Common Purpose UK
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| Founded | 1989 |
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| Founder | Julia Middleton |
| Type | charity and company limited by guarantee |
| Focus | Education |
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Common Purpose is a British-founded charity that runs leadership development programmes around the world.
Common Purpose UK is a subsidiary of Common Purpose.
Founded in 1989 by its current Chief Executive, Julia Middleton, its aim is to improve the way organisations and society work together by developing all kinds of leaders through a programme of diverse challenges and approaches.
As of 2015 Common Purpose ran local programmes for leaders in cities across the world, and its global programmes bring together leaders from over 100 countries across six continents.
As of 2009 Common Purpose employed 125 staff and operated in 50 locations across the UK.
Common Purpose has run a range of leadership development courses which it claims offer participants the inspiration, knowledge and connections to help them become more active and engaged in society. These courses ran in 11 countries worldwide as of 2010, and seek to build organizational capacity by increasing the number of individuals who are actively involved in shaping the future of the area in which they work and who subscribe to Common Purposes's values.
The courses were conducted under the Chatham House Rule to encourage free discussion amongst participants. This has caused some people to voice suspicions that the organisation has a hidden agenda.
Common Purpose works with a wide range of organisations and individuals across business, public, voluntary and political sectors. By January 2010, according to a video prepared by Common Purpose, 12,000 participants were involved in Common Purpose programmes.
Common Purpose offered training in 2008 in Derbyshire to help bosses of small and medium-sized businesses get through the economic downturn by enabling firms to make new contacts and secure more work.
Your Turn was a leadership programme for Year 9 students that was conducted in 2010 in five regions throughout the UK, and challenged young people to think in new ways about their area and their world.
CHANGEit was a 2010 collaboration between Common Purpose and Deutsche Bank. It has been designed to recognise the achievements and ambitions of young people between the ages of 11 and 18 who want to speak out and create positive change.
What Next? was a 2010 course run by leadership development organisation Common Purpose and the Said Business School to help redundant executives identify opportunities to continue to use the experience they have accumulated during their careers.
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