Supporting young people towards brighter futures

BRIDGING THE FUTURE

We work with displaced young people, mentoring and inspiring them towards their educational and career pursuits, improving social mobility and creating new opportunities to bridge the future for all.

We registered as a charity in England and Wales!

Watch this space for more updates.

OUR MISSION

UPSKILL

To provide English and STEM training programmes for young people from refugee, forced migrants and asylum seeking backgrounds

INSPIRE

To present new opportunities to the young people we work with and encourage them in their educational and career pursuits

SOCIAL MOBILITY

Create personal growth opportunities through STEM education in the long-term

OUR PROGRAMMES

Summer School

Online Mentorship

WHY OUR WORK MATTERS

Young people with the lowest family income (21%) were less likely to achieve a ‘good pass’ in their GCSEs compared to 75% of students with the highest family incomes –see here.

Young people who received free school meals (26%) were less likely to enter higher education than their peers who were not in receipt of free school meals (43%) –see here.

Young refugees and asylum seeking children face long delays in accessing education. In 2018, not a single region in the UK met the 20-day target for finding places for the unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in their care –see here.

In 2021, 5% of refugees have access to higher education compared to only 1% in 2019. However, this number remains below the 15by30 target (15% enrolment of refugee learners in higher education by 2030) – see here.

The 2021-22 Online Mentorship scheme in numbers

13

students enrolled

12

mentors

3

subject taught

(STEM, English, IT)

94

sessions delivered

The 2019 Summer School in numbers

40

students

2

weeks of English and Science classes

8500

£ secured from sponsors

About Us

A team of inspired volunteers from the London Centre of Nanotechnology (LCN) and teachers from the Institute of Education (IoE) at University College London.