Emberlin Foundation
Creating space for
Introduction
The Foundation grows from a simple belief:
People need spaces where they can be heard, supported, equipped and given room to become.
Where change happens
Our work focuses on areas where storytelling, creativity, education, conversation and community can contribute to meaningful change.
Heard. Supported. Equipped. Becoming.
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I Am is a space centred on identity, self-expression, confidence and healing.
It creates opportunities for people to explore who they are, what they have experienced and who they are becoming.
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Creating opportunities for young people to develop confidence, leadership, skills and creative expression.
The aim is not simply to speak for young people, but to create spaces where they can speak for themselves.
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Connecting young people with creative skills, mentorship, storytelling and opportunities to explore careers within the creative industries.
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Creating conversations and initiatives around the realities young people experience online, including cyberbullying, digital identity, online behaviour and safer digital spaces.
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Supporting conversations and initiatives around mental wellbeing, HIV/AIDS awareness, sexual and reproductive health, substance abuse and other issues affecting young people and communities.
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Creating opportunities for parents, children and different generations to have better conversations about growing up, relationships, expectations, identity and change.
Stories into action
More than entertainment
The Foundation is connected to Emberlin’s creative ecosystem, but it is not simply an extension of the entertainment side of the business.
The stories created through Emberlin Studios can open conversations.
Those conversations can inform programmes.
Publishing can create resources.
The Academy can provide skills.
Experiences can create spaces for connection.
And the Foundation can take appropriate ideas into communities through partnerships and programmes.
The story starts the conversation. The work continues beyond it.
The SDGs in the Emberlin Foundation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Foundation’s work aligns with several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Our approach
We believe meaningful work begins with listening.
Working with people
The Foundation will seek to work with communities, young people, practitioners, educators and relevant organisations to understand needs before designing programmes.
Our approach is built around:
Because sustainable impact is not created by arriving with all the answers. It is created by working with people.
Creating space for people to find their voice—and use it.