About
Who we are
Routes to Resilience™ was established as an initiative of the Impact Trust to respond to the significant gap in education for sustainable development.
Our programmes and real-world learning encounters were designed to connect young people to the literacies, skills and competencies needed to steer a different course, one that would drive change towards a more sustainable, resilient future.
Our vision is of a different future
We believe that there are alternative routes to being, becoming and belonging in the world: routes that can better lead us to a greater sense of wellbeing and collective resilience to face the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
Our commitment is to connect youth on the cusp of change and the organisations that serve them to the knowledge, tools and skills they need to make sustainable life and career choices.
Our Model
We support young people, and the organisations that serve them, by collaboratively developing and sharing programmes that connect students to the principles of sustainability through real world lived experiences.
We have worked across the spectrum of advantage and vulnerability and seen stunning transformations in insight, opportunity and practice amongst our students. But we need to reach hundreds of thousands.
Since 2021 the Trust has been working to share its R2R content and resources with committed partners who want to be connected to a community of practice.
In this way we believe we can bridge the gap between knowing and doing, between learning and life, equipping young people with the knowledge and skills to make more informed and inspired life and career choices.
Developed by leading sustainability experts
Routes to Resilience programmes have been developed in a unique collaboration between the Impact Trust, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in South Africa (CISL-SA) and a wide network of contributions from leading sustainability experts around the world.
These continue to enrich and enhance the learning experience and exposure to crucial areas of sustainability thinking.
Current providers of our programmes
We have already gifted our programme content and related resources to some stellar youth development and education organisations who are delivering Routes to Resilience programme to the youth and young adults they serve. And we’re working to expand these further globally in 2022 and beyond.
What students say about our programmes
Become a trained provider of R2R curricula at your school
Find out how you can become an accredited Routes to Resilience provider to make use of our materials in your work and join us in building a more resilient future.