‘Your Big Year’ Definition
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THE MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE THAT INSPIRED WHERE YOU GO TODAY.
At Your Big Year, we envision a world where young people can reach their full capacity and apply their unique capabilities to solving the world’s most pressing challenges. Our long-term goal is to provide equitable opportunities as we believe anyone can make an impact - big or small.
Our Mission
To empower young people to make an impact in their life and in their world.
Your Big Year MISSION focuses on UN Sustainable Development Goals
4 - Quality Education
SDG 4 aims to provide children and young people with quality and easy access to education plus other learning opportunities. One of its targets is to achieve universal literacy and numeracy. A major component in acquiring knowledge and valuable skills in the learning environment. Hence, the urgent need to build more educational facilities and also upgrade the present ones to provide safe, inclusive, and effective learning environments for all.
10 - Reduced Inequalities
Goal 10 calls for reducing inequalities in income as well as those based on age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status within a country. This goal also addresses inequalities among countries, including those related to representation, migration and development assistance.
Our Programs
The Your Big Year platform is the first stop in discovering your journey. We work with young people from every background to teach bridging skills from academia to career. We’re proud to see our alumni go forward to speak on global stages, win exclusive fellowships, launch new businesses and travel the world - in fact, we boast about them in our “My Journey Is” article series!
Your Big Year has four main programs which are currently free for accepted applicants:
Your Big Year Celebrates Diversity
Diversity and inclusion has always been at the heart of everything we do, and we actively seek out backgrounds and perspectives that range from the manifold of experiences that relate to what it means to be human. At Your Big Year, we celebrate your unique ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, place of origin, race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation - what makes you, you!
250,000
Participants
56/42/2
Gender Split
190
Countries
16-30
Years Old
Your Big Year Values
Strive to be a
global citizen
Embrace diversity
and new ideas
Build a more equitable and sustainable world
Take action and
make an impact
Your Big Year Approach
We meet, support and empower you where you are. Whether you have concrete goals about what you want to accomplish in your life or you’re just starting to ask yourself questions around where you want to go and who you want to become, we can help you figure it out.
Your Big Year is about making an impact in your life and in your world. It’s about that moment in your life that inspires where you go today. And what’s more, if you feel like you don’t have that moment in your life as a catalyst just yet -- we can co-create that with you, and help you develop the skills and equip you with the tools to seize every opportunity that comes your way. We’re here to help you make today truly your big day, this month your big month, and this year your big year.
Your Big Year Outcomes
When we ask our alumni what they got out of Your Big Year, they say: Read Alumni Testimonials
The confidence to pursue their dreams
New like-minded, passionate friends that support their goals
The skills they don’t teach you in school (for example: how to network, expand your horizons, build relationships across cultures)
An action plan that empowered them to start planning out their next project or career step
