Supporting emerging leaders for global change
Our purpose
Imagine a world where billions of global citizens recognise their own leadership potential and work together to find creative and inclusive solutions to local and global challenges.
WYSE International is a charity that works with emerging leaders from all over the planet who are inspired to make the world a better place.
We provide leadership education and ongoing coaching support, delivered by highly experienced professionals on a pro bono basis.
- years working with emerging leaders
- 35+
- emerging leaders
- 2,000+
- countries
- 115+
- of donations go directly to bursaries
- 100%
Programmes
Our programmes
WYSE Global Change Makers
Leadership Coaching for the Sustainable Development Goals
We are currently supporting people working on all Sustainable Development Goals. Applications are currently closed.
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“I was happy that the ILP had a space for someone like me where I could reconsider these old-school thoughts and create a new school of philosophy which was ‘good’ and ‘right’ for me.”
Alumni stories
Who WYSE is for
WYSE is designed for people who care about what is happening in the world and feel inspired to do what they can to make a positive contribution. People come from different cultures and professional backgrounds, united in their call to explore how they can become the most effective leader they can be to make a positive difference in their community. Here are some examples.
Who we are
Our programmes are staffed by highly experienced professionals from leadership, psychological, educational, creative and business backgrounds who give their time on a pro bono basis.
WYSE International is an international charity headquartered in London UK, overseen by a Board of Trustees, with operations undertaken by a Leadership team.
Originally formed in 1988, WYSE International has conducted programmes in 17 countries and worked with emerging leaders from over 115 countries. We are affiliated with the United Nations.
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Registered charity
Registered Charity No. 1053940 · Company Limited By Guarantee No. 03165762
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UN affiliation
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Pro bono
Support our work
If you have a vision to create real change in the world then support our work by investing in the next generation of emerging leaders.
We also offer partnerships for organisations.
Climate Impact Statement
WYSE believes that leadership development and leading towards the issues of the planet are one of the highest priorities faced today. So to that end, WYSE is committed to democratising its leadership offering and where possible aligning it to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, so that more people get the benefit of developing their leadership capability to make a difference.
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Consequently, WYSE is focussing its time and resources on delivering its programmes virtually and scaling to reach more young people and to negate the need for face to face travel and the impact this has on the environment. Our hope and aim is to scale from supporting approximately 120 young people per year to supporting many thousands by our virtual leadership development offering and our bespoke coaching programme supporting Global Change Makers around the Sustainable Development Goals. We recognise there is still a need for some face to face activities around training trainers and future volunteers but we are committed to face to face only when absolutely necessary.