Brown, Cameron and Clegg join forces to launch new programme to support the next generation of political leaders

Brown, Cameron and Clegg join forces to launch new programme to support the next generation of political leaders

At a moment of decisive change in world leadership the Young Foundation tomorrow launches a major new programme, UpRising, to develop new leaders, with a keynote lecture from Rosabeth Moss Kanter, probably the world's most respected thinker on leadership and the dynamics of change.

The programme has been set up to address what the Young Foundation calls ‘channel blockage' - the lack of routes for many talented young people, particularly from white working class, and minority communities, into positions of power .

Increasingly the key positions of power are held either by older people (the average age of councilors is 58) and by the middle-aged middle class who dominate positions in quangos. UpRising, set up by the Young Foundation with three year funding and the support of v, the youth volunteering organisation, is a leadership programme developed to support and train a new generation of public leaders. UpRising is being piloted with young people ages 19 to 25 in the East London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Tower Hamlets and aims to address this issue and create opportunities for young people to form strong ties and work together to serve their communities.

For more information please contact Helen Crumley, Events and Communications manager at the Young Foundation on 020 8709 9265 or helen.crumley@youngfoundation.org

The full press release is available to download.