Common Purpose was founded by Julia Middleton. and at its start up in 1989 was funded partly by government and partly by the private sector.

“Common Purpose is a not-for-profit international leadership development organization that in the 20 years since it was founded runs courses in 11 countries worldwide.

Common Purpose was established in 1989, funded jointly by the government and the private sector. It’s a not for profit organisation that brings together people from a wide range of backgrounds to help them become better leaders in society.

It runs a range of leadership development programmes courses that offer participants the inspiration, knowledge and connections to help them become more active and engaged in society.”

This funding must have come from a conservative government round about the end of The Thatcher Era, the year the Berlin Wall came down i.e. long before Tony Blair and his politics of The Third Way and long before the alleged link between it’s founder Julia Middleton, John Prescott and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

The film explaining common purpose has several narrators, all closely linked with Common Purpose.

These people are:

Julia Middleton
Founder and Chief Executive of Common Purpose,

David Bell
Chairman of Financial Times and Director of People, Pearson PLC, Chair of Common Purpose Trustees

Chris Mathias
Chairman of CMG Partners, Common Purpose Trustee

In addition certain individuals feature in the film:

Reynold Stephen
Assistant Director Local Government Ombudsman

Marion Lang
Foreign Exchange Sales Manager, Global Banks, City Group

Anthony Wills
Borough Commander Metropolitan Police

A mention was also made regarding the late Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop