Jonathan Yip's Perse Culture & Leadership Award badge issued by The Perse, England

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Perse Culture & Leadership Award

This badge was issued to Jonathan Yip on 29 June 2026.

This 30 week Perse Pastoral Culture & Leadership Award forms the complete programme for three separate 10-week leadership components: Inclusion, Equality & Diversity, Peer Mentoring, Anti-Bullying Ambassadors. This award is designed to develop ten core leadership skills and apply them specifically in areas of culture and leadership in community settings. Learners develop an understanding of the real-world impact of leadership skills through training, practical application and critical reflection. The badge also includes mandatory basic safeguarding training and awareness.

The impact of skills and development of them are explored through training and practical sessions and learners are supported to apply these in a broad range of settings including organisational and wider community settings.

This badge recognises training, practical experience, reflective practice and demonstrated impact on community projects. The Perse Culture & Leadership Award runs over a period of 30 weeks and requires substantial engagement at a minimum of three mandatory training sessions and between 15-30 community leadership workshops, initiatives and events.

Skills

Criteria

Attend mandatory training sessions to explore cultural change and leadership skills in depth. Attend and participate in at least 20 scheduled sessions across the 30 week programme, engaging in practical leadership exercises, mentoring, public speaking and group workshops to demonstrate commitment and completion of the course schedule.

Complete the IE&D community engagement sessions to apply leadership techniques and skills learned during the programme. Complete a reflective practice journal or equivalent multimedia portfolio to document objectives, actions taken, learning outcomes and reflections in 1500-2000 words.

Demonstrate competence through assessment including peer and facilitator feedback, a reflective journal detailing learning and improvements, and presentation of project results to stakeholders for review and endorsement.