After working with Comic Relief on the bespoke The Queen’s Young Leaders programme #TheSearchIsOn Sofa in late 2014, I was given the opportunity in 2015 to quote for an extensive piece of design work creating course materials for Leading Change leadership programme led by the University of Cambridge.
The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme discovered, celebrated and supported inspiring young people from across the Commonwealth between 2014 and 2018.
It was created by The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, and delivered in partnership with Comic Relief, The Royal Commonwealth Society and The Institute of Continuing Education at The University of Cambridge.
Leading Change offered runners-up and winners of The Queen’s Young Leaders programme access to a fully comprehensive academic course to support and enhance their invaluable work within their communities.
Leading Change was created by Frances Brown and co-authored by several tutors and experts in leadership and community projects in the non-profit and commercial sectors. Five years of Queen’s Young Leaders from across the Commonwealth were given access to an evolving set of main modules, the opt-in DIY Library, videos and other resources that enabled them to learn and improve their own projects while collaborating with other inspiring young people from all over the Commonwealth. The culmination for each year’s “graduates” was an all-expenses paid trip to the Cambridge Residential at the University – and a royal invitation to meet HRM The Queen at Buckingham Palace.
As well as designing all of the materials Leading Change produced I was also commissioned to created a stand-alone Design and Branding for Non-profits module, part of the DIY Library.
In 2017, I was lucky enough to be invited to the palace myself and had the pleasure of meeting several of the young leaders along with Her Majesty and Prince Harry.
In 2018, at the end of the 5 year programme, I continued working with Frances to finalise the documents as part of an ongoing legacy project, all of which are now available for adaption and sharing via a Creative Commons licence.
For queries on adapting the materials or running the course, please contact the course creator Frances Brown at hello@fbrownwork.com.
