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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 …

Tom believes passionately in the power of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - the UK's fastest growing martial art - to change young people's lives. Tom has been involved in the youth and community sector for 10 years, and knows the value of innovative approaches …

Sarah is a former secondary school teacher, mum to three daughters and founder of Finding the Flex: a social enterprise aiming to widen access to flexischooling for UK school children. Finding the Flex was borne from her first hand experience of the …

We are now open for applications! Please use our NEW Application form found on our website. Please note we wont be able to accept any applications using the old form or sent directly via PDF. All applications must be submitted via the …

We are in the process of redesigning our website and refining our application form to make it even simpler to apply. This will take a few weeks whilst we update everything. Please note during this time we will not be accepting applications. …

Following an open recruitment process, The Shackleton Foundation, a national charity which supports social entrepreneurs in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s mould, has today announced the appointment of Paul Gunstensen, to its Board of Trustees.Paul has over 20 years of leadership experience in the …