Where young people develop their confidence and courage

Empowering young leaders to have a voice and influence in your organisation.

Amplify youth voice. Develop future leaders.

Many organisations want to empower young people to have a voice, influence change and make meaningful contributions. But too often, young people don’t get the support they need in their roles, or they are involved in youth voice programmes that become tokenistic and extractive.

That is why we created Animo Rising. A rolling leadership programme designed specifically for youth voice groups, youth forums, youth advisory groups, young volunteers and young board members.

With Animo Rising, all young people working with you can access continuous leadership development, regardless of their background or experience level.

What to expect from our Young Leaders Programme

  • Monthly online leadership workshops (live and recorded)
  • 30 minute one-to-one coaching session to define leadership goals
  • Monthly newsletter with details of upcoming workshops and useful resources that relate to the topic
  • Access to an online resource library
  • Dedicated support from a youth voice consultant to help you troubleshoot any issues with your youth voice project or young workforce
  • Annual impact report to show how the leadership programme has impacted your young leaders
  • Community building and networking opportunities across the Animo Rising Community

Fair and Transparent Pricing

We want this leadership programme to be accessible to all organisations, regardless of size, which is why we have developed a tiered pricing model for charities based on turnover. This price provides access to the full programme for up to 10 participants for one year. Additional places can be purchased on a pro-rated basis. Please contact us if you are looking for individual rather than group places.

OrganisationGroup price
(up to 10 places)
Individual price
Charities with turnover < £100,000£1,095 + VAT£219 + VAT
Charities with turnover £100,000-£500,000£1,495 + VAT£299 + VAT
Charities with turnover £500,000-£1million£1,895 + VAT£379 + VAT
Charities with turnover £1million – £5million£2,295 + VAT£459 + VAT
Charities with turnover over £5million£2,695 + VAT£539 + VAT
Public Sector organisations£3,095 + VAT£619 + VAT
Private Sector organisations£3,495 + VAT£699 + VAT
Self funding individual young people£150 + VAT or £25 for each workshop

Maria has been a tour de force with the Youth Forum, and has been a fantastic leader, I can see how the forum and the young people in it blossom and grow with the support, structure and compassion that she puts around them.’

Head of Public and Patient Involvement, NHS England

Can’t recommend working with Maria enough – she’s really helped us develop our focus to be thinking more strategically about including youth voice in our organisation as well as coaching the team on how we facilitate opportunities for engaging young people in our work. Professional, hard working and committed, I highly recommend working with Maria and am looking forward to developing our next project with her support!

Head of Programmes, Campaign for National Parks

Wow! Thank you so much Maria Marlow & Animo Leadership for such an inspiring and uplifting session. Absolutely brilliant to connect with such amazing, inspirational leaders today. Feel like I’m bouncing off the call.

Absolutely loved it, such a welcoming, open and safe space as well as a great opportunity to meet likeminded people! Thanks so much Maria Marlow for all that you do.

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