Impact stories

Every day, the Inspiring Leadership Foundation is empowering women and girls around the world. Javina is one of the women we have impacted in the last year – we got the chance to hear her tell her story, in her own words. Javina is a survivor of domestic abuse and addiction. She was referred to […]

For our latest impact story, we spoke with the incredible, Noven. Noven began her journey with us in March 2021 when she was referred by one of our partner organisations, Team Kenya, whose vision it is is for “every girl in Kenya to have an equal chance to achieve her potential and be free from […]

This week we spoke with one of our beneficiaries, Laura. Laura began her journey as a member of the Inspiring Futures Academy in 2021 after she was, unfortunately, forced to leave her job due to her battle with anxiety and depression. During lockdown, she became increasingly isolated and lost her confidence. When she discovered the Inspiring Leadership […]

Recently, we spoke with one of our beneficiaries, Sarah. Sarah began her journey with us as a member of the Inspiring Futures Academy, benefitting from our mentorship scheme. Sarah was referred to the ILT in 2019 when she had to leave her job through reasons that were not her fault. She was left unemployed and struggling financially as a […]

Recently, we interviewed one of our key volunteers, Gwen. Gwen looks after our wonderful mentors by onboarding them and matching them with our beneficiaries, and supporting them and their beneficiary mentees. We wanted to know how her volunteer experience has been so far. Hi Gwen. Thank you so much for being here today. I would love […]

Recently, one of our beneficiaries, Charlotte, sat down with her Mentor, Emma, to reflect on Emma’s experience as an ILT Mentor. Hi Emma. I’d like to start off by asking what stood out about the ILT initially, and how did you get involved? I was working with one of the mentors from ILT through business […]

The Inspiring Leadership Foundation is built on the notion that when women empower one another, they can change the world. We work to make this notion a reality through our mentoring programmes. Our mentors are each assigned to a young woman to help them “realise their full potential and achieve success in work and life.” […]