by Amy Walker | Jul 13, 2015 | News & Blog
Making The Leap’s Chief Executive Tunde Banjoko OBE comments upon transparency and trust within the charity sector, in light of recent stories in the media. “The recent news about the management and fundraising practices of a few major charities has been received with...
by Amy Walker | May 5, 2015 | News & Blog
Our 5th Annual Gala, which took place last Thursday, was a resounding success for the charity. We were thrilled to be joined by all our guests- who included the evening’s guest of honour, Douglas Flint CBE as well as Sir Tim Rice, Sir Steve Redgrave, Mark Blundell and...
by Amy Walker | Mar 27, 2015 | News & Blog
We’re delighted to bring you Part 3 in our blog series, ‘My Social Mobility Story’, which features restaurateur and businessman, Iqbal Wahhab OBE FRSA. Iqbal was born in Bangladesh and came to Britain at the age of eight months. He was educated in London and is a...
by Amy Walker | Mar 15, 2015 | News & Blog
Some of the young people who attend Making The Leap’s workshop go on to train in our Professional Services programme. We coach them through the intense application process for Higher Level Apprenticeships or Graduate Schemes at some of the country’s top firms,...