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What to expect at the Social Mobility Business Seminar 2021
The fourth annual Social Mobility Business Seminar will be held, for the first time, online on Wednesday 21st April, and will be the first event in the UK Social Mobility Awards 2021 calendar! The opening address at the event will be from Nadhim Zahawi MP,...
Job Vacancy – Sessional Trainer
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced trainer to deliver essential employability, character and soft skills training to marginalised KS4 students. Location – Kensal Green, London Due to Covid-19 and the current situation, the role is temporarily...
Job Vacancy – Recruitment Officer
We are looking for a highly motivated, organised and driven individual capable of developing corporate relationships. Location - Kensal Green, London Due to Covid-19 and the current situation, the role is temporarily home-based. The Role The Recruitment...
A Spotlight into a Corporate Partner – Hedley May
Making The Leap is proud of the relationships we have with our Corporate Partners. With their support – which allow us to continue inspiring and transforming young lives – and our shared values, we could not do what we do. One such of these invaluable...
National Apprenticeship Week 2021 – The Importance of Apprenticeships
This week is National Apprenticeship Week 2021, and it is a brilliant opportunity to celebrate and showcase the great things that an apprenticeship can offer. In recent years, apprenticeships have started to become more mainstream as organisations clearly recognise...
The Social Mobility Virtual Careers Fair 2020
On the 14th and 15th of October, we held our seventh annual Social Mobility Careers Fair, which this year took place virtually. The new layout, where employers got to present their organisations to the young people who attended the event, provided...
A Spotlight into a Corporate Partner – Kingfishers PLC
Here at Making The Leap, we understand the significant and invaluable relationships we have with our Corporate Partners, and we are always keen to hear about their personal experiences with us. We have reached out to Kingfisher PLC, an organisation that has supported...
The UK Social Mobility Awards 2020 – Winners Announced
Organisations from across the UK gathered virtually for the first online UK Social Mobility Awards gala to celebrate the advancement of social mobility in the UK. The winning entries of the fourth annual UK Social Mobility Awards were announced in the afternoon...
UK Social Mobility Awards 2020 – Honour Roll
The fourth annual UK Social Mobility Awards, which are being held in association with Capita, are proud to showcase the amazing organisations that are all doing fantastic work in the advancement of social mobility throughout the UK. The 2020 iteration of the...
A Spotlight into a Corporate Partner – GroupM
The partnerships we make at Making The Leap are so important and are incredibly invaluable to us, now more so than ever. These organisations share our philosophy of inspiring hope, empowering change and transforming young lives. We reached out to GroupM, the...
The 2.6 Challenge
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in thousands of fundraising events being cancelled or postponed, which has ultimately had a devastating impact on many charities as they are faced with a loss of income – an income that they desperately need. The London Marathon...
Introducing MTLZA!
We are delighted to share with you news of our newly launched website, MTLZA.com, designed to focus on engaging directly with our young people in their individual journeys to a career. But don’t worry, MTL.org.uk is not going anywhere! Here at Making The Leap, we...
The Social Mobility Business Seminar 2020: Key Takeaways
The second Social Mobility Business Seminar was held on Tuesday 10th March, at the Royal Society of Medicine in central London. As the first event of the fourth year of the UK Social Mobility Awards (SOMOs), in association with Capita, this seminar saw...
Making The Leap’s response to the COVID-19
Making The Leap - Together To all our Associates, Fellows, Supporters and Partners Following the advice from Government we have decided to adjust our operations and to begin working remotely with immediate effect and until further notice. It is our priority...
Behind The Scenes: Volunteers – Sarah Crosbie
All our programmes that help young people to raise their aspirations and achieve their career goals are supported by an amazing team of volunteers who selflessly give up their free time to support us on the front lines of changing young lives. Here, we are bringing...
Behind The Scenes: Volunteers – Michael Riley
All our programmes that help young people to raise their aspirations and achieve their career goals are supported by an amazing team of volunteers who selflessly give up their free time to support us on the front lines of changing young lives. Here, we are bringing...
“We are nothing without community.” The simple way the Social Mobility Podcast is creating a movement
In recent years social mobility has emerged from it’s past as a purely academic way of talking about the changing class status of people to a catch-all phrase denoting the many ways society must change to become more equal. This transformation has seen the term...
A Conversation with Wendy Lyons, Judge for the UK Social Mobility Awards
The UK Social Mobility Awards were created to recognise the organisations and individuals displaying outstanding commitment to the advancement of social mobility. These initiatives, however, do not exist in a vacuum. Over the years there have been myriad leaders...