RESILIENCE FELLOWSHIP

A one to two-year journey for young climate leaders, empowering them to activate resilience and spark sustainable change around the world.

Our Flagship Programme

Our Resilience Fellowship is our flagship programme. Our train-the-trainer model equips young changemakers with the skills and tools required to deliver their own 8-10 week Resilience Circles at the local and international level.

Trained in pairs, the programme moves Fellows through a transformational leadership journey, to not only sustain their own long-term climate action but to pass on the learnings to their peers.

From marine biologists to community organisers, each Fellow is already creating impact in their communities. What unites them is a shared commitment to building a more just, kind and sustainable future.

All elements of the programme are fully-funded for all participants—including accommodation, food, and travel expenses. Each Fellow receives a stipend to honour their time and energy.

What’s Involved in the Resilience Fellowship?

Resilience Residential

We kick things off with our fully-funded, 5-day, off-grid Resilience Residential where participants learn practical tools to unlock resilience, avoid burnout, and keep showing up for people and planet.

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Train the Trainer

During the Residential, participants are trained in pairs to co-host and co-design their own 8-10 week Resilience Circles helping spread resilience tools across the climate movement.

Intergenerational Mentoring

Fellows are matched with experienced climate leaders for 9 months of intergenerational mentoring. In this space, our Fellows will receive support, wisdom, and guidance from those who’ve walked the path before them.

Resilience Circles

Our Fellows take everything back to their community, delivering Resilience Circles to 10-15 other young changemakers. Meeting over 8-10 weeks, Circles are centred around location, identity or shared lived experience.

Multiplying Impact

During the Circles, participants are empowered through guidance and micro-grants to deliver a resilient intervention at community level — multiplying the impact of our Circle model.

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Road to Facilitation

After completing our Fellowship, alumni get the chance to take part in further training that will allow them to get paid for facilitation workshops on behalf of The Resilience Project.

Announcement

Apply to mentor our 2026 Fellows

Could you provide mentorship to the next generation of climate changemakers?

We’re looking for volunteers ages 30 and above to mentor young people taking part in our 2026 Resilience Fellowship.

If you have experience in activism, organising, social entrepreneurship, business, coaching, or psychology, this is your chance to pass on your knowledge and support to today’s youth.

Our Resilience Residentials So Far

“Magical”, “restorative”, “transformational”, “empowering.”

These are all words that people have used to describe their experience of our Resilience Fellowship Programme.

Up until 2024, our Resilience Residentials have been held in Europe — bringing young changemakers together in nature for 5-days of training and connection.

At the Residential, participants have:

  • Learned how to set-up and host a Resilience Circle
  • Paused, recharged (and had fun!) in nature
  • Developed transformational leadership and facilitation skills
  • Cultivated rich personal development learnings
  • Connected with a diverse community of change-makers
  • Become a certified Mental Health First Aider and Climate Cafe facilitator

…And as if that wasn’t enough, our Residentials have been filled with wild swimming, camp fires, incredible food and lots and lots of joy!

Resilience Circles

Multiplying our impact, this is how we spread resilience tools across the youth climate movement.

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Community Programmes

We create welcoming spaces where young leaders can slow down, share experiences, and support each other.

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