FAQs

Change makers are leaders who build for others. Many have no title or budget, and they are already doing the work. They invest in the people they lead, care about their wellbeing, and create opportunities for them to grow. Community leaders, NGOs, educational institutions and businesses.

Register for Elevate Activate, the change makers event. Complete the day and you receive your cohort number. It arrives in the app, by email and by SMS. Load it in the app to launch your cohort and get your link.

Yes, for yourself. Your cohort launches once you've completed Elevate Activate and loaded your cohort number.

For you: mentorship and learning through the Change Maker Toolkit, a community of leaders, and access to networks and opportunities. For your people: your own cohort, real economic value, a 90-day growth journey, and reports at 30, 60 and 90 days that show you how they are growing.

No. Many change makers lead without a formal organisation. Your cohort can be linked to your organisation or your cause, and where a formal organisation would help, Elevate can help you.

The app is free for you and everyone you bring. Elevate Activate, the change makers event, is R350 per person, paid through Quicket.

One morning for change makers, themed Vision for 2027 and Beyond, where you set your direction, are onboarded onto Elevate, and prepare to launch with your people. The first is at 4Change Campus, Ruimsig, on Saturday 7 November 2026.

Share your link, or give people your cohort number to enter when they sign up. Anyone who chooses to join becomes part of your cohort.

You and Elevate. They aren't public. Elevate releases them as the publisher.

Each person chooses what they share, and every choice beyond taking part can be revoked at any time.

The support behind change makers and the people they lead. For you, it takes the pressure off your life, develops you in every area of it, and rewards your growth.

No. No fee, no subscription, no card. You earn your way in through effort.

Open the Elevate web app on your phone and sign up, with your leader's link or on your own. Choose what you share, then do a short check-in to start.

They're an honest starting line, not a test. They set your Locator Score so your movement can be measured. The check-ins at 30, 60 and 90 days can't be skipped, because they show how far you've come.

Giveaways, special deals, airtime and vouchers from partner stores, for the effort you put in. Your coins build up for when your journey starts.

You earn them every day, and they build up. When you've completed your full baseline and have 1,000 coins, your Starter Pack starts your 90-day journey. Coins above 1,000 carry over for you to use.

Once your journey starts, what you do with your coins: saving, giving, and where you spend.

You choose separately what you share. Only taking part is required, and every other choice can be revoked at any time.

You get a record of your progress across eight areas of life, and a recommended route: work, study and skills, starting something of your own, carrying on with Elevate, or becoming a change maker. No job or grant is promised.

Yes. If you build for others, you're already a change maker. Register for Elevate Activate and you receive your own cohort number when you complete the day.

Elevate is an independent transformation platform.

No. Elevate rewards commitment to growth; it doesn't give handouts.

Elevate runs campaigns with major brands that bring Elevate to their customers.