About the Race
The Race4Good® Global Youth League is a student leadership programme unlike any other, bringing together schools from around the world to take part in a series of groundbreaking races aimed at uplifting communities in need.
Age Groups and Races
The Race4Good
14 – 18 years
3-week or 5-week programme
Our signature programme, the Race4Good, mobilises students aged 14 to 18 to engage in real-life content and high-impact learning as they take part in a series of ground-breaking, fast-paced online races. Supported by international business mentors, student teams compete against other schools for the chance to leave an incredible legacy in the form of economic uplift for vulnerable families and communities around the world.
The Arctic Race4Good
11 – 25 years
5-week programme
A unique leadership and entrepreneurship program that brings together over 22 years of Linda’s global frontline work, international connections, and unique insight, into one groundbreaking new course focused on climate change and the impact it is having on the lives of indigenous people living within the Arctic Circle. Students from every continent come together to learn what it’s like to live in the most extreme, remote, glacial part of the world. They will use their education to change the lives of people living in exceptionally challenging, unpredictable, situations, and leave a lasting, personal legacy.
Foundation Race4Good
10 – 13 years
3-week programme
The Foundation Race4Good programme mobilises students aged 10 to 13 to engage in real-life content and high-impact learning as they take part in a series of online races. Student teams compete against other schools for the chance to leave an incredible legacy in the form of uplift for vulnerable families and communities.
Advanced Race4Good
18 – 25 years
5-week programme
The Advanced Race4Good mobilises students aged 18 to 25 to engage in real-life content and high-impact learning as they take part in a series of ground-breaking, fast-paced online races. Supported by international business mentors, student teams compete against other schools for the chance to leave an incredible legacy in the form of economic uplift for vulnerable families and communities around the world.
Our Goal
We aim to provide every young person the opportunity to participate in Race4Good.
A Student Leadership Programme
FAQ
We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions about Race4Good Global Youth League.
Something for Everyone
Race4Good enables students and business mentors to use their passion to help change lives forever! Each school team has the opportunity to be involved in specific race Hubs that cover a wide range of interests and disciplines including finance, technology, creativity, wellness, and more. Students can sign up to be a Hub Lead or Co-Lead, a Team Coordinator, or simply volunteer to support one or more Hubs.
Student Roles
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Designed to enable every school year student to get involved in the race
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Format provides students with numerous opportunities to contribute their skills, passion, and expertise
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Successful teams draw on the wide range of talents and interests found within the school and channel these into tackling a diverse range of challenges throughout the race experience.
Business Mentor Roles
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Each Race Hub is allocated a Business Mentor
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Meeting virtually, business mentors share their entrepreneurial skills, expertise and industry knowledge and support Race Hub volunteers and activities
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Business Mentors are selected from a wide range of departments and functions to ensure maximum impact for all students
Immense Learning Opportunities
Builds Key Leadership and Business Skills
Race4Good targets leadership skills, innovation, critical thinking and public speaking. Students form dynamic teams, supported by international business mentors, and compete against other schools from around the world.
Develops Key Life Skills
By having the opportunity to engage with and uplift carefully chosen communities, from families in the Himalayas to nomadic tribes in Morocco, students are given a unique platform to develop critical life skills including cultural sensitivity, compassion, self-reflection, and emotional intelligence.
What People Say
“Linda/Race4Good, what you do is absolutely amazing, and students, the passion and energy that you’ve put into this—all of these individuals that we see in the community, their lives are transformed. Imprint those pictures of happy faces on your mind, because they will stay with you forever.”
“We feel energised and excited. I like how the Race4Good encourages us to think critically with a limited budget. Also, how to problem-solve to find practical solutions that are simple to implement. In addition, we are learning new things about their culture every day!”
“Race4Good is honestly and very definitely the best super-curricular activity I have ever been involved in. It has been so valuable and inspiring for the students and genuinely changed their perspective on the world and made them consider the difference they can make. It has also been so effective in advancing and developing their own skill sets.”
The Race4Good Story
2000 to 2002
The start of a new life as a frontline humanitarian
The narrative begins when Linda left her corporate job and travelled to China in 2000, then soon after to India where she led an entrepreneurial training programme in a refugee camp.
2003
A seed is planted
Prince Charles visited a project managed by Linda with refugees, and offered her this life-changing advice: “When corporates start to offer you money, a nice big cheque, just leave it on the table for a moment, money is always needed, but actually the real jewel is them, it’s their business acumen, it’s their entrepreneurial skills, it’s their heart, it’s their soul.”
2004
Hope is restored after one of the deadliest disasters on record – the Asian Tsunami
While working in the largest tsunami survivor’s camp in Thailand, Linda reached out to influential business leaders to help the local Thai people find sustainable income-generating solutions. Within four months, they were earning three times what they had previously earned.
2006 to 2009
Helping recovery post-earthquake, cyclone and floods in Pakistan
The 2005 Kashmiri earthquake that left nearly 100,000 dead and 3.5 million homeless required extensive rebuilding efforts. Linda was involved in fostering public and private partnerships to aid those efforts. She was also involved in a separate rural initiative helping to improve the production and distribution of milk, a principal commodity in Pakistan.
2009 to 2012
Reaching those in need from Burma to the Amazon to Kenya and beyond
Aiding refugees and picking up pieces after natural disasters, Linda travelled to some of the most remote regions on the planet to offer a “hand-up” not a hand-out. While in Burma, Linda led projects to motivate and encourage refugees to develop independent business initiatives.
2010
The Saffron Project in Morocco supported by Virgin United/Sir Richard Branson
Saffron was the hidden treasure uncovered by Linda and her team while she worked alongside Richard Branson’s Virgin United as a consultant in Asni, Morocco. Given the task to uplift livelihoods, health and education, Linda and head chef at Richard Branson’s famous Kasbah Tamadot hotel helped local villagers realise that they were literally sitting on a gold mine.
2013
Uplifting vulnerable families after devastating super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
Sitting among the devastation that a typhoon brought upon an already impoverished country, Linda thought “How can I engage with others to help develop economic uplift in a way that is fun, engaging and unique?” It would be a race format like no other based on real social and environmental challenges, with outcomes that affect real people and real places.
2014
Let the race begin!
Linda has worked with numerous organisations, Fortune 500 companies, universities and schools to help transition Race4Good from concept to prototype to being fully launched. Race4Good is already transforming our world through the ingenuity and empathy of the players involved.
2017
Nothing is sweeter than honey, except for sweet success in Nepal
A Race4Good took place in Los Angeles, California in the spring of 2017. The focus was a remote Himalayan village in Nepal that was cut off from the rest of the world following the devastating 2015 earthquake. The winning idea, bee-keeping, came from UCLA students who travelled to Nepal to help local villagers bring the idea to life.
2020 to date
The Global Youth League is underway!
The Race4Good Global Youth League was first launched in schools across Asia and the Middle East, and is gaining momentum as students from around the world race to change lives forever!
