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Leadership Lighthouses: BirminghamRegister your interest Programme information coming soon Celebrating and strengthening your extraordinary leadership Register your interest Join a webinarProgramme informationLeadership Lighthouses: Birmingham is an upcoming fully funded leadership development programme for social purpose leaders from Global Majority backgrounds working across Birmingham. The programme will bring together local leaders who are working to create change in their communities. Together, participants will build confidence, strengthen strategic leadership skills, develop peer relationships and explore practical ways to sustain their work and increase their impact. The final programme details will be confirmed in June, with full dates and application details, to follow. The programme will be rooted in the strengths, opportunities and realities of Birmingham’s social sector, including the importance of collaboration, community-led change, sustainability, wellbeing, advocacy and storytelling. Leadership Lighthouses: Birmingham is part of a national series of fully funded programmes supporting social purpose leaders from Global Majority backgrounds across England. Learn more about the series here. We want to remove as many barriers as possible to help people engage with this opportunity. If you, or a colleague, need any reasonable adjustments, please email us. Register your interest now and we will contact you when full programme information is available, when applications open, and when any information sessions are confirmed. To learn more about the programme, hear from a previous Leadership Lighthouses participant and ask any questions, join us for a webinar on Monday 8 June, 12:30 - 1pm or Wednesday 22 July, 12:30 - 1pm. Sign up for a webinar here. Programme detail
Programme features
Thanks to National Lottery players, Clore Social Leadership has received more than £1 million over five years from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK. The funding will be used to support the leadership development of people from Global Majority communities. Programme learningYou will have the opportunity to learn from and interact with experienced leaders and practitioners. Their diverse perspectives and real-world insights are designed to challenge and inspire you. You will explore new ideas, sharpen your skills and uncover practical ways to tackle the challenges you face, helping you create a lasting impact in your work. The final programme design will be published soon. Register your interest here to receive updates on the programme details and application dates. The learning areas below reflect the Leadership Lighthouses approach and the emerging needs identified for Birmingham. The programme is expected to explore five main areas: 1. Knowing yourself as a leader: You will explore the foundations of your leadership, increase your self-awareness and reflect on how you lead in different contexts. This may include personality profiling, reflective exercises and facilitated leadership development sessions to help you understand your strengths, preferences and future leadership journey. 2. Strategic leadership and future thinking: The programme will support you to step back from immediate pressures and strengthen your longer-term thinking, visioning and strategic leadership. This will include space to consider the changing social and political context, the pressures facing communities, and the role of leadership in creating more hopeful, sustainable futures. 3. Sustaining yourself, your work and your legacy: Participants will explore what it means to sustain the important work of social change, including wellbeing, mental health, collective care, legacy planning and generational leadership. The programme will create space to consider what leaders are passing on to those who continue this work, including learned cultural ways of being, working and leading. 4. Collaboration, trust and peer learning: The programme will create space to build trust, strengthen relationships and learn with and from other leaders across Birmingham. This may include action learning, peer reflection and confidential spaces to explore real challenges, deepen understanding and identify possible ways forward. 5. Advocacy, storytelling and community influence: The programme will support you to develop confidence in advocacy and storytelling, helping you communicate the value of your work, influence others and share the realities, strengths and ambitions of the communities you serve. The programme is expected to use a blended approach, combining in-person learning with online themed sessions. The design will be focused and manageable, recognising that many leaders and organisations are stretched for time and resource. In-person sessions are expected to take place in Slough and Reading. Further details will be shared as the programme design is confirmed. Register your interest and we will contact you when the page is updated with applications details and further information. Key datesRegister your interestRegistrations of interest are now open. Please register here and we will contact you when full programme information is available. We will use this list to share updates when the page has been updated, when applications open, and when information sessions or webinars are confirmed. ApplicationsApplications are not yet open. Full application information, including the application deadline and assessment process, will be published soon. Programme datesProgramme dates are being confirmed. Full details of programme elements will be provided before applications open to support planning. To learn more about the programme, hear from a previous Leadership Lighthouses participant and ask any questions, join us for a webinar on Monday 8 June, 12:30 - 1pm or Wednesday 22 July, 12:30 - 1pm. Sign up for a webinar here. Eligibility criteriaAll levels of experienceThis programme is open to all levels of experience. It is suited to individuals who work on a local, community level, who demonstrate leadership of projects or teams. This could be in a full or part-time, and paid or voluntary capacity. Working for social purposeThis refers to any local group, initiative, project or organisation that works within the charity, social enterprise or social purpose sectors in Birmingham. Global MajorityDesigned for leaders working in England, who are from a Global Majority background. By Global Majority, we mean leaders who identify as Black, Asian, of mixed heritage, Indigenous, or from other communities racialised as non-white in the UK. Passionate about social changeIdeal for those who are looking to enhance their strategic and leadership skills, foster innovation, build peer networks and promote social impact. A keen interest in using your leadership skills and knowledge to help make the world a better place is key. Your determination to develop yourself so you can lead social change effectively is a key criterion for your application. Programme partnersWe are proud to be partnering with a steering group, safeguarding lead, locally connected facilitators, and independent evaluators to deliver this series of programmes. The partners reflect the diversity and reach of the local sector - indicative of the impact we want the programmes to achieve. The steering group's role is to help shape the programme to make it as relevant and impactful for the social sector in each regional location. Further Birmingham partner information will be added as it is confirmed. Programme partners
Frequently Asked QuestionsNo, you don’t need to have any particular academic or professional qualifications to take part in the programme. We know that leadership development training can be very difficult to access in the social sector, so try to make
it accessible to those with minimal prior training. Your passion for and experience in the social sector are all you need to apply. Yes, the programme is being designed with busy leaders in mind. The final time commitment is still being confirmed, and we will share this before applications open so you can decide whether the programme is manageable for you. Yes, we strongly recommend that you attend all live sessions scheduled for this programme to make the most of the programme, deepen your learning and meet peers from across the social sector. Full attendance expectations will be confirmed before applications open. We want to remove as many barriers as possible to support you to engage with this development opportunity. If you, or a colleague, need any reasonable adjustments please email us at info@cloresocialleadership.org.uk. If you need any reasonable adjustments for the application process contact us at info@cloresocialleadership.org.uk. Please expect a response time of 48 hours. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@cloresocialleadership.org.uk. Please expect a response time of 48 hours. Thanks to National Lottery players, Clore Social Leadership has received more than £1 million over five years from The National Lottery Community Fund to support the leadership development of people from Global Majority communities. This funding enables Leadership Lighthouses programmes to be fully funded for participants. We will email you when full programme information is available, when applications open, and when any information sessions or webinars are confirmed. Registering your interest means you will receive updates, but it does not commit you to applying. Applications are not yet open. We will update this page and email everyone who has registered their interest as soon as the application timeline is confirmed. Accelerate your social impact
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