Ashoka
What We Do
We identify, support, and connect the most innovative social entrepreneurs in the UK and Ireland: people with bold ideas and the tenacity to change entire systems.
But our goal goes beyond finding exceptional individuals. We are building a network of Fellows, young changemakers and partner organisations who together are reshaping how society approaches its greatest challenges.
Our Three Pillars of Work
From London to Manchester, Cardiff to Dublin, we are mobilising social entrepreneurs, young people and institutions to become engines of changemaking and positive impact.
FINDING THE IDEAS THAT CHANGE SYSTEMS
Social Entrepreneurship
We select world-leading social entrepreneurs - Ashoka Fellows - whose innovations reimagine society for the good of all. Our Fellows in the UK & Ireland are transforming health, democracy, education, climate and more, proving that a powerful idea with a strong community of changemakers behind it can shift an entire system.
EVERY YOUNG PERSON A CHANGEMAKER
Young Changemaking
The world needs a generation that leads with empathy and acts with purpose. We partner with schools, communities and young people themselves to ensure that changemaking is part of their DNA. Once a young person leads real change, that superpower stays with them for life.
A Global Movement
Ashoka UK & Ireland is part of a global movement of over 4,000 leading social entrepreneurs working across more than 95 countries to build a world where Everyone is a Changemaker™.
Ashoka UK & Ireland is a registered foundation with no profit-making purposes. We are a subsidiary of Ashoka, a 501(c)(3) non-profit headquartered in the United States.
