by Luke Vincett | Sep 6, 2018 | blog, Front Page News, News & Blog, Posts
Despite still being in the early stages of her career, Claudine Adeyemi of Mischon De Reya is a well-known and influential figure in the worlds of law and social mobility. Born and raised in South London and spending most of her childhood in a single-parent home...
by Luke Vincett | Aug 14, 2018 | blog, Front Page News, News & Blog, Posts
Imagine twenty people gathered in a room. Some people grew up on council estates, some were the children of immigrants, some grew up in single parent families, and one was even once a youth from the ‘street’ who did what youths from the street do. Now imagine twenty...
by Luke Vincett | Jul 31, 2018 | blog, Front Page News, News & Blog, Posts
It is a busy time at Making The Leap. We continue to raise aspirations for young people across London by delivering workshops in schools, hosting careers fairs and running our monthly, in-house ACE Workshop. We also have the second year of the UK Social Mobility...
by Luke Vincett | Jul 20, 2018 | blog, Front Page News, News & Blog, Posts
This July, we celebrated 25 years of changing young lives at Making The Leap with a gathering at the magnificent PwC Building, Embankment. It was a fantastic evening bringing together long-term supporters and the young people who’ve benefited from our ACE programmes....
by Luke Vincett | Jun 26, 2018 | News & Blog
In the second year of the pioneering UK Social Mobility Awards, organised by Making The Leap, we are taking a look back at some of last year’s winners to find out why social mobility is so important to them, how their initiatives are moving forward and why...
by Rod | May 31, 2018 | Front Page News, News & Blog
I’ve lost count of the number of conversations where I was left feeling that there is a real sense of momentum around social mobility. Organisations from across the country, in both the private and public sectors, are doing something or thinking about doing something....
