Level Up Experience Launch

Wednesday the 23rd of October saw ReachOut’s launch our new programme ‘ReachOut The Level Up Experience’ in London’s Living Room, City Hall – and what an amazing night it was! The launch event brought together our Level Uppers from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Greenwich, ready to network with our corporate […]

VOLUNTEER THANK YOU EVENT 2019

The annual ReachOut Volunteer Thank You Event (VTYE) is one of our favourite nights of the year. It’s an opportunity for us to bring all of our wonderful volunteers together and show how much we appreciate their hard work, commitment and resilience. The London VTYE took place on Wednesday 5th June at the Macquarie Group […]

Visit from Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester

ReachOut were very excited to welcome Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to three ReachOut Academy projects at The Co-op Academy Failsworth on 21st May 2019. The Mayor met head teacher, Phill Quirk, and Ian Burchett from the Co-Op Trust to discuss The Co-op Academy Failsworth and ReachOut working together. Phill explained that they have […]

NETWORK & KNOWLEDGE EVENT 2019

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Network and Knowledge event on Friday 3rd May. It was a fantastic chance to connect with representatives from various charities and learn more about how the education sector is developing. We will be highlighting here the key messages from our brilliant three speakers; Patrick Green from […]

Volunteer Thank You Event – North-West

The annual ReachOut Volunteer Thank You Event (VTYE) is one of our favourite nights of the year. It’s an opportunity for us to bring all of our wonderful volunteers together and show how much we appreciate their hard work, commitment and resilience. The North-West VTYE took place on Thursday 4th April at the UK Fast […]

Impact Report Launch

Thursday 21st March marked ReachOut’s Impact Report Launch for 2017/18, which took place at The Tower of London. The White Tower was filled with over 200 supporters including staff, trustees, volunteers and funders.If you weren’t able to join us for the event, or would just like a recap, please continue reading to find out more […]

ReachOut cleans up at awards ceremony!

Hollywood aren’t the only ones enjoying awards season at the moment. Volunteer Officer’s Becky, Harriet and Rebecca have been submitting student award nominations left, right, and centre in recent weeks. Not only have they been nominating our brilliant volunteers for awards but they have also had the pleasure of attending lots of award ceremonies! On […]

Female empowerment and its place in education

Recently I ran a female empowerment session with my year five girls group at ReachOut, where each activity was based around the idea of powerful women and issues that my mentees and mentors face as females. We started with a quick round of Who am I? The classic sticky note on forehead game but with […]

Mentor of the Term

It’s been a fantastic first term for ReachOut projects across London, Manchester and Oldham. We wanted to hold a competition to recognise the fantastic work our volunteers do, so we invited our project leaders to nominate someone from their project who have been outstanding throughout the first term. In Manchester and Oldham we had a […]

Networking and Knowledge Event

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Networking and Knowledge event on Friday 7th December. It was a fantastic chance to connect with representatives from various charities and learn more about how the charity sector is developing during quite uncertain political times. The event took place at BlackRock – one of ReachOut’s corporate […]

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CASE STUDY

“At first, I was really hesitant to take on the Project Leader role, despite having mentored with ReachOut. However, with the support of the team I’ve really developed my skills. For example, at the Mentee Graduation, I stood up in front of 200 people and presented an award which is something I would never ever have been able to have done before, and isn’t an opportunity I could gain in my other situations.”

Amy McCutcheon, Project Leader at ReachOut Academy, Dean Trust Ardwick, Manchester.

CASE STUDY 03

“Being able to spend the summer working at Rede Partners, was an amazing experience. Whether it was working in HR or Finance, I learned so much about the world of private equity, made great connections with fantastic people and I got to learn first-hand what it would be like to work there! I really believe that I can go onto build the career I want now I’ve been a part for a workplace for real”

Victor Adekunle, 18 years old, ReachOut Ambassador, London

CASE STUDY 02

“When I first my mentee, she was very reluctant to participate in the sessions. Now, I see a completely different person! Her confidence has grown and she is happy to join in! She still has some self-doubt when it comes to academic work, but that’s what I hope to help her overcome, because she is a very bright person!

Through mentoring, I’ve learnt I’m a lot more patient than I realised. There will be days where she refuses to participate and those are the days that I really see the importance of the character strengths, for both the mentees and the mentors. It also makes it easier for the mentee to understand the character strengths, when I use them myself”

Myrtle, ReachOut Club mentor at Tufnell Primary School, London

CASE STUDY 01

“There are more distractions than ever outside of school, and the commitment of our students to attend ReachOut sessions is testament to the value they place on the relationships they foster there, and the challenge and enjoyment they provide.

ReachOut’s focus on communication skills and character development has become an important aspect of our provision of support for these students. The opportunity to relate to a positive role- model other than their usual teachers is key to the programme’s impact, and the evidence of this has been seen in the students’ attendance, resilience and to their overall progress across all the subjects in the school.”

Thomas Janvrin, Assistant Vice Principal at the Petchey Academy London