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Cynthia Lai - Founder, Ella Support Loop CIC

Cynthia Lai receives grant for Ella Support Loop CIC - October 2025

The Shackleton Foundation is delighted to announce our latest Shackleton Leader - Cynthia Lai. Cynthia is the first Leader to receive our new grant amount of £15,000 to help develop Ella Support Loop - to make the SEND (Special Educational Needs and …

Published 16 October 2025

September Leaders Surgery

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) …

Published 11 September 2025

Robert Dickinson

Robert Dickinson receives grant for Croydon Park Box - May 2025

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 …

Published 22 May 2025

Leaders Forum - May 2025

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 …

Published 1 May 2025

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Original Play

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 …

Published 10 April 2025

March Leaders Surgery

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 …

Published 10 March 2025

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