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\"ClownfishClownfish are famous for many things. Bright orange stripes. Questionable parenting in a Disney film. A tendency to appear on everything from lunchboxes to garden centre mugs.<\/p>

But one of their most interesting traits is much less well known: most clownfish spend their lives remarkably close to home.<\/p>

Unlike many marine species that travel huge distances, clownfish form a close relationship with a single sea anemone and rarely stray far from it. The anemone provides protection from predators, while the clownfish helps keep the anemone clean and healthy. It's a partnership that has worked for millions of years.<\/p>

In some cases, a clownfish may spend its entire life within a territory only a few metres across.<\/p>

For a fish living in an ocean that covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface, that's quite a lifestyle choice.<\/p>

Success Doesn't Always Mean Moving On<\/strong><\/p>

We're often told that progress means moving somewhere new.<\/p>

A new job.<\/p>

A new city.<\/p>

A new postcode.<\/p>

A new start.<\/p>

Sometimes that's true. But not always.<\/p>

Clownfish are a useful reminder that thriving and travelling aren't necessarily the same thing.<\/p>

For many people, opportunity comes from being able to build a good life where they already are. Close to friends, family and community. In familiar surroundings. On home turf.<\/p>

That's one of the reasons we find clownfish so interesting. They challenge the idea that success always involves moving on.<\/p>

Small Fish, Big Ocean<\/strong><\/p>

Clownfish are small.<\/p>

They're not particularly fast.<\/p>

They're not especially powerful.<\/p>

And they're certainly not at the top of the food chain.<\/p>

Yet they survive and thrive because they've found the right environment and the right relationships.<\/p>

There's probably a lesson in that somewhere.<\/p>

The strongest communities, organisations and economies aren't built by a handful of exceptional individuals. They're built when ordinary people have the opportunity to flourish in the places they call home.<\/p>

Home Turf<\/strong><\/p>

The clownfish illustration featured on our Home Turf<\/strong> T-shirt was inspired by this idea.<\/p>

Not because we think people should never leave home.<\/p>

But because nobody should have to.<\/p>

Opportunity shouldn't depend on where you start.<\/p>

Sometimes the goal isn't escaping your home turf. It's having the chance to thrive on it.<\/p>

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