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Making The Leap announces partnership with CloserStill Media

Jun 16, 2025

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...

Harriet Tubman House Q&A: Training & Community Centre redevelopment in Kensal Green

Jun 12, 2025

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...

The partnerships Making The Leap have are fantastic’ – Jesse’s Making The Leap Success Story

Jun 8, 2025

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...

‘The most impactful three weeks of my life’ – Joshua’s Making The Leap Success Story

Apr 14, 2025

Joshua found Making The Leap while on Universal Credit, but was open-minded to trying out the ACE programme. After throwing himself in 100% to the workshop, Joshua found a job within two weeks of it finishing, and now has his dream role as a football journalist within...

‘I wouldn’t have got this job without Making The Leap’ – Aziza’s Making The Leap Success Story

Mar 28, 2025

Aziza found Making The Leap after months of job searching, tired of rejections, but willing to try something new. Here, she opens up on her journey before the ACE Programme, how the workshop helped her grow confidence, and aided her in securing a role as Junior...

‘I spent nine months job-searching… then it happened in one week’ – Henna’s Making The Leap Success Story

Feb 20, 2025

“I spent nine months searching for a job before the ACE Programme and then it happened in one week, I still can’t believe it.” Henna found Making The Leap in 2024 when she was lacking in confidence and growing tired from her 9-month-long job search. Here, she has...

James Smith named Making The Leap Trustee

Feb 5, 2025

Making The Leap is pleased to announce that James Smith has been appointed as a Trustee for the charity. James is a Director at private equity firm, Advent International. He has nearly 18 years of experience helping companies scale; 12 of those as an investor at...

“Change begins at the top” – Insights on LSEB recruitment and progression from List launch event

Jan 21, 2025

At the launch of The Social Mobility List in December 2024, we asked 70 senior leaders and junior staff from less-advantaged socio-economic backgrounds (LSEBs) across multiple industries to list their biggest barriers and solutions to the recruitment and progression...

Life After ACE: A Celebration of Career Progression

Dec 6, 2024

"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...

‘MTL’s support doesn’t end after programme’ – Gaganpreet shares her MTL success story

Oct 9, 2024

My name is Gaganpreet and I grew up in a working-class family in a deprived area. My‬ parents had always emphasised the importance of education, but university never appealed to‬‬‬‬ me. ‬‬‬ I am someone who prefers hands-on experience and I also didn’t like the idea...