I'm glad you're here.

If someone has sent you this page it's because they think you would be a good fit for our community. It's a private group and we only bring people in through direct referrals from patrons.

So, if your here, your friend believes you are the perfect fit!
Knowing the calibre of our Patrons and what this group means to them...
That says a lot about you.

For that reason, I'm excited to share something powerful and life changing with you.

My name is Sebastian Bates and I'm the Founder of The Bates Foundation. 3 years ago we started in a small homeless shelter in Kenya with 30 boys and today? We sponsor over 10,000 vulnerable children weekly.

We provide children in the most hostile places on earth with an empowering programme that combines martial arts, character development, leadership training and basic support with food, medicine and housing to get them off the streets and addiction and into full time care and education.

We're changing thousands of lives every single week and we are bringing a group of impact driven entrepreneurs on the adventure in a very unique way.

Take your time to go through this page and if you feel this is exactly what you are looking for and you are fully aligned, fill in the form and we will be in touch for the next steps.

Why I created the Patron Programme?

After years of donating to other charities, I was put off because I felt like there was a lot of waste. Logistics, big salaries, marketing. So I launched my own charity. From the ground up I made it as lean as possible.

Deep into year 2 of building the charity, we started to slow down. Doing this solo was exciting but stressful and I realised being the only one donating was a risk for the charity and had its limits. I also wanted to share the journey.

I was adamant that I wouldn't' spend any money fundraising like most charities do. But I had an incredible global network of entrepreneurs from around the world. So I decided to create something from my network.

The experience of growing this charity had completely transformed my life and I wanted other entrepreneurs to feel the same.

I realised there were two things a lot of entrepreneurs I met had in common...

"I want to meet incredible impact driven entrepreneurs and go on an adventure"

Most entrepreneurs push "impact" toward the back of their priorities. They think of philanthropy or giving back as something they will get round to doing one day, when they have more time, money or freedom.

My approach has been the opposite. I've built one of the largest martial arts organisations on the planet while making developing a giving culture at the heart of what we do.

Everything changed when I started measuring impact as well as revenue. I suddenly started 10x'ing the amount of fulfilment I was getting from my business.

I want other business owners to do the same.
So I built the patron programme.

To show people that if they go through their career in entrepreneurship and ignore this, they will leave half the fulfilment they could have had on the table.

Sebastian Bates
Founder The Warrior Academy and The Bates Foundation.

"I already give to charity, but don't see where the donation goes, I don't feel any connection. It feels like a tick in the box"

I met so many entrepreneurs who donated to charity, typically because after experiencing success themselves they felt they should. The problem?

These charities didn't make them feel a part of the growth and impact. So it was just an automated donation. No purpose energy, no raw, unfiltered "lets solve this problem" energy.

We made a programme that takes you right into the heart of the locations you are impacting. We help you process what you see and experience with others in the group. Our Programme fosters courage, team work, unity and impact in a way you may have never experienced.

People at home will remark, "something has changed about you".
You will leave with this visible, infectious "Purpose" energy.
Your team, colleagues, friends, clients will all notice it.

So I built a programme that would solve this for entrepreneurs, giving them 3 key things that NO other charity offered...

Invitation to Yearly Scholarship Tour

As well as the behind the scenes updates in our whatsap group, you will get invited to a life changing tour, so you can see the impact your donation is making.

An Exclusive Invite Only Mastermind "Desert Dawn"

Each year we host a world class private business mastermind in an exclusive members only club in Dubai. You will learn more about our work and hear from multiple sought after speakers to help you grow your business.

An incredible network of 7,8,9 figure entrepreneurs.

You will be a part of our private, thriving whatsap group where you will meet other purpose driven, high impact entrepreneurs. Relationships are built and naturally opportunities increase.

Desert Dawn

Let's talk about the exclusive business mastermind you are going to be invited to in Dubai each year.

You can leave your business cards at home because you will be building a deep connection with everyone around you that goes way beyond your typical "networking event".

We try to take the group out of their comfort zone a little bit on day 1, that could be a hot air balloon over the desert (2024) or a hike into a remote mountain (2025). You then have a full day business mastermind where you listen to 3 incredible keynotes from world class speakers in an intimate, exclusive members only club in Dubai.