6. 1. Gap Yah
2. Opportunity
not need
3. Cowrote
growing social
ventures report
Internal ideas
competition at YF,
Ideas for London
competition
Clore fellow, salary
paid for a year.
Secured initial Nesta
funding, then funding
from Unltd
7. A world where the energy and entrepreneurial
abilities of talented people are harnessed to
solve important social problems in Britain.
14. To nurture and unleash a new generation of
young British people who are fired up about
solving social problems, and equipped with
the mindset, skills, insight and network to
turn their passions into real social change.
25. “intense, incredible, eye opening,
confidence building, identity affirming.”
“Tough (at times I have definitely felt like I
wanted to quit) but also transformative and
life-changing (Never have I had such a
self-searching experience, I will always be
grateful to Year Here)”
“I’ve reevaluated my identity – maybe
more than in my years at university.”
26. Go and live off-grid
utopian communities
I wanted to get experience
of all the different ways of
making a difference. I
wanted to learn by doing.
Work within the system to
challenge it and change it.
It has changed my focus
towards understanding
problems first.
Starting up on my own
seems a lot more
achievable now.
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