We kick-off 2026 with the first intervention of the year from our Schools Programme, NextGenLeaders, The Project Development Day in Leeds. An action-packed day designed to help student teams refine their ideas and transform them into actionable social impact projects.

130 young people from ten Yorkshire schools came together in October for the NextGenLeaders Welcome Event — and left with the spark to lead real change in their communities. At NextGenLeaders, we believe in turning up — and in passion driving progress.

Becks Wheately, leader of our NextGenLeaders programme, joined researchers, community organisations, and practitioners at the West Yorkshire “JUST in Place” workshop, marking the launch of regional research activity for the Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations (JUST) Centre.