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The youth-led non-profit on a mission to
redefine youth transitions in the UK...
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redefine youth transitions in the UK...
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redefine youth transitions in the UK...
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Welcome to
the new era of
youth transitions…
Welcome to
the new era of
youth transitions…
Here at Purposed,
we believe no young person
should navigate an ellipsis alone,
and making sure they don't
is everyone's responsibility.
Our 3 initiatives bring this to life.
Here at Purposed,
we believe no young person
should navigate an ellipsis alone,
and making sure they don't
is everyone's responsibility.
Our 3 initiatives bring this to life.
Our 3 initiatives brings this to life.
Here at Purposed,
we believe no young person
should navigate an ellipsis alone,
and making sure they don't
is everyone's responsibility.
Our 3 initiatives brings this to life.
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Emmanuel
Founder & CEO
Durham University · RCCG Youth Leader · UN Youth Advocate · Durham’s inaugural Personal Development Champion
I started Purposed from inside my own ellipsis.
"I started Purposed from inside my own ellipsis."
I was sixteen — first in my family to navigate any of it, caring for someone at home, carrying a disability nobody had named yet, trying to become someone without being able to see a way through. What changed everything wasn’t talent or luck. It was people who showed up: who gave me language for what I was going through, and showed me doors I didn’t know existed.
I was sixteen - first in my family to navigate any of it, caring for someone at home, carrying a disability nobody had named yet, trying to become someone without being able to see a way through. What changed everything wasn’t talent or luck. It was the mentors who showed up for me: who gave me language for what I was going through, and showed me doors I didn’t know existed.
I went on to study the psychology of exactly what I’d lived, and worked directly with almost 500 young people navigating the same questions in different faces. Most of them didn’t have what I had. The difference was never ability — it was whether anyone had shown up for them the way someone showed up for me.
I went on to study the psychology of exactly what I’d lived, and worked directly with almost 500 young people navigating the same questions in different faces. Most of them didn’t have what I had. The difference was never ability — it was whether anyone had shown up for them the way someone showed up for me.
Purposed exists to change that. No young person should navigate their ellipsis alone — and making sure they don’t belongs to all of us.
Everyone Has A Place Here
Everyone Has A Place Here
Young people
If you are in the middle of your story — figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you are building, how to come back from something hard — this was made for you. Free to access. Built by someone who has been exactly where you are.
Practitioners and youth workers
If you walk alongside young people in transition every day, you have seen this gap from the inside. We would love your perspective in our research, your expertise in our magazine, and your voice in what we build next.
Organisations and institutions
If your provision ends right where the need does not, we want to work alongside you — not compete with you. The Ellipsis Coalition is where that conversation starts.
Parents and communities
If there is a young person in your life navigating this, and you can tell something is shifting but cannot quite name it — you are not imagining it. And you have a place in this too.
Young people
If you are in the middle of your story — figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you are building, how to come back from something hard — this was made for you. Free to access. Built by someone who has been exactly where you are.
Practitioners and youth workers
If you walk alongside young people in transition every day, you have seen this gap from the inside. We would love your perspective in our research, your expertise in our magazine, and your voice in what we build next.
Organisations and institutions
If your provision ends right where the need does not, we want to work alongside you — not compete with you. The Ellipsis Coalition is where that conversation starts.
Parents and communities
If there is a young person in your life navigating this, and you can tell something is shifting but cannot quite name it — you are not imagining it. And you have a place in this too.
Young people
If you are in the middle of your story - figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you are building, how to come back from something hard -this was made for you.
Practitioners and youth workers
If you walk alongside young people in transition every day, you have seen this gap from the inside. We would love your perspective in our research, your expertise in our magazine, and your voice in what we build next.
Organisations and institutions
If your provision ends right where the need does not, we want to work alongside you - not compete with you. The Ellipsis Coalition is where that conversation starts.
Parents and communities
If there is a young person in your life navigating this, and you can tell something is shifting but cannot quite name it - you are not imagining it. And you have a place in this too.
Young people
If you are in the middle of your story - figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you are building, how to come back from something hard - this was made for you.
Practitioners and youth workers
If you walk alongside young people in transition every day, you have seen this gap from the inside. We would love your perspective in our research, your expertise in our magazine, and your voice in what we build next.
Organisations and institutions
If your provision ends right where the need does not, we want to work alongside you - not compete with you. The Ellipsis Coalition is where that conversation starts.
Parents and communities
If there is a young person in your life navigating this, and you can tell something is shifting but cannot quite name it - you are not imagining it. And you have a place in this too.
Young people
If you are in the middle of your story - figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you are building, how to come back from something hard - this was made for you.
Practitioners and youth workers
If you walk alongside young people in transition every day, you have seen this gap from the inside. We would love your perspective in our research, your expertise in our magazine, and your voice in what we build next.
Organisations and institutions
If your provision ends right where the need does not, we want to work alongside you - not compete with you. The Ellipsis Coalition is where that conversation starts.
Parents and communities
If there is a young person in your life navigating this, and you can tell something is shifting but cannot quite name it — you are not imagining it. And you have a place in this too.
Young people
If you are in the middle of your story — figuring out who you are, where you belong, what you are building, how to come back from something hard — this was made for you. Free to access. Built by someone who has been exactly where you are.
Practitioners and youth workers
If you walk alongside young people in transition every day, you have seen this gap from the inside. We would love your perspective in our research, your expertise in our magazine, and your voice in what we build next.
Organisations and institutions
If your provision ends right where the need does not, we want to work alongside you — not compete with you. The Ellipsis Coalition is where that conversation starts.
Parents and communities
If there is a young person in your life navigating this, and you can tell something is shifting but cannot quite name it — you are not imagining it. And you have a place in this too.
Get Involved
Get Involved
01
For everyone
The Ellipsis Campaign
Put your name to it, tell your story, and pass it on. The three simplest, most powerful things anyone can do.
02
Go further
Join the Coalition
Sign, share, or apply and you become part of the Ellipsis Coalition - the growing record of everyone who has said yes to this. You get the monthly letter, early access, and a hand in what we build next.
03
Lead
Become an Ambassador or a Champion
The deepest way in. Ambassadors are the young voices people recognise in the Magazine. Champions are the experts, organisations, and partners who help carry the mission.
Ambassador
For young people ready to share regularly and become a recognised voice.
For young people ready to share regularly and become a recognised voice.
Champion
For experts, organisations, and prospective partners who see this gap every day.
For experts, organisations, and prospective partners who see this gap every day.
04
Support us
Support us
Fuel the mission
Purposed is a Community Interest Company - every contribution goes straight into building the campaign, the research, and developping the platform.
Purposed is a Community Interest Company - every contribution goes straight into building the campaign, the research, and developping the platform.
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