In this blog, Kya Christensen (Making The Leap’s Research & Policy Officer) explores recommendations from leading experts on how to tackle socio-economic inequality in the UK. Making Equal: New Visions for Opportunity and Growth was published in 2025, and...
A trainee solicitor from Wimbledon is taking on the London Marathon on Sunday 26 April 2026 to raise money for social mobility charity Making The Leap. Lauren Walton, 30, decided to take on the iconic marathon which takes runners across Tower Bridge and past Big Ben...
A Kilburn school and Kensal Green charity are celebrating a 15-year partnership that has supported thousands of students to develop key skills to succeed in the world of work. In 2011 social mobility charity Making The Leap began working with Mr Abdel Ydri, to help St...
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with CloserStill Media UK for the 2025/26 period. CloserStill Media is a UK-based events company that organises award-winning B2B exhibitions and conferences across healthcare, technology, learning, and business sectors...
View Looking East Along Hazel Road What is Making The Leap’s history with Harriet Tubman House? Making The Leap, known then as LEAP, moved into Kensal Green in 2002 from Harlesden. We took on a dilapidated building, the former Kensal Green Community Centre, and...
After Jesse graduated from university, he was finding it difficult to secure a role. That is when he found Making The Leap. Jesse approached the ACE workshop with an open mind and gave it his all. After the programme he went on to secure a fantastic role as a...
