We partner with schools across the UK to identify students that have strong academic potential, but for a variety of external factors; such as family unemployment, siblings in prison, themselves being a primary carer for younger sibling or negative peer pressure, are restricted from seeing their full potential materialise.
Our Mission
To remove socio-economic barriers that often prevent a child from succeeding academically, despite having the potential. We do this by providing a stable foundation for students to focus on their studies. Through the use of multi year financial support, educational holiday programs and corporate style mentoring to those identified as at risk, with the single aim of advancing their grades at GCSE, furthering their education, and ultimately allowing them to break free of a life time of poverty or crime.
“With the closure of a lot of our traditional heavy industries children are having to prioritise making money (by whatever means) over their school work, in order to put food on the table at home. When combined with current cutbacks in regional and national government funding relating to farming and/or education, its only with the generosity of charities and foundations that we can afford to help the next generation break free of a seemingly never ending cycle of failed education, no job, life of crime and/or low income””
What We will Achieve from 2018 to 2020
Run pilot programs to identify which content and delivery methods achieve the best outcomes
Establish strong partnerships with Welsh Government and Local Councils
Form strong partnerships with Welsh Universities
Raise the profile of the foundation across Wales, and in London and New York
Create and implement sustainable funding sources to ensure foundation longevity
Start to give a little bit of hope to a few