ThinkForward Head of Delivery selected to take part in new youth leader programme

We’re delighted to announce that our very own Head of Delivery Sally Marsh, has been announced as one of 22 people selected to take part in the new Clore Programme for youth sector leaders.

Working in partnership with a group of youth sector charities, Clore Social Leadership has announced their new leadership development programme to find the next generation of youth sector leaders. Twenty-two emerging leaders from 22 youth charities have been revealed as the participants of the inaugural Clore6: Youth Sector Leadership Programme including ThinkForward Head of Delivery, Sally Marsh.

The six-month programme was developed for, and in collaboration with, youth charities who together identified the need to cultivate a leadership talent pipeline for their sector. Utilising their experience of developing social leaders, Clore Social Leadership provide participants with the necessary skills to become resilient and adaptive leaders.

‘Strong leadership is pivotal to navigate through organisational and sector challenges,’ said Shaks Ghosh, Chief Executive of Clore Social Leadership in The Guardian. ‘The CEOs from these youth organisations recognise this which is why they approached us. By investing in their emerging leaders, they are ensuring the future of their organisations and the people they serve. We invite additional coalitions of organisations to work with us on similar bespoke programmes so that we can support the leadership development needs of the third sector.’

The participants of Clore6: Youth Sector Leadership Programme are:

  • Amanda Fearn, National Programmes Manager, National Youth Agency
  • Amina Waldron, Company Director, Youth Elements CIC
  • Barry Williams, Director of Strategy & Membership, Ambition UK
  • Caroline Odogwu, Outreach and Marketing Executive, Business Launchpad
  • Chloe Morton, Deputy Director of Services, The Mix
  • Denise Ramsay, Young UnLtd Manager, UnLtd
  • Elli Moody, Head of PR and Advocacy, Girlguiding UK
  • Emily Thompson-Bell, Development Programme Manager, NUS Talent
  • Fiona Ellison, Campaign Manager (Voluntary & Public Sector), Step Up To Serv
  • Kamaljit Thandi, Head of Service NSPCC Helpline, NSPCC
  • Karen Anderson, Girls and Young Women’s Worker, Citadel
  • Kevin Bradburne, Director of Infrastructure and Delivery Services, YouthFed
  • Nicola Kidston, Director of Development and Partnerships, The Foyer Federation
  • Philip Kerry, Programmes Director, London Youth
  • Pippa Knott, Head of Programmes, The Centre for Youth Impact
  • Rachel Davidson, Membership Engagement Manager, The Scout Association
  • Rachel Oliver, Director of Programmes and Partnerships, vInspired
  • Sally Marsh, Head of Delivery, Think Forward UK
  • Stephanie Papapavlou, Programme Delivery Manager, Leap Confronting Conflict
  • Sue Burchill, Head of Nursing, Brook
  • Suzanne Campbell, Service Manager, The Junction
  • Suzanne Maskrey, Deputy Chief Executive, Brightside

 

ThinkForward takes part in the Imeptus-PEF Triathlon

Last week our intrepid Education Advisor took part in the annual Impetus-PEF triathlon. Swimming, cycling and running on a windswept day in Dorney Lake in Windsor, Amy represented team ThinkForward.

Despite coming last in the swim, emerging 50 meters behind everyone else, she ran to her bike, put on her ThinkForward t-shirt, Wonder Woman cape and crown, and just kept on pedalling!

Amy summed up her day by saying, “It was poetic that, in the transitions between swim-to-cycle, cycle-to-run, you are not allowed to be supported – my t-shirt said that ThinkForward is in that exact place when no-one else is; in those transitions in young peoples’ lives. I loved that.”