MASTERCARD FOUNDATION: CONNECTING YOUNG AFRICAN LEADERS ACROSS THE CONTINENT
The Mastercard Foundation is one of the world’s largest foundations, dedicated to advancing education and financial inclusion to catalyze prosperity in Africa. inHive is the lead strategic and technical advisor for the construction of its 50,000 strong global network. Our work began in 2018, with an initial scoping study that listened to young people to understand their motivations. Now we are working with them to design and test governance structures, train and coach network leaders and codify a methodology for the Foundation to replicate at scale. Ashley Collier, Senior Manager at the Mastercard Foundation said: “It has been a wonderful …
OurSchool: Pilot Project Evaluation (2019)
An evaluation report from one of our founding Global Network partners, OurSchool. It is the first programme in Australia to build alumni networks for public high schools and has had really impressive pilot results. INTRODUCTION The report will show that there has been a very positive response to the Ourschool development of alumni programs – from the students, teachers and school leadership, and the alumni themselves. It also notes that there are challenges to be faced to achieve scalability and sustainability. The reporting structure is layered as follows: Executive Summary – Provides an overview of project objectives, methodology, outcomes and …
Child Safeguarding and Protection Policy
Owner: CEO Last updated: July 2022 POLICY STATEMENT This policy outlines inHive Global Limited’s (“inHive”) expectations about how we ensure the safety and security of all those with whom we are involved. inHive has this policy in place primarily to ensure the safeguarding and protection of the children, young people, and vulnerable adults in our networks. As inHive staff rarely work unsupervised with children, young people or vulnerable adults, its principles and practices extend to everyone in our networks, including staff, partners, volunteers, and trustees. All partners and contractors must have a Safeguarding and Protection Policy and Procedure in place …
Youth and Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding and Protection Policy
Policy operational from: March 2021 Next review date: March 2023 This policy outlines inHive Global Limited’s (“inHive”) expectations about how we ensure the safety and security of all those with whom we are involved. inHive has this policy in place primarily to ensure the safeguarding and protection of the children, young people, and vulnerable adults in our networks. As inHive staff rarely work unsupervised with children, young people or vulnerable adults, its principles and practices extend to everyone in our networks, including staff, partners, volunteers, and trustees. All partners and contractors must have a Safeguarding and Protection Policy and Procedure in place …
Educaid: A crisis-ready network in Sierra Leone
EducAid runs an educational network comprising of free schools, teacher training, and tertiary programmes in Sierra Leone. In 2016, inHive was brought on as an advisory partner to improve the impact of its recently launched 3,000 strong alumni network. inHive examined the past performance of the network and advised on data collection and management, strategic planning and impactful activities to support the most marginalized students. By August 2018, the network was strong and agile enough to mobilise in response to devastating flooding in Freetown, supporting students who had lost their homes and families. Erin Northey, CEO of EducAid, said: “Working …
Frontline: Uniting trained social workers in the UK to tackle disadvantage together
Frontline recruits, trains and develops children’s social workers and managers in England. In 2016, inHive supported Frontline to launch their Fellowship – a movement of people who have completed one of their programmes. All fellows are committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and families through social work and leadership in broader society. Our work included listening to fellows to understand how the movement could enhance and support their leadership and impact; advising on strategy and direction; and support to measure the impact of Fellowship activity. For the first two years following the launch, inHive coached the team at …
OurSchool: Supporting the first state school alumni networks in Australia
Ourschool helps state secondary schools across Victoria, Australia to build alumni networks to benefit students and strengthen their school communities. inHive has been involved from day one. Our initial support focused on the design of the pilot programme, advise on the fundraising strategy and the development of practical “how-to” resources. Now, Ourschool is an enthusiastic founding member of the Global Network, where inHive is facilitating the sharing and learning of best practice across the world. Caroline Milburn, Chief Executive Officer of Ourschool, Said: “The advice and support we’ve received from inHive, has been invaluable. We could not have progressed as far as we have in our quest to develop an alumni …
Tāwai Takapiri Connect Futures: Inspiring a new organisation for alumni networks in New Zealand
Tāwai Takapiri Connect Futures supports schools in low socio-economic communities to develop thriving, enriching, sustainable alumni networks. The organization was founded following a seminar and working group led by inHive’s Abi Nokes and alumni expert, Vicki Fowler. We provided ongoing support during the set-up of the organisation, including the design of the pilot programme that is now running in ten schools across the country. inHive’s Abi Nokes continues to sit on the Board of Advisors for Tāwai Takapiri Connect Futures and the organisation will be participating in the Global Network. …
PEDN: Empowering under-resourced schools in Uganda with alumni support
The Private Education Development Network (PEDN) runs programmes in low-cost private schools serving under-resourced communities in Uganda. inHive worked with PEDN to integrate alumni networks into primary and secondary schools in its Eastern and Central regions from early 2019 to 2020. Our work included training staff in the inHive approach to network building, coaching them through the implementation phase and monthly strategy and planning discussions. The work was delivered as part of Opportunity International’s grant with the UK Government’s Girls’ Education Challenge Project. Joy Mukisa, Programs Director at PEDN, said in late 2019: “I thank inHive for training me and …
Health Poverty Action: Improving life chances of marginalised girls in Rwanda
Health Poverty Action (HPA) takes a social justice approach to health, tackling the root causes of poor health like poverty. inHive is working with HPA to develop alumni networks at 28 schools in Rwanda, as part of work funded by the Girls’ Education Challenge. We supported HPA with programme design, training and ongoing evaluation and support and the work is already having an immediate impact. Since September 2017, alumni engagement has helped to decline absenteeism, improved careers advice and boosted school’s financial resources. One alumni group lobbied local leaders to provide free school meals for the poorest students. The Health …
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