About YCompassion
Building Compassionate Cultures.
Compassion brought us to this work for a reason. What if we could use it to take better care of ourselves, those around us, and the systems we’re part of?
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We support individuals and organisations working in social impact and development to adopt compassion-based approaches that drive progress, enhance wellbeing and create lasting positive change.
​Founded in 2024 by Signe Jung Sørensen, YCompassion offers leadership training and tailored coaching services to specialists across the international development and social impact sector. We also curate and share research with a global community of like-minded peers.
YCompassion's Services
The YCompassion
Leadership Programme
Integrating Compassionate Leadership: An experiential programme and learning cohort designed for professionals in their first or second leadership position.
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YCompassion
Coaching
Supporting Compassionate Leaders: Tailored coaching sessions for professionals stepping into a new leadership role, exploring a career transition, or planning the next phase of their impact journey.
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Meet the Founder
“Compassionate practices allows us to relate to difficult challenges - often those without clear answers or solutions. It invites us to confront complexity with care and curiosity rather than detachment or despair.
That’s why I started YCompassion. To help individuals and organisations ensure that compassion guides not only the outcomes we seek but also how we get there.”
- Signe Jung Sørensen, YCompassion Founder
Signe is a certified coach supporting individuals and organisations in international development to achieve meaningful impact.
She has over a decade of experience as a program manager and trusted advisor to governments in sub-Saharan Africa through organisations such as the World Bank, Overseas Development Institute, and Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative.
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Signe's credentials:
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Masters in Public Administration (MPA) International Development – London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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Design for Social Impact (2024) – Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Stanford University
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Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (2022) – CRR Global Coaching Diploma, International Coaching Federation
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Applied Compassion Training – Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
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Compassionate Leadership and Resilience Training – Center for Compassionate Leadership​
Meet the Advisory Group
Monica Hanson
Monica Hanson focuses on bringing new ways of working together to organisations. She co-founded the Applied Compassion Training program, which was offered at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University.
Ajoy Datta
Ajoy Datta is a facilitator, researcher, coach, and tutor who specialises in organisational and leadership development, influencing policy and practice, and strengthening innovation systems, primarily in the international development and humanitarian sectors.
Claire York
Dr Claire Yorke is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Future Defence and National Security at Deakin University. Her work focuses on the role of empathy and emotions in international relations, strategy, diplomacy, and leadership.
Matt Hawkins
Matt Hawkins is the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Compassion Coalition. He Co-Founded Compassion in Politics UK and Co-Edited the book How Compassion Can Transform Our Politics, Economics, and Society.
Liz Brower
Liz Brower is the Economic Adviser, and Team Leader for Inclusive Growth in the Caribbean, UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), based in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Kristine Claghorn
Kristine Claghorn is a CCARE Stanford University Certified Compassion Educator and Coach focusing on self-worth and stress, with extensive experience in compassion-centered social impact.
Todd Vogel
Todd Vogel was Managing Director of Loom for 20 years, designing projects that merged environmental and social equity goals.
Natasha Somji
Natasha Somji is a creative writer based in Washington, D.C. Before her writing career, she worked in monitoring, evaluation, and learning for global education policy and programming. Follow her writing here.
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