Our Mission:
Educate & Empower.
To advance the personal development of young people.
“It is our responsibility to support the future generation; to equip them with great thinking skills; to engage and empower them so they can take action and achieve greater results for themselves and be a catalyst for further humanitarian projects in the wider world”
Andy Gilbert, Chairman of the Go Make A Difference Charity
OUR PROJECTS
GENERATION CHANGEMAKER
A 10-year programme to dramatically change the lives of 100 unemployed 18-24 year olds. The programme is kickstarting our partner Go M.A.D. Thinking’s vision to create 100 million Light Bulb Moments by 2023 by recruiting 100 18-24 young people to become Thinking For Good Changemakers.
They will embark on a 6-month work placement programme to develop their transferable skills to assist their employability and through the support of the Go Make A Difference Charity will be supported for the next 10 years!
Want think do
Want Think Do was a school project designed to help KS3 students discover the importance of setting a clear goal, becoming aware of the way we think about things and taking personal responsibility for your actions.
This was piloted across the Midlands to great success, inspiring students to develop comprehensive plans towards sports, career as well as educational goals. These complete lesson plans are available for free by request.
Hero Project
The Hero Project is a community interest company run by Deana Wildgoose & Julia Burkin aimed at connecting people, igniting passions and developing partnerships in their community. They’re particularly passionate about supporting young people and giving them the tools to shape their thoughts about themselves and their future.
The Hero Project have developed the THINK! Tools in partnership with Go MAD Thinking. The THINK! Tools support the Hero Project’s mission to empower young people and children to make their own decisions and equip themselves with the tools to think more effectively.
WHO WE ARE
Chairman - Andy Gilbert
Andy has written over 20 books and presented over 200 audio & video programmes relating to leadership, change and coaching. He founded the Go Make a Difference charity to share his powerful Go MAD Thinking tools with under 25s. He is a man with a passion to put “Solution Focused Thinking” into every home, workplace and community.
Creative Lead - Chris Wells
Chris has a long history of working with young people across the Midlands through his roles at Robert Smyth Academy, Corby Business Academy and Market Harborough Rotaract. This includes running a “comedy club” giving students the tools, abilities and opportunities to perform stand up and improv comedy through charity events, raising thousands of pounds. He is currently working on exciting new online resources to help educate and empower young people worldwide.
Go Mad Thinking
Go M.A.D. Thinking’s purpose is to improve the world through better thinking. For over 20 years organisations, teams and individuals have achieved transformative results by unlocking their full thinking power. The Go M.A.D.® Thinking System has been proven by 100s of delighted clients in over 40 countries to create breakthroughs, achieve their goals and Go Make a Difference in their world.
Go M.A.D. Thinking provide a royalty free licence to the charity and it’s community partners to use its intellectual property with young people.
Find out more at: https://gomadthinking.com/
HOW WE WORK
We utilise The Go M.A.D.® Methodology which is built upon 4000 hours of research and has been delivered in over 40 countries. It’s proven effective in transforming the results of individuals, teams and organisations. This powerful methodology can easily be applied to quickly improve productivity and provide a practical solution focused way of working at all levels.
Using this, we create programmes to enable and empower young individuals to make the differences they want to achieve.
If you would like to discuss ways for us to work together, feel free to contact us.