Independent leadership development organisation Common Purpose is offering over 100 free places on Frontrunner, its leadership development programme for young adults.

Participants are taken to a diverse range of organisations where they explore the problems they are facing, alongside the people who are tackling them. The residential course that will be held five times in 2009:

· 22-25 June 2009, in London

· 6-9 July 2009, in Glasgow

· 13-16 July 2009, in Leeds

· 2-5 September 2009, in Bristol

· 7-10 September 2009, in Belfast

Applications are open to people over the age of 18, who may be in full-time education or are in the very early stages of their career, and who have already shown evidence of leadership. The deadline for the Glasgow, Leeds and London Frontrunner programmes is 27 April. The deadline for the Bristol and Belfast programme is 27 July.

The short application process can be found online at www.commonpurpose.org.uk/frontrunner or telephone 020 7608 8148 for further details.