Contributing to Youth Employment Numbers
The Foundation supports a youth employability initiative programme piloted in 2015 and since then, 22 young individuals have been placed in owner managed businesses. With your help, we could add a couple or zero’s to those placement numbers. In 2020, we launched a...
Calling All Owner-Managed Businesses
Owner-managed businesses are the lifeblood of the South African economy Calling All Owner-Managed Businesses The COVID-19 pandemic placed a spotlight on how well small to medium businesses are employing strategies to ensure customer acquisition,...
A Web Filled With Gratitude
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do much” - Helen Keller One of our group companies has been exploring live readings on Facebook for over a month and, we began with the ‘Energy Leadership’ book by Bruce D Schneider that taught us that “all that matters is...
Create & Hold Space
“There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing [youth] lives and careers take off” - Gilbert Pooley Every week we discover a variety of organisations dedicated to the development of the youth, owner-managed businesses and households in South Africa. It is one of...
Freedom to Fail!
“Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.” – Tom Peters Ben is a charismatic leader in his organisation and he and his team are working on a proposal for one of the company’s biggest clients who are looking for a rejuvenated leading edge, marketing plan. After the...
Weaving Within the Digital Skills Gap
“You are fantastic. Reach for your stars, because now you can be anything and everything you want to be.” – Archbishop Desmond Tutu The digital landscape has grown exponentially and rapidly redefined business operational models. Covid-19 has cemented the...
The Novice Stage Is Temporary
“The problem is not slipping up; the problem is thinking that if you can’t do something perfectly, then you shouldn’t do it at all” – James Clear Forbes, reports that in 2020 virtual events went up by 1000%! The launch of our Re-Energize with Purpose and Passion...
The Difference In The Room Is You.
“Kindness is a language which the deaf hear and the blind can see” – Mark Twain We have been “walking” into a lot of virtual meeting rooms as of late and one thing that shifts a Zoom or Microsoft Teams meeting is a welcoming smile that serves a s a natural icebreaker...
Are You The First of Many?
“The secret to happiness is freedom…and the secret to freedom is courage” – Thucydides, Historian We often imagine there is a significant gap between where we are and where we would like to be and as we work towards closing this gap we encounter many firsts. The list...
Experimentation Breeds Resilience
“Test ideas by experiment and observation. Build on those ideas that pass the test. Reject the ones that fail. Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” – Ann Druyan Over the past few weeks, we have been talking a lot about radical transformation and one way we have...
WAYS TO DONATE
Any donation today will support our vision:
- To create permanent employment for 100 000 youth by 2030
- To raise the average household income in our target communities to a minimum of R17 000 per month by:
- Growing local economies through SME sustainability, growth and resilience
- Sponsoring programmes that foster interdependent business communities that co-create strategies for success.
Become a participating company
As an SME you have the opportunity to help a profiled candidate intern gain work experience within your business over a period of 6 months. To see if you are eligible for having one our interns placed in your growing company see the criteria in the application form.
Sponsor an Intern
With just a small donation you can contribute towards the costs of the 6-month internship programme for one unemployed youth in eligible SMEs.
Become a candidate for Internship
The Gryphon Foundation aims to create permanent employment for 100 000 youth by 2030. If your application is successful, your name will be added to a database of eligible candidates for a sponsored 6-month internship within a local enterprise. The information you provide is private and confidential. If you are still interested, start your journey today by filling in the online application form.
Form part of the Gryphon Institute
Volunteer and join a cohort of coaches, mentors, counsellors, and consultants to offer support to our targeted beneficiaries. If you are passionate about making a difference towards building a thriving economy fill in an online application form.