NEXT LUCCA LEADERSHIP SOUTH AFRICA'S FOUNDATIONS PROGRAMME

11th-18th September - application deadline passed

Download Applications form: South Africa Foundations Programme for 2010 

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

Lucca Leadership South Africa

*WHO SHOULD APPLY*

Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to develop your leadership skills? Do you want to meet a group of other inspiring leaders in a beautiful location in South Africa?

We're looking for people (+18-39 years old) who are making positive change in the world or who are ready to take that step forward. Whether you're volunteering for a small grassroots community project, running a large organisation, creating art that inspires and uplifts or just lightening the lives of those around you, we're looking for people who believe in service and filling the needs around them, people who want to change the world in whatever way they can.

*ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS PROGRAMME*

Lucca Leadership South Africa’s mission is to run transformational leadership programmes for people of all nationalities and backgrounds to discover their purpose, clarify their vision and develop the skills needed to make change happen for the benefit of their communities, nations and ultimately humanity itself. Our vision is to be a catalyst for positive change by developing leaders who want to make a difference.

*WHAT THE PROGRAMME OFFERS*

The week-long fun and intensive programme offers participants practical experience and insight into:

• Increasing awareness of themselves and others, as a basis to effective leadership.
• Ethical decision making.
• Managing their emotions and thoughts; and mastering self-control in challenging situations.
• Formulating their own personal vision for leadership in their own lives.
• Applying the right leadership style and tactics to the needs of the moment.
• Creating dialogue in situations of conflict.
• Case studies of transformational leadership, with contemporary and historical examples.
• The tools needed to implement projects or change of behaviours in their own communities.

The programme offers these skills through highly innovative experiential tasks that are specifically designed for leadership training and development. The learning from these leadership experiences can then be implemented into the participant’s own lives, social projects, organizations and companies, thereby equipping them with the skills and confidence to see and meet the needs around them.

We also take a trip to Robben Island with Eddie Daniels or Achmed Kathrada, two great leaders of South Africa and good friends with Mandela who shared time in prison with him and maintain close contact. We also have the pleasure of meeting Di Oliver, integral member of the women's anti-aparthead group, The Black Sash.

Annie Dicey (Trustee) presenting Achmed Kathrada with a Thank You book after he took a group to Robben Island in September 2008. 

*THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAMME*
The impact of Lucca Leadership South Africa so far has been enormous, it has led to positive change through its participants, through its core volunteers, through its coaches and more than anything, through the projects that are being successfully led through our alumni.

*THE VENUE*

Please feel free to visit the site of Goedgedacht, the beautiful idyllic venue just outside of Cape Town where our Foundations course will be run in September 2009: www.goedgedacht.org.za

Lucca Leadership South Africa is a registered trust IT667/2007 with 18A tax exemption status set up in 2006 by alumni who attend the leadership programs in Italy. We are part of a global organisation with affiliates in the UK, Australia, North America and Ireland.

To contact the team in South Africa:

Postal Address: Lucca Leadership South Africa, 7 Sereno Mansions, Constantia Road, Higgovale, Capetown, 8001, South Africa

 Ryan Christian - Fundraising & Events Manager 

 Michel Joffe - Communications Officer

 Ilana Wetzler - CEO

 Lindela Mxejane - Alumni Director

 Annie Dicey - Trustee & Core Member

  Joy Olivier - Chairperson

 Terence Lapidus - Marketing 

 Madineyah Isaacs - Admissions Director