AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being, Gender Equality, Decent Work & Economic Growth, Trust, Tolerance & Empathy
KEYWORDS
women empowerment, online course, community, visibility, finding your voice
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
Lauren Currie
WEBSITE
https://www.weareupfront.com
Upfront
Upfront is a meaningful design initiative, a series of workshops as well as an online course.
UPFRONT's mission is to change confidence. They elevate and encourage new voices on and off public stages around the world. Their sell-out workshops and online courses have been described as the “Couch to 5k” for confidence.
The UPFRONT couch is a response to conferences being inaccessible, elitist, and prejudice. The UPFRONT couch invites people with stage fright to greet the audience from a safe, comfortable space. Over 500 people have sat on the UPFRONT couch. They’re now 30% more likely to speak at an event. We are creating a new normal; one couch at a time.
Their workshops are delivered by a network of associates across Europe. Some of us are trained actors and improv artists, some of us are entrepreneurs and change-makers.
Lauren's 6-week online course is the confidence playbook women have been waiting for.