Current projects

Youth Mobilisation Campaign for the Global Fund

In 2025 we ran a dynamic UK-based youth mobilisation campaign with the aim of securing an ambitious replenishment from the UK government to the Global Fund. The campaign is built on three strategic pillars: 1. The Evidence: Nationwide Youth Polling To counter the narrative that young people are disengaged from global issues, the campaign commissioned …

What it Means to Be a Young Man Today

Across different contexts, young men face strong social pressures about how they should behave, express emotions, and relate to others. These expectations often reinforce harmful stereotypes that affect wellbeing, relationships, and gender equality. In both England and Nepal, young people themselves are increasingly leading conversations to reshape these norms in more positive and inclusive ways. …

Young Gamechangers Fund

A world where young people are at the forefront of change sounds like a good world to live in. Are you ready to build that world with us?   YGF awards grants of up to £20k directly to young people aged 10-25 and they get access to peer networks and support to take their initiative …

Walking The Talk

Walking the Talk aims to boost the adoption of Feminist Foreign Policies (FFP) and gender equality in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the European Union. The programme advocates for an increase in Official Development Assistance (ODA) dedicated to gender equality and women’s rights.  Working hand in hand with young people, we will …

G2C2 Girls from Nepal

Global Girls Creating Change

Global Girls Creating Change (G2C2) empowered girls in Brazil, Indonesia, Nepal, and Uganda to lead climate action and green entrepreneurship through skills training, advocacy, and innovation grants. Led by Hivos with Restless Development and Humanis, G2C2 supported girls to research, influence, and implement climate solutions in their communities.

Resilient Realities

Strengthening youth response and recovery for youth civil society. Resilient Realities is a youth-led research project that will explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth civil society around the world, and identify the kind of resourcing and support needed to strengthen the youth response and recovery. Resilient Realities will use an innovative methodology …

Youth Think Tank

Training young people to conduct and lead research projects, collecting evidence, and documenting youth needs, challenges, and aspirations in seven African countries to influence livelihoods and employment policy.

Past projects

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