Our experience shows that many young people (ok, ok and the rest of us!) live their lives ‘At the Effect’ of what goes on around them, prefering to blame others (be it government, parents, school, their dog, whoever) for what happens to them and why they’re where they are in their lives, rather than realising how much power they have to influence their results if they live as if they were the ‘Cause’ of everything that happens. Being 'at cause' doesn't mean 'being at fault', however. Instead wer'e talking about the magic of harnessing our own power and personal responsibility and recognising that the actions we take today will massively influence what we manifest in our futures. 

So why’s this so important? Because we, together with many major psychological and transformational approaches, hold that it is impossible to change behaviour without first moving to cause. If we’re right, then researching how to help young people move from ‘Effect’ to ‘Cause’ on a consistent and sustainable basis could be the single most valuable way in which we can support young people in the UK. To this end we're willing to take risks. We want to be light enough to explore this question without the distraction of other projects or needing to financially sustaining an organisation. We’ve therefore made the exciting (and a bit scary) decision to ‘go virtual’. To this end we’re moving out of our office in September and all of us staff are tearing up our contracts and going freelance. It’s a risk, but there’s a big prize at the end of it!

This does mean we may be a bit harder to contact over the next few months, but we will do our best to help if we can. We're still here for you, we're just focusing on this killer question in order to ensure we're profoundly useful to the maximum number of young people long term. And of course if you're as excited by the Kikass Quest as us and you think you can add value (and of course get ‘At Cause’ around your involvement) then we’d love to invite you to join in the fun. Thank you for your part in the ongoing Kikass adventure. Watch this space!