The GHfP Institute is a partner of University of Meaning.
In April 2024, the GHfP Institute and Scholas co-piloted a Young Changemakers Programme (YCP) on the UWTSD’s Lampeter Campus. Ever since then, YCP has become an annual programme and it aims to develop a global community of young changemakers.
Young Changemakers Programme (YCP) offers inspirational and transformative learning opportunities that combines encounter, experience, inquiry and action in a circular itinerary. It aims to enhance young people’s self-awareness, mutual appreciation, understanding of local-global challenges, collaboration and action.
Building on Scholas Occurrentes’ University of Meaning programme, and drawing on UWTSD’s commitment to the well-being of future generations and its experiences in offering ethical leadership programme to global youth, the YCP seeks to meet young people’s need for making learning relevant to personal and professional development as well as community transformation.
YCP Features a hybrid programme, including online encounters, a five-day in-person workshops, involving experiential, artistic and reflective activities; post-workshop reflections, and continued mentorship support. The educational process aims to give meaning to young people’s emotions, ideas, and actions through listening/encounter/dialogue, co-creation/collaboration, and appreciation, and celebration. More importantly, each participant will have a group of peers with whom to explore and dialogue about their respective local challenges, identify a specific issue to focus on, and plan and design a project for implementation in their local community.
Scholas Occurrentes is a pontifical foundation offering educational activities in five continents. It believes in passion, gratitude, mystery, and community as the ethical basis for a new human culture. Scholas seeks to provide educational experiences that can engender meaning, deepen young people’s connection with life, and help them embark a path of real transformation.
2025 edition of YCP has been announced. Young people aged 19-27 years old are encouraged to apply. This programme is particularly suited to young people who are motivated to encounter differences and to develop skills for personal, professional and social transformation. Candidates must be able to participate in all programme activities in English language.
Click below to download the 2025 YCP Brochure or apply by Completing this Application Form.
