George O’Shaughnessy
George O’Shaughnessy
““WYSE taught me to look after myself first. It taught me to delegate and be honest with myself”
George is the 35 year old founder & director of Populate Co-operative & The Oxfordshier Kindness Wave. He attended the WYSE International Leadership Programme in 2011 when he was 25 and the ALP at 30.
Populate Co-operative is a UK based organisation creating and facilitating events and projects in UK cities. The Oxfordshire Kindness Wave’s mission is to facilitate opportunities that can enrich and empower our children whilst supporting the arts & cultural projects.
The project is a collective movement that produces parcels filled with goods sourced from local businesses,
The parcels contain soap, chocolate, sketch book, fluffy blanket, teddy bear, bed socks etc providing love, hope, comfort and kindness to the recipient (someone who is experiencing loneliness during isolation or experiencing anxiety).
More recently the parcels have been used as a Covid Level Rapid Response aimed at 16-18 year olds who may be isolating from Cornavirus.
4000 parcels have been sent throughout Bristol & Scotland in 8 months.
