Applications call for 2020 Acumen Academy Fellowships in the United Kingdom.

Summary

This UK Fellows Programme brings together 20 extraordinary individuals who are tackling the most pressing social issues – and equips them with the knowledge, skills, and community to accelerate and sustain their impact. Fellows come from all walks of life and are embedded within a broad range of disciplines; they are championing neglected causes, catalyzing social entrepreneurship, pioneering inclusive business, reimagining public policy and building bold movements. The overall time commitment is ~25 days, and program costs and the Acumen will cover the entire cost.

Over the course of a year, Fellows immerse themselves in a series of week-long residential and virtual seminars, designed to increase their capacity to work across lines of difference, create collective action and build solutions for interconnected challenges. Fellows join Acumen’s global community of social innovators – connected to lifelong learning, collaboration, and accompaniment as they drive change.

Purpose

The Acumen Academy Fellowships Programme develops the capacity to take on long-standing problems of poverty and injustice. The participants will have an opportunity for the following things

• Learning that is immediately applicable to the work.
• Diverse cohorts from across sectors and backgrounds.
• Peer coaching challenges and accompanies you in practice.
• Learnings from Acumen’s global community social innovators.

Role

The fellow will do the following things in the Acumen Fellowships Program in the United Kingdom

• Lead diverse stakeholders through recurring and complex challenges.
• Articulate a vision that speaks across lines of difference & moves others into action.
• Understand larger, systemic problems and design more effective interventions.
• Navigate uncertainty and embrace the meaningful process of creating change.
• Cultivate a deeper understanding of yourself and your work in a broader context.

Eligibilities 

This fellowship program is open to all the Social Entrepreneurs, Charity Champion, Corporate Changemaker, Public Section Leader, and Movement Builder. All Fellows have demonstrated a commitment to tackling inequality and injustice through their work, and are:

• Building solutions based on a deep understanding of the issue.
• Making a long-term play to change the system you are working in.
• Influencing change in your current work, formally or informally.
• Ready to undergo an intensive year-long leadership journey.

Visit  Fellows Overview, Application Guide and FAQs for more information.