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September 2025 SurgeryThis week we held our quarterly Shackleton Leaders surgery discussing issues that might be keeping our Leader's up at night! This session was led brilliantly by Sarah Sewell (Shackleton Leader since 2015 and previously Founder and CEO of Yes Futures) …

The Shackleton Foundation is delighted to announce our latest Shackleton Leader - Robert Dickinson.Robert has received a Shackleton grant to pilot a scheme of public Park Boxes to test the sustainability of the boxes and reach underserved young people with high quality …

Next week we are hosting our Annual Leaders Forum and we are delighted that Dan Sutch will be our speaker discussing AI and its impact. Dan is Director of the Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST) - an organisation set …

We are delighted to share details of this original play about the life of Sir Ernest Shackleton....Arguably Sydenham’s most famous former resident, antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton was one of Edwardian society’s leading figures. Now Sydenham’s acclaimed theatre company Spontaneous Productions is …

This years first Leaders surgery was led by Christy Acton (Shackleton Leader since 2022) CEO and Founder of Standing Tall. Christy answered a variety of questions from Leaders and discussed everything from employing grants managers to the benefits of full time employees …

The Shackleton Foundation is thrilled to announce a significant increase in our support for aspiring social entrepreneurs. Effective immediately, we are increasing our grant giving to £15,000 per Leader, empowering them to drive meaningful social change and benefit disadvantaged young people in …