Rank Ripples – Autumn 2026 Edition

By Nhung Phung | October 26, 2026 |

This edition of Ripples magazine explores trust not as a ‘nice to have’ but as a strategy. It features stories from our Network members who explore trust through crisis response, shared leadership, personal growth, and organisational change.

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Ripples Story: “Expect the unexpected”

By Nhung Phung | October 25, 2026 |

In this article, Neil Young, CEO of St. Paul’s Youth Forum, reflects on his 2015 Memorial Award, which took him to Toronto, Canada to learn about youth radio. An unexpected visit to a community food project, however, set a new direction for his work in Glasgow.

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Ripples Story: “Mindfulness in practice”

By Nhung Phung | October 24, 2026 |

In this article, Viccie Hamlet, Senior Training & Development Coordinator at Brook Young People, reflects on her Memorial Award journey from a Buddhist monastery in Nepal to a busy New York coffee shop, and how these experiences transformed her understanding of mindfulness and inspired new ways to support wellbeing among young people, colleagues and communities.

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Ripples Story: “Meeting gang violence with love”

By Nhung Phung | October 23, 2026 |

In this article, Joe Russo, Managing Director at Project-Connect, reflects on his Memorial Award journey, from Glasgow’s Violence Reduction Unit to Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, and how these experiences revealed a different way to tackle gang violence through connection, compassion and love.

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