The Cumberland Lodge Programme Team delivers a range of workshops, conferences, training sessions and resources. These are designed to explore the causes and impacts of social division in order to promote more just and inclusive societies.
All our activities are youth-centred, supporting the development of leadership through intergenerational, intercultural, and cross-sector dialogue.
A primary focus of our current activity is working with young people around the UK to explore how democracy can be re-imagined to create better systems of governance to address the key challenges they are facing, including the climate crisis, inequality, and uncertain digital futures.
Developing future leaders
Underpinning all the work that we do is the development of leadership skills, encouraging young people, and ourselves, to think about what a ‘good’ society might look like and how we might create it. Our workshops on ethics, communication, and cultural differences are key to this process, providing participants with the support to reflect critically on the moral, cultural and intergenerational dimensions of our contemporary social worlds.
Cumberland Lodge Fellowships
We host 20 Cumberland Lodge Fellows each year from a range of academic and professional backgrounds. These activities are part of our long-running ambition to create spaces where young people from diverse backgrounds can form networks of exchange as a means to further intercultural, intergenerational and interdisciplinary understanding.
Our team comes from a range of backgrounds with interests in social geography, international development, history and politics, along with expertise in programme design, research, and youth work.
Meet the Cumberland Lodge Programme Team
Gareth Gould
Programme Manager
Natalja Lipka
Programme Officer & Administrator
Carolina González
Programme Officer