The Leading Change Programme enables us to engage with 12 to 16 year olds across Cumbria to inspire and nurture future aspirations and empower young people to make decisions, to make commitments and ultimately to make a difference to their communities.
We know from our other programmes that sort of activity can be a life-changing experience for your people, broadening their horizons and instilling a new confidence in themselves, and in their futures.
The Leading Change concept was originally successfully piloted by the CforLP in Workington Academy with Transforming West Cumbria #CANDO funding learn more.
Leading Change 2026 – Sustainability Campaign Programme
With thanks to those involved in the Leading Change 2026 – Sustainability Campaign Programme:
Leading Change 2025 – Celebration Event
Take a look at last year’s Leading Change Celebration event, where each school got the chance to showcase their projects!
Leading Change 2025 Sustainability Challenge
We ran a Leading Change campaign with young people in West Cumbria.
This campaign was funded by the Sellafield Ltd SiX – Social Impact Multiplied – programme.
“The pupils rose to the challenge and worked brilliantly together as a team.”
“Leading Change aims to inspire and nurture future aspirations and empower young people. This experience can be life-changing for young people, broadening their horizons and instilling a new confidence in themselves, and in their futures. The success of at Workington Academy shows young people can influence change in their local…read more
“Our pupils seized this opportunity and did a huge amount of work in a very short time. Their research determined which re-usable bottles would be best, pupils were surveyed to get their input into the idea of eradicating single-use water bottles, and they have now turned their environmentally-friendly idea into…read more
“We believe in reducing the amount of single use plastics and reusable water bottles are one way to tackle the issue. We were impressed by the project that the students are taking on and were happy to donate over 1,000 reusable bottles to help them on their way.”…read more
It was an absolutely amazing experience working alongside students from Keswick school… watching them learn, grow and work together. The tight schedule meant the group using a whole range of skills including prioritising, delegating, communication and research as they rose to the challenge admirably….read more
These young people have risen to the challenge of the UN sustainability goals with support from the business mentors, and have produced an exciting and imaginative range of ideas to engage their local communities and stakeholders. The Leading Change Sustainability programme gives young people the chance to lead and have…read more
The boys got a lot out of it and really appreciated the time given to listening to their project ideas and progress summary. They rarely get such an opportunity, and today when we were out in the garden area – measuring up in order to purchase some more weed membrane…read more
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“The pupils rose to the challenge and worked brilliantly together as a team.”
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“Leading Change aims to inspire and nurture future aspirations and empower young people. This experience can be life-changing for young people, broadening their horizons and instilling a new confidence in themselves, and in their futures. The success of at Workington Academy shows young people can influence change in their local communities and be part of the solution to issues that they choose to address.”
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“Our pupils seized this opportunity and did a huge amount of work in a very short time. Their research determined which re-usable bottles would be best, pupils were surveyed to get their input into the idea of eradicating single-use water bottles, and they have now turned their environmentally-friendly idea into reality.”
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“We believe in reducing the amount of single use plastics and reusable water bottles are one way to tackle the issue. We were impressed by the project that the students are taking on and were happy to donate over 1,000 reusable bottles to help them on their way.”
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It was an absolutely amazing experience working alongside students from Keswick school… watching them learn, grow and work together. The tight schedule meant the group using a whole range of skills including prioritising, delegating, communication and research as they rose to the challenge admirably.
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These young people have risen to the challenge of the UN sustainability goals with support from the business mentors, and have produced an exciting and imaginative range of ideas to engage their local communities and stakeholders. The Leading Change Sustainability programme gives young people the chance to lead and have their ideas heard, it gives them hands-on experience of business processes and the insight into the work of local companies and career roles they can offer.
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The boys got a lot out of it and really appreciated the time given to listening to their project ideas and progress summary. They rarely get such an opportunity, and today when we were out in the garden area – measuring up in order to purchase some more weed membrane and woodchip – they seem renewed with enthusiasm for the project, energised from yesterday panel experience!
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