKET PROJECT Netball 4 Change uses the game The Street20 Premier League is an Table Tennis 4 Change is an The Refugee Cricket Project, delivered of netball to teach girls affected by annual cricket tournament that brings intergenerational project that brings in partnership with the Refugee overuse of social media how to stay together young people from diverse younger and older generations together Council, works with young refugees safe online. It empowers them to think communities and provides them with to improve fitness, exchange skills and and child asylum seekers, providing more positively about their social graph, an extraordinary experience using the experiences, foster communication and them with a safe space to play cricket, how it can affect their future prospects power of cricket. Using the platform of understanding and reduce feelings of integrate into their new environment, and raises awareness of negative social the tournament, interactive relevant 500 GANG loneliness, through weekly table tennis gain advocacy support and help them media influences. Netball 4 Change personal development workshops and skills workshops. The programme develop a sense of belonging. Over started in 2017 and over the last three and inspirational masterclasses are works towards three key outcomes: one hundred unaccompanied young years it has helped over 700 girls, delivered to young people from across MEMBERS’ refugees attend the Refugee Cricket aged 10–17, in Newcastle and London the UK, who come together to compete 1. A reduced sense of loneliness Project each year. increase their knowledge about social in a Street20 cricket competition and and social isolation media safety and reduce the time plan and develop cricket projects to LIVES they spend on social media. In 2020, take back to their communities. 2. Increased inter-generational Netball 4 Change will expand into understanding its third city, Bristol. CHANGED 3. Increased fitness, balance OVER THE LAST and coordination TEN YEARS. 28 29 UK WORK

We are very proud to have supported some key partners in creating and running their own sport for social change programmes across the UK.

JAMES In partnership with the Metropolitan We helped the Dallaglio Foundation UK CITIES AND TOWNS WISCHHUSEN Police and the cricket charity, Chance create their ‘Rugby Works’ Programme WE HAVE WORKED IN Disability Inclusion to Shine, we created the ‘Streetchance’ which focuses on ‘developing life skills, Manager Programme, which now operates 165 raising aspirations and improving 1. Nottingham projects across the UK, using cricket physical and mental well-being’ in 2. Sheffield ‘to increase aspiration, promote social seven regions across the UK. 3. Canterbury cohesion and create opportunities in 4. Norwich diverse communities’. We have supported the Lawn Tennis 5. Hampshire Association to create their national 6. Isle of Wight WE’RE We worked closely with the Lord’s ‘Serves’ programme, which helps bring 7. Eastbourne Taverners charity for three years to tennis into communities who have had 8. Cromer help them create their disability cricket very little experience of the game. 9. Oxford programme which now ‘gives a sporting 10. Cambridge chance’ to over 10,000 disabled 11. Milton Keynes children each year across the UK. 12. Luton 13. Bradford 14. Batley 15. Bridgend 16. Leeds 17. Derby 18. Reading HERE... 19. London 20. Birmingham 21. Newcastle 22. Brighton and Hove 23. Portsmouth 24. Liverpool 25. Cardiff 26. Bath 27. Bristol 28. Coventry OVER 400 29. Gloucester 30. Exeter 31. Leicester 32. Worcester CHARITIES 33. Northampton 34. Manchester SUPPORTED SINCE THE YEAR 2000.

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Girls from our UNICEF and ICC programme in Bangladesh, which empowers young women to stay in education and not to get ...AND HERE married in their early teens.

ALEX BASSAN CAPACITY BUILDING Bangladesh 2009 Brazil 2013 Head of Business In partnership with the The Change Foundation Development Barbados 2003 International Cricket Council partnered with Cricket Brazil, We were invited to Barbados to and UNICEF, we trained female supported by British Airways help create the West Indies Blind cricket coaches how to use and the Anglo-Brazilian Cricket Team and the game is cricket as the vehicle through Society, to launch a programme now played across the Caribbean which to inspire and educate designed to inspire and build region and the West Indies girls and their families to not the aspirations of young people Blind Cricket Team are regular be pressurised into marriage from Favela communities in For the past 40 years, The Change participants in Blind Cricket in their teens. Rio de Janeiro. The Change Foundation has had an international World Cups. Foundation introduced the footprint across six continents. During Palestine and Israel 2009 game of ‘Street20’ to two Favela this time, we implemented an ‘innovate Cuba 2006 and 2011 communities, demonstrating and share’ approach, which has led We were asked by the British The Change Foundation has how the game can be used as a to helping to change the lives of over Foreign and Commonwealth worked in partnership with tool to bring young people and a quarter of a million of the most Office to create a new sporting the Israel Cricket Association, communities together. marginalised and at-risk young people partnership between Cuba Peres Center for Peace and the in the world. We have worked in thirty and the UK and introduced Beit Jala Lions Rugby Club in Chris Gayle Foundation nine countries, including: Sri Lanka their surprisingly vibrant youth Palestine and Israel, using sport Launch – Jamaica 2014 after the 2004 tsunami, Uganda in the cricket programme to Street20 Danny Baker, working with to foster understanding and 2014 saw the successful launch depth of its HIV crisis in 2006, Rwanda and to blind cricket. We also young coaches in Cuba as part trust between Palestinian of The Chris Gayle Academy at at the end of the civil war in 2007, secured a place for the Cuban of our work with the Foreign and and Israeli children. Lucas Cricket Club in Kingston. Afghanistan at the height of the violence National Cricket Team into the Commonwealth Office. The Academy was set up with the in 2009, even with the NYPD in New ill-fated ‘Stanford 20/20’ cricket Sri Lanka 2010 aim of unlocking the potential York post 9/11 when it was looking tournament in the Caribbean, In 2010, we re-visited Sri Lanka, in talented young people from for new ways to connect with until the tournament was a country we had previously urban Jamaica, while training marginalised communities. cancelled in 2008. worked in 2005 after the 2004 them to become role models in tsunami. During our visit in 2010, their communities. Sierra Leone 2008 we delivered a ‘rehabilitation We trained sports coaches and through cricket’ programme for school-teachers in using sport former child soldiers affected as a tool for social inclusion by the civil war that came to an for adults and children whose end in 2009. This project was injuries suffered during the delivered in partnership with eleven year civil war in the UNICEF. We have since re-visited country, led them to being Sri Lanka a further two times. A teenage boy orphaned by the disabled and marginalised. 2004 Tsunami who joined our Street20 cricket programme based in Sri Lankan orphanages.

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MetLife Insurance – CONSULTANCY Bryan Habana Foundation – Hong Kong 2015 South Africa 2018 In 2015, The Change Foundation Supreme Committee for In partnership with the Bryan was invited to Hong Kong to Delivery and Legacy for Habana Foundation, The design and deliver a Street the 2022 World Cup – Change Foundation worked with Badminton programme, in Qatar 2016 eight young leaders in Cape partnership with the MetLife In 2016, The Change Foundation Town, South Africa on rugby insurance company. The project was asked as part of the legend Bryan Habana’s youth was aimed at encouraging a 2022 FIFA World Cup Legacy leadership programme, Team new urban form of badminton Programme ‘Generation Habana. The young people we created to be taken up Amazing’ to design a football-for- are provided with a year of by children from poorer development curriculum aimed extraordinary experiences of communities with little at increasing inclusion in sport, training, mentoring and skills formal sports provision. which is now being delivered development and will return to in schools across Qatar in the their communities equipped to India 2015 build-up to the 2022 FIFA act as a beacon of hope to other For three years we partnered World Cup. young people, by sharing their with multi-award-winning knowledge and experiences NGO, Magic Bus, training International Basketball of Team Habana. sports coaches how to include Federation – Guyana 2018 children with a disability in Navjeet Sira training female We trained sixty young leaders Euroleague Basketball – their ‘childhood to livelihood’ coaches in India as part of our on how to use basketball for Serbia 2017 and programme for street children work with Magic Bus. good in their communities. Spain 2018 and 2019 in Mumbai. Held during the International Over three years, The Change Basketball Foundation’s Foundation has trained 200 Lebanon 2016 Antilles 3x3 Hoops final, the representatives from 47 clubs In partnership with UK charity, event helps develop and involved in the Euroleague’s Muslim Hands, we provided promote basketball within One Team CSR programme. training for young sports leaders National Federations in The programme provides all in how to use sport to provide the Lesser Antilles, giving clubs across Europe with a psycho-social support to Syrian opportunities to these countries methodology to “use the power refugee children, who have with tremendous potential of basketball to integrate suffered dislocation and trauma. the chance to travel to communities” and since its Our training programme for play basketball. founding in 2012, the One Team leaders in the camps involved programme has helped more games and exercises using Roma children in Serbia who than 16,000 participants through football, basketball, cricket were part of our ‘Building its team-focused projects and rugby. The sports provide friendships through cricket’ the framework through which programme. 4,400 COACH we create sharing and learning experiences for children and young people. MENTORS New Zealand 2017 In partnership with Blind Sport New Zealand, we launched the ground-breaking new sport of TRAINED visually impaired rugby in New Zealand, during the British and Irish Lions tour. This adapted form of the game takes into ACROSS 39 consideration a wide range of sight conditions, whilst maintaining the fundamental codes, laws and spectacle COUNTRIES. of rugby, to both the players and spectators.

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INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FOUND THAT FOR EVERY £1 INVESTED, STREET ELITE WHERE OUR FUNDING COMES FROM GENERATES £10.72 In addition to the above sources of funding, our award-winning Innovation Fund (set up with £50,000 OF SOCIAL VALUE. of designated reserves) enables us to invest in new pilot projects with potential to help us achieve our charitable objectives and improve our overall effectiveness.

HENRY WEREKO The Change Foundation has an average Head of Finance annual income of about £1million and CRICKET CENTRE INCOME 11% our main funding streams are: FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND CHALLENGES 13% • Grant income from trusts and foundations and corporate partners DONATIONS 11%

• Donations from individuals and companies

• Income from fundraising events and challenges

• Income from charitable and trading activities at our Centre, in the London TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS 65% Borough of Sutton

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WHAT WE SPEND OUR FUNDS ON Our total expenditure averages about £1m each year. Around 83% of our A YEAR LONG PERSONALISED expenditure is on frontline charitable programme activities, while the remaining 17% is used to raise funds SUPPORT PROGRAMME and on running the charity. COSTS AN AVERAGE OF £1,500 PER YOUNG PERSON.

AUDITED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 2020 FUNDRAISING COSTS 17% 31 March 2020 31 March 2019 £ £ Fixed Assets Cricket centre facilities 821,389 850,315 Other Assets 14,859 3,738 836,248 854,098

FRONT-LINE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES 83% Current Assets Debtors & stock 81,861 186,855 Cash at bank and in hand 539,013 540,010 620,874 726,865

Current Liabilities (184,854) (188,918) Net current assets 436,020 537,947 Net Assets 1,272,268 1,392, 045

FRONT-LINE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - BREAKDOWN Charity Funds Restricted funds: Cricket Centre 821,389 850,315 Restricted funds: Programmes 76,186 122.085 DISABILITY PROGRAMMES 19% Unrestricted Designated funds 64,856 53,780 General funds 309,837 365,865 OVERSEAS PROGRAMMES 4% 1,272,268 1,393,045 CRICKET CENTRE ACTIVITIES 8%

URBAN PROGRAMMES 52%

40 41 HOW WE MEASURE “WE KNEW THAT BEING IN OUR IMPACT EMPLOYMENT HAS MASSIVE FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR THE

NAVJEET SIRA INDIVIDUAL, BUT WE DIDN’T Director of Design and Impact KNOW IT CAME WITH SUCH DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED HAVE WE BASIC INFORMATION We use an information management HEALTH OUTCOMES AND system, called Views, to upload an individual profile for each young person we work with and to store any REDUCTION IN NEGATIVE information about their progress, including information collected via questionnaires, which can in some BEHAVIOURS.” cases be used to test learning and in some cases be used to assess changes in a young person’s self confidence, SALLY DICKINSON, HEAD OF self belief and aspirations. THE BERKELEY FOUNDATION. SELF-REFLECTION Our Coach Mentors are trained to help young people reflect on and describe their own achievements THE ROLE OF OUR ALUMNI and goals and then assess their own All Change Foundation graduates are progress. This can also include the invited to become part of our Alumni use of questionnaires and also the Programme, through which they use of informal and regular one to one can continue to gain further ongoing interviews. support and opportunities, whilst also supporting current programme COACH OBSERVATIONS participants. The Alumni Programme Our Coach Mentors regularly review has the added benefit of allowing us to the changes in a range of young undertake longer term tracking of our people’s behaviours, including their young people, who we might otherwise attendance, their level of engagement, lose contact with. their interaction with the rest of their The Change Foundation uses a range of group and their changing aspirations. THE ROLE OF OUR YOUNG This often includes the use of ‘change AMBASSADORS ways to measure the impact of our work. maps’, which are updated by our Coach These are a group of our young people SMASHED Mentors on a regular basis and are a who are either currently on one of our very helpful tool to understand and programmes or who have recently review a wide range of achievements. graduated. They give back to the charity by using their skills and experience to AN EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVE find new and innovative ways to create We regularly use independent change through sport. Our Young evaluation, such as from stakeholder Ambassadors each take on individual feedback and other external roles that inform the charity’s strategy perspectives to create a wider view through direct communication with of a young person’s successes and our Board of Trustees and our Senior challenges, including those of family Management Team. members, teachers and, for those starting their first job, their line We often talk about our outputs, manager. We also work closely with which are who we have worked with Bean Research to measure what we and how many sessions, workshops, call our ‘social return on investment’, competitions, residentials and work which is the monetary value of our placements we’ve delivered and which outcomes for all of our stakeholders. To are different from our outcomes, which ensure our ‘SROI’ data is accurate and are what we have achieved as a result of comprehensive, it is important to track delivering all of our outputs. programme graduates for a minimum of one year after leaving a programme and preferably for longer. IT? 43 OUR PARTNERS BETTER TOGETHER ROSS DEFOE Community Programmes Manager

We would not be able to do our life changing work without the support of our wonderful funding partners, referral partners and delivery partners. Many of the organisations below also provide high quality work placements and first jobs for our young people along with volunteers to mentor our young people or to undertake fundraising challenges on our behalf. You are all amazing.

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CAROL DRIVER When Phil Tufnell, our president, in 2003, largely by firms donating their The Refugee Cricket Project was started Corporate Services became ‘King of the Jungle’ by winning time and materials and it proved to be in 2009 and since then continues Director ‘I’m a Celebrity’ in 2003, this opened an amazing piece of luck as it resulted “IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOUNG to make perfect use of the facilities. the door to an opportunity. in a ground breaking building, being the Cricket has become very popular in first sports centre in the UK specifically Afghanistan and there are many Afghan The Charity had acquired land in designed to cater for children and REFUGEES SHARING A refugees in the Croydon area. The Wallington, through the innovative adults with a disability. project is run jointly with the Refugee work of our pioneering Women and Council and uses the cricket pitch in Girls Officer, Jenny Wostrack. We In 2008, through the fundraising work SPORTING SPACE ALONGSIDE summer and the indoor school in the partnered with Linden Homes, who of volunteer Paul Wickham, we were winter to provide cricket games and were keen to develop a former British able to add our indoor school to the coaching. Curries are cooked in the Telecom sports ground for housing Centre. This cleverly designed steel OUR VISUALLY IMPAIRED kitchen and served in the Tuffers’ Room and through the deal we were given framed structure houses a sports hall to allow an opportunity for the refugees some of the land to be retained as a with two cricket nets, which also double to relax and socialise. Whilst the Molly sportsground. However, we had no as a flexible multi-sports space. This RUGBY PLAYERS AND Gilbert room is used for one to one money for a building and that is where was a great development for us as it meetings to discuss immigration status our president, Phil Tufnell, came to meant we could run programmes from and any individual concerns and needs. the rescue. the Centre all year round. OUR OVER 60S PLAYING In the last few years we are delighted Phil was offered a place on the Granada The charity uses the Centre as a that the Centre has also become a TV programme, ‘With a Little Help From headquarters and we also run five of our WALKING SPORTS.” hub for an ever-growing walking sports My Friends’ and the idea was that Phil programmes from here, plus hire it out project for local over 60s, with regular and old school friends worked together at off peak times to generate income. football, netball, cricket and table tennis on a community building project and he Our administrator, Rae Tasyaka, Head RAE TASYAKA, THE CHANGE FOUNDATION sessions. The sessions provide new suggested the building of our Centre, of Finance, Henry Wereko, Caroline friendship networks and have a really which would become our HQ and Barrs, Maintenance Manager, Carol ADMINISTRATOR positive impact on the players mental eventually a good source of revenue Driver, Corporate Services Director, and physical health. for the charity. The building was built are all based here.

Change Foundation President, Phil Tufnell, at our Centre with OUR ADVANTAGE some of our young people.

46 HOME 47 OUR YOUNG AMBASSADORS I joined our Team Habana, youth leadership programme in 2016 and used my experiences on the programme to become qualified as a sports coach with specialisms in football, netball, fencing and adapted sports.

MADDY FORD Following my graduation from Team Women and Girls Habana, I became a staff member in Programmes 2017 as Project Manager for Girls Win Manager and I am now the charity’s Women and Girls Programme Manager. In 2019, I secured funding from the charity’s Innovation Fund to start our Young Ambassadors Group and they have already designed, fundraised for and BY delivered a COVID relief project for young people from our programmes who are living in hostels. They have also recently created a Christmas gift appeal for young families facing financial hardship due to the pandemic.

The Young Ambassadors Group is for young people aged 18–25 from across The Change Foundation programmes. Young Ambassadors give back to the charity by adding their skills and experience to find new and innovative ways to create change through sport. The group is made up of three young men and four young women, representative of both past and “I WANT TO HELP OTHER current programmes. They have regular online meet ups, where they share exciting new opportunities and YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY LIFE discuss new ways of working with other young people. AND HAVE FUN.” The Young Ambassadors are passionate about creating opportunities for other young people and developing their A CHANGE FOUNDATION own skills at the same time. This group was selected based on their YOUNG AMBASSADOR kind and welcoming responsiveness to others and their determination to positively impact the lives of their peers. They have taken on considerable responsibility and have risen to the challenge brilliantly. They are an amazing asset to the charity and the legacy of their work will be felt by generations to come.

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The group want to use their lived mentor to other young people. Scott mind to the variety of opportunities to host her own TV show discussing professional coach and work with new opportunities. Since joining experiences to create change in the is passionate about inclusion in sport for her future. She also took part in a mental health, psychology and international teams in rugby and the programme she has passed her lives of others and to positively influence and the wider world as he found his netball tournament with Mercedes- criminology (which she is going to cricket. He is also passionate about Childcare qualification, completed the direction of the charity. They have experiences on inclusive sessions with Benz, our International Women’s Day study at university in 2021). providing more opportunities for young a work placement, joined London ambitions to design programmes to The Change Foundation to be key to event 2020 and was part of a youth people at The Change Foundation Futures, started a Health and Social benefit a wide range of young people his development and personal growth. panel with the BBC. After graduating GEORGE to engage in physical activity and care course and is currently searching including young parents and families, Scott’s ambitions are to become Kaydena planned to go onto university George graduated from Team Habana experience personal growth as he did for part time work. Her future ambitions young people with poor mental health, a sports coach and work further with but fell pregnant. She is a mum in 2018 and had already qualified as during Team Habana. are to work full-time in childcare whilst those at risk of youth violence and other the charity. to two beautiful twins, completing a cricket and rugby coach. He has also exploring her talents in hair and groups of marginalised young people. her Childcare Level 3 course whilst since achieved his football coaching LAURYN beauty and her creative skills, including KAYDENA pregnant, running a catering business qualification, gained paid coaching Lauryn joined Girls Win in 2019 and is jewellery making and embroidery. The Young Ambassadors have also Kaydena graduated from Generation and being a Young Ambassador. She is work and is starting a degree in Sports currently still part of the programme. contributed to internal research Storm in 2019 and found the passionate about working with young Coaching in Autumn 2020 at St Mary’s Her reason for joining the club was to projects with the charity and externally programme to be beneficial to her people on The Change Foundation University, Twickenham. George’s gain confidence when speaking with with charity partners to share their mental health as well as opening her programmes and has an aspiration future ambitions are to become a others, meet new people and access voices on how best to support and empower young people. They have attended Trustees meetings where they shared their ideas and aspirations for empowering future generations. SHANICE Shanice graduated from Street Elite last year and is passionate about using her experience to work with and mentor other young mums. She found the Street Elite programme very impactful and is keen to get involved in future cohorts and eventually in creating her own project for young parents/families. She is passionate about youth work and drawing from her lived experience to support other young people. ONYEKA Onyeka graduated from Rugby 4 Change in 2014 and has since gone on to study and freelance in Branding, Marketing and Graphic Design. He also has experience working as a chef and is passionate about the link between exercise and nutrition. He Boxing legend, Frank Bruno, continues to play competitive rugby spars with a graduate from our and is a gym enthusiast too. Onyeka’s Street Elite programme. future ambitions are to create a IN THE LAST YEAR OVER youth programme based in the gym and within that incorporate nutrition principles. He would also like to 700 GIRLS AGED 10 TO 13 grow his freelance work in Branding, Marketing and Graphic Design. HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY PRESCIA Prescia graduated from Dance 4 Change in 2014 and is currently REDUCED THEIR TIME working full-time, as well as being a Young Ambassador. She is passionate about championing youth mental health ON SOCIAL MEDIA. and is keen to work on programmes that incorporate dance and mental health messages. She would also like to pursue a career in psychology with a focus on counselling/therapy. SCOTT Scott is a long-time alumni, originally starting on Cricket 4 Change in 2008 and is now involved in the London Futures programme as a volunteer and

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SHEDAINE HENRY MADDY RYAN Women and Girls Maddy joined the charity as a young Ryan is a graduate of our disability Programmes person on a leadership programme programmes and has been involved Manager called Team Habana in 2016 and with the charity since he was 11 years became a staff member in 2017. Her old. He took part in our disability cricket sport specialisms are football, netball, programme as a youngster, which led him fencing and adapted sports. She is the onto being part of the England Visually Women and Girls Programme Manager, Impaired Cricket Team and more recently I was introduced to The Change as well as the Project Manager for Girls the British & Irish Lions Visually Impaired Foundation through my Pupil Referral Win, which uses goalsetting, through Rugby Team, where he has played in both Unit, aged 15. I then went on the join the power of sport, to empower young New Zealand and Japan. Ryan currently the Rugby 4 Change programme, women with disabilities. Maddy is manages our London Futures disability which led to me obtaining a place passionate about using sport as a tool employability and mentoring programme at University to study Sports Therapy. to help young people change their lives and is part of our communications team. I decided on a change in direction after and to create more sports spaces and Ryan lives in London and during his spare completing my first year of University sessions that are inclusive of all abilities. time, he enjoys running and playing and subsequently joined our Team South African rugby legend, cricket, football and rugby. Habana Youth Leadership Programme. Bryan Habana, working with BASSIE During my time on the programme and young leaders on our joint Alex Bassan started with the charity as ELLE with the support of my Coach Mentor, leadership programme, Team a participant at the Inner-City World Cup Elle joined the charity at the end of 2019 I really started to grow in confidence Habana, which we run in in 2006, then joined our apprenticeship with the overwhelming desire to create and demonstrated an ability to connect partnership with the Bryan in 2007 and started full time in 2009 change through the power of sport. Her with young people from marginalised Habana Foundation in London as a Development Coach. Over the sporting specialisms are netball, rugby, backgrounds. Upon graduating from and Cape Town. years he has designed, developed, athletics and adapted sports. She is Team Habana, I was offered a part time and delivered across all Change passionate about discovering, engaging post with the charity and was supported Foundation programmes, worked in and educating young people with other to complete my studies. I continued to over twenty countries, training more like-minded individuals in the sport for progress during my time as a part-time than 2,000 coaches, trainers and development world. Her passion motivates Coach Mentor, working on the Street managers in using sport for social her to help others grow and to become the Elite and G-Storm programmes and in change. He now leads the charity’s best possible version of themselves. 2019, I became a full-time member Business Development, engaging new of staff. I have loved being involved in and existing partnerships and creating JAMES developing Netball 4 Change in London bespoke, fun, and unique events and James joined the charity as a young and have recently been promoted challenges to increase charity income, person on a cricket programme back to the position of Women and Girls THE networks and opportunities for The in 2004. His specialisms include Programmes Manager. I currently head Change Foundation’s participants. Alex supporting young people’s development up Netball 4 Change in London and is passionate about creating long lasting journey and helping them create positive I am Lead Coach Mentor on our multi- positive change. pathways, teaching them how to develop award-winning Street Elite programme. a strong mindset and a powerful voice in In addition to this I also help to mentor all aspects of their life. He is passionate our team of Young Ambassadors, about working with young people and aiming to inspire a future generation helping them fulfil their potential and of leaders. STREET ELITE HAS AN lead happy and rewarding lives. PAUL After growing up on the Old Kent Road ANNUAL SUCCESS RATE OF and going to school in Peckham, Paul was determined to travel beyond the range of the 53 bus route. He has since worked 85% IN SUPPORTING YOUNG in major venues in the UK and around the world on a wide range of international sporting events, including eight Olympic PEOPLE ON THE EDGE OF Games. Paul is a qualified British Rowing Coach and ski instructor and has worked on expeditions worldwide, climbing, GANGS AND CRIME INTO trekking, kayaking and skiing in many beautiful places, including the Alps, Central and South America, the Russian EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT Caucuses, Greenland, Svalbard and Nepal. He has planned and run charity fundraising events for many years and OR TRAINING. brings a great deal of expertise and experience to our Events and Challenges Team.

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Multi award-winning singer, ANDY GRACE HENRY W Jamelia, at one of our Street Andy is one of the co-founders of the Grace is a graduate of our Street Elite Henry joined the charity to contribute Elite sessions for young mums. charity, after running our first housing programme and during her first year to what he saw as our commendable estates programme in 1981, following with us it became apparent that Grace life changing work. Drawing on his the Brixton Riots. He has set up and was an extremely talented dancer and expertise and experience in finance, run development programmes in thirty had a passion for helping others. This he is able to make value-adding one of the thirty-nine countries we have led to Grace becoming a Coach Mentor contributions across a range of the operated in and is still coaching and on our Dance 4 Change programme charity’s financial, strategic and playing cricket and rugby. and a strong role model on our Street operational activities. Henry has a Elite programme in Lambeth. She is a passion for lawn tennis, football and Andy is passionate about creating brilliant advocate for the charity’s work jazz music. opportunities for young people to and is an inspiration to young women lead happy and fulfilling lives, across our programmes and amongst CHARLOTTE irrespective of the circumstances our Team. Charlotte joined The Change they face growing up. Foundation in 2021 as Trusts and ROSS Foundations Manager, after spending DEAN Ross is the Community Programmes a number of years raising vital income Dean came to work for The Change Manager at The Change Foundation for charities including Christian Aid Foundation after hearing of a job and joined the charity in 2016, after and CARE International, as well as opening through an old college friend successfully leading the Hammersmith working as a freelance trust and grants who had been working with The Change and Fulham Street Elite cohort. fundraiser. Charlotte feels passionately Foundation for several years. Dean His specialism is youth work and about the importance of providing has a youth work background and is he has fifteen years’ experience opportunities for young people in also a qualified football coach, with working with young people across the UK to thrive, regardless of their experience of playing at a high level for London. He is extremely passionate background or experiences and is teams including Dulwich Hamlet and about working with young people and inspired by the difference The Change Spurs and West Ham at youth level. His giving them access to high quality Foundation is making for young people. passion is sport and he enjoys playing opportunities, irrespective of their and teaching through sport as it played socio-economic status. PULLO a massive role in his own personal Simon joined The Change Foundation development. Dean believes it can be a NAVJEET in 2010 as a volunteer on the Refugee great tool that can benefit others, as it Navjeet joined The Change Foundation in Cricket Project, shortly after deciding to MYNOTT LEVEY RAE did for him. 2010 as a volunteer after being inspired by leave the world of investment banking. Daniel joined the charity when he Dan Levey joined the charity after Rae started as the Charity’s the charity’s incredible Coach Mentors He has worked as a Development was 16 and was part of our Hit the volunteering in 2011 through his school Administrator in Feb 2019 as a temp BARRSY she worked with. Since joining The Coach and Programme Manager Top disability programme. From this work experience. He enjoyed his time and became permanent from the Caroline Barrs, “Barrsy”, has worked for Change Foundation, Navjeet has across almost every programme, before programme, Daniel went onto our so much that he ended up volunteering Spring of 2019. Rae has a degree in the Charity since 2007 as Maintenance helped transform the charity’s impact moving to South America in 2015. Now apprenticeship programme, where again afterwards and eventually joined Education, is very enthusiastic about Manager and is the second longest measurement approach and has living back in Europe, he consults for he then made his way to becoming our Hit the Top programme, which children being educated and is a firm serving member of staff after Andy redesigned many of our pioneering the charity in the areas of fundraising, a full time member of staff as the allowed him to eventually land a full believer in people making the most of Sellins. She does an amazing job of programmes. Navjeet is a netball and communications and impact and charity’s Impact and Insight Officer. time role at the charity. His specialism their life. She is passionate about and ensuring that the Centre is always cricket coach and a graduate of the is always keen to turn his hand to He specialises in working with those is disability work and being able to enjoys seeing our young people make looking fresh and tidy. Most Sunday Women in Sport Leadership Academy. whatever is needed. He is passionate with learning disabilities and those with coach a range of different sports. Dan is substantial changes to their lives. mornings she is cleaning the Centre She is particularly passionate about about learning from others about how to ASD and in impact measurement and passionate about making others laugh after parties have been held the engaging marginalised girls and young lead a good life, whilst always trying to evaluation. Daniel is passionate about and making a change using sports. HENRY G night before. She then dashes off to women through the power of sport, set a good example for others. working with young people like himself, Henry joined the charity eight years ago, play cricket for Brighton and Hove. helping them discover their ability to with ASD and helping them to fulfil their CAROL after working in the health care sector. A formidable all-rounder Caroline become inspirational women of the future. NICK potential. He is also passionate about Carol joined the charity after playing During these eight years he has worked played 10 one day internationals for Nick is a journalist who has worked in Esports and the power that gaming has cricket with a pioneering staff member, in all areas of the charity and across the England Women’s Cricket Team news, sport and features for more than to teach life lessons. Jenny Wostrack, who asked her to all programmes. His current role as between her debut against Australia forty years for national media in the become a trustee of the Charity in 1991. Head of Programmes means he gets to at Sydney in 1988 and her last match UK and global business publications, LINEKER She was Treasurer for many years and work very closely with our inspirational against Ireland in 1990. A slow left arm along with speaking, moderating and Dan joined the charity in 2016, as also worked hard to build up the events delivery team, which he says is a bowler, she took 17 wickets at just 9.52 hosting panel discussions in the USA, a participant on our apprenticeship business at the Centre on a voluntary real privilege. As a qualified Exercise with a best of 4 for 23. Singapore, Spain, the UAE and South programme. After thoroughly enjoying basis. She was then appointed Corporate Rehabilitation Specialist, with years of Africa. He has experience of working this course, he then went on to become Service Director in 2014. Carol’s experience working in mental health, alongside The Change Foundation on a full time coach mentor. Over the specialism is human resources. She is a sport and youth work, Henry is able to blind cricket in India and Barbados and years he has worked on a wide range Fellow of the CIPD and has worked in the understand the relationship between development programmes in Israel and of programmes including Street Elite, public, banking and voluntary sectors. positive mental health, employment and EACH YEAR WE WORK IN the Palestinian Territories, as well as the Refugee Cricket Project, Rugby 4 She was also a member of the board the role sport can play as a wonderful projects across the UK. Change and Visually Impaired Rugby. of the London Probation Trust. She is vehicle to enable. Dan is not the type to shy away from any passionate about giving young people a PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER 100 challenges and enjoys trying out new chance to reach their full potential. Henry is passionate about providing sports. He is passionate about helping quality opportunities for young people people better themselves in life and he to become happy, confident and COMMUNITY GROUPS, LOCAL often goes above and beyond to support contributing members of society. those who need support. AUTHORITIES, CORPORATE PARTNERS AND EMPLOYERS. 54 55 ELLEN ROWLEY Senior Coach Mentor HOW WE LOOK AFTER OUR TEAM

WHY WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AFTER OUR TEAM IN OUR MOST RECENT SURVEY FIVE WAYS WE The main reason for regularly reviewing and improving our Team Welfare Plan is to ensure the mental and physical THE CHANGE FOUNDATION ENCOURAGE health of our team is protected and where possible, enhanced. STAFF TEAM FELT THAT OUR TEAM Our team are under pressure to be accessible to the young people we work with and it is crucial that we ensure their THE CHARITY IS VERY mental health is in good shape at all Be mental health champions in your own times, in order that they do not become ill, stressed or burnt out. PROACTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE 1 life and in the lives of our young people, Our aim is to create a caring and colleagues, family and friends. supportive working environment, which OF THEIR WELLBEING. our Team can learn from and then pass on that positivity to the young people  Take part in exercise, sport, mindfulness they work with. This includes the following principles: WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY DO • We evolve roles quickly with each 2 sessions, yoga or an outdoor activity at TO ENSURE OUR TEAM ARE member of the Team able to develop • Trying new things OPERATING IN A REWARDING AND their career at their own pace with least once a day. POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT? new and challenging goals and • Learning from mistakes We have always aimed to create a responsibilities working environment in which: Use one day a week to focus on your • Supporting their team-mates • We run regular health and well-being • We keep our word sessions, which cover a range of 3 own creative thinking time and personal • Praising and celebrating each other topics to inspire and educate the • We use a line management style Team to stay mentally and physically development. We aim for this approach to create which allows people the space fit and healthy resilience, hope and a strong sense to access new and challenging of purpose. opportunities • We create opportunities for all Team Live for the moment. members to speak at events and There are also other reasons why we • We empower people to create their share their ideas and expertise 4 do this and why we present our welfare own programmes and events plan to the Team in this context: • We ensure that credit is given to the • There is a beginning, middle and people responsible for our successes Enjoy yourself. • To treat our staff with the end to projects, which helps create a consideration and kindness we strong sense of job satisfaction • We celebrate the achievements of 5 would hope they would treat our Team members in Change Foundation young people with • We provide quality time for the whole publications team to be together on two residential, • To ensure the Team appreciate how overseas away days each year which • We create an environment in which all Our Team Welfare Plan is driven by our Wellbeing Steering well we aim to look after them also acts as a reward and a thank you voices are heard and good ideas are Group, which is made up of seven members of our Team. listened to and acted upon. • To inspire the Team to show pride • We have an Innovation Fund which Their work includes creating and distributing our Team in their charity any member of the Team can apply to wellbeing surveys, the results of which the Group uses as for funding and to activate a new idea the basis to make recommendations for maintaining and • To promote our healthy working enhancing the mental and physical fitness of our Team and environment to current and • We have a weekly newsletter through of our young people. The survey was created in partnership potential partners which we share and celebrate achievements with our ‘Trauma Informed Practice’ Trainer, Nikki Lester, who also provides regular Trauma Informed Practice • We encourage open dialogue between training for all our Team. all staff, Young Ambassadors and Trustees and have an open-door policy between senior and more junior members of the Team EMPOWER 56 57 OUR AMBASSADORS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR CHANGE OUR AMBASSADORS FOR CHANGE HAVE HELPED US CATHERINE her time with the Supreme Committee moment was witnessing the amazing BARNETT-JAAFAR for Delivery & Legacy in Qatar and impact a programme (designed by Chair of ‘Generation Amazing’. Now back in The Change Foundation on behalf Ambassadors the UK, Catherine contributes in her of Generation Amazing) can have RAISE OVER £200,000. for Change role as an Ambassador through events on a community, regardless of age, and mentoring. Catherine used to fence background or circumstance. for Great Britain, is a wife and a mother, and loves sport (especially rugby GLENN BALLARD The role of a Change Foundation and cricket). Her most humbling Glenn has spent his career working ANNABELLE RISDON winning Street Elite programme which MICHAEL RICHARDS Ambassador is to use their business in the technology sector, creating IT As Director and Head of Partnerships supports young people on the edge of Mike Richards is the Chairman of and personal networks to help raise solutions to business problems. at Give as you Live Ltd, Annabelle has gangs and crime into work. Having seen Capital City Media, a media independent the profile of the charity and to help the Having left Hewlett Packard in 2017, spent over a decade helping develop the power of sport for change first hand, in the City of London. Mike has a great charity raise funds. Glenn now works as a consultant innovative technology and building core Sophie joined the Ambassador network love of sport (he is a season ticket holder advising a range of businesses in the partnerships to maximise unrestricted in late 2018 and is now looking forward at Bayern Munich and life member at UK and around the world. He has revenue streams for UK charities. to delivering The Change Foundation’s Kent CCC) and has three kids. Mike CATHERINE BARNETT-JAAFAR – supported The Change Foundation With over twenty years’ experience first ever ‘Strictly 4 Change’ dancing came to the charity wanting to put CHAIR OF AMBASSADORS for the last five years, introducing in commercial sales, she has been fundraiser. Outside of work, Sophie is a something back into the system to help Catherine is an Associate Director new corporate partners, supporting eternally committed to making a keen boxer, cyclist and all-round lover others less fortunate than him and his for Turner & Townsend within their fundraising events and helping the significant impact to the Third Sector, of the outdoors. kids. He had little experience in the Programme Advisory business, and charity create our new website. helping raise over £12 million in charity sector before becoming involved has spent over ten years advising donations for UK charities. Annabelle NATHAN ROBINSON with The Change foundation, unless clients, both in the U.K. and ADAM CHAPPELL – is dedicated to actively inspiring others Nathan works within asset management working in a hospital shop for several internationally, on their major capital FOUNDING CHAIR with her giving ethos and continuously as a Business Development Associate years counts, where he learned how investment programmes. She first came Adam co-founded the film and design building long-standing partnerships at Russell Investments. He graduated to add up if customers bought multiple across The Change Foundation during Studio, Beagle, in 2011, and is one across various industries. She is a from Swansea University, with both Mars Bars. He hopes to spread of the pioneers of digital content in member of the Corporate Engagement a master’s and bachelor’s degree in the word about the charity given the UK, transforming the global web Board at ‘Battersea Dogs Home’, on Economics and Banking and was part of his connections in the City and in presence of brands such as Vogue, the judging panel for the ‘Charity Film the SURFC. Sport has played a key role the media. Apple, Aviva, Amazon and Rolex. He Awards’ and has strong links to the in Nathan’s life for many years having was an Executive Producer for some ‘Television and Radio Industries Club been a scholar at Colstons School, TREVOR BROWN of the most respected and dynamic (TRIC)’, ‘Global Woman Club’ and whilst playing premiership academy, Trevor recently retired as Managing TV production companies in the UK the ‘Venus Movement’. She is also county and regional rugby, as well as Director and founding member including Shine, Tiger Aspect, Darlow a Board Member and Director for regional athletics. As an Ambassador, of Throgmorton UK, a company Smithson, IMG Media and ITN. He has ‘The Executive Association of Great Nathan will be working closely with supporting the financial services sector, won awards across Television, Digital Britain’, creating business through the VI rugby project and brings a new now owned by Link Group, a quoted Advertising and Branded Content. networking opportunities. perspective, having experienced some fund administration business. Starting Adam came across the Change of the challenges faced by our players as a chartered accountant with Arthur Foundation via his client, Berkeley MRINAL MADINA on a daily basis, having lost the sight Andersen, Trevor became European Homes and the Berkeley Foundation, Mrinal has twenty years’ experience in one eye a few years ago. Nathan Tax Director of Salomon Brothers who are a donor. The Managing Director working in sport, technology and appreciates more than ever the power and Citigroup, before establishing a of Berkeley South East London, Harry marketing. With a degree in Business of sport to transform mental and search engine promotion business Lewis, kindly introduced Adam to the Management and a master’s degree physical health and is excited to get and then Throgmorton. Trevor believes organisation and that was that! Adam in Computer Science, he has worked stuck in and help share his experience passionately in the power of the team offers communications and marketing with various blue chips as a consultant with the VI rugby players. environment to generate positive advice and connects The Change including Merck, Saks Fifth Avenue, life skills. He loves all sports and still Foundation with his network. Vodafone, T Mobile and Orange. He is MATT FOSTER occasionally turns out on the cricket the Founder and Managing Director of Matt is a corporate lawyer at Norton Rose field but now concentrates mainly on 2k Tiger, a premium event management Fulbright (NRF) and lifelong cricket fan. golf, skiing and cycling to maintain a company. The company arranges Having been introduced to The Change semblance of fitness conferences, corporate, sporting and Foundation through its blind cricket charity events. A keen sportsman he programmes, which were supported TOM HOWARD-VYSE spends any spare time, when not with by NRF’s “Together for Sport” charity Tom is a freelance communications his family and two children, trying to initiative, Matt has been a supporter of consultant. For the last ten years, keep his handicap in single figures. the charity for more than five years and Tom has specialised in sustainability, He is a supporter of Middlesex County has taken part in a sponsored triathlon cleantech and environmental Cricket Club and Arsenal Football Club. and cycling events to raise funds for communications for some of the The Change Foundation. Matt believes world’s most innovative low-carbon SOPHIE HARRISON whole-heartedly in the power of sport pioneers, advising ground-breaking Sophie Harrison is Head of and exercise to improve lives and is projects within the energy, finance, Communications for housebuilder regularly amazed by the incredible retail, aviation, carbon capture, Berkeley St Edward. She has worked positive changes achieved by the agriculture and infrastructure sectors. with The Change Foundation for the last young people participating in Change Tom was previously Global Head of six years, helping deliver the award- Foundation programmes. Media at The Climate Group, Director

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SIMON MUNDIE boundary and has seen at first hand IAIN KENNEDY years at successful mid-sized firm, Simon hosts the critically acclaimed the role sport plays in engaging young Iain Kennedy has worked in the Chantrey Vellacott, and led the firm podcast, Don’t Tell Me The Score, people. It encourages communication, private equity industry for over 25 into a merger with Moore Stephens in OUR AMBASSADORS which uses sport to explore ‘life’s bigger leadership, confidence; important life years, providing capital to help private 2015. Mike has worked with clients questions’. Sitting down with big-name skills that The Change Foundation companies grow. As a sportsman, he had in the charity and not-for-profit world guests, including World Cup winner nurtures in everyone they work with. a long rugby career with London Scottish, over many years, mainly advising on Jonny Wilkinson and Olympic gold where he was a tackle-shy full-back and financial and commercial management. HAVE TRANSFORMED medallists Michael Johnson and Dame WILL TABORN enthusiastic tourist. He took the hint Mike lived and went to school in Kelly Holmes – as well as psychologists, Will Taborn is the founder and and hung up his boots at 34 when the Stepney in London’s East End and neuroscientists and former Buddhist Managing Director of Taborns – a LSFC President asked if he would like experienced first-hand the powerful monks – he explores life themes, unique company in the ‘business of law’ to Captain the 2nd XV. Away from the benefits provided to young people by OUR FUNDRAISING including addiction, self-acceptance who assist businesses and professional rugby pitch, he is an enthusiastic lover of family support, decent housing and and tribalism. One of the main reporters service providers by supplying access to mountain sports, a modest tennis player, personal self-confidence. Mike is proud for BBC TV during the Wimbledon the best legal advice and legally related a laughably poor surfer and the worst to be an ambassador for The Change fortnight, Simon interviews all the big services under one roof. Will wanted golfer to be a member of two Royal clubs. Foundation and its fantastic work ACTIVITIES AND names and also likes to get amongst the to join The Change Foundation as an He is a lifetime supporter of Scottish in this area. fans. He is a regular presenter on BBC Ambassador for a variety of factors – sporting teams, with the worry lines and Radio 4’s flagship ‘Today’ programme his love of sport, wanting to help those ulcers to prove it. Iain was introduced to CHARLES WAUD and was previously a presenter on people in society that need a little TCF by his Best Man and fellow LSFC Charles is Director of Waud Wines, OUR EMPLOYMENT BBC Radio 1. Simon is an experienced extra hand in life, and to also support player, Graeme Porteous, and was hugely a specialist wine merchant specialising corporate speaker, sharing the lessons a local charity. impressed with the dedication of the in private client wine sales, investment he has learnt from interviewing some of team and the amazing outcomes they wine, corporate gifts and events. the world’s most successful people. TERRY WOODS achieve. After Graeme died tragically Charles is a big sports fan, with a Terry Woods is the CEO of United young, Iain has done his best to fill particular interest in golf and rugby NETWORKS. JON SELLINS Business Group, one of the UK’s leading his giant shoes and is hugely proud to and he is hoping to see Leicester Jon Sellins has spent over 30 years in suppliers of printing equipment and be associated with such an amazing Tigers turn the corner in the very near the event industry, working in many bespoke IT print audit systems. Outside organisation. future! Charles has a wide experience of London’s leading venues including of business, Terry is a keen artist and in running corporate events and looks of Communications at HarperCollins aesthetics. Stu has two daughters, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Arena enjoys spending as much time with his CATH HOLT forward to getting involved in organising Publishers, Head of PR at the British is a sports enthusiast and was an and Earls Court. Some might say wife, two children and friends as he can, Cath has played netball for most of her innovative and enjoyable events to help Airways London Eye, and a senior abrasive centre having played both his career highlight was leading the especially as he has recently become life and when she moved to San Diego, raise awareness and funds for The consultant at several leading global PR rugby league and union. He has had venue management team for the 2012 a grandfather to two granddaughters. where netball wasn’t well known, she Change Foundation. companies. Tom was introduced to The a go at football and is likely the person London Olympics, but he hopes his Terry is a huge advocate of various helped establish the San Diego United Change Foundation by George Godsal with the most limited range of skills highlight is still round the corner. His charities and is passionate about Netball Club, creating new tournaments PAUL WOTTON (overseas Ambassador) and lives in ever to have played cricket. He is one access to the odd ticket and occasional arranging hugely successful charitable and raising awareness of the sport Paul has known Andy Sellins for over West London with four sports-mad of the few people in the home counties bit of hospitality has been welcomed events, which raise tens of thousands throughout California. Inspired by The 45 years having played rugby with him boys. He is a passionate believer that to support Hull City and has been by the charity’s fundraisers over the of pounds for worthy causes. Terry Change Foundation’s transformational for Devon and for Exeter Chiefs. He is sport, music and drama are powerful seen at the occasional Wasps game, years and he has now been persuaded has a wealth of experience within impact on the lives of some of society’s delighted to be invited to become an ways to inspire, transform and empower mainly because the clubs have the into actually taking part in one of the the charitable sector and has a huge most vulnerable children and the charity’s Ambassador for Change and be part of young lives. same colours so he only has to have anniversary challenges, which means network of contacts with a likeminded pioneering use of netball, in particular, what Andy and his team are doing for one scarf. Stu has a long association he is back on his bike after a lengthy approach to raising money. Terry feels Cath is excited about using her sports young people who are in such need of BRADLEY SCRIVEN with the charity as Andy Sellins, the absence and is looking forward to that having been successful in business development experience and professional support from positive role models and Bradley works within sports charity’s CEO, used to borrow his riding the Western Front in May 2021. that it is vital to give back to those in networks to help the charity maximise the people they can trust. He is currently sponsorship at CSM, an internationally Vauxhall Cavalier to deliver cricket nets A Covid-enforced career break means need and has the right attributes to impact of its 40th Anniversary. part of the organising for the Path of renowned marketing agency that to various parts of North London in the he has fewer excuses when Andy or bring a new and exciting dynamic to Peace Cycle Challenge along the World works with major brands. Bradley late 80’s. He has taken part in many of Bassie come calling these days. A big The Change Foundation. LUKE LITTLEWOOD War I Western Front in September graduated from Cardiff Metropolitan the charity’s events over the years, with supporter of the Charity for many years Having delved into various this year. For the past 25 years he University and after spending time the most memorable being teaching – he is old enough to have witnessed ADAM HALL entrepreneurial pursuits, Luke set up has been a fulltime union official for understanding the sports marketing female inmates the art of cricket in the early days on the playing fields of Adam has spent nearly fifteen years Best4Systems.co.uk twenty five years the Communication Workers Union landscape in Australasia, India and Holloway Prison, a trip to the West Islington. He is enormously proud of in the nonprofit/development/event ago. As a telecoms and safety equipment (CWU), representing people working in Southern Africa, Bradley became even Bank in Palestine, a climb up Mount what his twin brother and his amazing space across the globe. Many of Adam’s fulfilment company, they now support the postal sector. In his spare time he more passionate about the power of Kilimanjaro and most recently a tour to colleagues have accomplished and achievements are deeply rooted in a range of public bodies, including the enjoys walking across the moors and sport. Sport has always been a key part Japan, during the 2019 Rugby World looks forward to supporting the charity sports for social change, with grassroots NHS and Local Government, as well as coastal paths of Devon and Cornwall of Bradley’s life and he has played a Cup, to help promote the charity’s for many years to come. initiatives and fundraising development private businesses. A keen ex amateur and also tries to find time to watch handful of first-class cricket games. ground breaking visually impaired projects taking place in countries rugby player and now a member of Exeter Chiefs and Exeter City FC. Passionate about helping others and rugby project. LUCY COX including Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka Harlequins, he enters the occasional providing opportunities for those from Lucy spent many years working in the and Sierra Leone. Adam has partnered triathlon and enjoys the active side of BEVERLY HILL disadvantaged backgrounds, Bradley EMILY COOPER communication’s sector primarily in with global organizations including life. With two sporty daughters, he also A lifelong friend of Andy Sellins, Beverly believes that by combining the power Introduced to The Change Foundation public relations and conferences. She UNICEF, ESPN, major sports leagues in has the pleasure of watching netball has watched the journey of The Change of sport and education, there is no through being an Executive Assistant to has been involved in the charity sector the United States and the UK government and hockey with Andy! As a trainer Foundation, has met many of those who better combination for creating positive one of our Trustees, Charles Vallance, for a number of years and is director of to push sports agendas further to impact at the Brighton Surf Life Saving Club, have been nurtured and is proud of how personal development, change and Emily has been supporting the charity The Fairstead Trust which funds small the world positively. Adam is currently the he imparts enthusiasm, learning and it has stayed the course and evolved happiness. Bradley is a big advocate of for almost 10 years. Emily’s experience youth based charities in the London Founder and CEO of AM Hall Consulting, opportunity to those able and those less into the amazing charity it is today. With the work of The Change Foundation and and expertise is with people and she area. Lucy has been a supporter of The a consultancy group based out of New able, to enjoy learning lifeguarding and over 30 years’ experience in the global their ability to create transformational prides herself on being able to help Change Foundation for five years. Her York City which supports nonprofits with water safety skills for themselves. fashion industry, she is currently CEO change in young people. the charity by using her influence to involvement was born of an interest in fundraising through events, strategy and of a UK based business and regularly encourage others to be part of The cricket and her son took part in one outreach. Adam has an Executive MBA MIKE TOVEY mentors young people who have gone STUART MOORE Change Foundation’s vision. Emily is of the cricket days Change organised from Temple University in Philadelphia Until April 2017, Mike was a senior on to great careers in the fashion Stuart is the co-founder, owner and thrilled to have been asked to be an for Afghan teenagers. As a mum of a and currently lives in New York City with partner at Moore Stephens, a top-10 industry. She is honoured to be invited business manager of Springwell Clinic Ambassador and is excited to work with passionate sportsman, Lucy has spent his wife, Monique, son, Ellis, and their UK accounting firm and global network. to be an Ambassador and will do all she in Marlow, specialising in medical Andy and the team. many hours on the touchline and the puppy, Maze. Mike was managing partner for 12 can to help the cause.

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DAN LINEKER OVER THE LAST THREE Senior Coach Mentor YEARS OUR VI RUGBY AMBASSADORS HAVE HELPED US RAISE OVER £150,000 TO SPREAD THE GAME FEEL THE AROUND THE WORLD.

ANDY ROBINSON OBE KELSEY JONES Current role: Head Coach of the Current Role: Lead Participation Romania National Rugby Team Officer for Gloucester Rugby The 2003 World Cup winning coach and Wales Women International and former England and Bath player, Rugby Player was introduced to The Change Kelsey has been instrumental in Foundation by John Inverdale in 2017. developing visually impaired rugby John mentioned that Andy’s Dad was across Wales. Her rugby journey blind and used to go to his games and started at the age of seventeen, when have the games audio-described to she joined Seven Sisters Rugby Club him. Andy came along to one of our in Neath. Growing up, she used to early sessions in London and straight watch her father play but never knew away saw the potential of the game that was an opportunity for girls to take for visually impaired players. Over the part until one day she stumbled in on a past three years, Andy has continued committee meeting for women’s rugby to support the game by helping design at the Seven Sisters Club. From then our VI Rugby coaching guidelines and on she was given the opportunity to developing our coaches and players train and play with other female players through his coaching masterclasses. and never looked back. Kelsey is now “Being involved with the Change an established player within the Wales Foundation has been a very enjoyable Women’s international team and now experience. I have been inspired by wants to use her knowledge of the game the dedication of the staff and the to increase participation for women attitude from everyone to try new and men in the new sport of visually activities in order to change their impaired rugby. lives. I am full of respect for the time and energy put in by The Change Foundation team to break down barriers, challenge negative beliefs and create opportunities for people to succeed.” – Andy Robinson OBE

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IAN MCKINLEY NICK KING Our visually impaired players GEORGE CHUTER Current role: Professional Rugby Current roles: Head of Business at take on sighted opposition in an Current role: In hospitality and Player, Benetton Rugby and the Italy the Centre for Policy Studies, Senior exhibition match in London. events with Under The Posts Ltd, National Rugby Team Advisor at Hanover Communications specialising in sporting and celebrity The Irish born fly-half, currently playing and former Special Adviser to Savid lunches and dinners with an for Benetton and Italy was introduced to Javid when he was Home Secretary ‘up-close and personal’ approach The Change Foundation after a meeting Nick has been a close friend of The The former Saracens, Leicester and with World Rugby in 2018. World Rugby Change Foundation since 2015 and England hooker spent eighteen years mentioned that they had been working has continued to support the charity playing professional rugby and when he with a player in 2016, who had lost ever since. Nick is a strong advocate retired in 2014, he had played in seven their sight in one eye, to create a pair of the power of sport for good and is Premiership finals for Leicester and four of goggles that enabled him to still play a keen sportsman, playing for both European finals. George won the first of but also protect his eye. Shortly after we the Commons and Lords Rugby his twenty four international caps during were introduced, Andy Sellins and Alex Team and the Cricket Team. Nick has England’s summer tour of Australia in Bassan went to meet Ian and his wife been on the VI Rugby journey with us 2006 and was also part of the England Cordelia and share stories about rugby, since its launch in 2016 and he has squad that reached the World Cup Final sight loss and how the power of the been instrumental in supporting the in France in 2007. Upon his retirement, game can change lives. development of the game and helping he moved into coaching, spending raise money to fund the project. Nick three years as an assistant coach at From that meeting, Ian became a VI has also been key to the development of Loughborough University and two years Rugby Ambassador and a pioneer our international networks, introducing as Director of Rugby at Hinckley RFC. of the game, helping develop the us to ambassadors and key government He currently works in hospitality and rules, coaching drills, tactics and officials around the globe and securing events with Under The Posts Ltd and is player preparation. He has also been their support. a keen supporter of VI Rugby. instrumental in the development of VI Rugby in Italy in partnership ED MCKENZIE AYAKO MATSUI with Benetton Rugby and delivered Current role: Director at McKenzie Current role: Teacher, Kindergarten coaching sessions to the ‘England VI and Co financial consultants, section, Saitama School for the blind Rugby Team’ that toured during the a Senior Partner Practice at St. and visually impaired, Tokyo Japan World Cup in Japan in 2019. James’s Place Wealth Management Ayako has been a friend of the charity Ed has been involved in various forms since 2018 being a pioneer in setting up “I lost the sight in my left eye during a of sport all his life and has been a and developing the game of VI Rugby in game of rugby. For me aged 20, it was strong advocate of using his passion for Rugby legends, Glenn Ballard, Japan and forming the Japan VI Rugby hard to deal with but not as hard as sport to generate charitable funds and Serge Betsen and Simon Shaw, Union as Secretary General in 2019. some of the social issues young people charitable exposure. As a member of the playing for Wasps Legends Ayako has a wealth of experience in face today. I believe strongly in the CLIC Sargent Godfathers, Ed has used in a VI rugby exhibition match the world of blind and visually impaired values within the game of rugby and I rugby 7s to raise funds for the children’s at the 2019 Rugby World Cup sport. She was instrumental in the know the Change Foundation has been cancer charity for over 21 years. He in Japan. development of blind tennis across the built around those same qualities. I look is also a supporter of the Bath Rugby globe being the Secretary General for forward to being part of this positive Foundation, which helps disadvantaged the Japan Blind Tennis Federation from movement.” children access rugby coaching and all 2008 – 2014 and currently sits on the the benefits it brings. Ed is currently in International Blind tennis Association PETER SCRIVENER training for the Ultra-Distance 24hr Ski as Secretary General. Current role: Group Marketing Erg World Record attempt. Ed has been Director, Alpha Solutions and helping to generate awareness of VI Wasps Legends Charitable Rugby in the West Country and assisting Foundation Trustee with kit sponsors and rugby networks The former, Barbarians, England 7s, for the planned ‘Blind Boks’ v the ‘Blind England U21 and England A rugby Lions’ series in South Africa in 2021. player has been a driving force behind spreading awareness of the game to the wider rugby family. The energy, ideas and network of contacts that ‘Scrivs’ has brought to the game has enabled us to spread the game at a much faster pace than would have been possible without his support. He has also helped us access fundraising events and secure the support of Wasps Legends Simon Shaw and Serge Betson. Scrivs is known throughout the world of rugby and his support will ensure that the game will soon have a truly global footprint and eventually hold its first VI Rugby World Cup.

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ALEX CLODE VICKY LOWE JAYA HANDA STEVE WOOTTEN Chair of Trustees Vice-Chair of Trustee Trustee OUR ROLE IS TO CREATE Trustees INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE

OPPORTUNITIES THAT Alex is a senior Business Manager Vicky has over twelve years’ experience Jaya is a data protection and Steve is a recently retired PwC at Bloomberg LP, a global financial working in the sport and sport for technology solicitor in the financial audit partner after thirty eight years software, data, and media company, development sector. Having trained as a services sector. She has also won auditing, twenty eight as Partner. He ENABLE MARGINALISED where he has held a variety of key PE teacher, she spent a number of years a number of awards for her work in started his career in London working strategic, development and marketing coaching PE in schools and sports clubs, Diversity & Inclusion. She has sat on predominately with FTSE 350 listed roles since 1993. Alex is also Chairman before moving to Saracens Rugby Club. the advisory board for multiple legal companies. For the last sixteen years YOUNG PEOPLE TO THRIVE. of Westley Richards (Holdings) and its Following a master’s degree in Sports and insurance access charities and of his career Steve was in charge of three manufacturing subsidiaries. As Management, Vicky spent five years at has experience on advising on risk, PwC’s Uxbridge and then Gatwick well as a strong track record in business Barclays Bank, managing the global CSR regulatory compliance, technology offices. Steve’s clients in those offices strategy and product development, initiative ‘Spaces for Sports’. Rugby and and alumni engagement. Jaya is were a mixture of listed companies, Alex has considerable experience in all sports are her passion and she spends passionate about the power of sport private equity backed companies and finance, risk, technology, regulation her own time slowly running marathons, in transforming young people’s lives private companies including charities. and governance; this has involved triathlons, and any other challenge that which she has seen through her years Steve has attended over 200 Audit investing in and supporting early stage comes along. Vicky is currently Head of of boxing. As an all-round sport lover, Committees of those clients, where businesses and social enterprises. Development at Laureus Sport for Good, Jaya will try her hand at any sport most of the meetings are focused on Alex has an Economics degree from a global sport for development charity she comes across (always hoping for Risk and Governance. St. Andrews and is a member of both working in over 35 countries and manages beginner’s luck!). the Merchant Taylors’ and MCC. a number of funding relationships and corporate partners.

HELEN WEBSTER RACHEL DANIEL DRURY Trustee BILLSBERRY- Trustee GRASS IN SPORT WE Trustee

Helen is a solicitor with thirty years’ Rachel has over twenty five years’ Daniel is a Chartered Accountant, with experience in a City law firm. Originally experience working in leadership roles wide-ranging professional experience Helen’s background was in Commercial in the voluntary sector. For almost gained during in-house finance Litigation. Helen became a partner of eighteen years she has run her own roles within leading PLC groups. Norton Rose Fulbright and moved to the business, Causeworks, providing Most recently these have centred role of General Counsel for the EMEA fundraising and marketing services on improving business performance, region. Helen became involved in the including Interim Director cover, planning capabilities and management business side of a large international for charity clients. She has recently decision-making, as well as law firm, in particular, in relation to taken on the role of Chief Executive at involving responsibilities across areas of insurance, compliance and Wessex Cancer Trust. Rachel is a keen governance, investments and risk. Helen was a Trustee and Director netballer; she founded Midhurst Netball technology developments. of Kingston Grammar School. Helen Club and now coaches the juniors, as sat on their finance and general well as playing herself. purposes committee and also their risk ASHA HAJI committee. Helen was also a director Trustee and trustee of Rowan Preparatory School, which was a charity. Helen became the Vice Chair of the Board and sat on the finance committee and the main board. Helen is a mother of three daughters, aged 22, 20 and 18. Asha’s professional experience has spanned leadership positions in technology, marketing, talent acquisition and sales. Asha has supported a number of charities on crafting their digital strategies to help accelerate fundraising growth and improve marketing communication.

67 ANDY SELLINS year ahead will see the programme CEO expand into two new London boroughs OUR PLANS FOR and two more UK cities as it seeks to inspire more and more teenage girls to make sure their social media use has a THE FUTURE positive rather than negative effect on their lives.

Developing a sense of hope and Throughout the summer, our trainers purpose are common themes across will be visiting each of the Premiership our current programmes and our new rugby clubs training their development pilot programmes, all of which have teams to set up their own visually been created by our young people with impaired rugby teams in preparation support from our Coach Mentors. for the first National Visually Impaired Rugby Festival in the autumn. We will Having learnt about the power of online also be working with each of the Six programming and mentoring during Nations to create their own national recent lockdowns, we expect our visually impaired rugby programmes recently developed Esports programme and prepare teams for the first Visually to become an integral part of our Impaired Rugby World Cup, which we programme delivery in the year ahead are planning for 2023. An associated and for it to remain an important part new ‘eye health’ campaign will use of how we recruit and engage young a host of high-profile rugby events to people for years to come. We are also educate sighted rugby players and developing new employment focused fans about the need to look after their partnerships with four corporate partners eyesight and a new online training – New World Tech, Ardevora, Modest! platform will educate and inspire players Golf Management and TDR, all of whom and coaches across the rugby playing will be helping us prepare our young world to join us in making visually people for jobs in employment sectors impaired rugby a truly worldwide sport. including IT, hospitality and sport. The drive to give back is very strong in Our young Coach Mentors and our our young people and we will continue walking sports players have developed to help unlock their energy and ideas ‘Table Tennis 4 Change’, a pioneering through our expanded ‘Innovation Fund’, intergenerational programme based at which all of our young people can use to our Centre in south London, which will fund new ideas that increase our impact. link together people, aged sixty and over, with young people from our London We will work with our Ambassadors Futures programme. Each group will to continue to grow our network of teach each other new skills, work employers who are open to welcoming together to reduce feelings of social our young people into their workforce isolation, play table tennis together and and running employer workshops to keep mentally and physically fit. prepare them to recruit and support young people from a range of non- Dance 4 Change will also be relaunching traditional backgrounds. after a review by our young people and a re-structure, with a new emphasis on Our 40th Anniversary celebrations are a using dance with young women who are huge milestone for the organisation and suffering from mental health challenges. our staff, trustees and ambassadors are each undertaking a fundraising event or In partnership with Imperial College, challenge, with the money raised going our anti-knife crime programme, 12 into our expanded Innovation Fund and Rounds, will expand its reach to west helping to fund new pilot programmes, London, enhanced through a ground- including our first use of golf, a women “IT LOOKS LIKE TWO ISSUES WILL BE breaking, new ‘knife crime simulation and girls safety campaign created by roadshow’. The programme teaches our young people and a new rugby years six and seven children how to programme for year six primary school DOMINATING OUR CREATIVE THINKING get home safely after school, by far the children teaching them about the most common time for knife attacks. dangers of county lines drugs gangs. It As the programme expands, it will be looks like the 40th country we will have FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE – supported by a new anti-knife crime worked in will be Gambia, where we are app, which has been created by two of delighted to be working with Run the our young programme graduates, who Bases, a relatively new NGO which YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND OUR USE themselves had been involved in knife uses softball to teach children about crime in their early teens. gender equality. OF SPORT TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL Our Street20 Academy has been We know that many charities have renamed the Street20 Premier League struggled over the last twelve months, and will expand to eight cities across however, through innovation, being FITNESS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.” the UK, uniting young people from a open minded, comfortable with change range of religious, ethnic, cultural and and adapting our practices, we feel geographic backgrounds, through proud to report that we are busier and competitions and residentials. Netball more in demand than we have ever HENRY GLYNN, HEAD OF PROGRAMMES 4 Change is also growing, and the been. Here’s to a great 40th birthday.

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WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT OUR AMAZING PARTNERS. 2020 2019 AWARDS WON AWARDS WON

DIANA AWARD NATIONAL LEARNING DISABILITIES Shedaine Henry AND AUTISM AWARDS Sporting Chance Award Maddy Ford THIRD SECTOR BUSINESS CHARITY AWARDS Street Elite in partnership with the Berkeley Foundation THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA SPORTS AWARDS CHARITY TODAY AWARDS Community Engagement Project Award James E. Smith Special Recognition Award London Futures West Andy Sellins ANDY SELLINS Five individuals have also been a John Gilbert was Chair of Trustees CEO great support and inspiration to me through our incredible period of growth NEW GENERATION FUNDRAISERS personally, so a big thank you to the and experimentation in the late 90s and BIG ISSUE TOP 100 CHANGEMAKERS 2020 Navjeet Sira very special Nick King, Steve Wickham, early 2000s and he was followed by our Sport category Glenn Ballard and Iain Kennedy and current Chair, Alex Clode, who has led to the legendary Matthew Spacie at us through another period of expansion Magic Bus. I would also like to thank and innovation over the last ten years. THIRD SECTOR EXCELLENCE AWARDS my daughter, Lara, for checking and Thank you to John and Alex for your RISING STAR AWARD This amazing brochure was designed on improving all my written work and my calm leadership and unstinting support Maddy Ford a pro bono basis by Charles Vallance’s daughter, Erin, for her brilliant work throughout the last twenty years. wonderful team at VCCP. Max, Lee, creating our latest green action plan. Without the stability and wisdom shown HIGHLY COMMENDED / Gavin, Cem, Conrad & Ella, you are by you both, we would not be the multi CHARITY TIMES SUPPORTING LEADER all geniuses. To see 40 years of work We currently have a brilliant staff team, award winning charity we are today. OF THE YEAR presented in this way has been mind- fantastic Trustees, Young Ambassadors Navjeet Sira RUNNER-UP blowing. Thank you from everyone at and an incredibly supportive set of Our current Senior Management Team The Change Foundation. Charles, you Ambassadors for Change. Thank of Carol Driver, Henry Glynn, Alex have been so generous with your ideas you to you all for your hard work, Bassan, Navjeet Sira and Henry Wereko SUTTON BUSINESS AWARDS and time to me and the charity for over positivity, creativity and preparedness continues to ‘innovate and share’ on a Best Charity Award ten years. You are a true star. to take a risk with new ideas and daily basis and the charity is lucky to new approaches. have any one of them, let alone all of CHARITY TIMES AWARDS There are some other people who have them. Thanks guys. Fundraising Innovation Award also gone over and above in supporting There have been a particular group of Our Innovation Fund our, often, untested and untried ideas people whose hard work and creativity Finally, three people who more than and I thank you all so much for your over the last 40 years have enabled anyone else in the 40-year history of faith in us. Rob Perrins, Sally Dickinson, our wonderful charity to be what it is the charity helped transform us from Harry Lewis and Sophie Harrison at today. If it was not for the dedication of a London based cricket charity to a the Berkeley Group have supported us Jenny Wostrack, Paul Wickham and our pioneering international NGO – Andy with one of our toughest programmes long-term President, Phil Tufnell, we Dalby-Welsh, Carol Driver and Hailey – Street Elite – for nearly ten years and would not have our unique Centre and Sellins. Andy’s years spent creating you are all heroes. Comic Relief, the charity HQ in the London Borough of and running our ground-breaking SHORTLISTED Mayor of London’s Office, Children In Sutton in south London. Thank you programmes, Carol’s nearly thirty years Need and Investec, you have all been to Jenny, Paul and Phil for our as a trustee and running our Centre and next to us for nearly the same length of wonderful home. Hailey’s years spent raising millions of EUROPEAN DIVERSITY AWARDS time. Thank you too for your crucial pounds of funding for us, were critical Charity of the Year long-term commitment. in creating our reputation, our profound social impact and our long-term RHINO GRASSROOTS RUGBY AWARD sustainability. Our legacy is your legacy. Visually Impaired Rugby

70 71 AN OUTSTANDING BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

REAL CHANGE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES Over the last eight years, the collaboration has supported over 500 The partnership shows the significant young unemployed people. At the end outcomes that can come from a of the training, more than 75% of them corporate and charity partnership, moved into work or further education. particularly when employers are engaged. Research, by Bean Research Street Elite costs just £4,000 for nine in 2019, showed that Street Elite months’ work with each young person. generates over ten times that in social By contrast, youth unemployment will value over a period of three years - cost the UK nearly £7bn in 2022. £10.72 for every £1 invested; this is done through reduced negative health TAKES REAL This remarkable, multi-level partnership behaviours, increased skills and between one of the biggest companies employment and through engaged and in Britain, a corporate foundation active young people. and a ground-breaking charity has modelled a new way of tackling youth The partnership will continue until unemployment. But what is it that 2025, when a further 440 young makes this partnership so successful? people from London and Birmingham will have taken part in the intervention A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP programme to get them engaged in More than just ticking a corporate social education, employment or training. responsibility box, this partnership is SUPPORT long-term and strategic. The Berkeley Foundation has committed to a twelve The Berkeley Foundation, the independent charity established by the Berkeley year partnership with Street Elite and will invest over £2m during the lifespan Group, has been supporting The Change Foundation’s Street Elite programme of the programme. “WE CHALLENGE EACH OTHER. since 2013. The initiative uses sport to help young people impacted by crime, MUTUAL BENEFIT All parties benefit from the partnership. WE SERVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE. violence and inequality. The Berkeley Group has the opportunity to recruit bright young talent, as well as make connections to its AND WE SHOW WHAT CAN communities, boost staff morale and increase team cohesion, whilst The Change Foundation receives support BE ACHIEVED WHEN BIG on capacity building, marketing and advocacy. BUSINESS AND CHARITIES REAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES Every participant who completes the course is offered a placement with the GET TOGETHER.” Berkeley Group or its subcontractors. Graduates who impress are given full time, paid employment, alongside ROB PERRINS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE mentoring and support. It is this concrete offer of opportunities at the OF THE BERKELEY GROUP end of the programme that interests many of the young people.

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ALEX BASSAN Head of Business Development HOW TO GET INVOLVED

If you are an individual or a business, there are multiple ways to get involved through our events and challenges.

INDIVIDUALS BUSINESSES PLATEEVENTS & CHALLENGES PLATE

Undertaking a fundraising Adopting us as your Quiz night challenge such as charity of the year a cycle ride Fun run Funding us through your Organising a fundraising foundation Three peaks challenge event such as a quiz Sponsoring one of our Kilimanjaro climb Recommending us to programmes your company to be their Sports day charity of the year Offering work placements to our young people Bake off Recommending us to your children’s school to be Offering internships to our Strictly Come Dancing their charity of the year young people Cycle ride Becoming an ‘Ambassador Supporting our young for Change’ people to apply for jobs at Golf day your company THE Touch rugby tournament Providing staff to undertake fundraising Netball tournament challenges for us Kayak the Thames Your staff volunteering to mentor our young people Virtual wine tasting

Virtual cycle or run UP TO Virtual Esports competition

74 STEP RAE TASYAKA Administrator HOW TO CONTACT US

GET IN TOUCHTo find out more about The Change Foundation or about becoming a corporate partner please contact MY VOLUNTEERING Andy Sellins, CEO [email protected] DAY WITH To find out more about our programmes please contact Henry Glynn, Head of Programmes THE CHANGE [email protected] To find out more about our design and impact approach or our charity to charity partnerships FOUNDATION please contact Navjeet Sira, Director of Design CHANGED HOW and Impact [email protected] To find out more about our Centre please contact Carol Driver, Corporate Services Director I SEE THE WORLD. [email protected]

To find out more about more about running a fundraising event or challenge for us or becoming and Ambassador for Change please contact Alex Bassan, Head of Business Development [email protected]

To find out more about our Young Ambassadors please contact Maddy Ford, Women and Girls Programmes Manager [email protected]

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