Useful links

Links to other websites and resources related to leadership and social change that you might find useful

MENTORING, BROKERING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP:

www.growingambitions.org
Growing Ambitions is a not-for-profit organisation that provides a careers information brokerage service. It links enthusiastic speakers from the workplace with careers education teachers and advisers. People in jobs they love, volunteer through us to talk to young people in their own local areas, on dates that suit them.

www.mowgli.org.uk
The Mowgli Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to harness the power of mentoring worldwide - inspiring and nourishing entrepreneurship and the building of sustainable economies through the creation of aspiration, jobs and opportunity - towards the goal of alleviating poverty.

www.horsesmouth.co.uk
A dedicated website for informal e-mentoring: browse mentor profiles, stories and wisdom - and become a mentor yourself.

www.stridingout.co.uk
Striding Out is a support network for young entrepreneurs providing connections, support and inspiration to help them succeed in their entrepreneurial journey.

www.starttalkingideas.org
Make Your Mark - start talking ideas is led by Enterprise Insight - a coalition founded by the UK's main business organisations in partnership with leading enterprise development organisations. The aim of the campaign is to encourage young people to be enterprising in the broadest sense, to make their ideas real.

NON-EXECUTIVE ROLES:

abouttime.commonpurpose.org.uk
About Time is Common Purpose's initiative to increase the number of people involved in public life across the UK, by overcoming barriers that get in the way of participation.

www.getonboard.org.uk
Get on Board is a new campaign, run in partnership by the Governance Hub, Charity Commission and Volunteering England, to raise the profile of trusteeship and encourage more people to take on this essential voluntary role.

www.changeboard.com
Dedicated to helping HR, recruitment and training professionals find their perfect job, Changeboard also has hundreds of guides, videos and articles to give you the insights you need to be successful in your career. Social media tools and resources and a bespoke job-finding service.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND TIPS:

www.peoplealchemy.co.uk
Practical, down to earth information and methodology for people in management positions.

www.mylearningdirectory.com
My Learning Director is an online staff learning management system.

www.bvo.com
The Business Voice gives you free access to leadership and business insights from some of the worlds most admired leaders and management gurus.

www.thinkingmanagers.com
Thinking Managers is a website containing hundreds of pages of articles by Edward de Bono, the inventor of lateral thinking, and Robert Heller, the renowned business writer.

SOCIAL ACTION:

www.pilotlight.org.uk
Pilotlight is the charity that helps small and medium-sized charities and social enterprises working to alleviate disadvantage to help a greater number of people, more effectively, by bringing together multidisciplinary teams of experienced business leaders with ambitious charity managers. They coach them through the process of planning for growth, development and sustainability. Pilotlight can offer a uniquely managed capacity-building process, exploring your vision and giving you the skills to achieve your goals (and it won't cost you a penny because they are funded by donations from corporate partners).

www.mediastandardstrust.org
The Media Standards Trust is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that aims to find ways to foster the highest standards of excellence in news journalism and ensure public trust in news is nurtured.

www.regenschool.com
Regen School is The Community Based School of Regeneration. They help 200 people a year develop their project ideas make deprived areas of the country a better place to be. Their vison: "Our shared vision is of strong, sustainable communities where local people are empowered to play an active role in developing and managing successful projects and organisations."

www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk
The Citizenship Foundation aims to empower individuals to engage in the wider community through education about the law, democracy and society. They focus particularly on developing young people's citizenship skills, knowledge and understanding. They are also currently holding competitions based around Political Journalism and Youth Parliament.

www.g-nation.co.uk
G-Nation works with young people throughout the UK to show them how they can change the world by giving. Complete their questionnaire and you could win an i-pod shuffle or send a cow to a family in Africa!

www.pilotlight.org.uk
Pilotlight works to help small, innovative charities grow and fulfil their potential by attracting members from business and industry, proven leaders and high fliers who want to donate their skills to charities.

www.writetothem.com
mySociety's mission is to build internet projects which give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. They've rebuilt their innovative FaxYourMP site - now it's even easier to send e-mail or faxes to MPs, local councillors, MEPs, MSPs and Welsh and London Assembly members.

www.citizenspace.co.uk
CitizenSpace works by running policy-specific consultations through which you provide ideas and comments. Feedback is collated and fed directly back to the relevant decision-makers to help shape future policy.

www.can-online.org.uk
Community Action Network is the UK's leading organisation for the development and promotion of social entrepreneurs. It connects people in communities, bringing together those from voluntary and not-for-profit organisations with the public and private sectors.

www.studentlisteners.com
Student Listeners is a peer support scheme for schools, where trained students are "Listeners", providing someone for students to turn to in cases of normally bullying, but sometimes other concerns.