NEW OFFER! Leading Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations for an Everyone a Changemaker World

We invite you to join Leading Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations, an online learning journey where we unpack the essential conditions for multi-stakeholder collaboration that we are all missing, to help make our collaborations more effective, equitable and systemic and where we deep dive into the how we can develop this kind of collaboration effectively. Participants leave with the practical tools and mindsights needed to strengthen their own ​collaboration processes and their collaborative leadership skills.

Deadline to apply: December 7th

Module dates: January 2022- May 2023 | 2 hours long weekly sessions

Time: Tuesdays, 3-5 pm CET

Learn more and apply here.

LAST CALL! Changemaker Finance

We invite you to join our online learning journey to navigate social finance approaches to unlock untapped sources of funding. This offer is about empowering social entrepreneurs to re-think and develop current and new funding strategies.

Deadline to apply: November 15th, 2022

Module dates: November 2022 to March 2023 | 2 hour long live sessions

Time: 2.30 –4.30 pm CET, starting November 25th

Learn more and apply here.

APPLY NOW! Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Together with Ashoka DEI Global Initiative, we invite you to join us in a safe and brave space where we share our learnings and enrich your skills on how to make changemaking open to everybody: more diverse, inclusive and equitable.

Deadline to apply: November 21st, 2022

Module dates: November 2022- May 2023| 9 facilitated online session co-created with Fellows.  

Time: 4 –6.30 pm CET, starting December 8th

Learn more and apply here.

Ashoka & Tech To The Rescue partner up to harness the power of the tech for good movement

We are thrilled to partner up with Tech To The Rescue – co-founded by Ashoka Fellow Jacek Siadkowski- a global platform that matches IT companies and non-profit organizations to implement pro bono technology solutions to solve the world's most pressing social and environmental problems.

Together, we invite Ashoka Fellow led organizations of any size, any area of operations, and any country of origin to submit their specific projects that might help scale their impact.

If you need pro-bono tech support for your project, Ashoka and Tech to the Rescue will help you  and match you with a leading tech company and increase your impact.

Learn more here

Impact deep-dive: Reimagining Community Health Challenge

One year ago, Ashoka and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation joined forces with the common goal of surfacing pioneering practices and growing the field of Community Health innovation in Europe. Join us in celebrating the impact we achieved and the winners who are working tirelessly to build human-centered models, embrace the health agency of their communities and transform the entire health system which will ultimately impact the lives of many across Europe.

Click here for the impact report and here to learn more about the winners

We are happy to welcome five newest Ashoka Fellows from Poland!

Five social entrepreneurs from Poland join our global fellowship network: Dominika Szaciłło (Founder of "Quick: Garbage Truck Approaching!"); Agata Teutsch, (Founder of Autonomy Foundation); Ewa Furgał (Founder of Girls on the Spectrum) Jacek Siadkowski, (Co-founder of Tech to the Rescue) Paula Bruszewska, (Co-founder of "Beyond Theory").

They all tackle different challenges and now with the support from Ashoka, they will be able to increase the impact of their solutions.

Opportunity for changemakers working on climate and planet: the #SprintForClimate!

Tech to the Rescue, founded by our newly elected Ashoka Fellow Jacek Siadkowski, invites changemakers working on the climate crisis to apply for #SprintForClimate campaign which aims to support social impact organizations with pro bono tech discovery sessions and solutions.

Learn more and apply here

Special Workshop for the Ashoka community: Visualising changemaking through photography: why is it so hard & what can we do about it?

Having just co-ordinated photographic projects across 10 countries for our collaboration with Leica, Olaf offers a unique perspective on visualising changemaking through photography. In the first part of the webinar Olaf Willoughby takes the photographer’s point of view, reviewing the challenges of capturing Changemaking. In the second part he adopts the Ashoka perspective and suggests ways in which we can get the best images from both external photographers and our own staff.

Date & Time: Thursday, October 27, 15.00 CET

Learn more and register here

Steelcase invites you to Better Futures Lab Speaker Series

Our core partner Steelcase launched their Better Future Lab Initiative dedicated to designing  experiences for changemakers to learn from each other, grow together and uncover opportunities for impact throughout the world.  For their first series, they are hosting Ashoka Fellow and the Co-Founder of Bioregional Sue Riddlestone, sharing her insights from over 30 years of experience in co-creating and leading teams to implement ways in which we can lead a sustainable lifestyle.

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 25 | 3 – 4pm CET/ 9-10am ET

Learn more and register here.

Ready to go! Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2022

Climate change, gender equity, ethics of technology... The time is now to take decisions and activate changemakers around these and other vital issues! We have put together an agenda that promises an engaging few days of connecting change leaders in various fields and mobilizing everyone’s changemaker potential.

Click here to learn more about all the ways you will be able to engage, enable, and enact this November in Brussels.

Recovering from Financial Disaster: The Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs

In our latest webinar Tracey Chambers and Attila von Unruh guide us through practical advice on how to prepare for financial crisis as well as how to recover. They share stories of hope, highlighting the vital importance of sharing what's happening with a supportive network and reaching out for help.

Click here to watch the recording

Influence for Good: How Highly-Resourced Individuals Can Work Towards Systemic Change?

Highly Resourced Individuals have an important role to play in systemic change. They have a moral obligation to change the unfair systems they benefit from. In partnership with Catalyst 2030, Echoing Green, Generation Pledge, and McKinsey & Company, we are excited to share that the Influence for Good: How Highly-Resourced Individuals Can Work Towards Systemic Change report is out now!

Click here to read the full report