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Unique opportunity for future leaders
Do you want to become one of Scotland’s next leaders? Are you aged between 16 and 19? Do you have enthusiasm, initiative, loyalty and resilience?The Hunter Foundation has launched a programme to identify and develop the next generation of Scotland’s leaders. Ten exceptional young people will have a fully-funded place with gruelling activities, challenges and opportunities to help them reach their full potential. And it’s not just for academics, the foundation want to involve people who demonstrate brilliance in a wide range of fields from enterprise to the arts.
Kate Mavor, Chief Executive of Project Scotland urges young people to grab this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. She said, "I met the eight young people on the Hunter Leadership Programme pilot and saw what an utterly brilliant and exciting opportunity this is for any young Scot. One young guy who was planning to be a PE teacher now wants to run an international sports organisation. A girl running a small business of her own in Angus wants to be CEO of a global company based in New York.
"These young people have had an amazing experience, meeting world leaders in the US, building a school in a poverty-stricken African village, working hands-on in placements with world-class organisations. Their aspirations and confidence are high and their horizons broader."
The Hunter Foundation are looking for young people who exhibit a clear understanding of their role as global citizens and demonstrate excellent leadership potential. Successful participants will have to engage full-time for nine months from September 2008.
Applications can be made online at the Hunter Leadership website, before 29th February 2008. Final selection will take place in June 2008.
A team of specialists will assess applications and a shortlist of 20 will be judged by Tom Hunter and Lady Marion Hunter, screenwriter and campaigner Richard Curtis, violinist Nicola Bennedetti, Prof Vartan Gregorian, Siobhan Forey Head of HR at the Arcadia, Mark Pyper Headteacher at Gordonstoun, Prof. Jim Kim of Harvard and Ewan Hunter CEO of the Hunter Foundation. Shortlisted candidates who don’t make it, will receive a £500 educational allowance from the Hunter Foundation.
The traits the Hunter Foundation are looking for are:
- Courage
- Decisiveness
- Enthusiasm
- Initiative
- Integrity
- Judgement
- Loyalty
- Responsibility
- Commitment
- Unselfishness
- Awareness
- Persuasion
- Foresight
- Empathy
- Resilience
And if that's not for you . . .
The Rural Communities Team at SCVO are currently looking for a Project Scotland volunteer to work on the Rural Gateway and a comprehensive database for village halls. For more information see Gateway seeks Project Scotland volunteer.
- Source
- Other source
- Date
- 15-Feb-2008
- Categories
- All Scotland, YOUTH, News - General