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Spotlight: The Next Generation Leadership Programme (NGLP
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The Next Generation Leadership Programme (NGLP) is an alternative educational programme designed to inspire, motivate and broaden the mindsets of young people aged 11 to 18. The pilot programme was funded by the Big Lottery Fund and designed to expose young people to practical potential pathways for their future careers whilst equipping them with transferable skills to help them advance within a competitive society as well as improve their academic engagement and achievement.
The 2019 NGLP engaged over 20 young people in London, supporting the students to explore experiences to enhance their educational and future career pathways. It took place in Croydon during October half term 2019 in conjunction with our delivery local partner LIFT Mentoring, an innovative Croydon-based mentoring company supporting young people in education. We also worked with 12 local partner organisations who fed into the delivery of the programme. They were: LIFT Mentoring Project, Croydon Supplementary Education Project, Legacy Youth Zone, Crystal Palace Football Club Community Programme, Brunel University, Nexus Business Centre, Queens Square Croydon, Sussex Innovation Centre, NatWest Bank, Blue Jay Café and the Diane Abbott Foundation.
Find out what our participants’ parents had to say about the programme on the next page.
View our NGLP summary video
"He could have done many counterproductive things during half term but instead, he was surrounded by positive, successful people and likeminded youths giving him direction in many areas of his life. He learnt new skills and opened his eyes to future opportunities, instead of having a limited mindset to the things right in front of him. I admire the supportive roles the project workers undertook!"
"Very good initiative put together for the young people and believe it should be implemented for all young people in the Croydon borough."
"It takes a village to raise a child and there is a great need for young people to understand the importance of giving back to one's community." "Mainstream education offers no such programmes for young people of colour and largely focuses on exam results, GCSE, A Level outcomes."
"It provided the children with something to do, positive things over the half term break and made them think, also provided continued structured activities" "I saw her blossom in a matter of days"
"My daughter really enjoyed being there and learning and especially at half term where I didn't have to pay for care for her."
Top Things Children Learnt:
According to participants and their parents
• How to deal with money and how to manage personal problems such as bullying. • That she can achieve, that university provides opportunities and she can do anything if she puts her mind to it. • Emotional intelligence, insight into career options and insight into higher education • Being positive, I can do it and having fun • Business and emotional intelligence • Making positive choices, options in future aspirations, positive role models in different industries • About further education, some banking procedures, business in general • How the banking system works, that children could have bank accounts and the confidence building activities • Money saving, operating a company and body language • Self confidence, motivation and mixing with other children • About the retail banking industry, business start ups and networking
