New York-based STRIVE International publishes their 2015 Annual Report We were pleased to read the recently published Annual Report from our partner organisation STRIVE, who reported a year of ‘exceptional innovation, impact and growth.’ STRIVE, which is thriving in...
Raise aspirations. Increase opportunities. Change young lives. Making The Leap’s ethos was accomplished on Thursday 21st July, when we hosted our first Alumni event to an astounding turnout with a room full of corporate professionals, fellows, and newly graduated...
Young people take charge of their careers at Making The Leap’s Career Fair By Olivia Bascombe, Fellow I recently had the pleasure of attending Making The Leap’s Social Mobility Career Fair at Central Hall Westminster. Founded in 1911, Central Hall has...
We’d like to say thank you to HSBC, who will be supporting 3,750 schoolchildren on our ACE for Schools Programme over the next three years. We have worked with HSBC since 2011 and in that time, they have funded over 10,000 schoolchildren through our programme. Through...
Tessa is one of the highly-trained and dedicated volunteers delivering our unique programme to schoolchildren. Her commitment to Making The Leap helps us to raise the aspirations of those from the toughest schools so that they can become all their talent and hard work...
As an organisation that aims to create opportunities for young people, we wanted to involve our alumni in the running of Making The Leap. Our new Board of Fellows gives them the chance to do just that. It will provide its members with personal and professional...