Raise Aspirations

Increase Opportunities

Change Young Lives

Who are we?

Making The Leap is a social mobility charity that aims to make a big difference. We work with less advantaged young people to develop the skills, behaviours and attitudes that will allow them to fulfil their potential and get into meaningful employment.

We provide skills training, school and mentoring programmes, and partner with businesses who want to drive forward social mobility via learning programmes, internships, job opportunities and more.

Though direct delivery in London is at our core, we use what we learn to advocate for the importance of social mobility practice in UK businesses, and encourage action. We organise the UK Social Mobility Awards, run Social Mobility Day and produce the Social Mobility Podcast and The Social Mobility List, as well as providing bespoke support for companies looking to understand social mobility in their sector.

Our vision is that every young person has a chance to succeed, and every employer will have a part to play.

Years of experience

Benefitted from MTL's services

%

Of our young adults achieved education, employment or training (EET) outcomes after our ACE programme in 22/23

MENTORING, TRAINING, CAREERS

EMPLOYER CONNECTIONS

LIFETIME SUPPORT

What is Social Mobility?

At Making The Leap, social mobility means creating opportunities for individuals from less advantaged socio-economic backgrounds, so they can achieve economic success.

Less advantaged socio-economic background (LSEB) is used when referring to an individual or group who comes from an environment with limited access to financial resources, education, healthcare and other social advantages.

Our aim is to ensure everyone in the UK has equal access to opportunities and a good standard of living, regardless of background.

%

Of people from lower working-class backgrounds go into higher education, compared to 47% from a higher professional background (State of the Nation 2024)

People in the UK with lower working-class parents are 3 times more likely to also be in a lower working-class occupation, compared to those with higher professional parents (State of the Nation 2024)

%

Of those whose parents have no qualifications go on to gain a degree, compared to 64% of those whose parents went to university (State of the Nation 2024)

To help advance social mobility, we work…

With young adults
Increase opportunities and raise aspirations with our confidence and skills programme
 
With school pupils

Bespoke programmes, mock interview days, insight visits and more for school pupils

Find out about our school offerings

With businesses

Forming mutually-beneficial partnerships to provide a platform to do more

Find out about our partnerships

How do we do it?

Direct Delivery

Whether with young adults in our three-week ACE programme and ongoing mentorship, or in schools through bespoke offerings, mock interviews days and more, we believe our programmes set us apart.

Leadership

Making noise and celebrating success via the UK Social Mobility Awards, Social Mobility Day, the Social Mobility List, the Social Mobility Podcast and more.

Partnerships

We offer a range of bespoke partnership opportunities, across various price points, that can help you meet ESG, diversity, and employee engagement objectives.

IT’S GOOD FOR BUSINESS

What can you do?

Donate, fundraise or volunteer

Raise money and get involved in a variety of ways to help improve the lives of young people, or volunteer in one of our programmes.

Partner with us

Our mutually-beneficial partnerships make real impact to young people, and help engage your employees in a worthy cause.

Life After ACE: A Celebration of Career Progression

Life After ACE: A Celebration of Career Progression

"The people I networked with are now the people I work with.""The ACE Programme was a mirror, it showed you your strengths and areas to improve.""After ACE, I realised I’m much more capable than I thought… I have since worked for a range of accountancy and law...

Making The Leap consults on new community space and HQ

Making The Leap consults on new community space and HQ

View Looking East Along Hazel RoadOn Thursday 19th September, Making The Leap hosted members of the local community in Kensal Green at their consultation event for a new community centre and headquarters. Residents had the opportunity to see the proposals and speak...

Our Partners

Our success for over 30 years would not be possible without the support of our partners. They share our philosophy of inspiring hope, empowering change and transforming lives, and we thank them for believing in our mission.

Don’t just take
our word for it…

Interested in partnering with us?

Use this form to get in touch with our Deputy CEO Eugene Blavo.

Listen to our podcast

Latest episode: Paul Lewis

“Social mobility is about enabling good people to see the range of opportunities and having a realistic chance of going after them.”

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