Clore Social Leadership Programme – Fellowship applications open
(26 April 2010)

The Clore Social Leadership Programme, an initiative of the Clore Duffield Foundation which develops aspiring leaders in the third sector has announced that applications for the second round of entrants are now open and will close on 3 June 2010. Dame Mary Marsh, Director of the Clore Social Leadership Programme said, "This year, we are again looking for the very best talent to benefit from the special opportunity our Programme presents: personalised development to build the third sector leaders with the courage, confidence and competence needed to work for communities across the UK in these challenging times. We plan to offer up to twenty fully-funded Fellowships, with those selected to take part being announced in the autumn to start their Fellowship in January 2011.

• committed to innovative approaches to policy and practice and working in one of a range of areas of special interest to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
  
• working with, or coming from, marginalised communities and committed to securing social change in line with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s social justice work
• working in education, community development or welfare for the benefit of the Jewish community in the UK in line with the priorities of The Pears Foundation
• registered blind or partially sighted, funded by the Royal National Institute of Blind People
  

"We launched our Programme last year, recruiting our first cohort of Fellows in October 2009," added Dame Mary Marsh, "They are now well on their Fellowship journeys, some full-time until December this year, others part-time, while continuing to work in the sector.

To find out more please visit our website www.cloresocialleadership.org.uk