A Day to Improve Education
Global Change Days are online volunteering events to enable corporate teams and individuals to volunteer their skills to support Social Enterprises in just a day.
Our Quality Education Change Day brought together 20 ChangeMakers from four different organisations using their skills in Business Development, Graphic Design, Marketing, Research, Strategy and Web Design to support 4 Social Enterprises.
THE COMPANIES
ChangeMakers from four different companies volunteered their skills in teams to make change on the day:
era92 Creative: a design agency helping disadvantaged youth in Africa develop skills in art, design and technology 🇺🇬
How to Change the World: who deliver experiential programs that empower students & professionals to tackle wicked societal challenges 🇬🇧🇨🇦
London Politica: the world’s largest pro bono political risk advisory 🇬🇧
Rivel: a global data-driven management consultancy: aligning shareholders, aligning customers, aligning employees 🇺🇸
THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
The Social Enterprises they supported were:
Aline: who are on a mission to make education more dynamic, accessible and to provide equitable learning opportunities for all by providing a platform that reflects accurate and current knowledge 🇸🇪
EcoWillow Ghana: who work to reverse the effects of climate change in Ghana through educational programs, promoting sustainable products and planting trees 🇬🇭
Empowr: who empower black youth through educational programs 🇺🇸
ZNotes: who level accessibility to educational resources so students can lead their educational journey 🇬🇧
WHAT HAPPENED
Ahead of the day, the ChangeMakers were matched with a Social Enterprise based on the skills they have and those the Social Enterprise needed.
On the day, they got to work! During the 4 hour session, the ChangeMakers volunteered in teams to support the Social Enterprises with what they needed, including marketing campaigns, business strategy, research, graphic & web design and a whole lot more!
At the end of the day, the ChangeMakers and Social Enterprises shared their reflections, and we matched those interested in working together beyond the Change Day to grow the impact of their Social Enterprise.
WHAT CHANGEMAKERS THOUGHT
“Change Days are an excellent opportunity to make a huge impact in a short amount of time. I felt empowered and that with my team, we can accomplish so much with our skills outside of our day-to-day work in just a few hours.”
- Claire: Rivel
“Participating in the Change Day with my team was a wonderful experience - sharing knowledge and developing action steps for a social enterprise was extremely rewarding. Looking forward to my next change day!”
- Regina: Rivel
“I loved participating in the Change Day! It was so refreshing to use my skills and experiences to help support another social enterprise reach their goals. A really energising and inspiring experience.”
- Rebecca: How to Change the World
WHAT SOCIAL ENTERPRISES THOUGHT
“This was both a very creative session where we had the chance to explore the fundamentals of the impact we aim to create, while we at the same time had the chance to be very actionable and create next steps in creating this work.”
- Innocent: Co-Founder, Aline
“Wow. It's impossible to put into words how excited I am after this Change Day. I went from feeling overwhelmed to having an executable plan to achieve all of my goals for the next year.”
- Adrian: Executive Director, Empowr
“era92 exceeded our expectations by giving our website a good new look and a great number of vital design templates to boost our brand. 5 star experience!”
- Selorm: Lead Strategist, EcoWillow Ghana
TAKE PART IN THE NEXT!
We’re hosting a Global Change Day each month. Don’t want to miss it?
Upcoming Global Change Days: Apply as a team or individual to take part in one of our upcoming Global Change Days.
Bring a Change Day to your company: Discover how we can create a Change Day for your company, so you can engage your employees by enabling them to use their skills to make change happen.
Don’t take it from us - take it from a ChangeMaker who experienced it:
“It's amazing to be given the opportunity to create change with my skills.” - Maeghan
