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Lisa Harker, Director of Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, appointed as Trustee on Impetus' Board.
January 2026
Why Susannah supports young people, why she left her previous position as founder of our partner to join Impetus, and her vision for leading us as our new CEO.
February 2025
Hanneke Smits will be succeeded by Bill Benjamin as Chair of the Board of Trustees.
November 2024
Christian Lucas and Arnaud Bosquet appointed as Trustees on Impetus' Board.
November 2024
Impetus announces Susannah Hardyman as new CEO.
September 2024
After four years leading Impetus, Eleanor has decided to step down as CEO.
March 2024
Eleanor Harrison talks to Charity Times about how a focus on values helps her approach the challenges that being a charity and a funder throws up.
February 2024
Since Impetus was founded in 2002, we have supported 77 organisations, reaching more than 1.5 million young people to succeed at school, work and in life, with £56 million in funds raised.
December 2023
With our partners we've supported more young people to succeed this year than ever before.
December 2022
Andy Thoms and Sat Singh appointed as Trustees on Impetus' Board.
December 2022
Tanya Curry takes over as Impetus' Interim CEO, as Eleanor Harrison begins her maternity leave.
June 2022
I joined Impetus as Director of Public Affairs in June 2016, the week the UK voted to leave the EU. Four and a half years on, the UK is preparing to leave. And my time is up too.
November 2020
This week was our Chief Executive's last at Impetus. He shares his reflections in the hope that it kicks off similar conversations with others in the sector.
July 2020
Today, we've shortened our name to simply ‘Impetus’. The new name reflects where we are now in our journey, and it'll stand us in good stead for future years. Impetus Chair Hanneke Smits reflects on our history.
March 2019
2016 – not all bad! What’s the first word you think of when you look back on 2016? I can hazard a guess – ‘uncertain’, ‘tumultuous’, maybe ‘historic’, maybe something less polite! But for me the word is ‘inspiring’.
February 2017